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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We tried to challenge their shots and not give them any easy shots. We were able to defend and not break down.
veteran work
We're an older, veteran team. Sometimes, that can work in your favor.
fought held home michigan proud seniors serve veterans
We held serve at home and I'm really proud of our seniors and our veterans the way we fought back. And I can't say enough about Michigan State.
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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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.
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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 they brought it from the opening tap. They had us on our heels early and it was too much to overcome.
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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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I thought that their aggressiveness on the ball knocked us back a little bit. We haven't been good when people put pressure on us. We know that and we try to do things against it and safeguard for it, but it wasn't enough today.
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I thought this was something that brought us together.