On March 21, 2002, after a four-day break, the second phase of the NCAA National Championship was about to begin.

After the first phase of elimination, there are now only 16 teams left in the entire NCAA.

Therefore, at this time, the teams that are still in the NCAA National Championship are either super strong or super dark horses.

For example, in the Eastern Theater, the remaining four teams are the University of Maryland, the University of Kentucky, the University of Connecticut, and the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

And that's exactly what happened, with the elongated team knocking out two of the NCAA's traditional powerhouses in the first two rounds, Texas Tech, the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference this year, and the University of Georgia, the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference.

And the team's power forward Jermaine Dihlman has also become the focus of heated discussions in the United States because of his outstanding performances in these two games.

In the first round of the tournament, he played Texas Tech, came off the bench to score a crucial 17 points, and started the second game, scoring a team-high 25 points to lead the team to victory.

This is the standard story of an ugly duckling turning into a whooper and becoming famous with a ball.

Jermaine Dihlman isn't the only person or team that has exploded in this year's NCAA.

For example, Steve Rogan of the University of Cincinnati in the Central Theater.

27 points and 8 assists in the first game, 39 points and 7 assists in the second game, although the shooting percentage in the second game was a little lower, only 44%.

But a player of less than 1.8 meters, against the defense of NCAA super outside defender Roy Ivey, threw 12 three-pointers in a game, hit 5, and made 12 free throws in a crazy game, and single-handedly led the team to defeat the University of Texas, led by TJ Ford and Roy Ivey, two star backcourts.

This performance is quite shocking.

So much so that even NBA star Allen Iverson said again and again in an interview: "Like me, like me, like me!" ”

Then there's Kent State University in the Southern Theater, which is the third time in the history of the 90th NCAA that the veteran underdog has reached the NCAA National Championship.

However, this team shocked the whole United States by successively killing Oklahoma State University, the No. 7 seed in the Southern Theater, and the University of Alabama, the No. 2 seed in the Southern Theater.

After all, this team has a better history than Boston University.

But they can defend these two national giants to only 61 and 58 points respectively.

This team's team defense is incredibly strong.

If you don't have talent, you can't play defense.

This team also takes the civilian basketball defensive flow to the extreme.

Another example is the Western Theater where Chen Xiao and Marquette University are located, and the University of Missouri Tigers guard Rich Bolting, Karim Rush and Clarence Gilbert guard trio.

In the first two games, the trio led the University of Missouri to defeat the No. 5 seed University of Miami and the No. 4 seed Ohio State University in the Western Conference one after another, becoming one of the three dark horse teams in the NCAA National Championship.

And the guard trio who led this team forward all averaged more than 20 points per game.

Among them, Clarence Gilbert played 36 minutes in the second round and scored 23 points, 0 assists and 0 rebounds, which shocked the entire United States.

He was the first player in NCAA history to play more than 30 minutes without a single rebound or assist.

This data is even more bachelorish than Chen Xiaodu.

Chen Xiao didn't dare to say 'I will only score' in front of him.

What does it mean to only score?

It's called only scoring!

For a time, under this huge heat, the name of the Missouri Three Tigers began to become popular in the United States.

March Madness in the NCAA is a huge flower bed.

In this flower bed, the surprise and sadness of flowers blooming and falling are staged all the time.

Everyone here can become popular because of the spotlight of public opinion in the United States.

Maybe for NBA professionals, whether it's Jermaine Dehlman or Steve Rogan, or Kent State or the Missouri Three Tigers, they have limited talent and probably none of them will make it to the NBA.

But getting into the NBA isn't on the minds of March Madness media reporters and spectators.

Here, everyone is enjoying the joy and joy of the moment.

As for what happens after enjoying it?

It's a matter for players and scouts and NBA teams, and it has nothing to do with them.

It's actually pretty cruel to say.

Viewers and reporters of NCAA March Madness love to portray grassroots heroes like Chen Xiao.

They smell of dreams written all over them.

It's good to encourage the grassroots, to encourage dreams, but they're too strong.

So much so that it became just digging and not burying.

In March Madness, each of them was the focus of the nation, a grassroots hero who was even hotter than Hollywood superstars and NBA superstars, and a dream representative.

