Chapter 15 NCAA Preseason
After Emperor Wu left, Christine's room suddenly stretched out a small head, and said with a standard British accent: "Christine, you tore off all my posters, just for this kid?" ”
Christine coughed lightly, stepped forward and reached out to pat the blonde little beauty on the forehead, and said, "I just like to talk to him, don't talk nonsense." Then he remembered the panda sister in the previous competition, and smiled: "I met a girl with the same name as you today, but why do I hate her so much?" ”
Emma Watson, dressed in fluffy pajamas, opened the door and walked to the living room, and said angrily: "You unconscionable fellow, aren't you scolding me around the corner?" ”
Christine shook her head, went back to her room and put on her bathrobe, and said nonchalantly: "If you don't believe it, forget it, I'm too lazy to mention that person again." Then he gave Emma Watson a wary look, "I'm going to take a shower, don't you come and peek." ”
When Emma Watson heard this, she smiled and said, "Should I understand this sentence as if you were inviting me?" ”
If Emperor Wu saw this girl in pajamas, he would definitely recognize it at a glance, this is one of his favorite female stars, Emma Watson who played Hermione in "Harry Potter". This English girl is now much more famous than Christine, the full set of Harry Potter novels and genuine movies, Wu Huang's room has them, but he doesn't know Christine.
On the other side of the city, Emma Roberts yawned in her apartment, then stretched out her little hand and slapped it on the sofa, unwillingly exclaiming, "I'm not convinced...... I want to audition...... I'm going to change! ”
Taylor Swift, who lives in an apartment with his panda sister, laughed and said, "There are so many girls playing games, and even fewer of them are playing well, unless you recruit boys into the team." ”
Emma Roberts pouted, her face even more unwilling, slapped the sofa twice again, and said loudly: "My team is a women's team, not boys." I'm going to expand my enrollment to include girls from outside the United States, Canada, South America, and Europe...... I can't believe that I can't find a few female gamers with great skills. ”
Taylor Swift picked up his guitar and didn't bother to bother with Emma Roberts, who had just lost the game, which would have ruined him.
"By the way, when I was just competing, I seemed to see you having a good chat with an Asian American, was that your friend?" Emma Roberts somehow suddenly thought of Emperor Wu just now.
Taylor Swift flicked his guitar fingers for a moment before replying, "yes, he might be my old classmate or something." Then he played the guitar again and sang, "When you are competing, you still have time to stare at me, no wonder you will lose the game." ”
Emma Roberts snorted, "It doesn't rhyme at all, I'm going to take a shower." ”
On August 25, 2008, the University of Southern California officially opened, and the Trojans had gone through a half-month summer training, and the players were back in game condition.
After half a month of training, Wu Huang's muscles have become stronger, but his weight has not increased much, and he is still in the final stage of growing taller, and he has not reached the time to grow meat.
Floyd plans to change his strength training from four times a week to three times a week in September, and then increase the weight of technical training.
Wu Huang's physical fitness can be described as excellent in point guards, his speed, explosiveness and agility are among the best in the university, and other things such as waist and abdominal strength, flexibility and bounce are also first-class, only the strength is slightly worse at this stage.
But in fact, even if it is a relatively weak strength, Wu Huang does not lag behind, and it can be said that his physical fitness can rely on his athletic ability to attack the city in college. But in this way, Emperor Wu is no different from many black geniuses.
The yellow race's athletic ability declines faster, and if he only relies on physical talent to eat, I believe that in a few years, he will disappear.
Floyd always wanted to train him in the direction of Jason Kidd, Deron Williams, or Nash, and play not physically but brainily, but really better than physically, and no one else. This is completely to train him on the road to an All-Star, and Wu Huang himself could not have imagined that his coach would have such high hopes for him.
After half a month of training, DeRozan's attitude towards Wu Huang is still cold, who asked Floyd to open a small stove for Wu Huang every day, and the coaching staff also focused most of their energy on Wu Huang, DeRozan has been the core of the team since he was a child, when has he been so snubbed?
It's not to blame the Trojans' coaching staff, DeRozan is the complete opposite of Wu Huang, watching him play, everyone will notice his outstanding athleticism, but not see how outstanding his skills are. This is also a common problem of most black players, if the body is too good, it is inevitable that they prefer to use their body to play, and the energy invested in basic skills will be relatively small.
