"Where do you think we'll be placed by the selection committee this time?" McKay asked lazily as he stirred the coffee in his cup. He knew that no one but the members of the committee knew the answer to this question, and he just took it out and talked nonsense, otherwise this afternoon tea would be just coffee and dessert, which seemed a little silly.

Chang Wei smiled helplessly: "Who knows this?" In a small league like ours, whether the championship can be favored by the selection committee is still a question, and it is too early to worry about the division picks. ”

"Where is it early? I think it's just right! McKay waved his hand, ignoring the fact that he still had a coffee spoon in his hand, and a drop of tan coffee was thrown directly onto the freshly polished desk, "With our team's style of play, unless the guys on the selection committee are all demented, we will definitely not waste such an artifact to improve ratings." ”

Chang Wei thought about it, it seems that this is really the case, although the NCAA is much purer than the NBA, but in order to make the game more tense and intense, they will invariably choose to match each other, or try to make the team with a more pleasing style appear in front of the national audience. It's clear that Colorado's big style of play is one of those who can attract fans, and as the NCAA's leading offensive team this season, they are really not afraid of the selection committee giving them a low pick like they did last year.

When Chang Wei finished his coffee and was about to say goodbye, McKay's computer heard a "ding" sound, apparently receiving a new email. McKay clicked the mouse a few times, then suddenly snapped his fingers and laughed: "Sure enough, the notice of the selection committee is coming, it seems that we have to start preparing for the national championship as soon as possible." ”

Chang Wei leaned over to take a look and laughed: "Is the selection committee so optimistic about us?" A minor league champion who is willing to take a second seed? It can't be that the guy who sent the email drank too much, right? ”

McKay said angrily: "Don't think I don't know you're talking back, and the person who sent the email drank too much, you must be praising the people on the selection committee for their foresight, right?" But to be honest, I'm surprised that the second seed, at least the eighth-ranked team in the entire NCAA, is really a little bit of a small team that we can't afford to handle. ”

Chang Wei patted him on the shoulder: "Let's stop being hypocritical here, let's hurry up and arrange the team's next training!" The Division No. 2 seed is a good ranking, but if we do get out of the first two rounds, we're going to be the laughing stock of the entire NCAA, and I don't want to see a lot of sarcasm and criticism in the media, but I still tout that we sound better, even if the players are complacent. ”

McKay nodded and began to schedule his training. The first and second rounds of this year's National Championship will be held March 16-19 at the CSU Convention Center in Cleveland, the Hubert Humphrey Metropolitan Field in Minneapolis, and Jon Bushrey in Salt Lake City. The M. Huntsman Center, the McKel Center in Toussaint, the BJCC Arena in Birmingham, the Gaylord Recreation Center in Nashville, the HSBC Arena in Buffalo and the Joel Lawrence Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston Salem. McKay had to time his time based on the distance of the playing field.

This time, however, Colorado was lucky as they were named No. 2 seed in the West Division by the selection committee at the McCale Center in Tucson. Arizona, where Tocson is based, is a little further away, but at least like Colorado, it's in the west, which means the team doesn't need to spend much time on the road.

The only thing that was a little unpleasant was that Colorado was one of the first teams to play on March 16, so they still had to go a day or two early to get used to the local climate and venues. It's March 12th, which means the team doesn't have a lot of training time, and after recovery training, they have to travel to Arizona for the national championship.

Fortunately, the players in Colorado are still very physically fit, and Chang Wei's targeted training is definitely more than just talking. And in order to take advantage of the loopholes of the NCAA rules and free up more time to improve their strength, the players spontaneously went to the school's track and field field after training to practice, causing the members of the track and field team to think that they were going to grab their jobs. This is also the most satisfying point of Chang Wei, the atmosphere of hard training of the whole team has been formed, no one will be lazy in such an environment, but he also has to rely on the system to prevent players from getting injured due to overwork.

So when preparing for the national championships, the other teams still have to prepare for recovery training in full swing, and when they get to Colorado, it means a little bit, anyway, everyone basically doesn't feel very tired, which undoubtedly greatly reduces McKay's workload, if it weren't for the fact that he doesn't have this power, he would want to give Chang Wei a salary increase.

At 8:30 a.m. on March 14, all Colorado State students met at the entrance of the arena on time, and the school specially rented a bus to take them to the airport. Originally, the school board was going to let them go at high speed, but the people were in good spirits, and it was a rare honor for Colorado to enter the national championship as the No. 2 seed in the West Division, so they deliberately increased their budget to buy the team a plane ticket to Arizona, which was called "giving the players more time to rest".

Well, in Chang Wei's view, if the team's performance in the tournament is average, it is estimated that the ticket back will have to take care of itself. Although there is no sea for them to swim back, it is inevitable to take a bus at high speed, even if they can take a plane to go back, and even let the school board bleed to buy business class, then they have to work hard in the competition!

A lot of people on the team have never been on a plane before, and when they sit down, they still look left and right and feel that everything is fresh. McKay didn't order them to catch up on their sleep, anyway, they would definitely have to eat and rest directly after they arrived at the place, training and venue adaptation are tomorrow's things, so it's better to let everyone relax.

Chang Wei didn't bother to care about them, he watched the videos of other teams in the same division last night and saw that it was very late, and he was already yawning on the way to the airport, so of course he had to make up for it at this time. For this reason, he deliberately got a position in the far corner of the team, and he fell asleep not long after he sat down, and now sleep is the top priority for him.