17 November 2001, Bradley Center, Milwaukee.

After a one-month hiatus, the NCAA2001-2002 season kicked off.

Marquette University will take on Horizon League powerhouse Loyola University Chicago today at the Bradley Center.

This is a non-conference NCAA tournament.

Each year, the NCAA tournament is divided into three phases.

The first stage is the non-league stage.

The second stage is the league stage.

The third stage, known as March Madness, is the NCAA National Championship.

In the non-league stage, teams from two different leagues agree to play a game against each other, which is equivalent to an official game in the nature of a preseason.

The match between Marquette University in the CUSA League and Loyola University in the Horizon League was one such match.

The non-conference phase of the NCAA, where there is no championship, may not seem important, but it is just the nature of a friendly game, but it is not.

Because the NCAA is too big, a big league has 31 minor leagues, which of the 31 leagues is stronger?

The second phase of the NCAA league is a civil war in each league and does not involve cross-conference play.

So the question is, how do you determine which alliance is stronger?

This is an important question.

Because it involves the final third stage, the National Championship, which is the allocation of places for the participating teams in March Madness.

The non-conference stage is an important basis for the NCAA leagues to compete which league is stronger.

For example, the most famous league in the NCAA, the ACC League, why does the ACC League have at least four teams invited to the NCAA National Championship every year?

There are 31 first-class leagues in the United States, and about 64 places are available to participate in the national championships, and it stands to reason that one league will split equally between two.

But the ACC coalition is four or even five perennial.

Why do it?

Of course, the ACC alliance team battle is amazing!

It's not a league, it's a team fight!

Each league in the NCAA sends its own team out to compete with teams of similar strength in other leagues.

King to king, handsome to handsome, general to general, soldier to soldier.

In this case, the ACC Alliance, which is strong in overall strength, is simply invincible in team battles.

So much so that last season, six teams from the ACC league were invited to participate in the NCAA National Championship.

Loyola University's league competed in the national championship last season with a Butler University team.

Marquette University's league had two teams competing in the NCAA National Championship last season, which is still average.

So, don't look at the NCAA non-conference stage without championships, but each team even pays more attention than playing a championship league.

After the non-league stage of each year, the number of places in each league to participate in the national championship is basically determined.

Some leagues have four, five, or even six slots.

Some alliances have only one left.

If you don't play well in the non-league stage, you will have a place in the league, and if you want to enter the national championship, you can only win the league championship.

If you play well in the non-league stage and win a few more spots for your league, it will be much less difficult for your team to enter the national competition.

So, there are three phases of the NCAA competition every year.

The first stage is used to determine the strength of the 31 leagues in the United States and allocate the quota for each league to participate in the national championship.

In the second stage, teams from within each league compete for the allocated spots.

The third stage is the real national competition.

Of course, the third stage is the most important, but it is really difficult to say which is more important, the first stage or the second stage.

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The match with Loyola University was the first official competition that Chen Xiao participated in.

Although he has already played in the NCAA before in Alaska.

But compared to the kind of challenger tournaments that Alaska plays, the official NCAA tournament has a completely different feel.

At the very least, the number of fans on the sidelines, the enthusiasm of the fans, is not a level at all.

Chen Xiao, who is now standing in the Bradley Center, feels that his whole scalp is numb under the cheers of the Marquette University fans in the stadium.

That's tens of thousands of fans!

"Dwyan, this game continues to blow up David Bailly like Kevin Tobett!"

"Come on, Wonder Boy, this game is going to kill too!"

As a beginner, Chen Xiao feels that in the face of such a situation, his scalp is just numb, and his legs are not weak, which is already very good.

In particular, he and Wade were still the center of cheers for tens of thousands of fans in this game.

Chen Xiao felt that it was very good that he could not tremble his legs and maintain this polite and embarrassing smile on his face.

"Chen, you're smiling so ugly, hehe."

Xiaotai, you shut up for me!

Didn't you see that my brother was already sweating in order to maintain this polite and embarrassing smile?

If I were allowed to walk now, I would feel like I would be on a crutch.

By the way, when I walked out just now, it wasn't going to be a crutch, right?

If that's the case, it's a shame.

The more Chen Xiao thought about it, the more he felt liver tremor.

