Leonard on Florida State recruiting: “Hopefully, the success we’ve had will make us more attractive to players.”

Topics: Big game tomorrow night against Duke | Learning experience for our team | Were in a pretty good place right now | Not having a lot of McDonalds All Americans on the team | Just asking our guys to buy in to what were doing | Always go after talent | Having players drafted lately | Bernard James | Bernard being 27 and serving on 3 tours in the Middle East | Bernard’s leadership | Michael Snaer being clutch | Michael is a gym rat | Other jobs | Rebuilding programs | His skill set | His time at Miami | The ultimate challenge of competing for a ACC Title | Life growing up | His parents | My dad let me know early no one owes you anything | Doubts he would be interested in the NBA again | Graduation rate |

Topics:: Expecting to smash a 2-seed the way they did Sunday | Team had to be at their best while showing respect | Very important victory | Have to repeat that performance in the Sweet 16 | Getting an edge from feeling disrespected | Developing killer instinct | Being disrespected motivates a team | Being honest with his players about the magnitude of where they are | Chris Singleton’s injury and surprise at seeing him back on the court | Had two or three treatments a day | Very little prep-time and limited in practice | Did not intend to use him | Didn’t know what to expect | Bernard James and what he is like in the locker room | Different guy because of his background | Wants to be coached like anyone else.