23 ordspråk av Dereck Whittenburg
Dereck Whittenburg
(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.
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He certainly kicked his butt.
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I saw them beat Xavier on tape and that was just a tremendous win, and they come back and Saint Joseph's plays terrific and they don't shoot as well. That's what happens sometimes when you get a big win on the road, you come home and the kids relax a little bit and the other team kind of catches you off-guard.
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I think there is a confident feel in the team right now. I really have a quiet, young team, not a bunch of rah-rah guys. It's quiet confidence. They're grounded and more focused than ever.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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It all starts with defense. I wasn't going to allow us to play back on our heels.
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It shows how tough this league is. This league is tougher than they give us credit for on the national scope.
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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.
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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.
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Psychologically for us, we're the underdog every game. So Xavier (today) will be like playing on the road. We're used to that.
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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.
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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.
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