Chapter 17 NCAA Finals
The Wake Forest University Devils Deacons, after defending their regular season title in the A-League, won the league championship again on February 29. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 After that, the team began to prepare for the upcoming March Madness, where 64 teams in the NCAA Championship played a single-leg knockout round, and the Wake Forest Devils Deacos were listed as the No. 1 seed in the Southern Division.
Their first opponent was Louisiana University, and this game Tiger returned to his previous pattern, serving the main team while focusing more on defense, and he used the intensity of the game to improve his defensive experience and hone his defensive skills, and the team won comfortably under the domination of Duncan and Jason.
After they defeated the University of Texas and the University of Louisville, Wake Forest easily entered the NCAA quarterfinals, and their next opponent is the University of California, Los Angeles, that is, UCLA, the NCAA giant team, their overall strength is very strong, Tiger for the first time has seen a team that has always been very balanced in every position in the true sense, almost no obvious weaknesses can be found, this game played the game with the fewest points of Wake Forest University, the victory of this game, Wake Forest University's Devils Deacons also made it to the final four.
The team's veteran players are very emotional, they were also very strong last year, and worked hard for a year, but in the end they unfortunately stopped in the top 8, and this year they easily entered the top 4, and Jason shouted that he wanted to have a party to celebrate. Soon after Christmas, Jason got a new girlfriend, a very pearly and dazzling girl Catherine, and the relationship between the two quickly warmed up.
March Madness also let Tiger know his true power for the first time, every time the team goes to an away game, there will be many students and fans spontaneously drive the car, shuttle along the intercontinental highway with the school bus, they play signs, shout, cheer for their team, to the destination, not all people have enough budget, the budget is not enough, they can only live in the car, nibble on bread, all the journey down, they may spend a year of hard work money, but they are happy.
For the first time, Tiger felt the American sports culture, entertainment culture, which he could not have imagined before, and there were rumors in Huaxia Football, fans would do something for a certain star, but he estimated that it could not reach this level, they put down their work, put down their lives, and even went hungry, but they still showed their support for their favorite team with their actions.
On March 27, 1996, the Wake Forest University Devils Deacons faced the University of Connecticut Huskies. Knight, who is 2.13 meters tall, has a wide range of white men and is not slow at all, he completely pinned down Jason under the basket, and their shooting guard is Ray Allen, a three-point killer known as the gentleman's sword. UConn itself is a team rich in shooters, and there have been many three-point shooters from this university, and Tiger stepped up his breakthrough in this game, Jason has been hand-to-hand with Knight under the basket, and the team's main offensive endpoint is Duncan to complete.
After the victory over UConn, Wake Forest University made history by reaching the NCAA finals, and their opponents in the finals were the University of Kentucky, which has been very strong in recent years, and they are last year's NCAA championship team with Anthony Brown. Walker, Mohammed, Tony. Decker, while their playmaking defender, Tony. Decker was named to the All-American First Team last season. He is the soul of this team.
On April 5, 1996, the NCAA finals, the NBA will also have a day off, because the game was held at the Warner Center Arena, the home of the Charlotte Hornets, there were many Wake Forest fans, and there were many celebrities and stars on the scene. Of course, the scouts in the audience and the media around the stadium were indispensable. Johnson served as a guest commentator.
"Hello audience friends! It's great to meet you again, and here is the 1995-1996 NCAA Finals brought to you by CBS, between the Wake Forest University Devils Deacons and the University of Kentucky Huskies. Today we have Elwin. Johnson came to watch this game with everyone, Erwin, what do you think about this game? ”
"I've been watching Wake Forest games lately and my good friend Larry recommended them to me, and I think they're very strong for Wake Forest. Duncan, the No. 1 pick who enters the draft whenever he participates, has no rivals in the NCAA and Wake Forest University has given him a Jason. Green, I have to say it's an extravagant combination, Jason. Green is a player who has the potential to be an NBA center, he is in very good physical condition, and the combination of him and Duncan I think can be successful in the NBA, so they are invincible in the NCAA. ”
"Let's talk about Tiger. Washington, he's an incredible player, a lot of people say he's Jordan's successor, but I think he's a lot like me, his vision is really broad, the ball after the break, it's always a threat, I suggest he step up his passing training in the future, so that he will be more powerful, I don't think he's going to be someone else's successor, he's more like a combination of me and Jordan. He's going to be a good team player, and watching their games, I think Coach Sloan of the Utah Jazz will be very interested in him, but I want to get Tiger Brown. Washington, Sloan must have a first-round pick in place to be insured. ”
"Erwin, you have a very high opinion of Wake Forest, especially Tiger. Washington, you can see that you like him very much, but today you have to neutral man, you are the narrator today, all right! The game starts right away, so let's get into today's game together. ”
"Jason still won the jump ball, Wake Forest haven't lost the jump ball this year, Tiger received the ball and it was Derk who defended him, was that inspired by Coach K? Tiger broke through with ease, and Jason caught the ball and dunked. Oh! The crowd was boiling at the opening of the game, this is North Carolina, and the stadium here is completely occupied by North Carolina and Wake Forest fans. The ball Duncan pinned down Muhammad, Jason received the ball and dunked easily, it seems that Coach Pitino made a special deployment for the team before the game, he cared about Duncan a lot, but forgot that Wake Forest also has a Jason. Green. ”
"Tiger is defending Walker, Kurt is defending Decker, but in terms of effect, Kert is not successful in defending Deck, Decker has a good hand today, his three-point is accurate, and the score of the two teams is not pulled apart."