Long Island University isn't a powerhouse in the traditional sense, but at least this season they're the hottest team in the entire NCAA, averaging a league-high 91.5 points per game, and they also sit on the league's leading scoring list this season, with Charles Jones averaging 30.1 points per game. In addition, the team has three players who average double-doubles per game, including Mike Campbell (18.7), Rich Parker (16.1) and Dave Marciallet (11.1).

This is indeed a fierce foursome, but in Chang Wei's view, it also exposes a weakness of the Long Island University Blackbirds - the team's top four players in points per game are all guards or forwards, in other words, the interior is their weakness. Long Island University starting center Johnny Drew averaged just 1.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, and he had nothing but his height.

Rappers certainly saw it, and it made it easy for her to devise a game strategy that would give Thomas the ball to him on the inside, while others had to work more on the defensive end to lock up the Long Island offensive quartet so that the team would have no trouble winning.

As it turned out, it hit Long Island University in the soft underbelly, and they had no one to compete with Thomas on the inside. In the first half alone, Thomas scored 18 points, seven rebounds and three assists, as well as two steals and three blocks, which he could have played in almost an entire game.

However, Villanova's lead was not huge, and they only led by three points at 51-48. Long Island University was able to play Villanova for half a game without falling behind, largely because of Jones. It's really easy for a weak team to have a scoring maniac, and Jones scored 22 points in the first half, almost half of the team's total.

Lee reviewed in the dressing room at half-time as he was in charge of defending Jones throughout the first half. "I'm hate to admit it, but I have to say that Jones is a tough guy to deal with. It's a shame for me to have him score 22 points in the first half, but I won't let him be arrogant in the second half, I promise you! ”

Rappers patted him on the shoulder and smiled and said, "Chris, it's a team-wide thing." In the second half I wanted to be able to wrap up this guy, yes, I'm talking about you Elwin, it's not enough to limit Jones on Chris, you have to help him to limit this guy who is averaging 30 points per game. ”

Erwin raised his index and middle fingers and ran them across his forehead: "Okay coach, I'll help this rookie." He looked at Li and said with a smile, "Happy cooperation, rookie!" Let's kick that guy's ass together! ”

Li pouted and high-fived him, it was always not a pleasant thing to be called a rookie. But the coach is right, he alone may not be able to prevent Jones, plus Erwin's words are much more certain.

Rappers's arrangement had a significant effect, but it was also aided by the frantic running of Lee and Erwin at all costs. Because the bag means missing people, you have to rely on running to make up for it, after all, the other people at Long Island University on the outside are not vegetarians, and missing any of them could be a fatal blow to the team.

At the same time, Thomas continued to score frantically on the inside, and the difference between the two sides gradually widened. Jones, the league's leading scorer, was in deep trouble, with Lee stalking him so hard that he gave up on the offense altogether, while Erwin found another way to limit him by blocking the pass route that Marcialé gave him.

It's not hard for Irvine because Marciallet has a clear disadvantage, and that is his height - he is only 1.78 meters to Irwin's height of 1.96 meters, which is more than a head taller, so it would be a piece of cake for Irwin to stop him from passing the ball to Jones, and he would not even have to make a steal.

Jones' shooting percentage is declining, but as Long Island University's leading scorer, he has to carry the team's offensive load, which directly leads to an increase in his shots and a lot of rebounding, which all costs Thomas.

It's been a long time since Thomas has played this well, and after his fame, every opponent has treated him as a target to be guarded against, so he often has to maneuver with opponents on the inside, instead of doing whatever he wants on the inside, including scoring, grabbing rebounds, and trying to block every layup.

Jones continued to maintain his league scoring title in this game, and he still scored 34 points despite the tight defense, but Thomas did much better than him, with a big double-double of 32 points and 20 rebounds, plus five assists, five blocks and three steals, completely dominating both ends of the floor, and Villanova also won 101-91.

Although Villanova defeated his opponent without danger, Chang Wei had to admit that the NCAA made the fans feel crazy, and it was the most likely stage to break out into an upset. In Villanova's Eastern Conference alone, three teams have completed the next round, including the No. 2 seed University of South Carolina, which is undoubtedly a wake-up call for every team at the top of the rankings, and maybe the next time they are eliminated by their opponents.

The Southeast Division also saw three teams complete the comeback, with No. 3 seed Chattanooga University of Georgia, No. 5 seed Charleston College of Maryland, and No. 7 seed Marquette University's Providence University. There is only one unlucky guy in the Central and Western Divisions, and that is the University of Mississippi, the No. 8 seed, who was eliminated by No. 9 seed Temple University. As for the Western Division, all the top-ranked teams have passed.

On the other hand, the NCAA has developed from 1892 to the present, and more than 100 years have indeed given them a lot of experience in the development of national championship brackets, and although they can't guarantee an upset, at least they haven't lost too many top seeds, and the University of South Carolina and the University of Georgia are just accidents.

However, it seems that they are guaranteed to be able to make it to the final four, in other words, as long as the top seeds in each region are not eliminated, they will have a good chance of advancing to the final four. In the second round, Villanova faced the University of California, which was one place below them, and they narrowly beat Princeton University 55-52 in the first round.

And in the list of the University of California, Chang Wei also saw a somewhat familiar name, Ed Gray, the top scorer at the University of California, averaging 24.8 points per game, which is also the guy that Villanova must focus on.