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FSU basketball: 3 reasons Leonard Hamilton is ACC Coach of the Year

By Kelvin Hunt

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - MARCH 21: Head coach head coach Leonard Hamilton of the Florida State Seminoles signals from the bench as his team play against the Vermont Catamounts during the first round game of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at XL Center on March 21, 2019 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT - MARCH 21: Head coach head coach Leonard Hamilton of the Florida State Seminoles signals from the bench as his team play against the Vermont Catamounts during the first round game of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at XL Center on March 21, 2019 in Hartford, Connecticut. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /
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Preseason Expectations

FSU basketball lost Mfiondu Kabengele and Terrance Mann to the NBA Draft after last season ended in the Sweet 16.

They also lost other valuable players like Phil Cofer, Christ Koumadje, and P.J. Savoy. For those reasons and what the Noles had returning, they were predicted to finish fifth in the ACC behind the following teams:

  • Duke (51)
  • North Carolina (19)
  • Louisville (29)
  • Virginia (12)

FSU bested three of those teams in North Carolina and Louisville twice, losing to both Duke and Virginia on the road by five points.

They avenged their previous conference loss against Pittsburgh, and their only other conference loss was by one point at the buzzer against Clemson on the road.

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