Dereck Whittenburg
Dereck Whittenburg
Dereck Whittenburg is a former collegiate basketball player who played for North Carolina State University, where he was a member of the 1982-83 team that won the NCAA national championship. He is currently employed by the athletic department at his alma mater, with his official title being Associate Athletic Director for Community Relations and Student Support...
gives opportunity regular runs
I've been a part of one of those runs before. That's what the postseason is all about. It gives you another opportunity other than the regular season.
alumni atlantic fired gives good less next ourselves pay proven students team teams year
Our students have to pay to go the game; they were tremendous. It gives our team a lot of confidence. We have proven ourselves to be a competitive team in the Atlantic 10 with less than most of what other teams have. We've been patient, and we have a lot of good things going here. The alumni are fired up. I think our administration will come through in the next year or so.
playing underdog
Psychologically for us, we're the underdog every game. So Xavier (today) will be like playing on the road. We're used to that.
ability chance finally gym happens home schedule
We finally get the chance to play in our gym a little bit. It's really different, really strange. I've never been through a schedule like that. That's what happens when we don't have the ability to play a lot of home games, like some other schools.
We just concentrated on getting him the ball. He was phenomenal.
good talk
We didn't even think about Pops. We didn't talk about Pops. They have so many good players.
control game good played players
We didn't even think about Pops. They have so many good players and they control the game with their defense. They played they way they play.
shots tough
Three-point shots, that's why they're so dangerous. They get those three-point shots going, they can be tough to beat.
experience goes hit knock maybe shots
If we hit a 3-pointer there and it goes to four, now it's a different game. We had two shots that we usually make and some wide-open 3s, and we didn't knock them down. Maybe with experience we will knock them down.
against bit hunted last understand
(Richmond) didn't play well against us and we didn't play well that day, either, just a little bit better. This is their last hurrah, and they're going to come out psyched. We've got to understand that we're the hunted now.
bench beside chance good sitting time
The only time I thought we didn't have a chance was when No. 42 was sitting on the bench beside me. That's not a good sign.
learning maturity patience starting
We're young and we're still learning, but we're starting to show our maturity and patience and play a lot smarter.
knew starts
We knew (McCrae) is going to make his shots. When he starts making them, they are going to come.
credit league national shows tough tougher
It shows how tough this league is. This league is tougher than they give us credit for on the national scope.