Chapter 64 Before the game
The 28th place is similar to Ravoy Allen's ranking, which is actually considered to be a FOX giving face. After all, there are 68 teams in the championship, which means they think Tang Tian is the top 30 power forwards in these teams.
"Jeremy is worse than us." Walker laughed.
Lamb's performance has steadily improved this season, but it seems that FOX Sports is not buying it, and directly ranks him at the shooting guard close to 40th.
The two laughed.
But after laughing for a while, they stopped at the same time.
This ranking shows that although Kangda is not favored by them!
The two of them didn't say anything, and they felt something from each other's eyes: motivation.
Many people will complain and complain when they see this kind of ranking and see that they are low, but they are different. Kangda was not favored at the beginning of the season, and it is completely normal for them to continue not favored now.
This kind of disapproval is motivation for them. When you finally prove that others are mistaken with your actions, that feeling is the most exciting.
They experienced the first time in the league championship game, and knew that feeling, and naturally they would want to have a second time.
"Practice more!" Walker said and jumped up.
Tang Tian also stood up.
Providence College’s opponent is the University of Santa Barbara.
After the game started, Marshan Brooks quickly became the absolute focus of the field. No one at Santa Barbara University could stop this "Little Kobe". He looked more than just Kobe on the field, but Michael Jordan.
Brooks opened, and the bombardment from Providence Academy was surging like a tide.
In the end, Brooks scored 41 points in the game, helping Providence Academy to beat the opponent 91-63 and successfully advance to the final 64.
"Fuck!" After watching the game, Walker couldn't help but swear.
"I just realized that this guy's scoring ability can be so explosive, no, I just realized that your defense is so good."
"Are you charlatan Brooks or me?" Tang Tian said with a smile.
"Everyone praises, but I praise you a little more." Walker said seriously.
After the game, Brooks raised his hand and applauded the audience.
The audience was cheering for Providence Academy throughout the game, which was almost home game for them.
Providence Academy's final victory is also good news for Kangda, which shows that although only five teams in the Big East have advanced this year, fewer than in the past few years, the teams that have advanced are still among the best.
In two days, the final round of 64 was finally confirmed, and the first round of March Crazy is about to break out.
In order to ensure the progress of the competition, there will be eight competition cities in each district. These cities have been decided a year ago. In order to ensure fairness, they are all neutral cities without colleges and universities.
Games like Condd and San Diego State University were arranged at the Riverside Stadium in Newark, New Jersey.
This was originally the home court of the Newark Bears of the American Professional Baseball League, and it can accommodate up to 40,000 people to watch the game at the same time.
Before the game started, the tickets for the game were already sold out by fans on both sides.
When it comes to the championship stage, fans of both sides will never miss a game of winning or losing.
The day before the game, players from both teams came to this port city one after another.
Kangda University is the No. 4 seed, and San Diego State University is the No. 13. In theory, Kangda University is the absolute dominant side, but there is no absolute statement in the single Taobao competition. If you perform well in a game of winning or losing, no matter how strong your strength is, it will not be effective.
It is precisely because of this that the members of Kangda, who are mainly first-year students, feel a little nervous.
In order to relieve stress from the players, Kahon's approach is to train as usual and not deliberately adjust the team rules.
It was during this day's training class that Kahon made a decision, and he appointed Tang Tian as the team's captain to go to this championship.
Generally speaking, the captain is the strongest player in the team, but it is not absolute. Some teams will also choose a spiritual leader to play this role, and Tang Tian plays this role.
Walker, including him, had no objection to Kahon's decision.
Tang Tian's performance on and off the court has won the trust of the coaching staff and teammates. If he is the captain, he can also help Walker share the pressure on the game.
After the training, the team members returned to the hotel one after another.
Tang Tian was sleeping in bed after taking a shower and didn't feel sleepy.
In short, it has been more than half a year since he traveled through time, and this half year has changed a lot for him.
With the clear goal of winning the championship, he grew up with Walker, Lamb and others, and experienced ups and downs with them. Until now, he has won big wins, suffered miserable defeats, and reverses. After so many games, his deep love for basketball has been rekindled little by little.
Because he was a coach in his previous life, he always stood at a high point and could not experience the feeling of being a player. Now that he has experienced it once, he can feel that in addition to love, there are also many things called passionate things in his heart.
Tomorrow is the championship, and with Kahon Gang appointing him as captain, he tossed and turned a little.
"Tang, are you asleep?" Walker lay in the bed next to Tang Tian, and suddenly spoke.
"Not yet, you haven't slept yet. Didn't you snore just now?" Tang Tian asked.
"I want to sleep by myself, and I don't want you to find that I can't sleep." Walker said.
"That's a coincidence. I don't want you to notice, so I haven't moved." Tang Tian continued.
After saying that, both of them couldn't help laughing.
"Are you confident that you can defend Leonard?" Walker asked after laughing.
"Then are you confident that you can break through Leonard's defense?" Tang Tian also asked.
"Honestly, no, but I believe you and Jeremy, we are different from them, we scored more points," Walker replied.
Tang Tian couldn't help but smile after hearing this. Although Walker wanted to win, he didn't lose his way because he wanted to win. He still knew exactly what Kangda's advantage was.
"I will guard against Leonard and Franklin. I will leave the offensive matter to you and Jeremy." Tang Tian said.
"Well, we have no reason to lose."
"Yes."
"Then go to bed."
"Um."
...
"Dang, have you slept?"
"not yet."
"Go to sleep."
"Um."
...
"Dang, have you slept?"
"Not yet, if you really can't sleep, go find Jeremy. That guy must have not slept."
"No, I'd better go to bed."
...
The two of them just talk from time to time, and I don’t know when they really fell asleep.
As soon as the next day dawn, they all woke up early.
I don’t sleep for a long time, but I’m still energetic. At this time, the amount of sleep is no longer so important.
They took the bus to the training hall and did some simple warm-up training in the morning.
On the bus, they also received news that in last night's game, North Carolina easily won the opponent 20 points and advanced to the top 32, and was in a hot state.
"We have to work hard." Walker turned to Tang Tian when he heard the news.
Chapter completed!