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
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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.
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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.
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This game can be fragile, and kids can play well sometimes and raise their confidence level.
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They probably missed some shots they ordinarily make.
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It was really a struggle for us offensively.
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I thought they had so much energy. (I'm) disappointed, obviously, in some of the ways that we felt like we helped them get that energy or those leads. But certainly you give them the credit that they deserve, and I thought they earned this victory and they deserved to win tonight.
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I thought that was certainly the big difference when we played in Ann Arbor and it was a big key today here in East Lansing.
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It feels great. But we know things like this can be short-lived. While we're here, we're going to try and enjoy it.
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Anytime you're thought of by your peers in the coaches' poll and you guys (media in attendance) thinking of us in a positive way with our program and team right now makes you feel good. We're honored. Hopefully, we're deserving of it. But also we want to keep things in perspective. For us, it's never been about us trying to crack the polls. We're still on our journey to become champions in our conference. So, nothing has changed in that regard.
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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.
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Chris is our three-point shooter from the post position. I don't want to say he has the green light from there, but he's capable of shooting it.
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I don't think that we were sluggish. I thought they played an exceptional basketball game early and that put us on our heels.
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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.