Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzelis a former American professional basketball player...
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.
aggressive defense extra gives guys honest keeps laughed looking playing relying score shot team three
I kind of laughed at that a little bit, but it was true. When I'm playing aggressive and looking for my shot and scoring, it keeps the defense honest and gives our team an extra boost. Relying on just three guys to score 20, 25 a night, it's tough.
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.
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.
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.
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.
easy
Offensively, we never really got anything going. Everything we got, we had to earn. We didn't get any easy baskets.
anybody reality ten
Anybody can say this is just another Big Ten game. But in reality, it's not.
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.
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.
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.
brown loose shutting
Shutting down Dee Brown was huge. We trailed him all night. We never wanted him to get loose on us.