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
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.
key last role
That was a role reversal from last time. That was a key today.
brought effort energy impressed kids played pleased
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.
defense happy played second shared
I was really happy the way we shared the ball. And we played much better defense in the second half.
brown played quick talented tremendous
I thought (Horton) played tremendous defense. We had to. I can't tell you how talented and quick Dee Brown is. ... You have to be disciplined, you have to be tough, you have to be a little lucky.
equate mean offensive senior whatever
We need senior play right now, whatever that is. That doesn't just mean or equate to offensive play.
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.
basketball certainly guards handle job pace sure talk valuing
Our guards have to handle the basketball better. I'm not sure what else I can talk about or say. We're going to have turnovers, that's a part of it the way we play and the pace we play. We certainly have to do a better job of valuing the ball.
finish hurt selected
Overall, we didn't finish strong, it hurt us and we haven't been selected because of it.
college great renewed season teams
I think it's great for college basketball. It's great for teams and it's great for everyone at the end of the season to have renewed hope.
against fresh people stay
I thought we would have to play a lot of people to stay fresh and play the way we wanted to play against them.