Word: postseason
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...Michigan was a different story altogether. In 2001, he inherited a program in shambles. Despite amassing a 10-6 record in the Big Ten in his second year in Ann Arbor, the Wolverines were not eligible for postseason play because of a rules violation that dated back to the days of Chris Webber and the Fab Five...
...matter what Amaker does, it’s clear that if his plans for a postseason birth are to become a reality, he needs to follow the lead of Tim Floyd at USC and infuse some rap influence into Harvard’s basketball program...
...worlds—mentored under probably the most famous college basketball coach...and at the same time, he has had success by himself in his own program.” Amaker’s 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...
...same season Amaker won the national Defensive Player of the Year award. He was an assistant coach under Kryzewski at Duke from 1988-97 before getting his first head coaching job at Seton Hall University. In four years in New Jersey he never failed to make the postseason, as the Pirates advanced to the National Invitational Tournament three times and reaching the NCAA Tournament Sweet...
...season progressed, the competition strengthened, and by the time the IRA National Championships began, the Black and White had been overtaken. It was not surprising to see the Badgers pull in front of Radcliffe, as the now two-time defending national championships have proven time and again its postseason fortitude. But seeing Georgetown surpass the Black and White and move into silver-medal position on during the IRA’s last year seemed, in many ways, to be a shocker. But the Hoyas are a team on the rise, so this weekend will be the toughest of challenges...