After a comfortable win over Northern Arizona University, Colorado also knew who it would be for the second round. To their surprise, the team's opponent in the second round was not the No. 7 seed University of Louisville, but the No. 10 seed Gunzaga, who knocked out their No. 10 seed Gunzaga.

Until then, Universidad Gonzaga had been an obscure team, reaching only one national championship from 1943-44 to 1997-98 and being eliminated in the first round. But since the 1998-99 season, Universidad Gunzaga has magically become a very good team, and this year, it has reached the national championship for two consecutive seasons.

Of course, Chang Wei knows better, this team that insists on teamwork has been able to reach the national championship every year since entering the 21st century, although it has not won the championship, but this performance can already be compared with those traditional giants. Now they're just getting started, but they're strong enough to be good news for Colorado.

In the list of players from Gunzaga University, Chang Wei did not see the name he was more familiar with in his previous life, but he did not dare to underestimate this team, after all, for teams that pursue team basketball, it doesn't matter whether there is a superstar or not, as long as there is a suitable tactical system. On the surface, their only weakness is in the coach, and current head coach Mark Foeu is in his first season with an NCAA team and his first season at the helm of Gunzaga University, and his on-the-spot command could be a weakness.

McKay was already a little inflated, and in his opinion, Colorado State would not face any strong opponents until the division semifinals, and any Gonzaga University was just a dish to be delivered to the door. But Chang Wei is still on guard, he warned the players more than once in the pre-game training to be vigilant, Gonzaga University is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually, and if you are not careful, it is likely to capsize in the gutter, so you will really be laughed to death by the onlookers.

McKay's confidence was quickly blown away by what he thought was a piece of cake, and Colorado State was down 7-15 less than five minutes into the game. It doesn't seem like a big difference, but Gonzaga University has certainly proved its quality by limiting the firepower of Colorado to a five-minute scoreline.

Chang Wei has to express his respect to Gonzaga University's head coach Foyu, you must know that he has never coached any NCAA team before this season, but such a clear experience can bring Gonzaga University to this level, Foyu's ability is absolutely not to be taken lightly, no wonder he has been coaching this team in his previous life.

Seeing that Colorado's firepower was limited, McKay could only call a timeout in frustration, which was the first time this season that he called a timeout due to the lack of firepower of his players. In fact, there is nothing special about Gunzaga University's defense, but their cooperation is very tacit, and the overall defensive level is very high.

However, for such a team, McKay also has his own countermeasures, and he quickly fell into disadvantage after the start of this game, but because he was too underestimated before the game and did not have a certain psychological preparation. Faced with the team defense of Gunzaga University, McKay decided to play with the ball and pass the ball to the low post for West to hold the ball and play alone.

Others had no objection to his decision, and while West was only a freshman, he had already conquered his teammates with his performances. This season, he is averaging 16.7 points and 7.5 rebounds in 28.1 minutes per game, and is the team's No. 2 scorer and rebounder.

In the face of West's offense in the low post, Foyu can be said to be helpless, because he has no defensive interior in his hands, and the only one who can suppress West's height is not flexible enough, so letting him defend is undoubtedly an opportunity for West to show his steps under the basket, and in desperation, he can only ask the players to wrap West, if he gets the ball in the low post.

But West is not stupid, when he is caught in the bag, he will pass the ball directly to the outside, or directly pass inside to Ford for a direct dunk. With the mobility of a Gunzaga University player, it would be better for Ford to attack the basket than to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, and West was still very sure of passing in such a tight space.

Soon the game turned into a dunk show by Ford, which made West, who rarely had a chance to shoot since he joined, smile and naturally showed off his bounce and reach. Gunzaga University's two inside shots of West were equivalent to giving Ford room to play, and Colorado State quickly completed the overtake.

Of course, Foyu refused to admit defeat, this was his first year at Gunzaga University, and he had to make some achievements for others to see, and besides, this was only the second round of the national championship, and although the team was only the No. 10 seed, Foyu's heart was still big, so he didn't give up when it was clear that he was starting to turn a disadvantage.

But at this time, thanks to West's containment on the inside, Colorado State's outside three-point shot was also opened, but what made Foyu uncomfortable was that Colorado State's captain Pallesio was not the finisher, he was only responsible for bringing the ball from West to the restricted area, and then giving it to Korver outside the three-point line after disrupting the defense for the second time.

In Chang Wei's eyes, Korver in this game had the demeanor of the top NBA shooter in his previous life, hitting all 4 three-pointers in a row, which directly suppressed the morale that Gunzaga University had just vacated. What's even more terrifying is that these 4 three-pointers are shot at the top of the arc, on the wing and in the bottom corner, and it is clear that Korver's outside shooting does not have a so-called dead corner, such an outside shooter is the most desperate, not to mention that he can always run out of the open space.

The University of Colorado, which had regained its strong offensive firepower, did not spare any hands at all, and the direct consequence was that Gonzaga University was defeated. Although they struggled to keep the deficit within 10 points in the final stages of the first half, Korver hit back-to-back three-pointers from the outside at the beginning of the second half to once again widen the gap between the two sides.

Thanks to his accurate three-pointers, Colorado State beat Gunzaga University to 82-73, and it was only in the last two minutes of the second half that Gunzaga University's bench barely narrowed the gap to single digits, which barely saved his face. As for Korver, with 28 points and 5 rebounds on 7-of-10 three-point shooting, he was undoubtedly the best player of the game, and even made people feel that he was already qualified to be called the top scorer in the NCAA.