Wu Huang is different, watching him play often ignores his athleticism, but what impresses him the most is the wisdom he shows when he plays.
Wu Huang's basic skills also made Freud very satisfied, before the ball sense was improved, Wu Huang relied on hard training to improve his ball skills little by little. But due to the limitations of talent, his efforts have little effect, but as long as he works hard, he will always be rewarded.
Moreover, his efforts did not turn into useless efforts, and after Wu Huang's ball sense improved, his efforts became a belated harvest.
In just half a month, Wu Huang's ball skills have improved with the naked eye, and the biggest change is that his ability to dribble and break through has improved a lot compared to when he first joined the team. The improvement in ball protection is even more obvious, and Mugajin was able to occasionally break the ball a few times in the team's training games in the first week, but now he has a hard time snatching the basketball from Wu Huang.
"These two days are the first day of school, and I know you have a lot of things to deal with, so I stopped training for these two days, and everyone arranged the dormitory and other problems before starting training." Floyd knew that the freshmen had a lot of trouble in the first two days of school, so he suspended training for two days, but still emphasized to the players: "Remember, in a month, the NCAA preseason will begin, and I hope you will remember this time, this is the first step in our journey." ”
Floyd's NCAA preseason game is similar to the NBA's preseason game, but more important. The results of the competition at this stage will not be counted in the subsequent league results, and the main purpose is to run in the team, check the training effect, and check the new players.
The NCAA preseason has no impact on the league's standings, but it does play a crucial role in whether or not it will reach the top 64 of the country, so it should not be taken lightly.
Preseason matches are not university teams from the same region, and are generally played in a home-and-away or tournament format. However, when they enter the national top 64 later, it is possible for the teams in the preseason to meet each other again, so it is not only to run in and test the team, but also to scout and find out each other, and the importance of the game is no less than that of the official stage.
The NCAA has 308 Major Basketball teams, which are divided into 32 separate divisions.
USC belongs to the "Pacific 10 League", which does not start until November, when the regular season lasts until March 1, and there will be about 30 games during this period. During this period, the Trojans must play against all teams in the same region, and the game will be played on a home-and-away basis.
The regular season will end in early March, and only by finishing first in the league can it automatically become the top 64 in the country and advance to the knockout stage.
It should be mentioned here that there are only two ways to participate in the NCAA Top 64 League: one is to automatically qualify, that is, to win the championship in the league held within the league, and the team will automatically qualify for the round of 64.
The NCAA Basketball League Division A is divided into 33 large and small leagues, and there are about 8-10 teams in one league, so there are 33 teams that can participate in the round of 64 as automatic standards every year.
The second route, the quota for the other 31 teams, will be decided by the selection committee based on the team's performance, which is therefore the most controversial part. Later, in 1981, the CAA developed a program to calculate the strength of the team by computer, mainly to quantify the performance of 308 first-division teams, assign relative points according to team performance, and then rank them according to the number of points.
This calculation is divided into three aspects: first, a team has a 25% win rate against a team in the first division, and the results against the second and third divisions do not count regardless of whether they win or lose. Second, a team's overall win rate, which accounts for 50% of the total score, is called the intensity of the schedule by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Third, the winning percentage of a team's opponents, that is, the intensity of the opponent's schedule, accounts for 25% of the total score. In short, the ranking index not only measures a team's overall win rate, but also values the team's schedule and win rate outside of the league, which has a lot to do with squeezing into the round of 64.
The level of a team's performance ranking index has a lot to do with the strength of opponents in the league they are in, as well as the strength of opponents outside the league. If the opponents are weak and the winning rate is high, it will be difficult to win the favor of the selection committee. In 1999, the Iowa college basketball team had to play NIT invitational tournaments despite winning more than 20 games due to a weak schedule outside the league. On the contrary, Florida State University only has a record of 17 wins and 13 losses, but because most of the opponents outside the division are strong teams, they can catch the last train to the top 64 in the country.
USC will play against strong teams from other leagues in the preseason so that they can earn more points so that they don't end up finishing first in the league and not making it to the top 64 in the country.