The NCAA "crazy" format

The NCAA basketball season begins in late November each year, usually ends around early March, followed by a month of "March Madness." During the regular season, each institution plays a member of their respective league twice, home and away; Each institution will also choose to fight against some schools outside the alliance to improve its own strength and build momentum for itself.

When the regular season ends, most leagues generally take the top eight teams from the league to play a single-elimination league championship match, and the winner of the league championship battle is basically automatically qualified for the NCAA tournament. With the exception of the automatic promotion of the champions of each league, the remaining spots in the NCAA tournament are determined by the committee, known as an expanded invitation. The eligibility for invitations is basically determined by the record and the strength of the alliance.

After the list of the top 64 is determined, all the shortlisted teams will be divided into four divisions: East, West, South and Central and West, with the top four teams recognized as the first seeds in each region, and the other schools will be ranked by the committee as seeds 2-16 according to their strength. After that, the matchups are determined by a first-to-end method (similar to the NBA playoffs, such as 1st vs. 16th, 2nd vs. 15th, and so on), and a single-elimination format is used to duel - lose one and go home, and the speed of elimination is very surprising, which is the true meaning of "March Madness".

The NCAA Tournament is divided into three phases, the first of which is the first and second rounds, with a rapid elimination from the round of 64 to the round of 16. Also known as the Sweet Sixteen, the Round of 16 will garner a higher level of attention as they progress to Phase 2, which is also a stage where players who want to draft can attract more exposure and more scouts. In the second stage, the Sweet 16 will be eliminated to the Elite Eight, and then the Final Four will be selected.

In the end, the final four will go through the semi-finals and finals to determine the champion at the pre-selected final location. The winner-or-lose format makes the game particularly fierce and brutal, but also has an unparalleled charm. The Final Four is the biggest stage in the NCAA, and for teams that are not traditional elite schools, it is already a great celebration to be able to enter the tournament, and it is a great honor to advance to the Final Four.

NCAA "special" rules of the game

1. Players can choose from the following 37 numbers: 0-5, 00, 10-15, 20-25, 30-35, 40-45 and 50-55; There can only be one 0 and 00. The numbers 6, 7, 8 and 9 should never be used as jersey numbers.

2. The game is divided into two halves, each with a 20-minute break, with a 15-minute break (NCAA men's Division 1 games, the halftime break can be extended to 20 minutes). If extra time is required, each extra time is 5 minutes with a 1-minute break.

3. The time for each offense in the game is 35 seconds (24 seconds for NBA and FIBA), and the attacking team must advance the ball to the front court within 10 seconds after serving the baseline (8 seconds for NBA and FIBA).

4. When a team's half-court ordinary fouls accumulate to 7 times, each foul (including the 7th), the opponent will get a "1+1" free throw opportunity, that is, if the first free throw is scored, another free throw opportunity will be obtained. (An ordinary foul is an individual foul other than a malicious foul, an intentional foul, or a foul that blocks an opponent's shot.) ）

5. When a team's half-court common fouls accumulate to 10, the opponent will get 2 free throws for each foul (including the 10th time).