Chapter 208 NCAA

The NCAA March Madness in '09 was one of the highlights of basketball.

This year's NCAA is still a world of strong teams, with the University of North Carolina, the University of Connecticut, Michigan State University, and Villanova University all joining forces.

Among them, North Carolina and Connecticut are both No. 1 seeds, Michigan is No. 2 seed, and Villanova is No. 3 seed.

The Final Four were played in Detroit, which provided Ford Arena for the NCAA semifinals.

President of the United States also came to join in the fun, believing that the University of North Carolina could become the overall champion of this NCAA

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Semifinals, North Carolina vs. Villanova.

The last time the two teams met was four years ago, in the 2005 NCAA Tournament, Villanova reached the round of 16 and met the then No. 1 seed North Carolina, only to lose by one point.

Villanoir came out of the Big East once again this year, and in terms of tragedy, the Big East is the first in the entire NCAA.

North Carolina's star player Ty Lawson is a key figure in North Carolina, averaging more than 20 points per game, and once he breaks out, Ty Lawson can be called the Iverson of the college league.

In the other semifinals, Michigan vs. Conjugdaldee University.

Kang has a number of star players, including lottery-capable third-year center Hashim Thabitt, who is widely known as Mutombo II, who has just been named to this year's All-American Second Team, has made 150 hot pots this season, has been named the Great East Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row, and the team's leading scorer and assist leader, A.J. Price.

In four games in the tournament, Price has been outstanding, averaging 20 points per game from 14.7 points per game and assists rising, and if Price can help UConn win the championship in this form, then he will have a good chance of being named MVP.

In contrast, the University of Michigan is a bit star-deficient. Defender Karin Lucas and center Glenn Schulton are some of the more eye-catching players on the team, while senior Travis Wharton has a mature style of play and excellent coordination. Also worth mentioning is Dreyer Samos, who will be an important role player in the semifinals, as Samos is a Detroit native, and the semifinals will be his home game in the true sense of the word.

Summers has scored 20+ points in three games this season, and he has contributed a total of 32 points in the last three games of the tournament, shooting 11-of-15 from the field, including 3-of-4 three-pointers.

Wang Tomorrow is also paying attention to the NCAA game, after the DeAndre Jordan incident, Wang Tomorrow's trust in Billy King has dropped to a freezing point, and he can only trust his own vision now, so he will not miss a way like the NCAA tournament that can directly examine young players.

He also doesn't go to the scene in Detroit, but watches it at home.

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After a sweet March, the 76ers outperformed the Magic.

At this time, in the East, it is very difficult for the 76ers to surpass the Celtics and Cavaliers, and it is very likely to end the entire season as the third place.

Most of the matches in April are played at home.

On April 2, the 76ers defeated the incoming Bucks 105-95 at home.

Iverson scored a game-high 39 points, this season, Iverson rarely has this kind of high score, a season, the highest score is only 42 points, compared with previous seasons, 40+, 50+ at every turn, it has indeed changed a lot.

On April 4, the 76ers faced the Pistons at home, 95-90, and the soldiers were bloodless.

The Pistons traded Chauncey Billups, which is equivalent to entering a rebuild, but the bottom is still there, and they can't lose for a while, and they are slowly returning to the top eight in the East, hovering on the edge of the playoffs.

April 6, NCAA finals.

The NBA took a day off for this to show respect for the cradle.

"Big Bird" Bird and "Magic" Johnson kicked off the game.

As a result, in this much-anticipated game, Michigan State's performance disappointed many people, playing 10 minutes to take a large lead in North Carolina, and finally North Carolina defeated Michigan State 89-72 and won the NCAA annual championship.

From beginning to end, Michigan State didn't seem to have much fighting spirit, which was the biggest reason why Wang Ming felt they lost.

But he was in the game and saw a special player in Dali, Michigan.

This Michigan State substitute player, when the team was more than ten points behind, never gave up, the most fierce time in the second half, the 1.98 meter tall rushed to the inside, grabbed the frontcourt rebound and scored hard, completed the "2+1", scored 5 points in a row, narrowed the difference, he kept running and encouraging his teammates.

"Green?"

Wang Ming glanced at this player, silently called up the player detector in his heart, and probed this player.

He has seen other players in Michigan, all of them are slightly famous players with mediocre potential, but this unknown Draymond Green, a short big forward with a height of 1.98 meters, has a potential value as high as S-level, commenting: "Playing passionately, tough defensively, can be a court engine, a fast break maker." ”

Wang Tomorrow was taken aback, and it was a surprise.

He just thought that this player was a little interesting, but he never expected that this player actually had such high potential, listening to the introduction, it seemed that he was just a freshman who had just entered the school?

No one cares about Green's performance, in everyone's opinion, Green is too short, only 1.98 meters, he can still play in the college league, the chances of playing in the professional league in the future are very low, and this player before the semi-finals, the highest score of his career is only 5 points.

All eyes are on star players such as Ty Lawson and Hansbro.

Civilians, no attention.

Wang Mingming silently took note of this tough young player in his heart.

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The next day, the 76ers flew non-stop to Charlotte to challenge the Bobcats away.

The Bobcats are a newcomer to the league, but with the development of the past few years, coupled with the attraction of Michael Jordan's small sign, the Bobcats have gradually moved away from the title of fish belly, and this season they are ready to bring in iron-blooded Larry Brown.

In the early stage, the team's record was still okay and steadily improved.

But in the middle of the season, there was a period of confusion, and the team couldn't extricate itself from the vortex of consecutive losses, and finally fell out of the playoff race.

Today, the Charlotte Bobcats have a similar record as several common fish belly teams.

The really worst team in the East should be the Washington Wizards, a team that has lost a team at the beginning of the season, a miasma in the locker room, and a team atmosphere that is extremely poor.

Bobcats, Nets, Bucks, Raptors, Knicks and other teams, the record is almost the same.

Maybe the victory or defeat of a game will make the team fall from the tenth position in the East to the penultimate in the East, with big ups and downs, which is very exciting.

According to reason, with this record, it is better to put it in a bad position, anyway, the playoffs are already hopeless.