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.

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

His 23-year coaching career at Florida State ended in the opening round of the ACC tournament, as No. 14 seed Syracuse defeated No. 11 FSU 66-62 on Tuesday night. With the Seminoles one and done, the Orange advanced to the second round and will face SMU on Wednesday at 9:30 p.