Tommy Amaker
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"Harold Tommy Amaker" is an American National Collegiate Athletic Association/NCAA Division I (NCAA)/Division I college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Harvard University men's Harvard Crimson men's basketball/basketball team. He has also coached for the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball/University of Michigan and Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball/Seton Hall University. He played point guard and later served as an assistant coach at Duke Blue Devils men's basketball/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 their coach, helped Michigan win the National Invitation Tournament the year after a probationary ban from postseason play, and had the three highest single-season win totals in the history of Harvard basketball, the school's first three Ivy League championships and first NCAA tournament victory.

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I really believe the way we've played on the offensive end has really taken the life out of us defensively. This has been my biggest pet peeve about basketball in today's time. It seems to be when players aren't scoring, their energy and life to play the total game isn't there. I think that has hurt us defensively.

He started a lot last year when we had a lot of injuries. I felt that allowed him as a freshman to gain confidence. Ron has filled in nicely.

They were charged. They were ready. It was role-reversal from the previous game.

That was a role reversal from last time. That was a key today.

For us to show the signs of life and energy and passion and defense, that's what we needed. I think you go through some stretches where the season can beat you down a little bit. I think it's naive to think this conference can't do that to you.

It didn't help, so obviously it's tough.

I really thought that Chris Hunter was a catalyst for us.

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.

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.