More - Dereck Whittenburg Quotes

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

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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.

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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

Dereck Whittenburg

 Learning

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

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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.

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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.

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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.

Dereck Whittenburg

 

He certainly kicked his butt.

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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

Dereck Whittenburg

 

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.

Dereck Whittenburg

 Vice President