Sweet 16 Bound!!!!

It’s not often you see a smiling Leonard Hamilton after a game even when it is a win. But after a near perfect performance Hamilton had plenty of reason to grin from ear to ear after Florida State manhandled Notre Dame all game long in beating the Fighting Irish 71-57 to reach their first Sweet 16 since 1993. Lower seeds such as a ten seed that Florida State came into the NCAA as generally don’t beat second seeded teams in such dominating fashion. But that is exactly what the Seminoles did in giving nothing easy to the Irish from start to finish. Heck, even the walk ons got into the swing of things as Andrew Rutledge finished off the scoring with a three pointer from the right corner with just seconds left in the game. The shooting statistics tell the story of the dominance. FSU shot 45% while a stifling defense held Notre Dame to just 30% that included 7-30 three point shots  well below their 39% season average.  Meanwhile FSU, not known as a three point shooting team, shot 9-19 fr...