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It starts with the biggest guy on the floor. It has to. The reason the Florida State Seminoles are getting more preseason attention than they ever have in the Leonard Hamilton era is because of a talented, soft-spoken, gigantic presence named Solomon Alabi.

Entering his eighth season at the helm of the Florida State program, Leonard Hamilton has 36 seasons of coaching experience, including 21 seasons as a head coach ... named the seventh head coach in FSU history on March 18, 2002 ... named the ACC Coach of the Year last season after guiding the Seminoles to a 25-10 overall record - their best mark in ...

He also had two rebounds and one assist. "Coach is always telling me to shoot the ball during practice and tonight my jumper felt really good," Douglas said.

Florida State played a season ago in the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament championship game for the first time in school history, and the Seminoles earned an invite to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1998.

GREENSBORO, N.C. - One scene told the whole story. There was Florida State men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton on Sunday, inside a ballroom at the lush Grandover Resort in Greensboro, sitting down at his table for ACC Media Day.

The Knicks will play out the season, but LeBron James' possible future in the Big Apple remains the top story at the Garden.

Coach: Leonard Hamilton . Last season's record: 25-10 overall, 10-6 in ACC Postseason: Lost in first round of NCAA tournament to Wisconsin Final regular-season RPI: 15th.

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No Tyler Hansbrough. No Gerald Henderson. Even Toney Douglas, Jack McClinton and Tyrese Rice are long gone.

The Florida State men's basketball team, coming off its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1998 but faced with adjusting to the graduation of do-everything guard Toney Douglas, could be tackling one of its tougher schedules in 2009-10. Among the highlights are games at Florida , Baylor or Alabama in the second round of the Old Spice Classic in ...

Time has run it's course on the Knicks though and they have become the laughingstock of the NBA by finishing with a losing record for the eighth straight season and have only one postseason appearance to show for it.

Solomon Alabi , who helped lead the Florida State basketball team to the 2009 NCAA Tournament and to the championship game of the 2009 ACC Tournament, has been named a pre-season candidate for the John R. Wooden Award All-American Team and National Player of the Year Award by Richard "Duke" Llewellyn - the Wooden Award Chairman and founder.

Leonard Hamilton's contract signed August 10, 2009 Florida State rewarded men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton for one of the most successful seasons in team history, signing him to a new five-year contract that will pay him nearly double his previous annual compensation.

Florida State has signed men's basketball coach Leonard Hamilton to a new 5-year contract that will pay him $1.5 million a year with potential bonuses of another half million dollars.

The Florida State basketball team, which earned a No. 5 seed in the 2009 NCAA men's basketball Tournament and played in the 2009 ACC Tournament championship game for the first time in school history, is ranked 15th in Dick Vitale's pre-season top 40 and 25th in the pres-season poll by Slam Magazine.

The New York Knicks are obviously not satisfied with just having Chris Duhon as their only steady point guard on the roster... The New York Knicks are obviously not satisfied with just having Chris Duhon as their only steady point guard on the roster.

The Florida State basketball team, which earned a No. 5 seed in the 2009 NCAA men's basketball Tournament and played in the 2009 ACC Tournament championship game for the first time in school history, is ranked 15th in Dick Vitale's pre-season top 40 and 25th in the pres-season poll by Slam Magazine.

Florida State's men's basketball team, which advanced to the ACC championship game and the NCAA Tournament last season, will head to Spain on Aug.

Florida State's men's basketball team, which advanced to the ACC championship game and the NCAA Tournament last season, will head to Spain on Aug.

He's in the best shape of his life. In pickup games and conditioning drills, he feels like a different person.