Chapter 143: Don't give a way to live

The NCAA schedule seems to be explosive, but it's not a lot of pressure for any team, and the regular season adds up to just over 30 games anyway.

Not to mention Colorado State, where other teams in the same league can be almost completely crushed against other teams in the same league, and this dominance has also led McKay to reduce the average minutes played by his starters, giving them a break and adding some game experience to the bench.

The only difference from the first half of the season is that Chang Wei has been involved in the development of game tactics more often, although most of it is still based on McKay's opinion, Chang Wei still seized the opportunity to give his own advice. McKay didn't care about this, and was even happy to see it happen, firstly, he asked Chang Wei to start learning tactics, and secondly, Chang Wei's opinion was really to the point.

Against the University of Arizona, if it weren't for Chang Wei's suggestion to replace Ford with Sven to play a big and four small quick offense, then the University of Colorado would have added another defeat. In the face of Chang Wei's performance, McKay also has to admit that this guy does have the potential to become a master tactician, not to mention anything else, just looking at his ability to break the game is something that many head coaches can't do on their own, coupled with efficient training and the vision of selecting people, McKay feels that Chang Wei has the qualifications to become a famous coach.

It's a pity that Chang Wei is not interested in this, although he is not sure whether he will officially coach a team in the future, but at least he has no idea about this position for now. In fact, it is very rare for a lazy person like him to be a non-head coach because he knows that he does not have this ability, he has this ability but is too lazy to do it.

However, while studying tactics, Chang Wei did not forget his old job. Under his training, only Patick has an overall rating below 80 in the starting lineup of Colorado State, and even Ford, who has always done dirty work under the basket, has reached 81, and among the other three, West is 90, Palesio is 88, and Korver is 85, which is completely the level of NCAA first-class players, and Chang Wei really can't think of a reason why the team won't win the championship.

Now that Colorado is in the Western Mountain League, leaving the rest of the team far behind, and in terms of record alone, even if they lose a few games, they may not be able to shake the top spot in the league. Besides, the final league championship is determined by the league's internal championships, and even if Colorado takes a big nap and is overtaken by other teams, it can still beat everyone in the league championship.

In fact, when the Western Mountain League was formed, some teams were still very happy, after all, they rarely got a chance to stand out in the original league. But what they didn't expect was that in such a small league, there could be a strong team that could defeat the University of Arizona, wouldn't it be a shark in a small fish tank? And without warning. Before that, they had basically never heard of the name of Colorado State!

Of course, these are not in their hands, although the fans will be very keen to see the strong dialogue or something, but from the point of view of the coach and the players, they are eager to beat the opponent in every game, and it is better to slaughter twenty or thirty points. As long as they are real diehards, they are absolutely willing to watch the slaughter, and this also means that the overall strength of the team is strong.

However, with the current spirit of the Colorado players, it is estimated that it will be difficult for other teams to find opportunities to take advantage of, and they can only watch them run farther and farther, but they are tragically eating dust behind. After the regular season, Colorado State comfortably topped the league regular season with a 29-5 record, and the next goal is the league championship.

Here I have to mention the most tragic team in the entire league, San Diego State. The last time the NCAA joined the NCAA in 1969 was in the 1984-85 season, and it was only a round trip, and this time they held back to revive in a new league, but they did not expect that the league's internal record was extremely humiliating 0-14, and the direct defeat against the other seven teams also made their coaching staff and players a little ashamed.

Faced with San Diego's plight, Colorado only expressed a little sympathy and began its journey in the league championship stage. Since there are only 8 teams in the Western Mountain League, they did not continue to play the championship format of the top few players, and simply played a single knockout game together until the league championship was finally decided.

All of the quarter-finals are scheduled for March 9, and as the team with the best regular season record, Colorado State will naturally play last. However, there was a bit of an accident in the first three games, in addition to the third University of Utah successfully advanced, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and the University of New Mexico were counterattacked by their opponents, and were robbed of two semi-final positions by the University of Wyoming and Brigham Young University.

Their performance once fueled the confidence of the last-placed San Diego state, but it was not long before the state taught them that the huge gap in power would not be easily erased. 87-62, they comfortably handed San Diego State a crushing defeat and secured the final four tickets. After the game, San Diego State's newly hired head coach Steve Fisher couldn't help but sigh that Colorado State's strength is no longer a fluke win by taking the right forward.

The first game of the semifinals was the University of Wyoming vs. the University of Colorado, but the team with few stars suddenly exploded into a strong fight, and even took the lead for a while. McKay immediately sacrificed the team's iron-blooded defense, causing consecutive mistakes for the opponent, and he played a fast counterattack to quickly stabilize the situation. In the end, however, Colorado State also had a tough 97-90 victory, the third-highest score they allowed their opponent to score in a single game this season.

The other team to reach the finals is the University of Utah, an old acquaintance of Colorado State, and although they have shown good form in previous games, the shadow of last season's loss to Colorado State in the Western Conference Athletic Conference has not yet dissipated, and they also had no chance in this game, losing 75-87.

After winning the league championship, the whole Colorado team didn't feel anything to be excited about, anyway, they have always been bound to win this championship, and for them, the real opponent is still in the national championship.