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  1. Planning on re-gifting: Haste I know I’m getting some dirty looks now. Yes, I am saying that Florida State needs to slow the heck down. They’ve never been burners under Hamilton, but right now, they’re playing much faster than they did in past seasons when they excelled. This year’s team is hitting a pace of 72 possessions per 40 minutes. According to Basketball State, that’s above the national average and the ACC average so far. That’s causing their turnovers to go up, and their scoring to go down. FSU was built to be a bear, not a cheetah. Clearly, everything on this wish list is tied together. The ‘Noles offense and defense are predicated on a slower pace and great rebounding, things that happen organically when there’s a big man in the middle who knows his business. The team is suffering because there’s no reliable post presence on either end of the floor. Assists are down, and the ball is going up faster and from farther away, because there’s no impetus to pound it inside right now. If they can’t handle the likes of South Alabama and Mercer, imagine what Mason Plumlee will do to them. Florida State has big men, so they don’t need any more 7-foot-plus boxes under the tree. Maybe just an accessories package; something that replicates the old G.I. James kung-fu grip. (via Christmas Wish Lists: Florida State needs the Kung-Fu Grip | CollegeBasketballTalk)

    Planning on re-gifting: Haste

    I know I’m getting some dirty looks now. Yes, I am saying that Florida State needs to slow the heck down. They’ve never been burners under Hamilton, but right now, they’re playing much faster than they did in past seasons when they excelled. This year’s team is hitting a pace of 72 possessions per 40 minutes. According to Basketball State, that’s above the national average and the ACC average so far. That’s causing their turnovers to go up, and their scoring to go down. FSU was built to be a bear, not a cheetah.

    Clearly, everything on this wish list is tied together. The ‘Noles offense and defense are predicated on a slower pace and great rebounding, things that happen organically when there’s a big man in the middle who knows his business. The team is suffering because there’s no reliable post presence on either end of the floor. Assists are down, and the ball is going up faster and from farther away, because there’s no impetus to pound it inside right now. If they can’t handle the likes of South Alabama and Mercer, imagine what Mason Plumlee will do to them.

    Florida State has big men, so they don’t need any more 7-foot-plus boxes under the tree. Maybe just an accessories package; something that replicates the old G.I. James kung-fu grip.

    (via Christmas Wish Lists: Florida State needs the Kung-Fu Grip | CollegeBasketballTalk)

  3. Swampy

    Swampy

  4. “How do you not look into that option,” asked Haggard. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees I can say that unanimously we would be in favor of seeing what the Big 12 might have to offer. We have to do what is in Florida State’s best interest.” (via FSU official confirms interest in Big 12 | CollegeBasketballTalk)

    “How do you not look into that option,” asked Haggard. “On behalf of the Board of Trustees I can say that unanimously we would be in favor of seeing what the Big 12 might have to offer. We have to do what is in Florida State’s best interest.”

    (via FSU official confirms interest in Big 12 | CollegeBasketballTalk)

  5. Dave Cowens

    Dave Cowens

  6. FSU/Duke

    FSU/Duke

  8. Deividas Dulkys with the fauxhawk. (via Deividas Dulkys - Yahoo! Sports)

    Deividas Dulkys with the fauxhawk.

    (via Deividas Dulkys - Yahoo! Sports)

  9. dunkofdeath: Austin Rivers, Duke Blue Devils [Image Source: NBC Sports; Photographer: Grant Halverson/Getty Images]

    dunkofdeath:

    Austin Rivers, Duke Blue Devils

    [Image Source: NBC Sports; Photographer: Grant Halverson/Getty Images]

  10. ACC title overhead shot. inothernews: HOLDING COURT   The Florida State Seminoles celebrate after they won 85-82 against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the Final Game of the 2012 ACC Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament at Philips Arena on March 11, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: Streeter Lecka / Getty Images via MSNBC)

    ACC title overhead shot.

    inothernews:

    HOLDING COURT   The Florida State Seminoles celebrate after they won 85-82 against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the Final Game of the 2012 ACC Men’s Basketball Conference Tournament at Philips Arena on March 11, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: Streeter Lecka / Getty Images via MSNBC)