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
colonial conference couple games gone needs played reckoned road shows team toughness win
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.
certainly credit deserved earned energy felt helped victory ways win
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.
brought early heels opening
I thought they brought it from the opening tap. They had us on our heels early and it was too much to overcome.
certainly difference east key played today
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.
brought
I thought this was something that brought us together.
certainly crowd evening heart led pulled toughness veterans
I thought our veterans really led the way with a lot of toughness and a lot of heart. And certainly our crowd this evening really pulled us through tonight.
heart led toughness veterans
I thought our veterans led the way for us with a lot of toughness and heart.
bad excuse explain game happened incredible opportunity poor sure timing turning wish
It happened (against Minnesota), and it was an incredible turning point. It was also very deflating, but it's also part of the game and was bad timing for us. ? I'm not sure you can really explain it. We just did a poor job. There's no excuse or explanation. I wish we had an opportunity to do it over again.
ended good season tuesday win
I said Tuesday that if the season ended then, I thought we'd be in. I feel that same way tonight. This was a good win to put on our resume.
counting fight kids love people shown spirit
Our kids showed they still have some spirit about them. I love that about our kids right now. They have shown the fight and energy. I think many people were counting them out.
empathy gone
Well, we know their staff, we have empathy for what they're going through, what they've gone through all season.
across ball catch court great hoping pitching shot supposed
We had it set up for Daniel. The thing he was supposed to do was make the play, not necessarily the shot. And I thought he made a great read pitching the ball across the court to Dion. I was hoping Dion would take the shot on the catch or off the catch.
people
We've let a lot of people down -- I've let a lot of people down.
finish hurt selected
Overall, we didn't finish strong, it hurt us and we haven't been selected because of it.