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
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.
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.
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.
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.
changed
That 4-point play kind of just changed the momentum.
plays toughness
We were sluggish, and they just made more of the toughness plays than we did.
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.
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.
close knew teams top win
We were real frustrated. We knew we could have been right there with the top teams and we couldn't win the close games.
emotional snap sort team
It was about team chemistry. We're so emotional that sometimes we sort of snap at each other.
destiny game season sort
Our destiny is sort of in our own hands. We need to get back on track. This is really the most important game of our season because we need to get back on track.
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.
beat coming emotions game home minds
It's all or nothing for us. It's a home game and it's a game for seeding. We're going to be real excited. And they beat us at their place by one. That's in the back of our minds as well. There's going to be a lot of emotions coming into play in this game.
beat central game games glad hardest knew staple state teams tough
It was a tough game and we knew it would be a tough game. Central Connecticut State is one of the staple teams in our conference. You know they are always going to be one of the hardest games of the year. We're just glad we beat them.