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...would be taking the court for Michigan. This squad, however, is a different story altogether. In 2001, Amaker inherited a program mired in controversy, facing postseason suspensions and program sanctions as a result of legal troubles with former players. And the team has never fully recovered. Despite winning the NIT championship during his reign, the Wolverines have not made the NCAA tournament in nine seasons and graduated its top four scorers from last season. Whether Michigan has found its next big star in freshman (and Amaker recruit) Manny Harris remains to be seen. But Harris will come to Lavietes...
...manning Harvard’s bench—coaching against his former squad.Amaker was fired from the Michigan post in March, after being unable to bring the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament in six seasons in charge. He had his successes, though, leading Michigan to two NIT Tournament title games and winning the championship in 2004.But when Michigan comes to Lavietes, Amaker’s old friends will be his new enemies, as the coach and his new squad will have the challenge of knocking off one of college basketball’s most storied teams.“We?...
...music matters as much as ever.Despite its intangibility, “In Rainbows” is, in a sense, the first real album we’ve had from anyone in a long time. A release date meant something again; there were no leaks. And while everyone was discussing, nit-picking, and passing judgment at the same time, everyone was also listening.We were still reducing the album to a rating, still scribbling sentences in our notebooks like “‘Amnesiac’ meets ‘The Bends’?” But we were...
...need you.”This is the same Tommy Amaker, who was National Defensive Player of the Year his senior year at Duke; who led Seton Hall, just seven years ago, to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament; who cleaned up a tarnished Michigan program, winning a NIT Championship in the process; who generated the second-ranked recruiting class in the nation in 2000 while with the Pirates.And he needs the fans, not recruits, not administrative help. He needs us.To be fair, these glowing, totally unbiased praises of Coach Amaker must be tempered by the facts...
...Harvard, we’re dealing with our own bit of thrilling news. No, Tommy Amaker has never sampled a Jackson 5 song, has never had his own TV show on Nickelodeon, and his dad never made ‘em say uhh, but he did win an NIT title...