Chapter 81: Preparing for War
St. Joseph's University ended the regular season with a seven-game winning streak and finished fourth in the Great East Conference with a 22-12 record. The undisputed first place in the Great Eastern Conference is the University of Connecticut with a whopping 29-5 record, the University of Cincinnati in second place with a 26-8 record, the University of Villanova in third place with a 23-11 record, the University of Louisville in fifth place with a 20-14 record, and the University of South Florida in sixth place with a 19-15 record. Sixth place is Marquette University, who also have a record of 19 wins and 15 losses, but because of the loss, that is, the total points of the two games between the two sides, Marquette University is at a disadvantage, relegating to seventh place. The final spot is the University of Pittsburgh, with an 18-16 record beating Syracuse University's 17-17.
In this way, it is very clear to catch the right fight! Connecticut vs. Pittsburgh, Cincinnati vs. Marquette, Villanova vs. South Florida, and St. Joseph vs. Louisville. The tournament will begin in two days, with six days to decide the winners, and then the champions will go straight to the tournament, with the remaining teams voted on by the NCAA committee. Generally speaking, the Great East Conference will have at least three teams to make it to the tournament, four are normal, five teams are a surprise, and seven teams are not out of the question, but that's really slim. Therefore, the shortlisted schools attach great importance to this first round of competition, they will analyze and set up a special target, a decisive victory, if you don't win, the odds of going home to fish are terrible!
St. Joseph's is now under the leadership of Martelley, watching the footage of his opponent's Louisville, which is the most basic, to understand the opponent's routines and tactics, and to see what cards they are still hiding. St. Joseph's own problem! That's not a problem because they have the best player in the Big East League, Kyle, who has played 16 games in the regular season without a defeat, and that's where Matley's confidence comes from. Not enough? So take a look at Kyle's stats, averaging 22.1 points, 8 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game, with a shooting rate of 50.2%, which is a shooting percentage! He's a point guard. In addition to horror, it is super terrifying.
Of course! There is no team record to set off, everything is brushed data. But Kyle is obviously not, the team's record is definitely excellent, you must know that they were the vice president of the Great East League last year! Without the support of strong teammates, it is simply a floating cloud, are Kyle's teammates strong? You can't talk about the adjective strong when you don't have Kyle, but with Kyle, they're definitely not weak, is this Kyle's built-in system? It can be said that Kyle is a vital part of the Yale team, and anyone can be missing, including the soul of the team, coach Martelley, who just can't live without Kyle.
With Kyle, they don't fear any team in the Big East League, and Connecticut is no exception.
With the team preparing for the tournament and the university busy, publicity is essential, and the layout and security must also be done well, and this is the perfect time for St. Joseph's to enter the tournament, the University of Louisville! St. Joseph's students are not yet in sight, and their goal is to win the Great Eastern Conference championship. This heart is fat enough, but there is a consensus in St. Joseph and even the outside world.
They are about to wake up in the darkness of decades to welcome the light of the coming sun, and the students and alumni of the school are bound to be crazy about the joy, and there must be no accidents at such an important moment. In addition to these arrangements, the school leaders also made exclusive gifts, unified uniforms, set up exquisite decorations on campus, and so on! It is also necessary to set up an external screen in the square for everyone who has not bought tickets to satisfy their hunger. They had waited too long for this moment, but it had finally come, and no matter how grand it was, it should have been.
Anything can happen in a fast-changing arena, so wouldn't it be embarrassing not to make it to the tournament? Then Martelley could only commit suicide by cutting his belly. But is this more likely? Not too! Even if it happens, it will be providential! If you get into a tournament and don't prepare in advance, then St. Joseph will go crazy collectively. So everything is on the safe side, and St. Joseph is willing to spend this money, because they will only earn much more when they enter the tournament.
Everyone on the Yale team had a few free tickets, and Kyle had ten. In addition to loved ones and Yelena, who had been booked for a long time, there are also high school friends Tim and Jenny, etc.! These few people are necessary, and Kyle plans to deal with the rest of them all to Vallejona. In such an important event, there is no doubt that Kyle's family and friends will definitely be there to cheer on.
Louisville, on the other side, was also thinking about how to limit Kyle, how to break through St. Joseph's iron-blooded defense, and how to win the game. But I can't figure it out when I masturbate it around. To say that St. Joseph's offensive ability of the rest is also shattered. Larry is a pure pitcher with little to no breakout ability. Herbert Smith has the ability to shoot from the midfield, but it doesn't necessarily matter how strong he is. Kelly is also a standard blue-collar worker, what can he do? It's just a dunk. Martin cut through the air and could break through, but his three-pointers were terrible. Kyle led such a group of people to form a sophisticated system and play a dazzling and gorgeous attack, is Martelley's ability big or Kyle's strength has reached the phenomenal level in the college league? Harindor didn't know.
The Louisville coaching staff looked at St. Joseph's footage over and over again, and finally came up with an unsolution to trap Smith and cut off their passing paths, especially Kyle's breakaway ball. It's quite light to say, but it's really hard to implement on the field. First of all, St. Joseph's Smith-based tactics have been honed a lot, and they think that other teams must have done the same, but they still lost! There wasn't much to do, and the closest to victory was the purely talented Connecticut and the Convulsions Brigade South Florida. This method needs to be verified and rehearsed, and the specific effect will be revealed in two days.
As for how to break through St. Joseph's defense, except for Smith, the other four are all individual defense masters, and their ability to assist and supplement defense is amazing. If you want to break through such a defense, you can only play misalignment, and you have to find a way to attack yourself and find your own advantages. Harlingdoll did another bit of research, and came to the conclusion that they didn't seem to have any advantage, and this discovery made him instantly pale, what a cheat!
So how about finding a surprise soldier? Looking around, no one can take it, and the disadvantage in strength makes Harlindor irritable!
(Thank you for the 588 reward of the Destruction of the Divine Dead, don't forget to collect the book if you read the book.) )