Breakdown from the baseline: Notes from FSU basketball's win over SLU

Some court-side observations from the Tuck.The Florida State men's basketball team returned home for the first time in nearly a month Sunday, topping the Southeastern Louisiana Lions by a final score of 75-58 at the Tucker Center in Tallahassee. Here's how.

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It was apparent early on that the Lions' goal was to shorten this one and thus negate the Seminoles' talent advantage and preference of playing an up-tempo game. It's a strategy we've seen employed against the FSU football team as well-- limit the more skilled squad's touches, decrease its opportunities to make plays and run away with the game.

This worked well for SLU, as the Seminoles once again struggled to find seams against…