Chapter 119: Things Are Wrong

Breaking through the first round did make the Colorado state happy for a while, but when they saw the regional matchup, they couldn't help but curse MMP. The No. 9 seed does have a good chance of beating the No. 8 seed, who is not much better than them in the eyes of the selection committee, in the first round, but it will be a tough battle to advance to the second round.

The reason is simple, the matchup chart is clearly written, the winner between the No. 8 and No. 9 seeds, the opponent in the second round is...... The winner between the top seed and the No. 16 seed. And before the end of the Colorado State game, Duke, the top seed in the Eastern Conference, easily hung Florida A&M University in the sky, winning by 41 points 99-58.

The top seed in the four major divisions of the national championship, not to mention the final four guarantees, at least has a higher chance of winning the division championship than other teams. In order to ensure that the final four games have countless highlights, the four top seeds are the favorites for each season, just look at this year, the East is Duke, the Midwest is the University of Michigan, the South is Auburn University, and the West is Connecticut.

And in order to ensure that these four championship favorites have enough chances to reach the final four, it is natural to give them some preferential treatment in terms of matchups, and in the final analysis, the NCAA still has to earn the attention of fans. So the top seed will be given some small miscellaneous fish in the first two rounds, and if the top team beats the bottom team in every game, then the top seed will play the weakest team in the region and the weakest team in the top eight in the region in the first two rounds.

Facing the traditional giants Duke, the players of Colorado State are naturally mournful, although the NCAA National Championship is a hotbed of underdogs, but those strong teams are not easy to be defeated by their opponents. However, Chang Wei was more optimistic than them, and when he saw Duke's lineup, he knew that his crossing through rebirth had indeed caused a tornado.

It stands to reason that Duke will reach the Finals this year and compete with Connecticut for the final championship, and although they are disappointed to lose to their opponents, no one can deny the strength of Duke's lineup. It's a pity that that Duke team will never appear again, Chang Wei's arrival has changed all that, who let him poach Brand and Battier to Villanova before Duke last summer, and sent them to the NBA ahead of schedule? You know, in that Duke, Brand was the team's leading scorer, and Battier was also a very important figure, and later served as the team's captain, but now? Sorry, they've been playing in the NBA for a long time.

If it was the Duke team who was so strong that it was perverted, Chang Wei might just wait to sit on the sidelines and watch the game without desire, not daring to let go of a fart, after all, the two sides are too different in terms of talent and strength. But if it's the current Duke, it seems that Colorado State still has a little chance of turning into a dark horse to defeat the strong?

Of course, Chang Wei will not go to the crooked meal such as what weaknesses Duke has, as a traverser, he will only habitually find evidence from his own memory, and also look at whether the opponent's player list has a familiar name, as for analyzing the opponent's strengths and weaknesses and arranging targeted tactics, that is the head coach's business.

However, as a part-time team psychologist in Colorado, Chang Wei still has to cheer up the players, so as not to weaken the momentum before the game starts. His reason is very simple, now that Colorado State has successfully passed the first round and has completed the most basic task, then the next game is not a loss, and a win is a blood gain. Although the team seems to be far inferior to Duke, as long as they beat them, or even as long as they are evenly matched, wouldn't it be able to attract a wave of fans?

Chang Wei believes that if the team goes all out, it can still cause trouble for Duke, and when the time comes, no matter whether it wins or loses, Colorado will be famous, at least not like now, there are no media reporters on the sidelines of every game to watch the game, and the post-game press conference is also crowded, and the scene is embarrassing no matter how you look at it.

As the so-called barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, Chang Wei instilled only one point in the players, that is, we can afford to lose but the opponent can't afford to lose, and losing means looking forward and cringing, and those who can afford to lose as long as they embarrass the opponent, then it is considered to be earned, and who dares to underestimate Colorado in the future, Duke is not a team that will fall into trouble casually.

Chang Wei's words had a great effect, and the players in Colorado State came out of their initial frustration and said that they wanted Duke to see the anger of the small team. In fact, they don't know if they can win or not, anyway, as long as they play their own style in the game, the final victory or defeat depends on God's will!

Although the morale of Colorado State was boosted by Chang Wei's words, it is obvious that the overall strength of the team is not as good as Duke, and the morale boost is not enough to make the players instantly rise to the level of the top NCAA stars. And Chang Wei has to feel Duke's attraction to high school players, even without Brand in his previous life, Duke still made a Purzbilla to put under the basket, although this gentleman in Chang Wei's memory in his previous life is at most the life of a team substitute center, but people are at least 2.16 meters tall, as long as they stand under the basket, there is enough deterrence.

Coupled with the backcourt combination of Trajan Langton and William Avery, who still maintain historical inertia to play for Duke, and the equally famous Corey Margetty, Duke's strength is still among the top in the entire NCAA league, and naturally it is not something that the team that has worked hard to reach the national championship can shake.

But Chang Wei didn't care, the team's fast play whirlwind could theoretically restrain any offense-oriented team, including Duke, of course. With the personality of the old K, it is obvious that he will compete with Colorado for the strength of the star, Margeti and they are indeed very good, but after Chang Wei's special training, Palesio and they are not vegetarians.

And the NCAA National Championship won't give you a second chance to adjust, so you'll either have to come up with a solution to your opponent on the spot, or you'll just have to watch your team get blown up by your opponent without a fight. In general, the overall strength and heritage of the team are not as important as imagined, as long as the black technology that makes the opponent helpless in a short period of time in the game, then the victory of the game will be at least half.

So, can Purzbilla, once known for being bulky and slow, keep up with Colorado?