Chang Wei thought that his team had arrived relatively early, but after arriving at the hotel officially designated by the NCAA, he learned that the other three teams in the final four had already been waiting for them, and they were all traditional NCAA powerhouses. In addition to the dark horse of Colorado State, the other three teams are the University of Florida, the No. 5 seed in the East, the University of North Carolina, the No. 8 seed in the South, and the University of Michigan, the top seed in the Midwest Region.

The semi-finals will be held on April 1, but none of the four teams will be far behind, and everyone will come to Indianapolis in advance for intense and orderly preparations, and by the way, the semi-final bracket will be drawn. Unfortunately, Colorado State didn't seem to have much luck as they faced Michigan State in the semifinals, which was the same team that eliminated Duke in the Final Four last season, and Colorado State was the side that almost everyone saw as destined to lose.

Most egregiously, a local Michigan media outlet made a reservation for the finals and stomped Colorado worthless in the coverage of the NCAA. Under normal circumstances, everyone speculates and does not hit the opponent too much, even if the weakest team is, as long as they reach the final four, they must be given enough respect, and the approach of this media is obviously unacceptable to many, including neutral fans.

Of course, the most angry are the Colorado players, and anyone who is directly poured cold water on them when they are full of ambition will not feel good. However, after a season of polishing, their mentality has matured enough, so this time they only expressed their anger in private, and did not refute the media's statements in public, because they all knew that the best way to fight back was to knock Michigan outright.

In fact, in Chang Wei's opinion, Michigan is not to be feared, they eliminated Duke last year just to take advantage of Langton's unexpected injury, and they still can't compare with Duke in terms of overall strength. The UMI players did make some progress this season, with four players scoring in double figures during the regular season, and top star Peterson has grown into a high-quality wing averaging 16.8 points and 6 rebounds per game, but Chang Wei still believes that Colorado is better than Michigan.

However, Colorado's players are all first-time players in the Final Four and are slightly inferior to Michigan in terms of experience and mentality. As many as eight of Michigan's 13-man roster this season were already with the team last season, and the team's overall experience is among the top of the Final Four.

The time quickly came on April 1, and the Colorado vs. Michigan game was put in the first game. When the players from both sides entered the field, Chang Wei keenly found that the players of his team were a little abnormal. In addition to Palesio's usual face as the captain of the team, many players were obviously not comfortable with the deafening noise of the fans at the scene, their faces turned slightly pale, and their arms trembled slightly unconsciously, which were all concrete manifestations of their inner tension.

Especially West and Korver, two freshman rookies, they have never seen such a hot scene. They thought the noise of the division finals was the limit for the fans, but now they're realizing that some things are going to be much more than they could have imagined. West, a tough guy on the inside, was relatively better, and Korver was so nervous that he shot 0 of 5 three-pointers in the pregame warm-up, which is not good news for Colorado State.

Seeing this situation, Chang Wei was very worried about whether the players could still play their strength normally, after all, it was the final four games, and everyone in the team except Chang Wei was an absolute rookie. As the game began, Chang Wei's fears quickly became a reality, as the team hit only one ball in their first seven offensive attempts, and Korver even changed his shooting hand.

He sighed silently, Korver's three-point shooting in the NBA in his previous life was quite consistent, and although he was not a well-known key man in the league, his three-point shooting still greatly helped the team in some of the best games. I didn't expect such a top outside shooter to mess up because of the hot atmosphere in college because of the hot atmosphere on the scene, which is simply slapping Chang Wei in the face.

On the other hand, the University of Michigan did not play a mercury-like offense like in the regular season, but instead pushed down the tempo of the game as much as possible. Chang Wei noticed that this was the instruction given by the opposing head coach to the players on the sidelines, and when he saw the name of the coach, Chang Wei gasped, Tom Izo, this is a great god, in his previous life, he successively rejected the invitations of the Hawks, Raptors, Cavaliers, Pistons and Lakers, and would rather continue to take root in Michigan State, and was finally inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. With Izo's ability and experience, it's all too simple to catch Colorado's big weakness.

McKay didn't expect the team to start the game behind by a big score, and the shooting percentage was outrageously low, but he didn't know what was wrong with the team. No way, this can't be blamed on him, before coaching Colorado State, McKay only had two seasons as the head coach of Portland, even if the team was rotten, the time was still very short, he didn't realize that he had become quite nervous, and it was normal for his head to turn around when he was nervous, and he couldn't see the crux of the team.

Chang Wei didn't want his team to fall just one step away from the final, so he hurried over to McKay and muttered a few words before sitting back in his place. After two seasons together, Chang Wei knew that McKay was already a qualified NCAA head coach, and as long as he told him what the problem was, he should be able to respond quickly.

Originally, Chang Wei's idea was to replace one of West and Korver, so as to stabilize the mentality of the players on the field, and also allow the newcomers to get enough training to prepare for the next season. However, McKay took a more aggressive approach, replacing West and Korver with Goodwin and Sven, playing the same old routine as last season.

Chang Wei couldn't help frowning, but he was soon relieved. From McKay's point of view, this substitution is no problem, because the head coach first wants to ensure the victory of the game, after all, this is not a regular season that can lose one or two games casually, but a single knockout game in the final four of the NCAA National Championship, and once lost, it will be doomed. McKay is certainly willing to develop new talents, but now is clearly not the time, and it is the first priority for him to stabilize the situation on the field, and everything else has to be sidelined.