Leonard Hamilton reveals how Wake Forest caused turnovers

Leonard Hamilton has been flipping flopping between wins and found himself on the losing end on Thursday night. Florida State dropped one on the road to Wake Forest, dropping to 3-3 in conference play. Even worse, they have not won a game away from Tallahassee yet.

Florida State committed five more turnovers than Wake Forest on Wednesday night, having 17 total on the night. Despite struggles elsewhere, turnovers have not been too big of a deal for the Seminoles this season. An overall off night offensively.

Hamilton explained why they turned the ball over a ton, crediting the Wake Forest defense. He thinks they were able to play great help defense and closed shooters down. When given opportunities to drive in the lane, Florida State could not seize them per Hamilton.

“I think they did a great job helping in the gaps and then closing out our shooters,” Hamilton said. “Most of the time, when people help and close out, we need to try to penetrate. For whatever reason, we were a little hesitant because they did such a good job of backing off some guys and plugging the gaps where we couldn’t get into the paint as much as they were able to get in against us.”

Saturday will be an opportunity for Hamilton to correct the mistakes, with Florida State playing host to Virginia. They will need to continue to stack wins in the ACC, especially after a poor start to the season.

Leonard Hamilton excited to get Baba Miller in rotation

Florida State true freshman forward Baba Miller has yet to play a minute in a non-exhibition game, but head coach Leonard Hamilton is excited to see what the lanky international can do. And Hamilton seems to think Miller will make a big contribution sooner, rather than later.

Miller, a highly-coveted prospect from Spain, was suspended for the first 16 games of the season by the NCAA for accepting free travel to a basketball camp in the United States as a recruit — despite paying back entities for the travel, the NCAA stuck to its guns. Since, it’s really just been a matter of when Miller could make an impact and not if he would.

“He’s gotta be a little anxious. He’s an 18-, 19-year-old youngster that’s coming in to a new program and he’s only been able to practice. So we’ll give him his freedom but I have a hunch he’ll make a major contribution. He’ll be able to give those guys a little more, and give them less minutes because of him being involved in the rotation,” Hamilton said.