Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzel
Drew Neitzelis a former American professional basketball player...
test
We know they'll try to get after us like that. This is going to be a test of our composure.
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.
crazier
It ain't over by any stretch. Crazier things have happened.
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.
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.
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.
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.
improve learn
We just have to learn from this and improve with that lineup.
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.
brown loose shutting
Shutting down Dee Brown was huge. We trailed him all night. We never wanted him to get loose on us.
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.
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.