FSU Moves On in the NCAA

When the pairing of Florida State and Texas A&M, two teams noted much more for their defensive prowess than their offensive capabilities, was announced last Sunday, fans and pundits quipped that the first team to fifty would win the game. That proved to prophetic. With 2:28 left in the game, Bernard James swatted away B.J. Holmes layup right into the hands of Ian Miller who promptly saw Michael Snaer all alone racing down the floor.  The subsequent layup put FSU on that 50 point plateau. And just for good measure Snaer added a free throw having been fouled on the play by Khris Middleton giving the ‘Noles a 51-42 lead en route to a 57-50 win over the Aggies. It was the first NCAA tournament win for the Seminoles since beating TCU96-87 in 1998 in the first round. “Coach (Hamilton) talked to us a lot about FSU having no first round win in the NCAA for a while”, Bernard James said afterward who finished the game with 10 points, 6 rebounds, and led a FSU block party (10) with 3 block...