Although Chang Wei despised Mackay's fruit-picking behavior in his heart, there was nothing he could do. First, this task was indeed given to him by Mackay, which was equivalent to him being mixed in at the beginning; Second, McKay is the head coach, and it is completely up to him to decide what lineup the team starts in the second half. Besides, Chang Wei is also thinking about winning the game, since McKay thinks that West and Korver can already play, let them compete with their opponents on the field!

McKay knew that their mentality was back to normal, but Izzo didn't. Although he is very experienced, he is not superhuman and cannot read minds, and when he sees the exact same starting lineup in Colorado, he is overjoyed in his heart, and his grasp of victory is even more sloppy. He watched both West and Korver's performances in the first few minutes of the first half, but subconsciously thought that it was the pressure of public opinion that made the opponent bite the bullet and let them continue to start.

So before the kick-off, he quickly called the captain Peterson over to advise him, and asked him to direct his teammates to find West and Korver to play the offensive end, and the defensive end can be empty according to the situation. The first offensive ball of the second half belonged to Colorado State, and by the time they sent the ball out, Peterson had already conveyed the coach's instructions to his teammates.

When Palesio, who broke through with the ball, transferred the ball to Korver's hands in the bottom corner, Michigan State did not defend seriously at all, and Hutson, who was closest to Korver, just stretched out his hand and made a gesture, and his feet did not move at all. Korver took a deep breath, pulled up and shot, and the basketball made a beautiful arc and obediently drilled into the basket.

Izzo didn't take Korver's three-pointer to heart, and no matter how he was a full-time three-point shooter, 0-of-5 shooting in the first half didn't mean he couldn't hit a three-pointer for the whole game. But then Korver's performance made his eyes widen, and Peterson's pull-up jumper was forced down by Korver, knowing that he has always been a hole in the team's defensive system, and such a domineering block is the first time this season.

After blocking Peterson's shot, Korver dribbled to the frontcourt and hit a three-pointer with the Michigan three-man in place, scoring six points in less than 20 seconds. Izzo's face suddenly became very ugly, and Korver's performance undoubtedly slapped him in the face, and now he could only expect West to perform poorly.

However, Izzo soon discovered that such a small wish was not intended to be fulfilled by his opponent, and although Colorado State seemed to be focusing on the perimeter, the interior was not on the sidelines. Whenever they missed a shot, West was like a chicken under the basket, frantically scrambling for frontcourt rebounds, not to mention grabbing opponents, and even Ford's rebounds were snatched by him. After grabbing the rebound, West did not give the ball to the outside line for his teammates to regroup, but directly pulled up and shot, or used the footsteps under the basket to complete the layup, and the shooting rate was so high that the interior of Michigan State was confused.

Although the Colorado state's offense was impressive after Sven and Goodwin came on in the first half, they still liked to scramble and not play at all for most of the time, which also led to a significant increase in the team's overall turnover rate. Now after replacing Korver and West, the team's speed has not decreased much, but the offense has become more efficient, and because of West's existence, the intensity of the interior defense has been greatly improved, and the big small players in Michigan have been blocked in a row under the basket, and the worst is that they have been interfered with the layup, and for a time the big basket in Colorado has become a restricted area.

The offensive and defensive ends were exerted at the same time, and the difference between the two sides was instantly widened. Pietersen has certainly developed into a good wing scorer, but he obviously didn't get any help, as only Korver, who was across from him in five positions, was barely defensive, so everyone was passing the ball to him in the hope that the team's number one star could solve the problem.

But it's clear that Peterson alone can't score as much as Colorado's all-time players, and even Patik, who has always been weak in defense, scored two three-pointers in the bottom corner, which shows how strong their firepower is. Both sides were desperately scoring, but the efficiency and shooting percentage were very different, and the score was also pulled apart by Colorado.

In fact, in Chang Wei's opinion, Izzo still has a good card in his hand, and now there is Jason Richardson in the list of Michigan players, the guy who won the dunk king in his previous life. It's a pity that Richardson is still a freshman rookie, and although he can play 15.7 minutes per game, he can only contribute 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds, and he doesn't even have a main position.

McKay doesn't plan to come off the bench either, and with Colorado State's current form, it's more than enough to play the entire second half. In particular, West and Korver, two guys who have been holding back for a long time, are too energetic and desperate to prove themselves, even if they let them hold out a few rounds of overtime after regular time.

With 3:24 left in the game, Palesio hit a three-pointer to stretch the deficit to 21 points. The University of Michigan has tried many times to close the gap before, but whenever they want to get on the rise, there are always players from the University of Colorado who step up and directly suppress their momentum. Once or twice, it's okay to say that it's going back and forth like this is simply torturing the nerves of the big Michigan players, including Izzo's, of course.

Now that Colorado has finally stretched the margin to a very safe distance, Izzo sighed and replaced the main players one after another, which also means that Michigan has given up resistance. The benches on both teams played absent-mindedly, and the final score was 77-65 as Colorado State made it to the finals.

This result undoubtedly surprised everyone, because they thought that this was the end of Colorado State's dark horse road this season, and they did not expect that they would be able to eliminate last season's runner-up to reach the finals. The Colorado players are even more excited, and now they are only one game away from the top glory, and no matter how hard they work, they are going to grit their teeth and fight for this victory. Although they have now set a new team record, there is no one who doesn't want a final championship, and leaving an NCAA title to their alma mater is undoubtedly the best gift of all.