Look at Wade, who seems to be enjoying this cheering and heat next to him.

Look at the other side, wearing a very luxurious headset on his head, and the smell of money is blowing in his face.

Compared with Wade and Ron Howard, Chen Xiao once again felt the reality that he was an ordinary person.

He didn't have Wade's people to go crazy.

There's also no 'dora' by Ron Howard.

"Chen, don't be nervous, slowly feel the atmosphere of the NCAA, get used to the atmosphere here, you don't have to worry about the NBA."

"I see, thank you, coach."

Chen Xiao gritted her teeth hard and opened her legs.

Well, not on a crutch!

However, Chen Xiao, who learned to greet other players and fans, still felt that he was a little awkward now.

The match against Arroyo University was the first match of the new season for Marquette University, and the interaction between the players and fans was very lively.

A veteran player like Thierry Henry is also accustomed to such interactions.

And newcomers like Wade and Dina also look skilled.

Wade is crazy, Diner is the first day talent of Wisconsin, who was once in the limelight, and has seen a lot of the world.

Perhaps the official players of the entire Marquette University are Chen Xiao and Ron Howard the most restrained.

Because both of them are junior brothers.

Chen Xiao is really early, too early.

And Ron Howard ...... He didn't play in a high school league in high school.

The team they formed in high school was sunk by Jay Williams as soon as they set sail.

However, compared to the embarrassment of laughing, Chen Xiao, who felt that he didn't know how to put his hands, Ron Howard looked much cooler, like a cold-faced prince.

Pretending to be this kind of paralyzed and cold-faced monster, Brother Luo is still very skilled.

However, regardless of whether the Marquette University players are skilled or jerky, the Marquette University fans on the scene will like it.

"Wonder Boy is a beginner, so it's right to be jerky!"

"And it's fun too, hahahaha!"

Even Chen Xiao's jerkiness gave them an alternative enjoyment, making the atmosphere of the scene much more cheerful.

While the Marquette University players were interacting with the fans in their first game of the season, the visiting Loyola University players were pointing fingers at the players of Marquette University not far away.

In particular, the little man standing in the middle of Loyola University, who probably doesn't look 1.75 meters and is wearing a red dress, is No. 12.

Since the 12th of Loyola University came out, his eyes have been fixed on Chen Xiao, who is now a little at a loss.

"David, he's that wonder boy, and you're the stepping stone to help you hit the NBA in this game!"

NBA?

Hearing his teammates say this, David Bailly's eyes when he looked at Chen Xiao became a lot hotter.

He wants more people to know about him, and he wants to get into the NBA scouts' field of vision.

There is no better team than Marquette University.

Marquette University has three high-traffic players that NBA scouts keep an eye on.

It can be said that every game of Marquette University, on the sidelines, and in front of the TV, is indispensable for NBA scouts and coaches.

As long as he can step on the three men of Marquette University and play a super beautiful game in this match, he may be noticed!

Wade and Ron Howard are very strong, he is not a fool, these two are definitely not easy to fight.

But Chen Xiao is different.

His teammates said that Chen Xiao was his stepping stone, and there was no problem at all.

This beginner is his flow blood pack!

However, although he thinks so, David Bailly will not be underestimated.

This game is so important!

For Loyola University, which is destined not to make it to the NCAA National Championship, this game is the most important game of the season.

Maybe after this game, all the rest of Loyola's games will not have the attention of NBA scouts.

He had to be cautious, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

Therefore, in the warm-up before the game between the two teams, David Bailly's eyes were always on Chen Xiao.

He wanted to use his eyes to observe everything about Chen Xiao.

After the observation, David Bailly was satisfied.

"Sure enough, it's a beginner!"

"At a height of 1.88 meters, you can't even dunk!"

Every action Chen Xiao does on the court now seems to him to be so jerky.

Perhaps the only thing that looks proficient is his free throws, and he still looks a little good at shooting at the free-throw line.

But, will he give Chen Xiao a chance to make free throws in this game?

Of course not!

The key now is to get the opportunity to match Chen Xiao!

Because this beginner most likely does not start.

If the playing time of this beginner who picks his feet as rumoredly does not match his playing time, everything is meaningless.

"David, I want you to play the whole game."

The warm-up of the two teams is over.