But March Madness will come to an end.

When public opinion dissipates and the light fades, they still do not have the favor of the NBA, and they still lack the path to continue their prospects.

They got nothing but chicken feathers.

In the end, even their glamorous grassroots nature will be lost.

Players who have been baptized by the national media like this, will they still be grassroots players?

Are they still willing to be grassroots players?

Most of these dreamers eventually turned into the people they once hated the most.

Heroes, who end up being pushed by their touters to turn into dragons.

Of course, the audience doesn't care about the ending of the heroes, they just want to see the bright moments when the grassroots become heroes.

So, for the audience, March Madness is a comedy.

But for many of the players involved in March Madness, this is actually a tragedy.

Most of them are dreaming of no ending.

They burned their dreams, and like a flash in the pan, they embellished the dreams of audiences across the United States.

There aren't many people in this world who are real idiots.

There are not many people in this world who want to be a short-lived epiphany, burning their bodies to embellish the spirits of others.

Everyone wants to move forward, even if they are struggling to crawl forward!

March 21, SAP Center, San Jose, California.

As the No. 1 seed in the Western Theater, Marquette University will face the University of Missouri, one of the three dark horses of the conference, in the semifinals of the Western Conference.

The expected opponent did not appear, the giants retreated, and only the dark horse remained.

In the end, this Western Region semi-final became the 'Three Eagles' vs. the 'Three Tigers'.

The Missouri Three Tigers have recently become quite popular in the United States.

The momentum is also quite amazing.

The trio are the only group of players in the NCAA National Championship to average 20 points per game each.

Even the hottest Marquette Trihawks this season, in the first two games of the national competition, only Chen Xiao and Wade averaged more than 20 points per game.

Ron Howard is averaging just 14 points per game.

Although Chen Xiao's last game with UCLA was sparse.

But the 12 out of 12 in the first game made Chen Xiao's overall data quite beautiful now.

He shot 16-of-36 from the field in both games, shooting 44.4 percent.

Shooting 44.4 percent from the field to average 20 points per game, which is absolutely outstanding in the NCAA National Series.

Only, it's the whole.

In the last game, Chen Xiao's performance in the match against UCLA was really poor.

Maybe the audience and the media don't care, they just have fun.

But it's impossible for a professional in basketball not to care.

Many people who were optimistic about Chen Xiao after the first game of Marquette University have now begun to beat the drums in their hearts.

After all, no one in this world thinks they can't look away.

Unless it's someone who keeps looking away.

Ahem, it doesn't mean anything else, don't think about it.

"Kevin, this kid who claims to be your biggest fan, he's been in a bad situation lately."

Although there are still flowers outside, those who know the inside know how hurt Chen Xiao and UCLA in that game hurt him.

Why was Wade so angry after that game?

Because he is one of the few players in the NCAA who knows the inside story of the NBA.

There's a team that's ready to give everything for him.

Wade is well aware of the changes in the popularity of the three of them on NBA teams.

Because of the strength of Duke University, the popularity of all three of them has decreased.

But because of the game with UCLA, Chen Xiao, who was 'smart', made his own prospects fall off a cliff.

The damage of this game is even irreversible.

Wade knew this kind of thing, and how could Garnett not know.

After the game with UCLA, the Timberwolves no longer had any interest in Chen Xiao's pursuit.

In this regard, Garnett has a very complicated heart.

It's as complicated as his feelings for Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao broke into his world for less than half a month.

But this half a month is enough to change his world, even him as a person!

This little guy who claims to be his crazy fan throws those inexplicable characters he doesn't know about at him like money.

What is the true meaning of the wolf king, the spirit of the wolf warrior, the spiritual mentor of the rookie, the guiding light for beginners, etc.

All this time, Garnett stood in front of the mirror and asked himself.

"Am I still me?"

Lately, he's almost become a philosopher!

In recent years, he has slowly developed to bully rookies for fun, and in yesterday's game, he met another rookie.

It's a good bully, and it's also a rookie that everyone wants to bully.

