Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzelis a former American professional basketball player...
behind chance coming good life march rough ten winning
It was a rough Big Ten season. We had to put that behind us. I think we got new life coming into March madness. We still got that confidence. We feel we have just as good a chance of winning as anybody.
easy fighting fights-and-fighting kept knew pull
It would have been really easy for us to get frustrated. We kept fighting through it. We knew we could pull it out because we've done it before.
coming key stay stretch
They're going to be coming in here confident. This is a key stretch for us now, and we've just got to stay consistent.
continue deep foul game haunt
It's kind of a big deal. We can't continue to foul because we're not as deep at some positions, so it could come back to haunt us in a big game sometime.
easy
Offensively, we never really got anything going. Everything we got, we had to earn. We didn't get any easy baskets.
hurts lose race ten win
You never want to lose to your rival. It hurts. But more importantly, it hurts in the Big Ten race. We're going to have to win out to have a chance.
flashes forget looked season signs team type win year
It's disappointing. We showed flashes and signs this year of what type of team we can be, a top-five team. Other times, we looked bad, just inconsistent. But we got a new season now. We got to forget about this and just try to win some games.
brush growing hang people prove since skin thick
I've had to have thick skin since I was real little. ... Growing up, people told me I was white, I was too small, I couldn't hang with them. I had to have thick skin and brush them off and prove them wrong. That's the same thing I've got to do here.
came coming felt focus good released shooting shots
All my shots felt good coming off my hand. When I released them, I thought they were going in, but they just came up short. I don't know what you can do about it, but you just got to keep shooting it and focus in more when you're tired.
defensive game great played
(Ager) played a great game tonight. We just didn't make the plays, especially on the defensive end.