Florida State would have been no ones pick to win it all Friday considering that they would have to beat #6 Duke and #3UNC consecutively to do so. Well on Saturday in the semi final game against Duke they fought to keep Duke at bay for the majority of the contest with their aggressiveness, length, and interior athleticism. They shot the ball very well and played the game with a certain measure of confidence helped them to sustain. After that upset, knowing how they had blown UNC out earlier in the regular season, being led by the strengthen wisdom of Coach Hamilton and knowing how the roll that the Tarheels are on, a lot of people counted the Seminoles out. What they didn't consider was, what if the confidence carried over? What if the Seminoles look at it like, "we beat both of them this season already and know what it takes." Just like Duke was missing an intricate piece Ryan Kelly, UNC was missing John Henson. Obviously FSU doesn't play the pity game because they came into Sunday as if they were the #1 seed, as if they were the regular season champions. Though Carolina made a push near late in the second half to bring it to within 1, FSU went on to win its first ever ACC Tournament Championship. Will, determination and consistency pays off. No be surprised by anything that FSU may do in the NCAA Tournament either. Congrats to the NOLES well deserved.
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