The Florida State men’s basketball team exceeded nearly everyone’s preseason expectations—and that was before the magical March run to the Elite 8. Don’t believe me? Just read this recap of the regular season published a couple weeks ago, when we were already calling this one of the top 5 coaching jobs by Leonard Hamilton while at FSU. (One interesting note—the defense played so well during the NCAA Tournament that it rose from 76th at the time of that recap to finish 33rd...about 10 spots ahead of the offense). The tournament run ended in the Elite Eight due to too many missed opportunities (cough, turnovers, cough) in the first half and too few made shots in the second.