Garnett, who wanted to bully this high-ranking rookie for a change of mood in this game, had just finished throwing the fragrant trash talk that he had prepared for a long time on the rookie.

Something magical happened.

Bang bang bang!

Whew~!

The familiar beating of the chest, the familiar howl of the wolf.

After the rookie finished whistling, he looked at him with a shocked expression.

"Can you really help me light up the night, burn fragile and guide me in the dark night, the true king of the wolf warrior Kevin Garnett, who continues to move forward under the demon's minions?!"

Seeing that the shocked eyes of this champion show were about to lose all the faith that continued to support him because of the collapse of faith, Garnett felt that his soul was touched at that moment.

Light up the night......

Fragile ......

Wolf Warrior True King......

This familiar taste.

It's all that kid's secondary two style!

What touched his soul was, of course, not the flawed and shame-filled characters that the kid made for him.

Recently, he didn't dare to beat his chest and feet because of these secondary characters, and his mouth was fragrant, so you can imagine how 'terrible' those people of that kid were.

And what's even more terrifying!

He actually saw a 'wolf disciple' in the NBA who believed in that kid 100% and even regarded himself as a spiritual pillar......

Kwame Brown's expression on the verge of collapse of faith when he looked at him really shocked him.

How much of a blow did this champion show suffer, so he couldn't think about it, and wanted to join his 'Wolf King Sect' to be that kid's 'wolf friend'.

Do these guys really not know that I, Kevin Garnett, the real Kevin Garnett, is famous in the NBA?

This little guy doesn't even ask?

It's so easy to believe in those 'second characters' that kid made for me? ’。

Garnett didn't understand what was going on in the world.

However, in that game, in the face of Kwame Brown, such a delicious rookie, he let it go.

He didn't continue to greet his family, nor did he break his spirit, and even exchanged jerseys with him after the game, although he didn't want to, but he still encouraged him.

The teammates were stunned, and even the opponents were stunned.

At this point, Garnett has also come out of his recent discomfort and began to accept his new changes.

He may never be able to wash his name again, and he never actually thought about it.

But if there are still some people in this world who believe that he is white, then let them continue to believe it.

He can be a villain in the whole world, and he can be an angel to these sick teenagers.

If the whole alliance were made up of these sick teenagers, would I be able to become an angel in the whole world?

Don't want to wash white, and finally passively whitewash?

Garnett finally shook his head.

What are you thinking.

If it weren't for March Madness, this kid wouldn't have had the slightest impact on the NBA and the world.

When March Madness ends, the 'Wolf King Sect' that believes in him will disappear.

In the end, his world is still 'stinking' black.

Did I light you up?

Or did you light me up?

Garnett felt like he was going to be turned into a philosopher by this kid.

But......

"If you can get into the NBA, I'm willing to give you the last spot I have to bully rookies, boy, don't let me down, if you really believe in that 'wolf king', such a predicament won't bring you down!"

Garnett said silently in his heart.

He didn't want this magical teenager to disappear from his world......

At this point, he didn't know that his hands were already clenched into fists because of nervousness.

Garnett didn't know, but the teammates around Garnett saw it clearly!

"KG is getting weirder and weirder lately!"

A rookie destroyer is actually about to become a rookie guardian.

Is this still the KG they are familiar with?

At this time, Chen Xiao, who was in the SAP center, naturally didn't know that anyone was caring about him.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Chen Xiao and the Marquette University players walked onto the pitch.

Chen Xiao's popularity is still as high as the peak.

Of course, if there is not enough strength to support it, such popularity is only for a month, a year, and a maximum of four years.

But this does not prevent the fact that Chen Xiao is still the focus of the world at this moment.

Even if many teams were completely disappointed with Chen Xiao because of the last game, there were still a large number of bigwigs staring at this game.

It is precisely because of this that the three players of the 'Missouri Three Tigers', who have recently exploded and are chasing the trend of Marquette Mihawks, looked at Chen Xiao's eyes full of desire.

"As long as you step on them, everything they have now is ours!"

Just defeat them, they're short-lived, and we can move on!

It's simple to beat them, UCLA has made a teacher.

All you have to do is defeat that wonder boy!

And defeating Wonder Boy is even simpler!

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