Tommy Amaker
Tommy Amaker
Harold Tommy Amakeris an American NCAA Division I college basketball coach and the head coach of the Harvard University men's basketball team. He has also coached for the University of Michigan and Seton Hall University. He played point guard and later served as an assistant coach at Duke University under Mike Krzyzewski. An All-American player, Amaker set numerous records and earned many honors and awards. He took Seton Hall to the post season in each of his four seasons as...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 June 1965
enjoy feels
This feels great. But we all know things like this can be very short-lived. But while we're here we'll try and enjoy it for a minute.
ball lights shot
They shot the ball lights out. Not much more to say.
ball shooting shot sure tremendous
They shot the ball lights-out. I'm sure we contributed to their tremendous shooting percentages, but you have to give them credit.
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They have an opportunity to add to it if we're fortunate to come out on top. To have a chance to raise another banner and for them to win their last game, with two NIT championships, would be a phenomenal achievement. We talked about how we didn't finish strong in the regular season but we wanted to finish right. I can't think of a way, based on where we are now, that we aren't finishing right this season.
break challenge defend easy shots tried
We tried to challenge their shots and not give them any easy shots. We were able to defend and not break down.
game saw
There are things in this game that are contagious. And you saw that today.
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We have respect for their team and their program. They've been able to do something we haven't done to get here, and that's go outside their home arena and win.
veteran work
We're an older, veteran team. Sometimes, that can work in your favor.
fought held home michigan proud seniors serve veterans
We held serve at home and I'm really proud of our seniors and our veterans the way we fought back. And I can't say enough about Michigan State.
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We anticipated the post-double. When you post-double, you choose what shots to give your opponent. They chose to give us shots on the perimeter, so we thought we might have a good afternoon. It was something we were looking forward to. ... Tell me we're going to get open threes, I'll take our chances.
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Our guards have to handle the basketball better. I'm not sure what else I can talk about or say. We're going to have turnovers, that's a part of it the way we play and the pace we play. We certainly have to do a better job of valuing the ball.
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We need senior play right now, whatever that is. That doesn't just mean or equate to offensive play.
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I was really impressed with the energy and effort that our kids brought here this evening. I was very pleased with the way we played defensively.
defense happy played second shared
I was really happy the way we shared the ball. And we played much better defense in the second half.