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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To get a road win is a significant achievement. Road wins are treasured in our league. The way our guards played, especially Daniel Horton and Dion Harris, was the difference. They played with a swagger.
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Having those players back make us a much better team, a deeper team.
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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.
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He's a good player. I'm really disappointed on the way we guarded their entire team, but he was definitely the catalyst when they jumped out.
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He's a good basketball player, certainly he played very well this afternoon. I think that he was the catalyst that allowed them to get such a big lead early.
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We can say that or cry about that, but nonetheless, we have to keep fighting. Obviously, it didn't help us to have him go down.
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We realize that our challenge is going to be a very difficult one with a good South Carolina team.
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We hope so. Chris being a senior more than anything else, that's what we need, senior play. That doesn't just equate to offensive play. We need senior play, senior players.
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That was a role reversal from last time. That was a key today.
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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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He really led us tonight. Those were clutch shots.
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I do think right now he's giving us a stabilizing feel.
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I am not sure we have faced a team like that before.
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I feel bad for Lester. I don't know how severe it is but it didn't look good when he went down. But he's as tough as they come.