Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton likes to see his teams play with high energy in an up-tempo style in which defense forces the play at the other end.
He likes to use multiple-player rotations to keep bodies fresh as they apply pressure to the opposition.
He hasn’t had that luxury this season, for various reasons, but during Thursday’s opening game of the ESPN Events Invitational against Siena, the Saints showed FSU what their own style looks like.
Siena jumped on FSU early, creating turnovers, wreaking havoc on defense and turning it into an offensive rhythm that stunned the Seminoles.