Derrick Coleman
Derrick Coleman
Derrick D. Colemanis an American retired basketball player. Coleman was born in Mobile, Alabama, but grew up and attended high school in Detroit, Michigan, and attended college at Syracuse University. He was selected first overall in the 1990 NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 June 1967
apart break frustrated stay stick together whether
Our big thing was to stick together as a team. Whether we're down or up, just stay together. Don't break apart from each other. Don't get frustrated with each other.
front game goal home season
Our goal when the season started was to get a home game for the tournament. It's still right in front of us.
blow close experience games learning team
This was another learning experience for us. We are not going to blow every team out. There will be close games and we have to learn from them so when we are in close games again, we will know what to do.
blew came explain
We just blew the game, man. We blew the game. We came out soft, sluggish. I have no idea why. We just kind of came out, like ... I really can't explain it.
beginning best conference learned losses ready seed streak three winning wrong
We are refocused and ready to go. We learned what we did wrong from the three losses and we are ready to get back to where we started, with a five-game winning streak at the beginning of conference play. We want to get the best seed we can for the NEC Tournament.
behind blew came fight fought game hard second soft
We blew the game in the first half. We came out soft and sluggish. We fought back in the second half, but it is hard to fight your way back when you get behind by a lot.
beat knew match tough tried
We knew they were a tough team, so we knew we had to play tough to beat them. It was a battle. We just tried to match their intensity.