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...intangibles may serve as Amaker’s greatest challenge. Despite his success at Seton Hall and his NIT championship with the Wolverines in 2004, Amaker has been accused of breaking down his veteran players during the season, challenging them to a point that mid-season collapses became the norm in Ann Arbor. Two years ago, Michigan started the season 16-3 before falling in seven of its last nine regular season games to plummet into the NIT, and a similar plummet occurred just last year...
Harvard has never made the NIT, and its sole NCAA tournament appearance came...
...first head-coaching opportunity came at Seton Hall University in 1998. The Pirates made the postseason all four seasons under Amaker, advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2000. Amaker moved to the University of Michigan in 2002, where his Wolverines squad won the National Invitational Tournament (NIT) in 2004. He failed, however, to take Michigan to the NCAA Tournament in his six seasons in Ann Arbor, leading to his firing in March. Amaker currently holds a career coaching record of 177-138. The Harvard men’s basketball team has never won the Ivy League title or advanced...
Amaker moved to Michigan in 2001, where he coached for six seasons. He failed to take the Wolverines to the NCAAs, which led to his firing, although Michigan did win the NIT...
...hired, Amaker would bring a 109-83 career record with him to the Crimson, just weeks after being fired by the University of Michigan, where he won the NIT title in 2004 but failed to ever reach the NCAA tourmanet...