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Amaker then got himself into hot water by recruiting players with lower academic profiles than his predecessor had recruited.
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He played overseas before starting a coaching career that included stints with the WNBA's Detroit Shock and with Tommy Amaker's staff at Seton Hall.
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Tommy Amaker outcoached his contemporary, Steve Alford, exacting revenge of sorts from when Alford's Indiana team beat Amaker and Duke back in the 1987 regional semifinals.
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Things worked out for Michigan eventually: After six years with Tommy Amaker, who didn't take the school to the NCAA tournament, Martin hired current Michigan coach John Beilein.
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Before the 2008 season began, Amaker called in five players the previous coach had recruited and told them there were no spots for them on the varsity team.
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Getting Amaker to come to Harvard was not easy.
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It required the Friends of Harvard Basketball, an alumni group dominated by ex-players. chipping in money to improve Amaker's salary, with, The Harvard Crimson reported, the full knowledge of Harvard's athletic director.
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Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust was in Seoul giving a speech during the game, but a spokesman said she followed the second half closely and called coach Tommy Amaker to congratulate the team and wish them luck in the next round.
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Last season, after decades of fielding mediocre basketball teams, Harvard was ranked among the nation's top 25 in basketball, and at the heart of the basketball team's success was a program dogged by controversy ever since Harvard hired former University of Michigan coach Tommy Amaker in April 2007.
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