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Chapter 80 Bigger than you

On April 4, the first match of the NCAA "final Four" will be the Memphis Tigers vs. the USC Trojans. This is a strong dialogue, especially the competition between the cores of the two teams will be the biggest highlight of this game.

The University of Memphis made it to the finals last year. Whether it can win the championship this year is one of the hot topics in the United States.

USC has achieved its 39th consecutive wins of the season. Can they become the first team in NCAA history to win 40+ games in a single season, and can they become the first team in the first season to win 40+ games, this game will give an answer.

These two are the highlights of the team level, and in the competition between players that fans pay more attention to, today's game also has many highlights.

When introducing the two teams before the game, I wrote this

There is a player this year who dominated the regular season. He scored triple-double performances more than once. He also hit 194 three-pointers and firmly occupied the No. 1 pick in the simulation draft list. He is Hugo.

There is another player who only occasionally showed his strength in the regular season. He looks like a perfect team player and has a maturity beyond his age. After always ranking in Hugo in the simulation draft list, he is Tyrek Evans.

The two players have one thing in common. Their team has been through the hurdles and their performance has become better and better. Until they encounter it in the "Finally Four" match, they are destined to leave the stage tonight.

ESPN has played the video of Memphis falling in the finals twice in the past two days. In that intense and twists and turns, Memphis led by Derek Ross finally lost to the University of Kansas for a free throw.

Interestingly, every time the game is broadcast to the end, the last shot on TV can see Rose missed the free throw in overtime, and waves of red heat waves rolling behind his frustrated face, almost rushing out of the TV.

Last year's finals, Derek Ross became a hero a little short of a penalty, which was a free throw, shattering his dream of winning the Memphis University championship.

This year, the Tigers returned to the semi-finals again. This time, the team was led by Tyrek Evans, but the one in front of them has become a stronger team. The University of Southern California, which has not yet lost this year.

The current Trojans have long been regarded as an invincible team. Although the Memphis Tigers are not weak, it is still difficult for them to overcome this level.

After Wu came to Detroit on the day of the game, he accepted a brief interview with CCTV camera crew. Then Brandon Moretz chatted with an official from the Chinese Basketball Association on his behalf. The core content of this discussion was naturally about naturalization.

Over the years, the Chinese men's basketball team has produced many good big men, but the defenders are always the weakness of Chinese basketball.

In fact, more than a month ago, there were frequent reports from the Basketball Association that the Basketball Association seemed to have made new moves. According to some industry insiders, the Basketball Association seems to have attracted some Chinese defenders who play college basketball in the United States, such as Chinese point guard Jeremy Lin from Haval University.

Of course. Everyone knows that Jeremy Lin is just a candidate, and their first goal must be the hottest Emperor Wu.

This news caused a stir as soon as it was exposed. After all, there is no precedent in the history of Chinese sports that rely on the "Overseas Corps" to conquer the world for national teams. However, joining the Chinese men's basketball team requires Chinese nationality first, and China's nationality law does not recognize dual nationality. Whether these Chinese players can be willing to give up their American nationality is still a question.

At the same time, it takes up to 8 years for foreigners to live in China to obtain Chinese nationality. These Chinese teenagers who grew up in the United States obviously do not meet this requirement.

Emperor Wu is unwilling to talk about this matter more now. He is about to participate in the draft, and with sensitive issues such as sneaker contracts, he is not suitable for being involved in these matters at this time. What's more, Emperor Wu is thinking very clearly now. As long as he can play in the NBA, whether he joins the Chinese team or not, he is always bringing glory to Chinese people around the world.

At 19:30 pm, there was still an hour and a half before the start of the "Finally Final Four" game. The bus at the University of Southern California had already arrived on the street where Ford Arena was located. There was about a platoon of military and police officers in front and behind, and the road was full of USC fans. Tens of thousands of fans wearing white home team jerseys immediately burst into cheers when they saw the team bus. Countless posters were raised, and all the fans were waving to them and making victory gestures.

Wu Huang could see it very clearly. Most of the posters held by these fans were portraits of him. Thinking back to the first game at the beginning of the season, when he entered the court, there were fans who booed him. Compared with the two, Wu Huang also felt a sense of emotion.

