Chapter 4 Kangda is very weak
The NCAA's player roster has no upper limit. Tang Tian's joining has little impact on the team, but it has changed a lot for him.
He no longer has to pick up the ball like before, but train with the team and run tactics.
He was originally a coach, and he was very quick to get started with these tactics and could even help the recruits familiar with the tactics.
Kahon was very satisfied with seeing it, and Oli gradually changed his view of him.
Time is fast, and November is coming, and the regular season of the NCAA 2010-2011 season officially begins.
In the past two months, Kangda has undergone significant changes. The team's substitute power forward Lavoy Allen applied for transfer and transferred to Marquette University next door to assist Jimmy Butler. The team also used scholarships to supplement two new players, one was the small forward Rosek Smith, who was 1.96 meters tall, and the other was the power forward Taylor Orlander, who was 2.11 meters tall. Both of them were left over from other teams and had limited strength.
In other words, the team's strength has not increased but decreased in the past two months, and the prospects for the new season have become increasingly worrying.
On November 13, the team welcomed its first rival, University of Louisville.
Louisville University is a powerful team in the Big East Division and entered the final quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship last year.
This is destined to be a tough game.
After the game started, Walker was defended strictly and Lamb became the team's main attack point. However, he seemed very uncomfortable in his NCAA debut. He made no hits in the first three shots. Louisville University quickly opened the score. At the end of the first half, they had already led by 11 points 38-27.
Entering the second half, Kahon began to set up various singles tactics for Walker, and Walker also began to score frequently in and out of the field.
However, at the critical moment, Kangda's defense had problems. Ori Archie was frequently misplaced by the opponent's defenders. Walker's score could not keep up with the team's loss. By about fifteen minutes of the second half, their scores were nearly 20 points behind.
The game is finalized.
In the end, although Walker made 9 of 22 shots and scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Kangda still lost to his opponent 61-81 at home.
In the first game, head coach Kahon felt unprecedented pressure.
After five days off, Kangda continued to play at home against DePaul University, the latter is a weak team in the Big East League, and Kangda finally won the first victory of the season.
76 to 70, although I won, I was not glorious at all, especially for a weak team like DePaul University to score 70 points, the team's defense is really ugly.
After five days of rest, the team went to the away game to challenge Syracuse University (Syracuse University) and Georgetown University, but it was unexpectedly a series of losses.
In the match against Georgetown, the opponent's core Greg Monroe scored a super luxurious data of 30 points and 21 rebounds, ravaging Kangda's inside line.
(Note: In the novel, Monroe decided to stay in school for more than one year because of the upset last season's League Championship. This is different from the real world.)
Tang Tian has played with the team in these games, but he is at the end of the bench and Kahon has never sent him on the court.
The 1 win and 3 loss start set a record for Kangda’s worst start in recent years.
Kahon encountered this situation during this retirement year. It seemed that he would be in danger of his later years. He even had the idea of retirement early.
The team's record is not good, and the players were not in high spirits during the training class, as if a dark cloud was shrouded in the sky above the stadium.
"Old man, why don't you try Tang?" After the training class that day, Oli found Kahon alone and suggested.
Kahon didn't say anything.
Tang Tian has been training with the team for so long, and he also has a similar understanding of the strength of this caddie.
The defense is excellent, the ball quotient is also very high, and you can understand tactics at a glance. However, in addition to these characteristics, other aspects, including shooting, passing, etc., are all the standards of amateur players, and they even fail to meet the requirements of NCAA players.
Letting him on the court is equivalent to 4-to-5 when attacking on the court.
This is also why Kahon has never sent him on the court.
"Let's take a look." Kahon could only watch while playing.
On November 25, Kangda faced the challenge of a strong rival Marquette University at home, which was also their last game in November.
Marquette University is not an NCAA tycoon, but it has also produced an NBA superstar like Wade. This season, the team is led by senior Jimmy Butler. In his first four games of this season, he averaged 16.5 points, 6 rebounds and 2.7 assists to the team, and was versatile offense and defense.
In addition to Butler, the transfer Ravoy Allen was highly valued by the coach and also had an outstanding performance of 11.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game.
Driven by the dual cores, their current record is 3 wins and 1 loss, which is exactly the opposite of Kang Da's record.
This game is also particularly important to Kangda. It is not only related to the team's record. At the same time, Allen, who transferred to the school, plays against his old boss. If he loses again, it will give people the feeling of money falling from the tree and scattering the wall and pushing everyone.
Kahon felt a lot of pressure before the game.
The NCAA's stadium atmosphere is the best in the world, and it even surpasses the NBA. This is just an ordinary regular season. The Kangda XL Center Arena, which can accommodate more than 16,000 people, has already been full.
Fans held up various signs supporting the home team, and many people directly marked the Eskimo Dogs on their faces, chests, and even big belly to express their fanatical support for the home team.
This is the NCAA.
The players of the two teams had a final warm-up on the court, Kahon stood on the sidelines with a serious expression and didn't know what they were thinking.
After the warm-up, the starting players on both sides made their debut one after another.
At Marquette University, Butler and Allen both started. Although Kangda is in poor condition recently, they dare not take it lightly when they play away.
Kangda still has a regular lineup, with Kemba Walker and Jeromy Lamb on the outside, Rossek Smith and Taylor Orland, who had just arrived at the team for a while, and center Ori Archie.
"Du thu thu thu thu thu thu thu!"
As soon as the game started, there were fans beating drums on the spot. With the sound of drums, the fans also cheered loudly for the home team.
"Come on! Connecticut!"
Amid the cheers of fans, Ori Archie turned the ball back to Kang's halftime, and the home team got the chance to take the lead in attacking.
Walker took the ball to the frontcourt.
Like the opponents he encountered before, Marquette University also knew that Walker was the life gate of Kangda, and it was a double attack from the ground up.
Walker immediately assigned the ball to Lamb's hand. After Lamb caught it, he took the three-pointer and took the open position.
"Bang!"
Three-pointer iron.
But Ori Archie took advantage of his height to capture offensive rebounds.
Ori Archie's close attack frame, Ravoy Allen stretched out his hands, successfully interfered with his shot, and took the defensive rebound.
There was a turmoil at the scene.
Kang Da failed to seize the two good opportunities after the opening.
Marquette scored in the frontcourt at the University, butler broke through Smith after holding the ball.
Kangda shrank his defense, and Orland doubled the ball at the basket.
Butler double-teamed the ball, and Allen jumped directly from the middle distance after receiving the ball.
"Swish!"
With a crisp sound, the basketball fell into the pocket with hollow.
Chapter completed!