Chapter 178: Downs Erupts?

The other top 8 match is the ACC regional battle between the University of North Carolina and the University of Louisville, and the star of the University of Louisville Cardinals is Montlitz, which is known as the "Little River Crab". Harrell and Terry, who doesn't have any nicknames. Rozier. Of course, Harrell's nickname doesn't mean so obscenely, just because Harrell's hairstyle and style of play are like the NBA's daring star - the Brazilian River Crab. Nenê Hilário

The tournament was played by the University of North Carolina Tvor. Lance opened the scoring with a jumper, and then the pair began a tug-of-war. The University of Louisville extended its advantage to six points at one point, but NC still clung to the score and achieved a comeback. With Terry. Rozier's pull-up three-pointer six seconds before the end of the first half put the game into the net, and the Cardinals trailed the score to 31-33 for the time being, temporarily trailing North Carolina by two points.

At the beginning of the second half, NC gave the Cardinals another downgame, playing a 6-0 mini-spurt. The Cardinals then launched a frantic comeback, with junior striker Monteritz. Harrell became the leader of the team's crazy comeback, with his excellent jumping ability and second jump speed, he turned over the river and made waves on the inside of North Carolina University, grabbed rebounds, rebounded and rebounded, rebounded, and made kills. Finally with Montritz. Harrell and Terry. With the outstanding performance of Rozier and others, the University of Louisville Cardinals eliminated their opponents 75-65 and advanced to the elite top 8.

In the whole game, the Cardinals shot 27 of 54 from the field, with a 50% shooting rate, while North Carolina State University only shot 38.3% from the field with 23 of 60 shots. In addition, the Cardinals made 27 free throws, compared to 14 for NC State. It is worth mentioning that both teams only had 12 turnovers in the whole game.

In terms of data, the greater Tewall of North Carolina. Lance scored 18 points, and two other players scored in double figures, Rallston. Turner's 12 points and Kyle's. 11 points for Washington. The University of Louisville was contracted by 6 people to score 75 points in the game, including Montritz. Harrell had 21 points, 11 rebounds and four assists. Rozier had a double-double of 17 points, 14 rebounds and four assists.

Duke University, the No. 1 seed in the ACC, defeated the University of Utah, the No. 5 seed in the PAC-12 region, 63-57 to advance to the elite quarterfinals, where they will face No. 2 seed Gonzaga University in the next round.

Although the score looks tight in this game, the initiative on the court is always in the hands of Duke University. Four minutes before the start of the first half, Duke University was led by Justis. Winslow's free throws and Jahill. Okafor made a three-point shot to take a three-point lead. Although the efficiency of the 3-point cut in 4 minutes was surprisingly low, during this period, the University of Utah was even more mired in iron and mistakes, unable to extricate itself, and did not score a single point.

Fortunately, the University of Utah adjusted its form in time, Jacob opened the scoring for the team, and Darling. Bacinszski also scored six straight points to put the score up to three points, their biggest and final lead of the game. Justis. Winslow's three-pointer helped Duke regain the lead, after which Utah was able to bite the bullet for a while, but Duke was able to hold on to the score for a while. Jones led the pack with an attacking spree that stretched the score to double digits. It wasn't until halftime that the University of Utah scored five points from Darling to cut the halftime deficit to five.

Entering the second half, the University of Utah's number one star Delon. White took the lead with two points, and Duke was immediately returned by Winslow for color. The two sides alternated back and forth, and although Okafor was in a sluggish second half, the efficiency of his teammates allowed Duke to slowly extend the lead, and the margin was back to double digits. The University of Utah tried to launch a counterattack at the end of the game, and Brandon Brownon was the last game to fight back. Taylor and Delon. White combined for nine points, but it was too late, as Duke emerged victorious.

As for Duke University, number one star Jahir . Okafor was limited on the offensive end, making just five shots and scoring just six points in the first half, but he still had seven rebounds and three blocks. Another star in his freshman year, Justis. Winslow played well, scoring a double-double of 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, and was the number one contributor to the team's victory. The team is in charge of Taeas. Jones had 15 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Cook also had 11 points and five rebounds.

