Dereck Whittenburg Quotations

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.

(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.

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.

It all starts with defense. I wasn't going to allow us to play back on our heels.

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.

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.

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.

We just concentrated on getting him the ball. He was phenomenal.

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.

Three-point shots, that's why they're so dangerous. They get those three-point shots going, they can be tough to beat.

We didn't even think about Pops. We didn't talk about Pops. They have so many good 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.

We're young and we're still learning, but we're starting to show our maturity and patience and play a lot smarter.

We knew (McCrae) is going to make his shots. When he starts making them, they are going to come.

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.

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.

Psychologically for us, we're the underdog every game. So Xavier (today) will be like playing on the road. We're used to that.

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.

It shows how tough this league is. This league is tougher than they give us credit for on the national scope.

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.

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.

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.