Sometimes, all you need is a change in the schedule for your fortunes to change – and if you’re the FSU basketball team, nothing would further amplify that statement than going from what could have been the most embarrassing loss in program history one week to looking like a team ready for a deep tournament run the next week.
Head coach Leonard Hamilton saw his team get two wins at home that were not big because they did what they were supposed to and got the wins against inferior foes – but more because they did so using bench players needed after the Seminoles came in looking like a M*A*S*H unit thanks to injuries.