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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certainly determine either few outcome possession production
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.
ballgame both determine effort either great laid outcome possession teams
I would say one possession here or there was going to determine the outcome of this ballgame for either team. I thought both teams laid it on the line, put great effort out there to make things happen.
basketball grow love michigan position
We've been able to grow together. I love that about this group. They've done a lot to be able to put Michigan basketball in the position it deserves, which is a winning, first-class program.
opportunity review situations
We're going to review those situations when we get the opportunity to do so.
concerning face played team tournament won
We're going to face a team that has played in the tournament and won in the tournament. That's one of the things that is concerning me.
control cry fights-and-fighting happened harris help obviously team took word
We can cry about that if that's the right word to use, but nonetheless we have to keep fighting. I don't know if that's what happened with our team (when the Buckeyes took control with Harris out). But obviously it didn't help us to have him go down.
bail break brought certainly defend defense defensive fortunate job missed shots together
We brought our defense together where we were able to defend and not break down and not bail them out. They missed some shots and we were fortunate for that and certainly I thought we did a better job on the defensive glass.
basketball beyond certainly coming emotional fans game happy loss pleased saturday thinking win
We're pleased - we're pleased for our school, pleased for our fans and our alums. I'm really pleased for our players. Thinking anything beyond that, it's a game for us right now. ... We have a game coming up here on Saturday (against Wisconsin). We always know a follow-up of an emotional win or loss is always critical. We're happy about the win tonight, but we certainly know there's a lot of basketball to be played.
kids
We have no one to blame. That's what I wanted the kids to know.
information
We have no more information on him. He's out indefinitely.
bring choice fight game spirit tough
We have no choice and it's going to be a tough game. It's going to be a competitive game and I'll be very disappointed if we don't bring the fight and spirit that we had here tonight.
hole key maturity second stops
We started to get some stops in the second half, and that was a key for us. We did some things that kind of put us in a hole early, but we showed some maturity to claw our way back in, and we didn't panic.
confident thick
We're still in the thick of things. I'm confident we're going to be fine.
game saw
There are things in this game that are contagious. And you saw that today.