Leonard Hamilton's legendary career at Florida State ended Tuesday with an early-round exit from the men's ACC tournament. What he said:

Coaching his final basketball game at Charlotte’s Spectrum Center, so close to his hometown, would represent something of a full circle moment for Florida State’s Leonard Hamilton.

The Florida State Seminoles realized they needed to find a new head coach at the beginning of February when Leonard Hamilton announced he would not return as the program’s head coach next year. The Seminoles acted quickly, hiring former player Luke Loucks as their new leader last week.

Leonard Hamilton got his first college coaching job as an assistant coach at Austin Peay just before his 23rd birthday. It was the start of a career that took him to Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Miami and the NBA before he became synonymous with Florida State basketball.

Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton's reunion with his former players, college teammates and their families have more meaning in his basketball career.

Loucks will be stepping into Hamilton's shoes after playing a key role as a player in FSU's first ACC Championship run in 2012.

I n a fitting end to Leonard Hamilton’s illustrious tenure in Tallahassee, Florida State (17-14, 8-12) defeated the SMU Mustangs (22-9, 13-7) in a high energy, back and forth ga