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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Their ability to get the three-point shot but, more importantly, to make them was the difference.
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I really thought that Chris Hunter was a catalyst for us.
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His courage, the way he put us on his back offensively, was outstanding. You saw him will his shots in. You saw him will us to a victory.
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I really believe the way we've played on the offensive end has really taken the life out of us defensively. This has been my biggest pet peeve about basketball in today's time. It seems to be when players aren't scoring, their energy and life to play the total game isn't there. I think that has hurt us defensively.
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I think all of our games will be must-win situations at some point. I don't know if one win is going to make or break what we've done over the course of the season, but certainly it would help if we could have a win over a team like Illinois.
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We panicked a little bit trying to get back with one pass or one possession. When shots weren't falling like they had earlier this season, we were pressing a little bit.
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That is probably going to have some health luck along the way. The team that does not have any serious injuries or defections or (academic) casualties, if you will, in any shape or form.
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It's certainly a situation I disagreed with and I got a technical for it and I deserved it.
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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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As coaches I think we have felt that wherever it lands it would be helpful to anchor it for a period of time, whether it's five or even a few years beyond that. I think we felt that we could build up some type of brand loyalty in a relation to where our tournament is.
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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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Courtney did what he's capable of doing around the goal.
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It was a gritty effort by both teams, but hitting those three-pointers was the difference for us. Tonight, we did a horrendous job of finishing at the basket. We were fortunate to shoot such a high percentage in three-pointers.
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It's one of those things you can't sit here and cry over. You move forward and do the best you can. It certainly does not help us with those key guys out like that.