The Rev. Dr. R.B. Holmes Jr. is leading the charge to get Florida State University to name the basketball court at the Tucker Center after Hamilton.

Leonard Hamilton, the conference’s longest-tenured men’s basketball coach, ended his collegiate career with an opening-round loss to Syracuse on Tuesday night at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, not far from where he grew up in Gastonia.

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.

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

Both teams combined 4 for 24 from the 3-point line. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Syracuse controlled most of the game by attacking the paint. It won the physical battle by scoring 44 points in the paint and grabbing 42 rebounds.