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...
knew starts
We knew (McCrae) is going to make his shots. When he starts making them, they are going to come.
allow starts
It all starts with defense. I wasn't going to allow us to play back on our heels.
athletic comments director good help hope offended people president prove saying together
I'm not as offended as the people in my administration should be offended. I think we've got something good going. I think this can help us. The administration and I can come together and prove the comments he's saying are not true. I would hope our president and vice-president and athletic director would be offended by it.
ahead although game satisfied
It's been tremendous. We're making progress. We're way ahead of our game plan. Although I'm not satisfied with the season, I am satisfied with the way things are progressing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
somebody
They don't have a say. If they don't want to get up, get out of here. We'll get somebody who will get up.
concerned felt four games good stretch won
We're more experienced and we've got more poise. That stretch we went through, we could have won any of those games. I felt good about those four games and that's why I wasn't concerned at all.
chances couple game half hung missed points pulled second turned
In the second half we hung in there and had our chances to make a run. It was a seven-point game there and we missed a couple of wide-open 3s that could have pulled them in. All the turnovers we had turned out to be points for them.
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.
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.