On the University of Utah's side, the number one star Delon. White also struggled, finishing with 10 points, six rebounds and three steals on 4-of-14 shooting. Brandon. Taylor scored a team-high 15 points, along with five rebounds and two steals. Jacob had 10 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks. Darling who came off the bench. Baczynski scored 11 points.

The University of Utah grabbed as many as 18 offensive rebounds in the game, which also gave them 14 more second-attack shots than Duke, but despite this, they only scored one more field goal than Duke University, and a poor 34.4 percent shooting percentage led to a bitter defeat.

The final game of the NCAA Round of 16 was between the University of Oklahoma and Michigan State University, and in the end, the No. 7 seed Michigan State University narrowly defeated the University of Oklahoma 62-58 in the second half to secure the final eight tickets. They will face the University of Louisville in an eight-in-four match.

After the start of the game, the University of Oklahoma took the lead. Woodard, Buddy. Hield and others scored back-to-back points to help the University of Oklahoma get off to an 11-6 run. Hield played 2+1, Taysiyen. Thomas scored four points to give the University of Oklahoma an 18-8 double-digit lead. Michigan State University is behind to catch up, and Travis. Telles scored back-to-back points, Gavin. Schilling also scored a dunk inside to help his team tie up 19-23, and before halftime, the University of Oklahoma stretched the gap to 10 points. Forbes and Denzel. Valentin's two three-pointers helped Michigan State end the half with just 27-31 down.

After the start of the second half, Michigan State stepped up its offense. Valentine and Travis. Telles scored three points in quick succession, and the two teams were tied at 44 at one point. Telles should chase the poor man with the remainder of the game, and hit a difficult three-pointer after tying the score, while teammate Valentin also hit another shot to help the team overtake the score and take a five-point lead.

At such a critical juncture, the University of Oklahoma was collectively lost, and everyone on the offensive end took turns to strike the iron, missing one after another. In desperation, the coach had to let the players adopt foul tactics, but the Michigan State came up with the insistence that Aoyama would not relax, and the roots were in the broken rock. Thousands of blows were still strong, and Ren Er's tenacity from the east, west, south and north winds firmly grasped the free throw opportunity sent by the University of Oklahoma, and finally narrowly defeated the opponent by four points. Got the last place in the quarterfinals.

Full game, MSU Travis. Telles scored a game-high 24 points, and Denzel. Valentine scored 18 points, and they were also the biggest contributor to the team's victory. Forbes is still a nobody, and who would have thought he would shine in Summer League three years later? Buddy, University of Oklahoma. Hield scored 21 points, and senior TayXia An. Thomas had 16 points and seven rebounds, and it would also be the final game of his college career.

UNLV was the first to qualify for the round of 8 in the round of 16, and they stayed in the locker room after the game to watch the final 8 opponent decision. After seeing Kentucky defeat West Virginia University and become his team's opponent in the Midwest Conference finals, Hougist was very excited, he was not afraid of Kentucky, who had a longer schedule and also won all, on the contrary, he was happy that he had fulfilled his promise, and promised Turner that he would step on Downs and Okafor to win the championship and become a veritable No. 1 center, and now finally ushered in the opportunity to play against Kentucky, it seems that Downs' name should soon be crossed off Turner's small book.

The only thing that worries Hoggist is Downs, not because he is afraid that Turner will not be able to overpower him, but because Downs's performance is so bad that Turner will not get much praise even if he blows him up. Strange to say, when they played the regular season and tournament in the Southeastern League, Downs could be called the wind and rain to get what they wanted, but how to get into the round of 64 of the national championship, although Kentucky can often play big crushing wins, Downs's performance is getting more and more sluggish, it seems that the tight schedule of Crazy March has made him sore back and legs, lack of energy, and feel hollowed out after overwork. Let Hoggist can't help but sigh, is Downs a kidney...... Ahh Physically exhausted?

