Chapter 60: Three-Point Record
Mohyde State University is located in Kentucky and belongs to the teams of the Southeastern Conference, and there are NCAA giants such as Kentucky University in the same league, but there is still a big gap in the comprehensive strength of the Southeast Conference according to the Pacific Ten League, and Mohyde State University is also the worst of the 64 teams.
The core of this team is center Kenneth Faried, who averaged 13.9 points and 13 rebounds per game in the regular season, and has just won the Most Valuable Player of the Southeastern Conference Championship, the template is Ben Wallace and Dennis Rodman, which is enough to show the characteristics of this player, Faried is a very good blue-collar + rebounding monster, and his potential is higher than that of Ty Gibson.
However, Mohyde State University is such a star player, they don't even have another qualified interior player who is more than 2 meters tall, and the entire interior line is basically supported by Faried alone, and the rotation of the third and fourth positions is actually composed of three small forwards, and the center relies on Faried to take the lead.
This lineup doesn't play small-ball tactics, and to be honest, there are no other tactics to play, and Morhyde State plays very fast bombardment tactics.
But the problem comes again, there are many NCAA teams that play small-ball tactics, but there are few three-point shots that are not good, Mohyde State University is one of them, only two players on their team have reliable three-point shots, mainly relying on the impact of the basket to play, good at quick transition offense and defensive counterattack.
Floyd was still very sure of the victory over Mohide State, a team with no interior line, a team with a poor three-point shot, a team with an eight-man rotation but an average height of only 192cm, and if they could really win with this half-small-ball strategy, they would not be the No. 64 seed now.
On March 20, the opening match of the round of 64 kicked off in Los Angeles, with the top seed of the Central and Western Division, the University of Southern California vs the 16th seed of the Central and Western Division, Morhyde State University, which was a national live broadcast, and everyone wanted to see if the USC winning streak would continue in the round of 64?
In addition to the University of Southern California, the top seed in the United States, the Central and Western regions also have the second seed "University of Louisville", the third seed "University of Michigan", the fourth seed "University of Kansas", and the fifth seed "Wake Forest University".
The NCAA round of 64 is divided into four regions, namely the Central and Western Divisions, the Western Division, the Eastern Division, and the Southern Division.
20 and 21 March - First round.
22 and 24 March - Second round.
March 27 and 29 - Sweet 16.
March 28 and 30 - Elite 8.
April 4 and April 5 - National Final Four.
April 8 - Championship match.
Teams from all four divisions of the United States will not meet each other before the National Final Four, and the four teams from their respective regions will advance to the Final Four, and after another head-to-head battle, the two winners will enter the final showdown!
USC has six rounds to fight for the final championship, and each battle is a fateful battle, so if you want to win the final championship, you can't make any mistakes, even if you are the top seed, no one dares to pack a ticket if you can make it to the end.
In the first game, Wu Huang was like a divine help, shooting 10 of 12 three-pointers in the game and scoring 42 points.
In this game, Wu Huang broke the single-game three-point shooting record of the University of Southern California in the national championship. In addition to scoring, Wu Huang has 8 assists, 9 rebounds and 3 steals, and Mohyde State's height deficit allows Wu Huang to steal the same rebounding stats as an interior player, and he also delivered two blocks in the game, and has MVP-level play on both offensive and defensive ends.
The rest of USC's players were DeRozan with 14 points, Gibson with 12 points and 10 rebounds, and Bart Bligh with 11 points and eight rebounds.
Faried tried his best, but was unable to bring victory to Morhyde State.
He finished with 18 points, grabbed 17 rebounds and had five blocks, and was impeccable on the defensive end, but lackluster on the offensive end, shooting just 6-of-16 from the field and making 11 free throws on a desperate shot, but only taking six of them.
The Southeast Conference MVP's talent on defense has already been revealed, but it's still too rough offensively, and Faried made it clear after the game that he won't be in this year's draft and that he will have to hone in college for another year.
Wu Huang's performance today alone has made USC two grades better than his opponent in terms of strength, and his role in the national championships is indeed more reflective, Wu Huang is not only the organizer of USC today, but also his offensive ability is also amazing.
He showed a strong desire to score from the opening quarter, hitting all six three-point shots in the first half and scoring 28 points in the half, and although DeRozan shot 2-of-8 in the first half, USC still led 45-28.
In the first half of the second half, Wu Huang only shot twice, but USC still controlled the situation and maintained a lead of about 20 points.
Mohyde State relied on its own large number of defenders and forwards to rush left and right on the field, and although they created many chances, the final shot faced the three athletic star players of Wu Huang, DeRozan and Gibson, who were just wasting their chances and making a mess on the field, more like a swarm of headless flies.
In the middle of the second half, Wu Huang entered the attack mode again, constantly hitting three-point shots, and he even scored a three-point shot from a distance during the fast break, at which time Wu Huang and USC were already crazy.
Wu Huang hit four more three-pointers in the second half, easily breaking the USC all-time record.
USC also relied on Wu Huang's leadership to keep widening the score gap, and with 5 minutes and 20 seconds left in the end, Wu Huang hit his 10th three-pointer of the game, and USC led by 27 points at 77:50.
Floyd finally confirmed that the victory was in his pocket, so he replaced Wu Huang and Bart, but still let DeRozan and Gibson stay on the court to prevent a one-in-10,000 accident.
This kind of life-and-death game, Floyd did not dare to be careless, if it was the regular season, he would have replaced Wu Huang and the main team to rest, but now it was not until the last five minutes of the game, the team led by 27 points, that he really relaxed.
With a final score of 88:56, the University of Southern California defeated Morhyde State University at Staples Arena and won the opening game of March Madness.
Wu Huang staged a crazy three-point shot and all-round offensive and defensive ability in this game, and his outstanding performance was once again broadcast to tens of millions of American families and the management of 30 NBA teams with this national live broadcast.
The NCAA is so hot, a opening game can attract tens of millions of families to watch is really nothing, this is just a conservative number, if you add the fans watching the game online, this game is conservatively estimated to be at least 30 million Americans watching, and there may be more than 40 million people around the world to watch.
Wu Huang added the ten three-pointers he hit in this game, and he has hit 166 three-pointers this season, surpassing the record of 162 three-pointers set by Stephen Curry last year and breaking the record for the number of three-pointers made by an NCAA player in a single season; The NCAA career three-point shooting record is still held by JJ Redick at 457.
This season, Wu Huang has been looking to break the three-point record set last season by Davidson College's Stephen Curry, who averaged 28.6 points per game and hit 159 three-pointers this year, which is better than last year.
It's a pity that Davidson College is not strong, and they didn't make it to this year's national championship at all, so Curry's results won't change any more.
Wu Huang is different, he still has a maximum of five games to play, so there is hope that he will further expand his new three-point shooting record in a single season.
Privately, he also gloated over Curry's tragedy, who was also eliminated early in his league's regional tournament, so he only played 31 games this season, but made 159 three-pointers. Wu Huang played 35 games and only made 156 three-pointers, so he was still slightly worse than Curry in three-point shooting.
But then again, Curry is a junior this year, and his performance in the first season was not as good as Wu Huang, so looking at it this way, Wu Huang is a little more powerful.
"I know I broke the three-point record in a single season, and I hope I can become the first NCAA player to make more than 200 three-pointers in a single season." In an interview after the game, Wu revealed his true goal, if he can play the next five games, then based on seven three-pointers per game, he can accomplish this seemingly ambitious goal.
Wu Huang's words may sound a little inflated at first, but if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a big deal, just based on his and Curry's performance this year, these two NCAA all-time shooters shoot 7 three-pointers per game, which is really not a difficult task.