Although the two teams in today's competition have performed well in the past two years, they are not considered traditional strong teams of NCAA, let alone wealthy families.

These two universities have not sent many famous superstars to the NBA in history. The more famous ones in the University of Memphis are "penny" Hardaway, and Larry Kennon, who is known as the "defensive genius". The active players include veterans Lorenzen Wright, and Rodney Carney, Sean Williams and Derek Ross.

The University of Southern California is even worse. If we don’t count the ancient times, only Gaise Williams, Nick Young and OJ Mayo will count over and over again. This year, Wu Huang has the opportunity to become the biggest star in the team’s history.

At the pre-match press conference, there were more reporters present today than the NBA finals. Wu Huang attended the press conference with sunglasses wisely, easily flashing through the blind attack at the opening. DeRozan, the little nigger, was convinced again.

The players and coaches of both teams then expressed their confidence in winning the game and complimented each other, and there was not much gunpowder smell at the press conference.

After the press conference, Wu Huang greeted his relatives and friends in the locker room with his mobile phone and said hello one by one!

At such an important game today, his parents naturally came to watch the game. However, it was the girl who felt it was difficult for him. Fortunately, this big stadium could accommodate 80,000 people, so he got 10 front-row volleyball tickets this time, and Brandon got the tickets for his brothers. These 10 tickets were barely enough to divide his huge support team.

"We're here today. Am I trying to die?" Emperor Wu was extremely careful when sending a text message. If he got something wrong, it would be a big problem!

Back to the game, the Tigers' offensive performance was not a solid piece of cake. They scored 108 points per 100 rounds, although they were among the first half of the league, but considering that this is a frame team with no low post ability at all, this statistics seems to have a lot of weaknesses.

There is a very shabby statistics at the University of Memphis. Only 5% of their offenses come from low posts. This is a data at the bottom of the league, indicating that there are no players in their team who are good at this. Both inside players are thin players, and their low post scores rank third from the bottom among the 68 teams in the knockout stage.

The Tigers have many outside ball holders, Evans is given the right to play unlimited singles, and their outside singles are ranked among the top five of the 68 teams.

Before the game, Floyd listed his opponent's characteristics in the combat memorandum and sent a copy to each player.

The University of Southern California has not trained much in the past few days, mainly light training to restore physical strength, but everyone has watched the game videos very much.

"They are somewhat similar to us, and they all like to play pick-and-roll. There are many players on the outside who can hold the ball through pick-and-roll, but the number of inside players they provide collaboration is relatively small, so just be careful about their ability to run and jump from the inside and not allow them to easily catch the ball, which should greatly reduce the threat."

What Floyd reminded players to be careful of is this simple pick-and-roll. 35% of the Tigers' shots come from the basket and are also good at making free throws and offensive rebounds. It can be said that they have made the inside deterrent without a low post, which is also a skill.

"We discussed in the previous few days that the Tigers' unbalanced shooting choices are our main targets. They will attack the inside in a swarm. As long as we heavily guard the penalty area, they will definitely be able to keep them back." Floyd arranged two and three joint defense today, and once again invested three players in the inside. Today's defensive tactics are to strictly prevent the paint area, protect the defensive rebounds, and cut off the internal and external connections of the opponent after the breakthrough.

Floyd re-emphasized the details of today's game in the locker room before the game. He has said these things many times since he advanced to the final four, but before playing, any coach has to emphasize these details again.

The final quarter-finals of ncaa is more formal than the previous matches, both teams have enough time to conduct the entry ceremony, followed by a dedicated individual entry ceremony for each player.

After the admission order of the University of Southern California was arranged to the University of Memphis, Wu Huang was arranged to play as the last player of all players.

This is not a contempt, on the contrary, the official arrangement actually places more emphasis on the University of Southern California and Wu Huang.

"Hi, we're meeting again." Emperor Wu and Evans greeted him in a casual tone, a little arrogant, and no longer as humble as before.

Emperor Wu's current status is already higher than these geniuses of the same level. If it were half a year ago, he would not have spoken to others in such a sharp tone. However, people will be inflated, and his attitude and tone will change with his own status. This is a natural change.

Tyrek Evans didn't have much thought when he heard this, and he said politely: "I have always seen your feats on the news recently. I hope the game will be a pleasant one."
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