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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I wouldn't exactly categorize it now after talking with our trainer and talking with Lester today. It might not be a high ankle sprain, which is longer to come back from. If there's any positive, it's that.
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I wish we could play. When you come off of a disappointing loss, you want to get back at it and get the feeling, the taste out of your mouth.
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Lester has arguably been our most consistent player since he's been here. And it's obvious when we haven't had him we haven't been the same team. That's not an excuse. That's an explanation. And it's an accurate one in our minds.
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Chris is our three-point shooter from the post position. I don't want to say he has the green light from there, but he's capable of shooting it.
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I have a lot of respect for what Coach Odom has done with that South Carolina program.
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I can't say enough about the effort Graham Brown gave us against a frontline like Indiana has.
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I can't say enough about Jason Williams. Boy, is he a tough player. He's relentless. He scores inside and out.
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There are trappings in every step along the trail. Concerns over complacency or (being) overconfident and feeling too good about yourself. But I'm hopeful and I'm very confident given the group that we have that these guys are going to maintain their focus and their hunger. They'll push forward.
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Maybe I've been cautious with him, but it's in all of our best interests. I don't know what is realistic, but one thing we've seen is that these kids are not the same when they first come back from an injury. I think it takes a while.
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Obviously it was a disappointing ending and loss. You can certainly look at a lot of different stats and reasons but none more telling than 24 turnovers. That was our undoing and it was unfortunate for us. I thought our kids gave great effort, especially our seniors, and I'm very disappointed for them to end their career home game with something like this.
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Obviously, one possession here or there was going to determine the outcome for either team. We certainly need more production from a few of our other guys.
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Obviously, for us to win one or two more games wouldn't hurt. But we're the No. 1-ranked conference in America and we've been able to finish .500 along with Michigan State. We're both 8-8 and we split with one another. No one's talking about Michigan State not being in.
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We start five seniors and that is something that we are very proud of going into this NIT tournament. Anytime you get an opportunity to play for a championship, where something is on the line and you have a chance to raise a banner, you have to feel good about it.
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It's a signature win for us because we recognize how good Illinois has been. It was also important for us to stay in the thick of the Big Ten race.