Linsanity Page #6

There were 23 asian-americans

at Harvard

Whose last name was lin.

And so for Jeremy Lin

to show up at Harvard,

Being this asian-american kid,

Who had a perfect math

sat ii score was,

You know, nothing rare.

But the fact that he was

amazing at this game,

The question was then

how did he fit in at Harvard?

Announcer:

There is Tommy Amaker,

1987 graduate of duke,

of course,

First year at Harvard,

11th year overall

as a head coach,

180 career wins.

With the hiring of former

Michigan coach Tommy Amaker,

Harvard was committed

to a new era

In their basketball program.

Amaker was a star player

at duke university,

Then spent nine years

as an assistant coach

To the legendary

Mike Krzyzewski.

The basketball landscape

at Harvard

Was about to be transformed,

And Jeremy

was leading the charge.

Tommy Amaker:
We knew we had

something pretty interesting,

Especially with Jeremy,

Because of how hard he

worked, first of all,

And how important

basketball was to him.

And then his talent.

I think he was

very much underrated,

And I think he wanted

to play in the style

And the system, you know,

That we were

gonna implement,

Which is gonna

be high octane.

And he's a hard-charging,

Aggressive,

fearless player.

Announcer:

A steal by Jeremy lin.

He's gonna go in

for the easy jam.

Announcer 2:

Looking up ahead,

Lin splits defenders

and lays it in!

Kenny Blakeney:

In my 15 years of coaching,

My four years at duke,

I've never seen anybody

Work as diligent

and as hard as Jeremy.

He came in every day

and put the work in.

We watched film every day.

We did work

before and after practice.

He busted his tail,

And he did all the things

that we asked him to do.

Announcer:
Top of the circle,

deep 3, Jeremy Lin!

It seems the bigger the

game, the better he played.

Announcer:

It's big east basketball,

As the 13th ranked UConn huskies

host the crimson of Harvard.

Color analyst:
Now, keep

an eye on Jeremy Lin today.

This is the type

of player

That can single-handedly

help the crimson

Pull off

a miraculous upset.

Amaker:
He was the best player

on the floor.

You know,

that's saying a lot

When you're speaking

of a team

That was

the caliber of Connecticut.

Color analyst:

Wow!

Announcer:
What a move on

the runner off the glass.

Oliver McNally:
I think that's

when everybody was like,

"all right, he's more than just,

like, a good college player.

Like, he just made

a very good team look bad. "

Announcer:
Casey had it knocked

away, and a steal by Dyson.

Takes Lin to the basket,

And Lin blocks him

at the rim!

Color analyst:

What a block.

Amaker:

Scoring 30 points there,

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