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
brown played quick talented tremendous
I thought (Horton) played tremendous defense. We had to. I can't tell you how talented and quick Dee Brown is. ... You have to be disciplined, you have to be tough, you have to be a little lucky.
banner time win
Any time you can win a championship and put a banner up, it's exciting.
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I'm hoping he's going to respond in the correct manner, and so far he has. I've always thought of every moment as a teaching moment. Unfortunately, sometimes teaching moments have to come in some adverse situations and circumstances.
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I really thought that Chris Hunter was a catalyst for us.
brown somewhat
That play was somewhat of a dagger. But Dee Brown has done that to a lot of people.
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I think it's great for college basketball. It's great for teams and it's great for everyone at the end of the season to have renewed hope.
ending loss telling undoing
It's a disappointing ending and loss for us today. You can look at a lot of different stats. But nothing is more telling than 24 turnovers. That was our undoing this afternoon.
confidence game kids raise
This game can be fragile, and kids can play well sometimes and raise their confidence level.
missed ordinarily shots
They probably missed some shots they ordinarily make.
struggle
It was really a struggle for us offensively.
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As coaches, we have really felt wherever it lands to anchor it for a period of time, whether it's five or a few years beyond that. We felt that we can build up some kind of brand loyalty and recognition to where our tournament is located.
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They're a team that's already played in a different venue. They've gone on the road to win a couple games in this tournament, which shows toughness on their part. ? What the Colonial conference has done this season, certainly, this is a team that needs to be reckoned with.
freshmen juniors kids negative recognized seniors team tournament win worry
Because we had the nucleus of our team win that tournament two years ago -- the juniors and seniors right now were freshmen and sophomores -- I worry about that being more of a negative than a positive. These kids have recognized that they've already done that.
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He's a big-time post presence. His double-double and his ability to score around the rim was certainly hurtful for us.