The knockout rounds entered the second round, and the intensity of the competition increased sharply.

Some teams that relied on luck to enter the knockout stage were eliminated early and went home early in the confrontation with absolute strength.

Half of the teams were eliminated in the first round, and there are only 16 teams left in the second round, and these teams are all screened through the first tier, and they have a certain strength, and the confrontation will become more intense.

Duke's elimination was the biggest upset in the first round, but most of the other results were as expected by the audience, with some of the teams with championship appearances making it to the second round, and of course there were plenty of grudges in the second round.

As the so-called narrow road, USC and Marquette University met in the second round, these two teams were opponents in the knockout round last season, that time it was USC who eliminated Marquette University by 5 points, and this time they met again, Marquette University vowed to take revenge.

Most of the opponents on the chart are new combinations, such as the UCLA and the College of the Holy Cross, which has never met in the knockout stage in the past few decades in the history of the NCAA, and as the first meeting in the knockout stage, both teams wanted to commemorate this historic moment with a victory.

Before the UCLA and the College of the Holy Cross played each other, several sets of matchups had been completed, and the University of North Carolina once again defeated its opponent Boston College by a large score, becoming the first team to enter the top 8, and the two games North Carolina won a total of 80 points against the opponent and aimed for the championship.

The University of Michigan defeated Weber State University to meet North Carolina in the top half of the conference semifinals, and the two teams will go head-to-head in the next round, and only the winner will be eligible to continue.

The University of Miami also won the match and awaited the winner of UCLA and the College of the Holy Cross, with one of the two teams set to compete for a place in the top half of the semifinals.

The situation in the bottom half of the division is also becoming clearer, with the University of Kansas and Stanford both winning and meeting in the next round, while Marquette University awaits the winner between Florida and Ohio.

UCLA vs Holy Cross College and Florida vs Ohio, these two matches will be played at the same time, and the top 8 will be born after the game.

UCLA and the College of the Holy Cross lined up into the stadium and the crowd cheered enthusiastically for the players, making the game full of gimmicks for the first time in history, and the media were more willing to report such news.

In the warm-up stage, the Holy Cross Academy showed the audience an extremely terrifying projection ability, all the players stood in line at the three-point line, starting from the player in the bottom left corner to shoot three-pointers, and the 15 players of the team relayed in turn until the bottom right corner.

Where is this to play, it is simply a three-point performance, and the suffocating tension before the knockout game is not felt at all from the players of the Holy Cross Academy, and their team atmosphere is relaxed and happy.

At the beginning of the projection, the first person landed in the pocket accurately, followed by the second and third...... At the beginning, the audience didn't think so, but when the projection was carried out to 1/3, it had hit 5 balls in a row, and the audience realized the seriousness of the matter, so they gradually sounded cheers, the seventh, eighth, and ninth balls were the projections of the team's three inside players, they stood in the position of the front basket, this position is recognized as the most difficult position on the court, the Holy Cross Academy arranged the three of them here obviously must have an ulterior purpose, only to see the three of them shot in turn, and the three basketballs were suspended in the air at the same time, Flying towards the same goal from three different angles, but the time was slightly staggered, and the three basketballs fell into the basket one after another, this wave of three consecutive was really exciting.

After the goal, the expressions of the three were unusually calm, as if to tell the audience that this was just a routine operation.

After the big man finishes shooting, it's the turn of the outside player.

"They're understudy."

"yes, they shouldn't be able to score again, and if they can get into this game, they won't have to compare."

The more a relay shot like this, the more pressure there is on the player who shoots from behind, and if anything goes wrong with them, all the shots in front of them will be undone.

In such a critical position, the Holy Cross Academy actually arranged for a substitute to complete, and this wave of operations is really surprising.

"Hey, don't be nervous, there's so much in front, you can't drop the chain until we get it." The member of the Holy Cross next to him reminded.

", I still want to play."

It turns out that there is such a rule in the Holy Cross Academy, such a "relay shot" must be carried out during the warm-up before the game, which is not a simple shooting exercise, but an "assessment" that determines the player's appearance.

The 15 players of the team stand on the three-point line in turn to shoot, only the player who shoots will get the opportunity to play in the game, and as long as he hits, he will definitely be allowed to play, and those who do not hit will have to sit on the bench in the normal game and cannot play, even if you are the core of the team.

Head coach Nash used such an almost "harsh" way to allow the players to get into the state as quickly as possible, which seems cruel, but in fact it is not difficult, just throw the ball in.

There is no accommodation in Nash's dictionary, once in a key game Raikkonen failed to hit a long shot, and as a result, Nash was really put on the bench for the whole game, and he didn't give a second of chance, and as a result, the Holy Cross Academy failed to win that game because of Raikkonen's absence, and Nash stopped all the responsibility after the game.

Since then, Raikkonen hasn't missed a shot.

As the main player of the team, this is still necessary.

Today's "assessment", the main players all passed successfully, the only suspense is whether the substitute players behind can continue the hot feel, if they can really score 15 times, it is simply pleasing to the eye.

There have only been two cases of 15 consecutive advances, one last year and one in the last one.

In the first round against Université Belmont, the Holy Cross also had a "magical performance" of 15 consecutive games, and if they can do it today, then they will complete two consecutive games to reach 15 consecutive games.

That would be a terrible thing, as in the last game against Belmont, the Holy Cross College bloodied its opponents, hitting a total of 23 three-pointers, breaking the NCAA's 35-year-old three-point record.

It was the turn of the Holy Cross Academy's bench to shoot, although it was a substitute, the action of the shot was also very standard, starting from the first substitute, the basketball fell into the net silkily, and then hit 4 consecutive shots, the number of consecutive hits came to 14 goals, and only the last ball remained.

Whether he can achieve 15 consecutive hits depends on this goal, there is no doubt that the last player is the most nervous at this moment, and he is also at the end of the bench, which is an extremely huge test for his mental quality.

"Steady, you did it last time, and you will definitely be able to do it this time." The members of the Holy Cross Academy are still very concerned about all hits, so their teammates cheer for the last team member.

He took a deep breath, adjusted the rhythm, and then slowly lifted the ball, and then sent the basketball into the air, fingers flicked, brisk shot, the basketball flew towards the basket with a strong rotation, at this moment, the basketball is the only focus of the whole court, and the basketball is hollow into the net under the eyes of everyone.

15 consecutive mid-!! Reached!!!

Passed the assessment perfectly.