{"id":208638,"date":"2021-03-23T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T04:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/florida-state-tops-colorado-to-reach-sweet-16\/"},"modified":"2021-03-23T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T04:42:17","slug":"florida-state-tops-colorado-to-reach-sweet-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/florida-state-tops-colorado-to-reach-sweet-16\/","title":{"rendered":"#Florida State tops Colorado to reach Sweet 16"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Florida State tops Colorado to reach Sweet 16<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Florida State advanced to its third consecutive Sweet 16 with a 71-53 win over Colorado in the East Region second round Monday night at Indianapolis.<\/p>\n

But, after the game<\/a>, Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton wanted no part of accepting and accolades for that impressive accomplishment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe start looking at what we accomplish at the end of the season,\u2019\u2019 Hamilton said. \u201cNow is not the time to take any bows. If we are satisfied with just where we are now, then I guess we can pack our bags and go home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese guys are pretty focused, and one of the indications is that nobody was jumping up and down and high-fiving or getting overly excited in the locker room. Everyone was sitting there, calm, focused, like we had been here before. That\u2019s the signs of a team maturing and with a purpose.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Florida State, a No. 4 seed, led No. 5 seed Colorado by just four points in the first half and then ran away from the Buffaloes in the second half with a 47-33 final 20 minutes.<\/p>\n

The Seminoles (18-6) were led by Anthony Polite\u2019s career-high 22 points. Polite had never scored more than 15 points in a game, but the junior shot 8 of 12 from the field, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

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For as good as Polite was on offense, it was his defense that Hamilton raved about after the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnthony is one of the better on-the-ball defenders that we\u2019ve ever coached at Florida State,\u2019\u2019 Hamilton said. \u201cHe is sound fundamentally. Has a high basketball IQ. He plays within himself. You barely ever see him forcing a shot. He rebounds, gets deflections and steals. He\u2019s really grown into it from his freshman year.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Florida State will play No. 1 seed Michigan, which knocked out the Seminoles in the 2018 Elite Eight, for a chance to advance to this year\u2019s Elite Eight.<\/p>\n

Colorado (23-9), which was coming off a 96-73 victory over Big East Tournament champion Georgetown in the first round and was seeking its first Sweet 16 trip<\/a> since 1969, was led by D\u2019Shawn Schwartz, who scored 13 points.<\/p>\n

McKinley Wright IV, Colorado\u2019s leading scorer for the season with more than 15 points per game, was contained by the FSU defense and finished with 10 points on 4 of 12 shooting. He was the focal point of the FSU game plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cMcKinley is as good as anyone we played against in a number of years,\u2019\u2019 Hamilton said. \u201cHe\u2019s explosive and smart and he\u2019s heavy. It took a tremendous effort to hold him down somewhat.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Polite called Wright \u201cone of best point guards on the West Coast,\u2019\u2019 adding, \u201cHe\u2019s very ball-dominant. We tried to keep the ball away from him as much as possible, and it frustrated him.\u2019\u2019\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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