It's just that Turner is not as easy as Haugist, although he has withered a Downs, but there are two other seven-foot-long, powerful centers - Dakari. Johnson and Will. Cauley Stein. These two "high-flyers" have been in good form since the Downs slumped, allowing the Kentucky Wildcats to keep their pace forward in a dense playout round. And who's to guarantee that Downs will languid all the time? Now that he and Devin and Ryan have to face each other's three powerful centers, this must be a tough battle, and I don't know if Devin and Ryan will become a burden to themselves.

Hoggist saw Turner's sad face, so he came up to cheer him on, Hoggist picked up his sneakers as a microphone and sent them to Turner's mouth and asked: "May I ask Myers children's shoes, as the least favored of the three centers of the 14th class of high school graduates, but you easily broke the most promising Carl Anthony children's shoes tonight, how do you feel?" ”

"It stinks!" Turner said with a frown.

"Wow! Miles' words are very sharp! Isn't it a bit poisonous to directly use words like too stinky to describe the opponent's performance? Hougist asked.

"I mean, your shoes stink!" Turner pinched his nose and ducked aside.

Hoggist took back his sneakers and sniffed them in front of his nose, "It doesn't stink!" I've even sprayed it with Patty's freshener! ”

Seeing Hougist's disgusting behavior, Turner couldn't help but hold the trash can and vomit. McCaw shouted angrily, "Bastard! It was given to me by my sister for dating! You actually use it to deodorize shoes! ”

"Don't care about those details, you won Kentucky the day after tomorrow, even if you don't take a shower after the game, you will be surrounded by girls!" Hoggist laughed.

"I don't know how far Devin [Booker] and Carl Anthony have grown, but do you think they've found their own supergod mode now?" McCaw guessed curiously.

Vaughn, who is usually taciturn, took the lead in answering uncharacteristically, "Even players with talent like me have already mastered the most basic super god mode, with their talent, they should at least be a grade better than me, right?" ”

"That's nothing, after all, the ancestor of the supergod mode is on our team, and all four of you starters have such ability, which is completely worthy of Devin (Booker) and Karl Anthony!" Da Bai soft answered.

But Turner is not so optimistic, "I look at Dakari. Johnson and Will. Cauley Stein also has his own supergod mode if he can't get it, otherwise why would Karl Anthony have withered so many games, but they have been in hot form? ”

"That's not right! According to your analysis, Carl Anthony can't find his form in so many games, doesn't it mean that he hasn't found his supergod mode? Da Bai Soft retorted.

"No, with Downs' ability, it's impossible not to find his supergod mode......," Turner touched his chin and thought for a moment, "I doubt he's reached the highest level, so sacrificing so many previous games to be able to burst out stronger and hold on longer when he fights us next?" ”

"There's some truth to your analysis!" Hoggist nodded in agreement, but agreeing that Downs was more explosive, it didn't mean that he was worried about Downs outbursting, "But so what! Carl Anthony's talent is far below mine, even if he is in a supergod state, how much can he reach me? Rest assured, what's so scary about you with my backing? ”

Although Hougist said so, but in fact, he has no bottom in his heart, if it is really as Turner speculated, Downs saved up for so many days to break out when he beat himself, then it is really hard to say how strong Downs will be in the game the day after tomorrow, but if he is the boss and has no bottom in his heart, what should you let the rest of the people under your hands think? Therefore, Hoggist can only say big words first to stabilize the morale of the army, and as for what to do on the day of the game, he can only do his best to obey the fate of heaven.

In response to Downs' unforeseen outburst, Hoggist canceled the next day's training under the pretext that his opponent was too weak, allowing everyone to relax and rest in the hotel for a day. Due to the fact that the team explicitly forbade family members to stay in the same hotel during the team's game so as not to affect the player's condition, Qiu Jingli and Haojist's family stayed in a nearby hotel. In order not to worry his teammates, Hougist went to Qiu Jingli's hotel early in the morning to sleep all day on the grounds of accompanying his girlfriend, and everyone saw that Hoggist could easily "fool around" with his girlfriend before the game, and he was completely relieved and treated tomorrow's game as a normal game.