Chapter Ninety-Four: The Final Four!
63 to 62, the University of Texas won the University of Kansas!
This is definitely the biggest upset since this year's tournament, and it is even more upset than Kangda winning North Carolina!
After all, UConn has Walker, and it is also the championship team of the Great East Conference, the No. 4 seed in the West Division, but the University of Texas, which is the No. 13 seed in the West Division, is basically considered to be the kind of character who accompanies the prince to study.
Tang Tian didn't expect it at all, after all, the Morris brothers were too strong, but the result was like this, they had prepared a lot before, including tonight, they also came to inspect the strength of Kansas, but as a result, their opponent in the division finals was not Kansas, but the University of Texas.
It's really NCAA.
However, this is also a wake-up call for the UConn players who have just won North Carolina, NCAA upsets are everywhere, and even at this point, no opponent can be taken lightly.
"This Texas team, they're very aggressive defensively and they're doing a good job of helping defense, and the best way for us to do that is to open up space and create more singles and killing opportunities for Kemba and use our talent to beat them."
"Defensively, McCanon is their only strong point, I'm going to keep an eye on him all over the court, we don't want to beat them in one go, as long as we pull the difference apart little by little, it's hard for them to have a chance."
In Cahon's office, Tang Tian is not just like an assistant coach at this time, but like a military advisor, giving advice to Cahon.
Cajon also had complete trust in Tang Tian, and even listened with a half-learning attitude.
Two days later, the UConn and Texas University match kicked off at Bank of America Stadium.
This time, the UConn fans at the scene obviously accounted for more people, and as the weaker side, the University of Texas also experienced the treatment of UConn last game.
The game started, UC didn't take too much advantage at the beginning, Texas University was able to get to this point, their defense was really good, the game played more than five minutes, and UC led the opponent by 3 points 7-4.
Walker was basically caught with the ball, and his passing was not very good, while the University of Texas did a good job of coordinating the rotation, and the ball was basically in place to change the defense, which greatly limited the play of UConn.
At the end of the first half, UConn only led by six points at 32-26.
The University of Texas' defense was unexpected, and Tang Tian also suggested to Cajon to play a dual-control tactic.
Coming back in the second half, Cornda replaced Olland with Napier and played a two-point guard strategy.
The effect was immediate, with Napier's passing ability excellent, and Kangda's offense clearly improving.
Texas University maintained a stalemate by defense, and when the UConn offense opened, they could only watch the score almost pull away.
Cajon was also cautious, leading by 20 points and still playing with the main force.
It wasn't until 5 minutes before the end that he came up and down to the cheers of the Kangda fans.
The game wasn't over yet, but the excitement of the fans couldn't be hidden.
Even they began to cheer for the goals of the University of Texas players, if it weren't for the University of Texas, they would have played Kansas tonight, and the game might not have been much more anxious, and they could easily advance to the top four, and the University of Texas was simply indispensable.
At this time, Tang Tian and Walker began to eat the cake sent by Olsen again.
Olson made a brownie cake for Tang Tian this time, which is a kind of small cake with rich layers, and it is also one of the favorite cakes of Americans.
There's a story about this cake about a chubby black woman wearing an apron and baking a fluffy chocolate cake in the kitchen, but she forgot to whip the cream first, and accidentally made a failed product.
This cake that was originally going to be thrown away, the old mother tasted it, and it was actually very delicious, and this "cute mistake" was born.
I don't know if the story is true or not, but this cake is really delicious.
Walker was quite involved in eating on the sidelines.
But Cajon has to be blamed, leading by 20 points and still stunned for letting them play for so long.
The game has long been decided, and the on-site photographer began to capture the sidelines, and the picture of Tang Tian and Walker eating cake appeared on the LED screen again.
Walker saw that he was filming himself, and he was not as shy as last time, and greeted the camera with a smile.
And this time the photographer gave enough time, and the entire fans at the scene were amused by them.
In the end, after five minutes of garbage time, UConn defeated the University of Texas 71-46 and successfully advanced to the final four of the tournament.
Although the outcome was already known, the slogan "Connecticut Huskies" resounded over the court when the final whistle blew.
Before the start of the regular season, no one thought that this new recruit-based Kang Da Neng had any achievements, but they were stunned to become the champion of the Great East League!
In the first round of the tournament, they were favored to be upset, but they bloodied their opponents!
Against Arizona, they were completely treated as a supporting role, but they still won by a big margin!
In the case of not being favored by everyone, in the case of almost away games, it is even more difficult to win the championship North Carolina!
And then tonight, the final four!
It's an incredible season that can even go down in history!
And they have a chance to go further.
After the UConn team shook hands with the University of Texas, they also began to cheer with the fans.
It's really not easy to get to this point in a season.
After the interaction with the audience, they moved the ladder with the staff and then began the "net cutting" session.
As a tournament tradition, the champion team can cut the Nets after the final as a memorial.
This champion, in addition to the final champion of the tournament, also has this right to the champion of the division.
The order of net cutting starts from the highest to the lowest age.
Walker cut off the one that belonged to him, followed by Oriaki, then the first-year student, and Tang Tian also cut off the one that belonged to him after Lamb, and then carefully put it away.
This was the first reward he received after crossing over.
After Cajon cut the last one, the net-cutting ceremony officially ended.
But that's not the last part of the night.
After the net cutting session, an award ceremony was also held at the scene.
According to NCAA rules, only the final champion and runner-up will receive the gold national championship trophy and the silver national runner-up trophy, respectively, but since 2006, each division winner will receive a bronze division championship trophy.
When the Kangda players lifted the division championship trophy together, the cheers of the UConn fans reached a peak.
They have seen the team regain the dawn of its former glory.
Now, together with this team, they are going to make this light a reality.