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.
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.
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.
final great guard point teams
You look at all of the teams that make it to the Final Four, they have great guard play. Not just point guard play, but guard play.
bad defense forced tried
The defense was scrambling. I probably forced it. I just tried to make a play. It was a bad decision. Anything would have been better in that situation.
I don't know (what) you can do about it. You've just got to keep shooting.
bigger glue guy matt people plays role team
Matt plays a bigger role on our team than most people realize. He's the glue guy for us.
brown loose shutting
Shutting down Dee Brown was huge. We trailed him all night. We never wanted him to get loose on us.
behind build coach confidence couple days game good high job took tough trying
My confidence is high right now, I just keep trying to build from game to game. It was tough for a couple days (after that loss), but coach did a good job of getting it behind us. It took a lot out of us.
beating consistency good shown three
We've shown how good we can be, beating three top-10 teams. It's just a consistency thing with us.
ball inside jump settled shots
We settled for a lot of jump shots and didn't get to the free-throw line. We didn't get the ball inside enough.
deal gets guess paul
Paul gets them all the time. I guess it's not that big a deal for him. But it's big for me.
anyone basketball blame feelings hard work worst
That was probably the game. This is one of the worst feelings I've ever had as a basketball player. It's just tough. I don't really know what to say. You work so hard all summer, all season, and it comes to an end that quickly. But we don't have anyone to blame but ourselves.
crazier
It ain't over by any stretch. Crazier things have happened.