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
key last role
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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I was really happy the way we shared the ball. And we played much better defense in the second half.
enjoy feels
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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I think he's playing in a nice rhythm. I think a lot of that had to do with Daniel and Lester. For a lack of a better way of saying it, we're not asking him to be Superman. We're asking him to contribute.
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I think he's been everything to this program. He's been an absolute high-level competitor since the day he stepped foot on campus. I'm going to miss him, as a coach and as a teacher. He's been a special player for me to have an opportunity to interact with.
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We haven't won this game in a long time. Thinking anything beyond this ... we have a game coming up Saturday. ... This is a step in (the right) direction. We're climbing the ladder. I feel like we're moving our program in the direction that we're all very proud.
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You can certainly look at a lot of stats, but none are more telling than 24 turnovers. That was our undoing this afternoon.
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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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I think for the road we've traveled this is a significant achievement for our kids. The way we've been able to get to this moment has been to stay focused and take things as they come. Hopefully they will feel honored and deserving and keep it in perspective.
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I think it would be helpful that we anchor it for a period of time. We could build up some kind of brand loyalty and recognition for where our tournament is located.
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I thought he had a tremendous floor game. I mentioned to him at halftime that I thought he played a tremendous first half. ... It was beautiful to watch him play that way.