Chapter 305: Mediocre Performance

It is not enough for Barton to see his basketball alone, Mu Chenfeng wants to use his basketball to bring the whole of America to the ground.

And Wake Forest University was the beginning of his conquest of America.

The head coach of Wake Forest University is none other than the famous NBA legend: Tim. Duncan, who after retiring from the game, was an assistant coach under his old mentor Popovich, and when Wake Forest offered him an offer to coach, he agreed without even thinking about it.

Today, the core of Wake Forest is none other than Tim. Duncan's youngest son, Tim Jr. Duncan, he completely inherited his father's basketball genes, the height is similar to his father, he can play two positions on the court, power forward and center, he learned all the skills of the old Duncan, including playing the board and shooting, and even staying calm at all times.

He is the contemporary Tim.

Duncan has always been proud of having such a son, as the second generation of stars, little Duncan's every move has been followed by the media, he is still a fledgling bird, there is still a lot of room for improvement in various skills, he often has a "power outage" in the game, inexplicably becomes free, and then inexplicably loses the game.

That's why Wake Forest's record has been in the middle of the pack.

However, under the tutelage of Duncan Sr., Duncan Jr.'s strength has improved by leaps and bounds this past offseason, which has also given Wake Forest a higher expected goal.

As the first game of the defending champion UCLA Tryouts, the ball also attracted a lot of attention, and ESPN arranged a national live broadcast, and the UCLA and Wake Forest match was one of the five live broadcasts.

This treatment has gone far beyond the selection itself.

All Americans' eyes are on how UCLA performs this season, and the other championship favorite, Duke University, has a game tomorrow, so the whole team is scheduled to watch the game.

Duke was just one of many teams that were in front of the stream, and the rest of the NCAA teams that didn't have a game were also using the stream to find out what their future opponents might face.

In BC, Wake Forest is 16 times odds with UCLA.

Wake Forest is the underdog.

Before the game, the Wake Forest players gathered around and closed their eyes and meditated under the guidance of head coach Duncan, which is a unique way of decompressing at Wake Forest University, using meditation to relieve the tension of the players.

The NCAA selection tournament is still different from ordinary games, and the difference between winning or losing a game or even a point difference is crucial to the team's ranking, and it is very likely that this point will make the team lose and qualify for the playoffs.

There are 64 teams participating in the qualifiers, and 32 teams will eventually make it to the knockout rounds, which means that half of the teams will be eliminated.

It seems that the likelihood of reaching the next round is high, but the NCAA's new format stipulates that only the top 8 groups will qualify for the playoffs, and the remaining 24 spots will be determined by the win-loss relationship between the teams in the same group, the number of wins and losses, and the number of goal difference, and only the top 24 teams will be eligible to enter the knockout round with the top 8 group winners.

Therefore, the team will need to give it their all in all competitions to have any chance of qualifying from the group.

The small goal of Wake Forest is to appear.

However, for a giant team like UCLA, if you don't qualify for the top spot in the group, the tryouts will be a failure.

At the start of the game, Duncan managed to grab the ball, and Wake Forest attacked first.

The opening situation was somewhat unexpected, and Wake Forest, who came from afar, had the meaning of anti-guest, and grabbed the rhythm of the game from the beginning, revolving Duncan Jr. to score consecutive points under the basket, and in the opening 2 minutes, UCLA actually fell behind the opponent with a score of 2:8.

UCLA's players are a bit slow to get into the groove, and it makes sense that it takes three minutes to get into the groove, as the defending champions, the pressure on the UCLA players is much greater than that of the Wake Forest players, and they have no second choice for the outcome of the game.

Oscar and other veteran players have been stable, UCLA's problems appeared on Felix, as a "newcomer" to the NCAA, Felix seemed a little restrained on the court, never let go of his hands and feet, the only pass and a shot also ended in failure, and for a long time afterward, Felix did not touch the basketball.

A 5vs5 game is actually 4vs5.

Felix could never have imagined that his first NCAA tournament would start in such a way.

The NCAA game was fast-paced, and Felix was exhausted after only a few rounds, shortness of breath and a slight paleness.

It was Barton's mistake, and he overestimated Felix's adaptability, and he was so "comfortable" in basketball that he immediately lost his breath at the intensity of the NCAA.

Felix is still the best of the newcomers in this film, and he has all reacted like this, and the other newcomers must not be much better.

Instead of letting Felix do a turnaround run that he didn't have on the field, it would be better to replace him and calm down on the bench.

UCLA applied for a substitution, and Mu Chenfeng replaced Felix.

"How? The strength of the NCAA is okay. "It's something that has to be experienced, and it takes some getting used to." "Barton is very glad that he is against Wake Forest, an opponent with a high margin for error.

"It takes some time to get used to." Felix was unhappy with his performance, and he was even less happy with being substituted before he could get used to the game.

Before Mu Chenfeng stepped into the field, he was shocked by the cheers of the audience, and when people saw a black-haired and yellow-skinned person appear in the arena, they gave them a talking point to talk about each other.

"Mu Chenfeng !!" In front of the TV, Enzo in a Duke jersey. Ronnie recognized Mu Chenfeng at a glance, he hadn't changed at all after two years of not seeing him.

It wasn't Mu Chenfeng who bought the shares at the beginning, Enzo. Ronnie wouldn't have grown up so fast and got into Duke.

"If you meet again, you may be an opponent." Two years ago, Mu Chenfeng said to Enzo. What Ronnie said turned out to be true, and he didn't break his promise.

"Come on, let me see how you've grown in the past two years." Enzo in front of the TV and Kyle. Terry stared at the screen, wanting to see Mu Chenfeng's strength.

UCLA's competition venue can accommodate more than 8# 4,000 people at the same time, although there are not so many people today, and the attendance rate has reached more than half, and more than 2,000 people come to watch the game.

Under the eyes of more than 2,000 people, Mu Chenfeng made a very serious bridge crossing on the first shot, and he didn't even pick up the rebound, Duncan and Damian fought for the rebound, but Duncan grabbed the rebound first.