Chapter Seventy-Two: The Great War Is Coming

The day after the Wolverines defeated the warmongers, the second game of the NCAA Final Four began. May's strong performance of 22 points and 12 rebounds in the restricted area easily defeated arch-rival Duke Blue Devils and advanced to the Finals.

With the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina winning the tournament, the 2005 NCAA Finals confirmed that the old giants and the new teams would be on the horizon. Dark horse vs. Haoqiang, this kind of game topicality is the most eye-catching for the audience.

The attention of the entire United States and half the world is focused on this grand final. Even the NBA has to suspend on the day of the NCAA Finals and obediently give in to the NCAA Finals.

The Finals have attracted the interest of many NBA general managers, and most of the NBA team general managers have already scheduled their trip to Arizona.

Different from the NCAA finals in previous years, this year's NCAA finals will have Sun Yue, Raymond. Felton, Sean. Mei, Marven. Williams, Rashad. McCantz's five future lotto shows are competing on the same stage, not to mention the Wolverine's Taft, Gomez and Tar Heel's Jackie. Manuel is a second-round show.

With so many up-and-coming rookies on the biggest stage of the college league fighting for a championship, it's no wonder so many general managers are coming to Arizona.

This is also a game full of highlights for fans, because in most media portrayals, the Wolverines relied on Sun Yue to lead the team to the finals alone, while the Tar Heels team was the four talented teenagers who overflowed to the championship. The collision of this finals has turned into a lone hero facing the four young people in North Carolina, and this topic has attracted everyone's attention.

Although the media imposed on Sun Yue to set him up as a lone hero, he won the support of many neutral fans, but the outside public opinion is still one-sided in favor of North Carolina will win the championship, especially on major online and offline gambling platforms, the odds of the University of North Carolina Tar Heel team winning the game have been more than one step higher than that of the University of Michigan Wolverine.

After all, in everyone's opinion, the University of North Carolina has Sean. May, there is Marvin. Williams, there is Rassad. McCantz, and Raymond. Felton, their talent looked like it was about to overflow.

And their opponent - the University of Michigan, except for Sun Yue, they seem to have nothing, Taft, Gomez have limited talent, Henderson, Mark has defense and no offense, and the others are not worth mentioning, no matter how you look at the University of Michigan, they lack the possibility of defeating the Tar Heels.

And those experts and commentators basically hold the same opinion, they don't think that the dark horse of the Wolverines can be blacked out to the end.

However, the good news about the University of North Carolina doesn't end there. The basketball god from the University of North Carolina - Michael. Jordan is sure to be there to watch his alma mater play, and he is clearly here to support his alma mater, and the current head coach of the University of North Carolina, Roy Brown. Williams was Jordan's mentor, Dean. Smith's big disciple.

Except for Michael. Jordan, the New Jersey Nets' "UFO" Vince. Carter has also decided to talk to his teammate and brother-in-law at North Carolina - Antoine of the Wizards. Jamison and other old teammates were on the scene to help the University of North Carolina.

"It's like a class reunion. It's something I haven't had a chance to play in years," said Jamison, who was eliminated from the NCAA semifinals twice in 1997 and 1998 with Carter before joining together in the NBA Draft. "Since then, I haven't watched the Final Four or North Carolina. So it's going to be a great opportunity and we get to see a lot of old friends, which is really exciting. ”

In addition to the people mentioned above, Bob from the University of North Carolina is a graduate of the University of North Carolina. McAdoo, Jerry. Stackhouse, Rashid. Wallace, James. Worthy and other NBA stars, both retired and active, will come to cheer on their alma mater, as they all believe they will see NC win the NCAA championship again in the University of Phoenix Coliseum.

Compared with the star-studded supporters of the University of North Carolina, the supporters of the University of Michigan are not much different. Ross, Chris. Weber, Zhu Wan. Howard, Ray. Jackson, Jimmy. Jin Du said that he would go to the scene to cheer for his alma mater, knowing that the "Michigan Five Tigers" lost to the University of North Carolina in the NCAA finals.

And Yao Ming also said that he would go to the scene to watch the game on the day of the game and cheer for his compatriot Sun Yue.

The time to wait for the game to start flew quickly, and soon on the evening of April 9, major television stations in the United States began broadcasting the game.

The broadcast seats in the stadium were already full of program hosts and commentators from various TV stations, there were also many reporters from news media on the court, and many photographers had already ambushed all corners of the basketball court to seize the best shooting positions.

When it comes to today's game, both teams don't need to send scouts to investigate the opponent's situation, and the media has already dissected the characteristics of both teams.

The University of North Carolina is both offensive and defensive, but they are better offensively than defensively, ranking 7th in offensive efficiency and 50th in defensive efficiency among 351 teams in the NCAA league this season.

First of all, look at the offensive end, they are a fast-paced team and are good at playing transition offense. However, North Carolina is the kind of team that can be fast, not a team that blindly pursues fast, and their overall style of play is still a very traditional combination of inside and outside, with a high frequency of low-post attacks. Although Sean. May's singles are very efficient, but North Carolina doesn't advocate singles, and the offensive end still emphasizes teamwork and selflessness.

On the defensive end, their best magic weapon is to press defense, and their ability to make mistakes is very outstanding, and they are very good at putting pressure on the ball, and they are airtight when defending and dismantling.

The scary thing about NC is that they have been more focused defensively since entering the tournament, and in the past their slow pace of defense was their weakness, but in the four games of the tournament they did a very good job of defending the transition offense, and they managed to limit the opponent's pick-and-roll offense. Although North Carolina's offense has been inconsistent in the tournament, especially from the perimeter, they still made it to the finals with a solid defense and a steady attack.

In the face of the powerful North Carolina, Coach Tom's response is also very simple, that is, to hand over the ball to Sun Yue, and Sun Yue will dominate the ball, today he has the heaviest burden on his shoulders, and his play today will directly determine whether the team's offense can be played.