Florida State Basketball: Analyzing the Seminoles’ rotation for 2018-19

Due to how head coach Leonard Hamilton uses his rotations for Florida State Basketball, expect a lot of players to get minutes for the 2018-19 season.

It was another successful campaign for Florida State Basketball, making it to the NCAA Tournament with a surprising run to the Elite Eight. The Seminoles athleticism and overall size were able to overwhelm the non-ACC teams not familiar with them, a trait that can give the program the ability to eventually compete with the league’s powerhouses, Duke and North Carolina.

It was a balanced effort all throughout the season, with 10 different players averaging in double figures in scoring, with nine of them getting at least 6.5 ppg. Florida State had an incredibly deep bench and wasn’t even able to give playing time to a few quality recruits from the 2017 class.

The roster for the Seminoles did go through some changes this offseason. Starter CJ Walker and 7’0 center Ike Obiagu decided to transfer out of the program, while Albany grad transfer David Nichols made the move to join them.

Florida State was supposed to lose the team’s two leading scorers from last season in Braian Angola-Rodas and Phil Cofer. Then the NCAA gave the team great news in that Cofer would have a sixth-year of eligibility, making him eligible to play for 2018-19.

For this piece, I’ll be taking a look at how the seven returning Seminoles along with Nichols will be utilized. Keep in mind, the underclassmen also have a case to make when it comes to crashing the main rotation. That’ll all be addressed soon.