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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.