I thought I would see a close opener, but I didn't expect to see a "slaughter", last season's Western Conference finals team was completely powerless in the game, if it wasn't for teammates to stop James in time, the point difference is likely to break the record.

By the end of the game, it was already 22:00 p.m., and Los Angeles was brightly lit and the streets were bustling with people than during the day.

The two took the car back to school to rest, and the two people who watched the game were enthusiastic, and Mu Chenfeng couldn't calm his emotions for a long time when he returned to the dormitory.

Early the next morning, the news of Mu Chenfeng's donation spread throughout the school.

"You're really donating." Felix hurriedly ran to Mu Chenfeng's room, only to see Mu Chenfeng sitting on a chair very casually, watching basketball videos, and holding a stick in his hand to eat the usual ice cream.

"Hmm." Mu Chenfeng's answer was very calm, and he didn't seem to take the million seriously.

"That's a million, all donated?" Felix asked.

"Otherwise, it's strange to donate more than 990,000."

The bonus he got yesterday, Mu Chenfeng donated nothing back to domestic charities to help children in poor mountainous areas build basketball courts, according to the budget, this money can build about 500 standard basketball courts, help at least tens of thousands of children play basketball.

For Mu Chenfeng, 1 million is indeed a huge amount of money, but it makes more sense to spend this money in a more meaningful place than to put it in your own hands.

Felix was anxious for a long time, but Mu Chenfeng was very calm, in the end, this is Mu Chenfeng's money, and he has the right to control it.

"Is there something wrong?" Mu Chenfeng asked.

"The knockout bracket is out." Felix calmed down and said.

The 32 teams that advance are divided into two halves, the upper and lower halves, each with 16 teams, the teams are bright and confrontational, one game is decided to win or lose, the winner advances to the next round, and finally two halves will be born two winning teams, and the champion will be produced between the two teams.

UCLA is divided into the upper half, and the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina are in this half, which can be said to be the death half. Jordan is from North Carolina, and these two teams have sent a large number of stars to the NBA, which can be said to be the star manufacturing machine.

Thankfully, UCLA won't meet these two teams before the semi-finals, and if nothing else, the two teams will have a winner and the other team competing for the sole spot in the top half.

Duke University, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Connecticut are in the bottom half of the division, fighting for a place in the finals in the bottom half.

UCLA's first opponent was the University of Nevada, the strength of this team is not outstanding, ranking 26th among all 32 knockout teams, but although the strength is mediocre, the team's resilience is very strong, in the group stage encountered Kentucky and Memphis two universities, both entangled with their opponents to the end, although in the end they failed to win the game, but they have always retained the suspense, although the defeat is still glorious, there is a dark horse.

The NCAA game is full of unknowns, and there is really no guarantee that anyone will have the last laugh until the last minute, and the reason for this phenomenon is the nature of the game, a winner-or-loser, which greatly increases the uncertainty in the game, and every year some of the favorite teams in the knockout stage inexplicably overturn, resulting in an early exit.

UCLA has encountered a dark horse in the knockout stage, but that was more than ten years ago, since Barton resulted in UCLA's coaching, UCLA has always maintained a "not bad" record, and the games lost are all evenly matched, and have not been counterattacked by dark horses, which only Barton has done, which has to be admired.

It is not difficult for a team to have the quality to win the championship in a short period of time, but the difficult thing is to keep the team competitive for a long time.

The NCAA's player attributes are different from those of the professional league, and the maximum age of a player is only four years. The average number of years of NCAA players is 1.4 years, which means that the team's players are very mobile, and more players will choose to play in college for a year, gilded, and then impact the NBA, which can greatly increase the likelihood of their survival in the NBA league, which will lead to ups and downs in the strength of the NCAA team, maybe this year is the favorite to win the championship, and next year it may be reduced to a fish belly, and some teams want to complete the process of turning over for several years.

However, several prestigious schools, including UCLA, do not need such a process as managers, after all, the reputation is outstanding, and the school has a fascinating tradition, as long as full scholarships are given, most talented players are still willing to go, which provides a guarantee for the team to inject fresh blood, even if there is a loss of players.

And Barton's strength lies in his ability to assimilate players, even if they are newcomers to the team, he can help them integrate into the team in the shortest possible time.

His talent in this area is much higher than that of other coaches, which has also allowed UCLA to avoid many detours, in his own words: We have never recruited the strongest players, but the most suitable ones.

When they learned that the opponent in the first game was the University of Nevada, the UCLA players were confident, and there was still a big gap between the opponent and themselves, so they were not worried about losing the game, they only focused on Michigan and North Carolina.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed, and the opening game of the NCAA knockout tournament officially began, and the upper and lower halves were played at the same time.

The University of North Carolina will play first in the top half, while their opponent is Washington State University.

The bottom half of the division was led by the Duke University and the University of Kansas.

Both matches are strong matches, and only the winner will advance to the next round.

UCLA went to the scene to watch the North Carolina game.

As a result, the University of North Carolina defeated Washington State University by 50 points, creating the school's largest loss margin.

Duke University played a very tough game, Kansas showed the momentum of victory, the score of the two sides was tight until the last minute, and the University of Kansas won the game with a quasi-stunner.

A big win, a lore.

The two matches on the first day of the knockout tournament each occupied a large number of report pages and became the subject of much discussion.

"This year's North Carolina is strong." Some of the veterans of the UCLA team were talking.

Since Mu Chenfeng and Felix are both newcomers, they are not familiar with the previous strength of these teams, so they only serve as listeners and do not participate in the discussion.

"Yes, it's not easy to win 50 points at Washington State University."

The tradition of North Carolina is to cultivate newcomers, and the veteran players who have been more than two years old are basically in a state of abandonment, so the several players who excelled in the North Carolina game are all newcomers, otherwise they would not have 50 points left.

The problem of the newcomers is that they don't know how to stop in moderation and love to show off, and the game has lost its suspense in the middle of the third quarter, but the newcomers in North Carolina still don't give up, and the offensive firepower continues until the end of the game, which caused a 50-point tragedy.

Compared with the victory in North Carolina, Mu Chenfeng is more concerned about Duke University being killed, Duke's strength is so strong but he was eliminated so early. Terry and Enzo. Ronnie played a dominant performance, but he still couldn't lead the team to victory.

The NCAA game is really exciting, a win-win format, and every minute and second makes people's hearts rise to the throat.

"Tomorrow it's our turn."