FSU basketball: An in-depth look at Noles turnovers woes

FSU basketball has lost two of its last three games mainly due to an obscene amount of turnovers.

The Noles have always turned the ball over a little too much for my liken, averaging about 13 per game before the wheels fell off in the last five games.

Care to guess how many turnovers the Noles have had in the last five games? That number is 91, which is an 18.2 turnover per game average.

Why have they become that much of a problem as of late? FSU played Georgia Tech earlier in the year and only had 13 turnovers the entire game.

They had that many in the first half of the ACC Tournament Championship game against the Yellow Jackets Saturday night.

The bulk of those turnovers (41 percent) have come from two players over that stretch:

• M.J. Walker-18
• Scottie Barnes-19

I can understand Scottie Barnes turning the ball over at a high-rate, he’s a freshman coming off the bench. However, M.J. Walker having that many turnovers are ridiculous for a senior that’s not a point guard. Most of his turnovers have been poor passes or dribbling trying to create a shot that usually leads to losing the ball or stripped from him.

There are a couple of other players that have turned it over quite a bit. Balsa Koprivica and RayQuan Evans had three turnovers each against Georgia Tech. RaiQuan Gray has had games with multiple turnovers(six in UNC loss).

FSU has to find some rhythm on offense. The game against Georgia Tech was passing with no purpose and then scrambling to find a shot with the shot clock winding down.

One suggestion would be more of Sadaar Calhoun and less of RayQuan Evans or M.J. Walker. Calhoun always seems to bring energy to the game when he comes in, and his starting could be just what the Noles need from the very beginning to set the tone. Either that or start Scottie Barnes instead of having him come off the bench.