Drew Neitzel Named To USBWA All-District Squad
3/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 6, 2007
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State junior guard Drew Neitzel was named to the United States Basketball Writers Association District V team on Tuesday, March 6. Neitzel is one of 10 players honored from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Neitzel is joined on the all-district team by Wisconsin's Alando Tucker, who earned District Player of the Year accolades, and Notre Dame's Russell Carter, Ohio State's Michael Conley Jr., Butler's A.J. Graves, Marquette's Dominic James, Ohio State's Greg Oden, Southern Illinois' Jamaal Tatum and Indiana's D.J. White.
Neitzel finished the regular season averaging 18.3 points per game, ranking fourth in the Big Ten. In conference games, he ranked third in scoring (18.3 ppg). He leads the conference in free-throw percentage (.884) and 3-point field goals made (3.19 pg), and ranks among the leaders in minutes played (2nd, 35.26 mpg) and assists (6th, 4.10 apg). He scored 20 or more points in 15 games, and averaged 25.8 points against the top two teams in the league, Ohio State and Wisconsin. He was selected as the Big Ten's Player of the Week three times (Nov. 20, Nov. 27 and Feb. 26) and was named National Player of the Week by ESPN.com's Andy Katz on Feb. 26. Among his other accolades, Neitzel was named First-Team All-Big Ten, was selected to the NABC All-District 11 team and is one of 22 players on the Wooden Award national ballot.
