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Harvard, the school known for turning out presidents
(7) and Supreme Court Justices (12) (we’ll overlook Eliot
Spitzer ’84 for the moment), may soon become known for something less impressive. The New York Times recently reported on recruiting activities surrounding the Crimson men’s basketball program that may violate NCAA rules. The Harvard men haven’t reached the NCAA basketball ...
Michigan basketball coach Tommy Amaker was fired Saturday
following six seasons leading the program without an NCAA
tournament appearance.
Bring back Brian Ellerbe!!
True, the NCAA sanctions and the Brian Ellerbe
era didn't help the cause of recently deposed coach
Tommy Amaker, but there's really no excuse for a school like Michigan to have missed nine consecutive NCAA Tournaments. Michigan had the nation's ...
The ESPN hoops folks, with probably nothing better
to do in mid-May went about making a list
of the most underachieving teams of this decade. Michigan, with its multi-million dollar athletic budget, and being one of ten BCS teams not to make the dance won out, with four or the five first place votes. Things don't get interesting until you take a look at the fifth voter, Jay Bilas, and his ballot
Tommy Amaker hasn't won many games, but he
reeled in a strong recruiting class.
Former Michigan basketball coach Tommy Amaker has been
offered the head coaching job at Harvard and is
expected to accept it as early as tomorrow, The Boston Globe reported.
Spartans 80 – Jacksonville 51…. This was only
the Second Time they have played each other, last
time in 1976 the Dolphins won 65 – 63… Yeah …. “ A Long time ago… In a Land Far.. Far.. Away”… Didn’t think that would happen again…. Not this year…. Oh..by the way.. Tommy Amaker got revenge…… Wolver-weenies.. 51 – Amaker’s New Team 62 He’s now Coaches for Harvard… You Go Tommy.. !
WolverBill We now have an experienced basketball coach.
He's been through the fire having to live in
the shadow of Chris Webber and Ed Martin let alone the skeptical sports media. No need to change with a winning record and right on the edge of...
Harvard has never won an Ivy League title
in men’s basketball and has not reached the N.C.A.A.
tournament since 1946. This season, the team won only 8 of its first 28 games. Like all the universities in the Ivy League, Harvard does not award athletic scholarships. The first-year Harvard coach Tommy Amaker with the assistant Kenny Blakeney. There are questions about the manner in which ...
With the Michigan basketball team primed to miss
its 9th-straight NCAA Tournament, it's hard to ignore the
fact that one of our most treasured programs has become truly irrelevant. Our mission here, put simply, is to make Michigan basketball relevant...
Interesting angle on Michigan coach Tommy Amaker's job
security -- is he safe because his wife, an
associate dean, is a rising star in the school's administration?
ANN ARBOR -- Michigan coach Tommy Amaker addressed
his job status Monday but wouldn't disclose if he's
been given a vote of confidence by athletic director Bill Martin or other school officials. "It's not about me," Amaker said. "My status is what it...
Embattled U-M coach 'honored' to be part of
NIT By Larry Lage Associated Press ANN ARBOR -
Michigan is headed to the NIT for the third time in four years during a season that coach Tommy Amaker said was fair to expect an NCAA tournament bid. Amaker...
We've got a feeling the Harvard basketball team
is going to be the butt of many jokes
this season. Call it a hunch. GoCrimson.com is making The Michigan of the East an easier target with this Jesus-like photo of Tommy Amaker on its men's basketball ...
Michigan Wolverines , owners of a 4-7 record
this season and zero NCAA Tournament appearances since 1998,
are on national television on CBS, this time to take on UCLA on Saturday. A few weeks ago, Michigan took on Duke as the first game of a ...
So Jay Bilas' savaging of John Beilein and
the job he's done at Michigan this season would
have stood out regardless of both men's backgrounds, but when you add in the fact Bilas is the close friend of the man Beilein replaced, Tommy Amaker, the ESPN analyst's comments have become the topic of the week around Ann Arbor.
It was one thing for ESPN s Jay
Bilas to keep defending Tommy Amaker s brutal run
as coach at Michigan, but another to start going after his successor, John Beilein, for being honest about the pitiful program left him in Ann Arbor. The more Bilas ...
After a story this weekend suggested that new
Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker has convinced the school
to lower academic standards for basketball players, the school and the Ivy League say they are investigating . "We're going to do what needs to be done, and it's going to be done in a timely way," said Jeff Orleans, the Ivy League executive director. Pete Thamel of the New York Times has ...
Harvard hired former Michigan coach Tommy Amaker as
its next men's basketball coach. Tommy Amaker at Michigan
"I called today and accepted the offer," Amaker told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "It's a terrific opportunity for me. I've been ...
On Page 2 ...
- Beilein's U-M contract revealed
- Beilein retains Mike Jackson as assistant coach at Michigan
- Give John Beilein Credit -- He's Keeping Michigan's Top Recruits
- John Beilein credits assistant
- College basketball preview: Teams 11-8 in the Big Ten
- Harvard's Top Recruit Backs Out After Questions About Recruiting Surface








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