Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzelis a former American professional basketball player...
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.
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.
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.
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.
business care game great played preparing record start teams
We don't know much about them, but they've played pretty much everybody, all the great teams around the country. Their record really doesn't tell what they are. We got to take care of business in that game and start preparing for the Big Ten.
consistent shooting team tonight year
I think it's kind of a fluke, it's never really happened. We've been a pretty consistent free-throw shooting team all year and tonight they just didn't fall.
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.
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.
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.
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.
test
We know they'll try to get after us like that. This is going to be a test of our composure.
I don't know (what) you can do about it. You've just got to keep shooting.
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.