Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamilton
Leonard Hamiltonis an American basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at Florida State University. He is a former head coach at Oklahoma State University, the University of Miami, and for the National Basketball Association's Washington Wizards. In his 23 years as a collegiate head coach, his teams have qualified for seven NCAA tournaments and eight NITs, highlighted by appearances in the NCAA Tournament's "Sweet Sixteen" in 2000and 2011. While with the NBA's Wizards his team posted a...
couple meaningful win
It'll be real meaningful if we can win a couple more.
chance defense dug five hole ourselves picked position row seemed six win
It seemed like they scored four, five or six possessions in a row there where we couldn't get a stop. We put ourselves in a very big hole there, but I thought we picked our defense up and put ourselves back in a position where we had a chance to win the game. I thought we dug too big a hole.
comments critical equal impact knocked looks maybe necessary parts players plays relation seen stops technical theirs tough win
Any comments that I make in relation to the technical foul, and the impact that it did or did not have on the game, I think would be seen as (taking) away from how outstanding I think Duke's players played. They made tough shots. They made the plays they had to make to win the game. We had equal opportunities, and we didn't come away with the points. We didn't get the stops that were necessary during the critical parts of the game, and we had maybe even some better looks than what they had; they knocked theirs down and we didn't.
chance continue fragile jump proven start window
I've been around long enough to know how fragile it can be. We need to continue to get better. We haven't proven anything yet ? not enough to start relaxing. We've got a chance ? a window of opportunity. We've got to jump through it.
close game hump lose trying types winning
It's painful, to lose a close game like this. Close is not what we're trying to do. You've got to get over the hump by winning these types of games.
allow care caught games gonna heart information none particular speaking takes win
They are entertainers and they're speaking from their heart and the information that they have, but at this particular time, none of that matters, because we still got games to play. I'm not gonna allow myself to get all caught up in all these things, because if you win enough games, it takes care of itself.
future games larger sure uncharted waters win
This is uncharted waters for us. I'm sure that in the future we'll try to win games by a little larger margin.
ego unselfish win
They play to each other's strengths. They play with an unselfish spirit, and they play to win without any ego.
behind cant coming excited game grow learn lose move next opponent tough win
With each game you play, if you win it, you cant let yourself get too excited because there is another tough opponent coming right behind it. And if you lose it, you cant wallow in self-pity, you have to put that behind you, learn from it, and grow and then move on to the next game.
almost continues team win
Our team continues to play well enough to almost win games.
beat boards couple credit game last order played pounding prepared scheme seemed team time win within
Getting beat on the boards seemed to be a very significant part of this game. You have to give them a lot of credit for pounding the glass. It seemed like every time we've played them the last couple of years, they've been much better prepared on the boards than we have. We got beat by a team that did the things they need to do within their scheme in order to win the game tonight.
beat needed overcame team win
We got beat by a team that did the things they needed to do to win the game. Clemson overcame a challenge. They did the little things. We didn't.
draw hang hat learning preparing strength team work
It's something you have to work on each and every day, preparing your team for what they have to face. There are going to be ups. There are going to be downs. Things aren't always going to go the way you want it. You just have to find a way to draw strength from the learning process. You have to find something to hang your hat on.
attention focusing gets prove trying
That gets my attention. And I think that's what we should be focusing our attention on more so than trying to prove anything.