Looking at David Bailly, who was a little restless, Loyola University head coach Larry Farmer gently patted the team's leader on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"Coach?"

"Take control of your own destiny."

"I see, thank you."

David Bailly nodded heavily.

Firmly took his teammates behind him onto the court.

Looking at David Bailly's back, the gentle smile on Larry Farmer's face slowly became bitter.

At the age of 30, he became the head coach of UCLA, the number one club in the NCAA, and now at the age of 50, he is coaching here.

Sometimes there is really only one chance in life, and if you miss it, you will never have it again.

"Take out everything you can and don't let me down."

After the warm-up training, Chen Xiao sat back on the bench with the rest of the team's substitutes.

"Little one, watch our performance below, although your talent is high, but this season, honestly be a substitute for me."

Faced with the jokes of the team's big brother Coddle Henry, Chen Xiao didn't care at all.

"I'd like to be a substitute, but you don't want to give me a chance to be a substitute."

I care, Chen Xiao doesn't care at all, but he still wants to talk back, he Chen someone, when has he suffered a loss.

This kid!

Caudle-Henry looked at the grimace on Chen Xiao's face and shook his head with a smile.

"You kid just sit on the bench for a season!"

The starting XI for this game at Marquette University are Scott Merritt, Ennamarca, Wade, Ron Howard and Thierry Henry.

It was a regular starter for Marquette University.

Regarding the fact that he was not selected as a starter in this game, Chen Xiao really didn't care.

His mid-range shot is good now, and his outbursts are good, but his overall strength is really not as good as Henry's, and this is the team's first game, and Coach Crane needs to start with a win no matter how much he values him.

So, it's normal for him to be a substitute in this game.

He didn't have anything to care about.

Look at Odateyi Brankson next to him, he is better than Ennamarca, but he is still on the bench like him.

This unlucky kid has his face blackened into carbon.

It's still too shy and stuffy.

Chen Xiao felt that if he also learned to beat his chest from time to time like Ennamarca, and roared his throat, it might be different.

Chen Xiao always feels that American basketball coaches seem to like players to do such actions.

He's been watching NBA games lately.

Hopefully one day I can be as domineering as Garnett.

Well, Chen Xiao, who loves brain supplements, thinks too much about it.

Back to the game.

After the start of this match, Marquette's starting center, Scott Merritt, lost to Loyola University center Silvier Turkovic on the jump ball.

The two are the same height and look similar in physical fitness, but Turkovic is much more skilled than Merritt.

This can be seen from the name of Turkovic, where he came from.

Proper technology flow.

Merritt corresponding to Turkovic, Chen Xiao really doesn't know what genre his teammate is.

Body flow?

Not like.

Tech stream?

Not like that.

Talent stream?

Chen Xiao didn't see any eye-catching talent in this top 100 genius in the United States.

To put it simply, Merritt is a very ordinary and ordinary center.

Everything, but nothing stands out.

But such a D-player can firmly occupy the position of the team's starting center.

Compared with the team's talented guard line and forward line, the team's interior line is really miserable.

Back in the game, after Loyola successfully jumped the ball, the first offense, Loyola University's leading guard David Bailly took advantage of his teammate's pick-and-roll cover to shake off Ron Howard, and suddenly shot from outside the three-point line.

3 to 0!

Loyola University, who were playing away, gave Marquette University a dismissal at the beginning.

"This blockade is really porcelain!"

"This pair of covers, it's so hard!"

"These three points are really decisive!"

Chen Xiao on the bench was amazed, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up in his heart for this attack of Loyola University.

Loyola University is also a really interesting team.

The team's starters are tall except for their core point guard, David Bailly, who looks less than 1.75m.

Center Turkovic, 2.08m, other players like power forward, Corey Minnyfield is 2.03m, small forward, Jonathan Freeman is 2.01m, and the other player, Ron Brankerson, is 1.98m.

This height, in the NCAA, is a proper giant.

One is short and four tall, one is fast and four strong, it looks very discordant, but it feels very adaptable.

"This team really has something!"

Chen Xiao felt that her judgment was correct.

Because after the game started, it was favored before the game, and Marquette University led by Wade and Ron Howard really fell into a hard battle!

It should be said that Marquette University was beaten by Loyola University at the beginning!

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