Due to the size of the United States and the large number of members in the NCAA, it is impossible for the NCAA to concentrate all the colleges and universities scattered across the United States in the same league for home and away games; As a result, more than 300 NCAA first-level colleges and universities are divided into more than 30 leagues either for geographical reasons (such as the Atlantic Coast League?,? the Pacific Ten League, etc.) or for academic reasons (such as the Ivy League composed of Harvard, Yale and other super elite universities). Each league has its own committee, which arranges the schedule, venues, telecasts and other matters, and the league's membership changes occasionally, in and out. The best schools are looking to join a more competitive league in order to get more broadcast fees and attract better players.

The NCAA basketball season begins in late November and lasts for four months, ending around early March. The NCAA team's annual regular schedule is divided into intra-conference and out-of-conference games based on their opponents. Usually teams play teams from different leagues first, and then play teams from the same league according to the league's schedule. Finally, the playoffs start in mid-March each year. The highest level of competition is the NCAA Tournament, followed by other invitational tournaments such as the NIT. A team has a certain record in order to play in these tournaments.

Due to the fact that athletes have to return to school, etc., each school usually only has two or three competitions per week. In principle, each institution and the members of the league meet twice a season, one home and one away; In addition to this, each institution occasionally competes against members of other leagues.

Because the colleges and universities in the same league are generally located and have similar competitive standards, most of the teams in the league are feuds, and every time they meet in the regular season, they must be wonderful, such as the most famous rivals in the United States: Duke University and the University of North Carolina (both in North Carolina), every time they meet, there are thousands of empty alleys, the stadium is hot, and the cynicism outside the stadium is not intense. And one of the big rivals of the University of Michigan Wolverines is also the Spartans of Michigan State University.

The NCAA has 308 Major Basketball teams, which are divided into 32 separate divisions. The University of Michigan belongs to the "Big Ten League", which has about 40 games over the course of four months of the regular season.

Only by winning the first place in the "Top Ten Leagues" can the Wolverines become the top 48 in the country and advance to the knockout stage, instead of playing in a bubbling game again.

On Nov. 12, at the University of Michigan's Chrysler Center Stadium, the Wolverines will host the Spartans.

As a sworn rival in the city, the Michigan State Spartans also have an illustrious history in the NCAA, in 1979, "Magic" Elvin Spartans also has a glorious history. Johnson led Michigan State to defeat Larry, who had "Big Bird" Larry. Bird.

Over the years, the Spartans have been in the NCAA with the famous coach Tom Brown. Under the leadership of Izzo, he has been holding down the Wolverine, reaching the NCAA round of 16 every year, and even won the NCAA championship in 2000.

The first task of this year's Wolverines is to defeat the powerful arch-rivals Spartans in their first regular season game.

In the home team's locker room in the stadium, Coach Tom first cheered on the Wolverines players.

"Except for skipper and Mark, everyone is familiar with the Spartans. They had two seniors leave the team last year, and this year the Spartans aren't as strong as they used to be, so it's the perfect time for us to beat them. So we're going to win this game. Let these barbarians know whose territory Michigan really is. ”

?“ Now the core of the Spartans is the scoring guard Shannon. Brown, he's got a lot of physicality, he's good at breaking, he's inconsistent outside shooting, he's something we're going to focus on, skipper, you get him. ”

"No problem, Commander." Sun Yue, who has been preparing for this game for a long time, has already felt excited.

"The Spartans' tactics are based on pick-and-roll and pass-and-cut combinations, and their perimeter players rarely try to shoot from the perimeter, and most of the tactics are aimed at attacking the basket directly from the perimeter, which is a team that relies on attacking with the ball. So, we have to pay attention to the marking of the ball carrier. ”

Coach Tom knows the Spartans correctly, the departure of the two seniors has caused the team's strength to plummet, and as long as they rely on the breakthrough of Shannon Brown to open the attack, Tom believes that the skipper will get Xiangnon Brown.

The game is about to begin, and the starting lineup of the Wolverines: point guard Sun Yue, scoring guard Mark, small forward Claude, power forward Henderson, and center Taft entered the stadium to the cheers of the audience.

Chrysler Center Stadium, which has long been the home of the University of Michigan, can accommodate up to 25,000 spectators at the same time, and at least 20,000 spectators came to help today.

"Ledlow, it's this Chinese kid who made you swoon on his last date", in the front row of the stands, Ledlow and his girlfriend came to cheer on the Wolverine.

Ledlow hurriedly covered his best friend's mouth: "Don't talk nonsense, I just interviewed him, and the two of us can talk better." ”

Rachel. Demita pursed her lips, thinking that Ledlow is a woman who likes basketball more than love like herself, and in the chat between Ledlow and herself during this time, this Chinese kid has appeared more and more often, and it is estimated that her best friend has fallen.

If Sun Yue saw Rachel, he would definitely be surprised, this best friend of Ledlow, Rachel. DeMita, the host of NBA2kTV in later generations, is known as the goddess of basketball fans, and Sun Yue did not squander his children and grandchildren on Rachel's photos in his previous life.

The game is about to begin, the referee motioned for the players of the two teams to shake hands, and the process of shaking hands with Xiangnong Brown, who had been staring at Sun Yue, was attached to Sun Yue's ear and received: "skipper, I'm going to beat you up today." ”

For this kind of cruel words without any nutrition, Sun Yue generally laughed and passed by.

The game began, and the Spartans jumped possession of the ball.

Spartans' point guard Soros carefully dribbled across half court.

According to the scouting report provided to Sun Yue by the coaching staff, Soros is a very cautious point guard with average offensive ability and priority in carrying out the coach's orders.

The NCAA has different rules on offensive time than the NBA, which has an offensive time limit of 35 seconds.

Shannon Brown opened his hand to Soros on the flank to ask for the ball, and Soros hesitated to pass the ball to Brown.

Seeing Shannon Brown holding the ball outside the three-point line, Sun Yue, who defended Shannon Brown, could interfere at all.

Seeing that Sun Yue didn't come up, Xiangnong Brown shot as soon as he started, and actually scored the first three-pointer of the game.

"Hey, it's okay, let him keep shooting threes." Coach Tom wasn't going to change the Wolverines defense because of a three-pointer from Brown Brown.

The first few minutes of the game became a battle between the outside cores of the two teams, and Kannon Brown played an extraordinary outside shot, shooting 3 of 4 three-pointers and scoring 11 points.

And Sun Yue played more team, he even threw a high pass, with 6 points and 3 assists, which completely drove the Wolverine's offense.

Seeing that the team's score did not stretch away, Shannon Brown, who had lost the feeling of starting to shoot, began to hold the ball more and kill under the basket.

This stepped into the trap of the Wolverine, the Wolverine's layered defensive formation made Shannon Brown return again and again, and Sun Yue also gave Shannon Brown a nailboard hat who wanted to break the deadlock by relying on his breakthrough layup.

At the 14-minute mark of the first half, the Wolverines led 25-21.

At this time, the battle-proven Tom. Izzo called a timeout and replaced Shannon Brown, who was unable to score in a row.

At this time, there were five and a half minutes left before the end of the first half, and Coach Tom also replaced Sun Yue to rest.