Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzelis a former American professional basketball player...
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.
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.
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.
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.
effort gave maximum name
Not everyone gave maximum effort and I'm not going to name names.
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.
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.
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.