Chapter 53: A Powerful Enemy Strikes
On April 1, 2005, April Fool's Day, the Wolverine's opponent University of Florida alligators came to Michigan, the University of Florida is an important town in American college sports, but its most prestigious sport is actually football, the University of Florida football has achieved remarkable results, basketball has only become famous in recent years, especially in 2006 and 2007, it will be crowned the king for two consecutive years, pushing the men's basketball of this university to a peak.
But the Alligators are still just a young member of NCAA basketball, having only made their way to the national tournament for the first time in history in the 1986-87 season, and their real rise came at the turn of the century, which had a lot to do with the arrival of new coach Billy Donovan. The impact of the young and promising coach Donovan was immediate, and in just a few seasons in office, he recruited a large number of the top rookies in the United States: Jason Williams, Mike Miller, Udonis Haslem, Matt Bonner, etc., and the team also became a strong team in the NCAA.
The match between the two NCAA upstarts attracted a lot of sports media attention, with the Alligators' backup center and freshman Joakim. Noah gave a pre-match interview to the famous sports media ESPN before the game, and in the interview, Joaki. Noah bluntly told the media: "The strength of the Wolverine's point guard Sun is overrated by everyone, and there is a lot of news about him now, and I think it's because of his Chinese identity." ”
"Our point guard, Terry Green, is the real point guard, and he's going to teach skipper a lesson tomorrow." Joaquin. Noah told the media very simply: "I know there will be a lot of scouts in the stadium of the University of Michigan tomorrow afternoon, and they will see the quality of our players. ”
The smell of gunpowder before the game is a favorite breath of the sports media, and Joaquin Noah's words were published by ESPN the next morning, which provoked a big reaction in the basketball world, and everyone thought that Joaquin Noah simply wanted to be famous and crazy, although he had a father of a famous tennis player, but this was not the capital that he could make a big fuss.
The media relayed Joakim Noah's words to Sun Yue, and he did not make any response, Sun Yue preferred to use strength and trash talk on the field to talk about it than the big mouth before the game. The reporters also figured out Sun Yue's temper, and they were no longer so active in 'sowing discord', trying to dig up a big news from him.
The University of Michigan Wolverines and University of Florida alligators game was fast approaching, with more than 30,000 fans crammed into the memorial stadium, which could only hold more than 20,000 fans. With the Wolverines on their way to the NCAA Championship, the Wolverines have a rapidly increasing number of basketball fans, and this year's University of Michigan football team was eliminated in the first round of the NCAA Championship, creating an opportunity for the basketball team to attract fans.
And with the Detroit Pistons winning the championship, it has created a strong basketball atmosphere in Michigan. There are many Detroit Pistons fans who came to watch the game today.
The status of basketball players has also risen with the improvement of their records, and the University of Michigan has provided more convenient policies for the Wolverines players, such as relaxing the credit requirements for players, improving food treatment and various subsidies.
In addition to the goodwill released by the school, the players have all become stars on campus, and they have all become the priority choice for girls to date, and even the girls that Mark dates have changed several waves.
As the star of the team, there are more girls who want to date Sun Yue, but as Sun Yue's rumored girlfriend-Emma. Watson saved him a lot of trouble, and not everyone is confident that he can compete with stars.
The University of Michigan vs. University of Florida match was scheduled until 3 p.m., and although it was no longer the prime time of the evening, it was still broadcast live to the whole United States.
The University of Michigan knew its opponent today, the University of Florida, well, and the intelligence community had gathered a lot of accurate information beforehand.
Among them, the core of the senior year, David. In addition to his accurate mid-range shots, Lee also has quite proficient inside singles skills, and he was once the No. 1 dunk player in the United States, and he also has strong defensive and confrontation capabilities. His frontcourt partner, freshman Al Horford, is a well-rounded interior player with mid-range precision and omnipotence in running and passing. In the low post continues to improve, the size of the power forward, the ability to defend the center, and the help defense and rebounding are excellent.
and fellow freshman Coolman Cooler who was named to this year's SEC All-Rookie Team team, and Fellow Freshman Brown Swingman Brewer, who was named to this year's All-Rookie Team, and Fellow Shooting Guard Chris Brewer. Richard with point guard Taulyn Green and backup center Joaquin. Noah is a fierce general in various positions. The team regularly puts on crazy and exciting flying dunks, and it's fair to say that the University of Florida's impact is one of the strongest Wolverines have ever faced.
Coach Tom has already set the tone for today's game, and they will have to guard against the box and the mid-range. "Our priority today was to keep the basket. We can't let them storm our baskets at will, although the scout's report says they have excellent mid-range shots. But I'd rather have them shoot us from the outside than the threat they pose. ”
"The important point is that their backcourt strength is mediocre compared to their strong frontcourt combination, so the rebounding competition in this game is the most important thing, so rebounding is the second key to our win today." Coach Tom glanced at Sun Yue and continued: "Today, if the guards want to help the team rush to grab rebounds, we must first guard our backcourt rebounds, get the rebounds and wait for the opportunity to launch a fast attack, and if we have the opportunity, we must grab the opponent's frontcourt rebounds, as long as we complete these two tasks, we can be invincible, do you have confidence?" ”
Sun Yue was full of confidence when he heard this, when it came to grabbing rebounds, with the help of the "card front" tactics of the wolverine, who could compete with him. Immediately led the team to express that they would resolutely complete the task of competing for rebounds.
"Let us go, let's go out and kill them and head for the elite quarterfinals!" Sun Yue led the members of the Wolverine team to step into the stadium amid the cheers of the audience.
Today is still TNT's funny duo Charles. Barkley and Kenny. Smith commentates on the game, Big Mouth Charles. "If Billy Donovan pays me a million, I can tell him the way to win, and that's to strangle the skipper," Barkley said. Michigan is now suffering from skipper dependency, and the presence and absence of him are two completely different teams."
Kenny Smith laughed, "Billy Donovan definitely won't pay you that much." Most NCAA teams definitely want to suffer from skipper dependency. He's an expert at turning around the Wolverine's defeats, he has the ability to lead, he shoots the key shots, he runs the team, he's professional, he pays attention to detail, and he brings a lot of other attributes to this team, and I would say to him very simply, he's a winner. ”