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They say defense wins championships. But, I'm sure those same people said, “The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.”
Such an easy concept to grasp but yet it has seemed to escape the game plan of Florida State basketball head coach Leonard Hamilton. Hamilton's bread and butter is defense, and he even released a new slogan for his team this season: “Junkyard D”.
The Seminole defense has lived up to the name. FSU is tops in the ACC in opponent field goal percentage and blocked shots, holding opponents to a .364 shooting mark and averaging 6.6 blocks per game.
Unfortunately this supposed malicious defense has not translated into victories. It seems Hamilton has allocated so much practice time to defense that the offense is expected to be terrible.
Florida State's roster is loaded with big me—seven Seminoles are six foot eight or taller—but the team still relies on perimeter shooting. Most recently against Clemson, FSU would pass the ball several times on the perimeter using patience to finally set up an open shot. When the open shot was available, they could not cash in.
To beef that up with stats, FSU is the worst 3-point shooting team in the ACC, converting just 30 percent of their long distance attempts. Their 70.6 points per game is fifth in the conference and is fractions of points away from dropping to seventh. The poor shooting is not limited to behind the arc; as a team, FSU makes a measly 44 percent of their shots.
The team’s struggles can be because of the losses of Derwin Kitchen and Chris Singleton, two locker room leaders. But I doubt this because 27-year-old senior Bernard James is on the roster along with three other seniors and two grad students.
Leonard Hamilton has made the game of basketball boring for his players. It is no longer fun. With all the focus on defense, Hamilton has vacuumed all the excitement away from offense.
FSU's leading scorer, Michael Snaer, averages 13.2 points per game. That is No. 14 in the ACC—three pairs of players ahead of Snaer are on the same team and he is the only Seminole in the top 25.
Hamilton's offense this season, to say the least, has been embarrassing so far. FSU has the worst assist-to-turnover margin in the ACC.
In two games this season against Ivy League opponents, Hamilton's offense had its worst outings.
Versus Harvard, the ’Noles scored just 41 points. Against Princeton, they scored 10 points in the first half.
Through 15 games a year ago, FSU started off 11-4. This season the ’Noles are 9-6, which includes those inexcusable losses to Harvard and Princeton.
Leonard Hamilton has been great for this program, there is no denying that. He has taken the Seminoles to three consecutive tournament berths including last year's unforgettable run to the Sweet 16.
But if the offensive woes cannot be corrected by season's end, it might be time to fire Ham.
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They say defense wins championships. But, I'm sure those same people said, “The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.”
Such an easy concept to grasp but yet it has seemed to escape the game plan of Florida State basketball head coach Leonard Hamilton. Hamilton's bread and butter is defense, and he even released a new slogan for his team this season: “Junkyard D”.
The Seminole defense has lived up to the name. FSU is tops in the ACC in opponent field goal percentage and blocked shots, holding opponents to a .364 shooting mark and averaging 6.6 blocks per game.
Unfortunately this supposed malicious defense has not translated into victories. It seems Hamilton has allocated so much practice time to defense that the offense is expected to be terrible.
Florida State's roster is loaded with big me—seven Seminoles are six foot eight or taller—but the team still relies on perimeter shooting. Most recently against Clemson, FSU would pass the ball several times on the perimeter using patience to finally set up an open shot. When the open shot was available, they could not cash in.
To beef that up with stats, FSU is the worst 3-point shooting team in the ACC, converting just 30 percent of their long distance attempts. Their 70.6 points per game is fifth in the conference and is fractions of points away from dropping to seventh. The poor shooting is not limited to behind the arc; as a team, FSU makes a measly 44 percent of their shots.
The team’s struggles can be because of the losses of Derwin Kitchen and Chris Singleton, two locker room leaders. But I doubt this because 27-year-old senior Bernard James is on the roster along with three other seniors and two grad students.
Leonard Hamilton has made the game of basketball boring for his players. It is no longer fun. With all the focus on defense, Hamilton has vacuumed all the excitement away from offense.
FSU's leading scorer, Michael Snaer, averages 13.2 points per game. That is No. 14 in the ACC—three pairs of players ahead of Snaer are on the same team and he is the only Seminole in the top 25.
Hamilton's offense this season, to say the least, has been embarrassing so far. FSU has the worst assist-to-turnover margin in the ACC.
In two games this season against Ivy League opponents, Hamilton's offense had its worst outings.
Versus Harvard, the ’Noles scored just 41 points. Against Princeton, they scored 10 points in the first half.
Through 15 games a year ago, FSU started off 11-4. This season the ’Noles are 9-6, which includes those inexcusable losses to Harvard and Princeton.
Leonard Hamilton has been great for this program, there is no denying that. He has taken the Seminoles to three consecutive tournament berths including last year's unforgettable run to the Sweet 16.
But if the offensive woes cannot be corrected by season's end, it might be time to fire Ham.
