Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzelis a former American professional basketball player...
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.
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.
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.
bit coaching difference good job
I think the coaching staff's been doing a good job getting us a little bit more of a break, so I think that's going to make a big difference this weekend.
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.
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.
clicking figure proved struggling team
We proved what kind of team we are many times this year, just things aren't clicking now. We're struggling for answers, and I think once we figure those out, we'll be back on track.
bit couple days excuse few four guards hopefully improve learn next playing prep size tough year
We had four guards out there. They had four guards, too, but they had a little bit of size on us. It's tough playing with four guards. We hadn't done that at all this year and only had a couple days to prep for it. It's still not an excuse with the rebounding. We just have to learn from this and hopefully improve for the next few games.
fighting fights-and-fighting game gonna practice quitting ready shows
We're not done. We're not quitting at all. We're gonna practice (today) and keep fighting and get ready for a big game with Michigan. We're gonna come out and play hard. It shows what kind of person you are when you fight back from things like this.
test
We know they'll try to get after us like that. This is going to be a test of our composure.
best defensive gonna great guards point
It's gonna be a great challenge, Dee Brown's one of the best point guards in the country. They're a great defensive team, and we're really gonna have to prepare.
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.