March 20th, NCAA Southern Division First Week Match: University of Kentucky VS Western Kentucky University.

West Kentucky was the last team to come up through the initial Final Four, and the strength was not good; Kentucky was the top seed this season, and Anthony and Yang joined forces to beat West Kentucky, and they didn't continue to perform miracles and beat Kentucky, so they stopped in the first round of the tournament.

Under the command of head coach John Calipari, Kentucky started the game 10-0, but West Kentucky scored 12 points in a row to achieve a comeback, but Kentucky scored 8 points in a row to regain the advantage, and since then has never given West Kentucky a chance, and the point difference is getting wider and wider. At one point in the second half, Kentucky led by 32 points, 74-42. In the final 8 minutes, Kentucky relaxed some of its defense, and West Kentucky took the opportunity to save some face, and the final score was 86-77.

In this game, Anthony Davis scored 16 points, 9 rebounds and fanned out 7 blocks, and almost had a triple-double. Terrence Jones 12 points and 10 rebounds; Yang Yi had 28 points, 12 assists, 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, scoring the game's highest score and assist title, while West Kentucky's star TJ Price scored 21 points.

In the second round, Kentucky's opponent was Iowa State University. The last round of the Iowa State University was a great one, as they defeated last year's tournament winners, the University of Connecticut. But this time, they lost their courage in the previous round against the favorite University of Kentucky. From the very beginning of the race, Kentucky established its rhythm and the lead continued to build.

Kentucky: Anthony Davis had 15 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks, Terrence Jones grabbed 11 rebounds, Young Yi had 24 points and 7 assists, and Marquis Teague had 14 points and 6 assists.

On the other hand, Iowa State has a terrible three-point shooting percentage, shooting just 3-of-22 from the field and just 13.6 percent from the field, making it almost impossible to pose a threat to Kentucky. So the University of Kentucky easily made it to the Sweet Sixteen, unstoppable all the way.

The round of 16 advanced to the elite quarterfinals, and Kentucky faced Indiana. The Kentucky lineup is extravagant: Supernova Anthony Davis and potential newcomer Michael Gilchrist form a strong forward line, plus Terrence Jones and Yang Yi, the lineup is luxurious. But in front of Indiana University, they don't dare to underestimate their opponents, because Indiana is too demonic.

Indiana University was originally considered a bad team, but this year's series of turnaround performances surprised everyone. They have beaten Butler University, University of North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio State, University of Michigan, Purdue University and many other teams in the regular season, so Kentucky must be careful or he won't find a place to cry in the gutter.

It's just that Kentucky didn't play with absolute strength in the first half, Davis was pressed off the court because of 2 fouls too early, and only scored 2 points, 2 rebounds in the first half, and only made 1 shot. The rest of the team also felt very cold, and only relied on the fat man's 3 points to survive.

As for Indiana, their interior core Cody Zeller also fouled twice in the first half and played relatively lacklusterly, but the others felt good, and Kentucky did not give the opponent enough pressure.

As a result, Kentucky ended with a 3-point lead at 50:47 in the first half, and the fat man scored 24 points, 4 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 blocks, becoming the best player in the first half.

In the second half, Kentucky played a strong offensive firepower, especially from the outside.

Indiana's defense of Darius Miller was too lax, and Kentucky quickly rewrote the score to 66-60, and Yang Yi added 4 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 block.

Indiana's defensive problems remained unresolved in the ensuing game, and their rotation system couldn't keep up with Kentucky's pace, whether it was inside breakaways or perimeter long-range shots.

To make matters worse, Indiana's own offense went awry, and after a three-minute scoring drought, they were already trailing by 13 points. In the end, Kentucky maintained the advantage until the end and reached the quarterfinals.

In this game, Yang Yi scored 30 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and 7 blocks, achieving the first triple-double of his career, but unfortunately he did not meet the system conditions, so there was no glory point reward.

Originally, he was rewarded for taking 3 more blocks to achieve a quadruple-double, but unfortunately Indiana did not give up, and finally fell behind by more than 20 points, and Yang Yi was replaced and never appeared again. What a cup! It's just 3 caps! Whining! Yang Yi is uncomfortable!

The University of Kentucky's 103 points in a single game is also the highest score since the start of the tournament.

After a short break, Kentucky welcomed Baylor University, the roadblock to the final four.

It's a game full of future NBA stars, as both teams have a lot of players who are currently at the top of the draft prediction list.

Baylor was a good player, but it only played five minutes of good ball, and after leading 10-5, it was hit by Kentucky on a 16-0 surge and was overtaken 10-21.

Baylor chased it to 15-23, but Kentucky went on another 15-2 spurt to pull the score away at 38-17, making it 33-7 for the two waves combined. Baylor didn't threaten Kentucky anymore, and the margin remained in the teens or twenties until the final whistle blew and Baylor University didn't close the score.

In terms of the performance of the hot rookies in this game, Baylor's Perry Jones had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Quincy Ash had 22 points and 8 rebounds, and Piery Jackson had 21 points and 5 assists, but Quincy Miller only had 3 points and 6 rebounds.

Kentucky's Michael Kilchrist had 19 points, top pick Anthony Davis had 18 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks, Terrence Jones had 14 points and seven rebounds, Young had 22 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Marquis Teague had eight points.

In the end, the better Kentucky came out on top, taking the lead with a high start and holding it until the end.

At the end of the game, Kentucky defeated Baylor 93-70 to enter the final four.

Kentucky's next opponent will be the University of Louisville, as the number one favorite team in the United States, Kentucky's dream is to win the final championship, of course, this is also the fat man's idea, that is a lot of glory points.

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"I'm not satisfied right now." In an interview with ESPN, Yang Yi described his psychology and that of the global team.

Of course he wants the championship, that's points! Points represent the future, yes, the future!

And the last time Kentucky won the championship was in 1998, how glorious it is to win the championship again after many years. His name will appear in the Kentucky Hall of Fame.

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Kentucky and Louisville are bitter enemies in the same state and have historically been feuds, so the game has attracted a lot of attention.

After the opening, Kentucky played aggressively, and their two backcourt players took turns to go crazy, with Marquis Teague and Yang Yi each scoring four points to help Kentucky build an 8-2 lead.

Louisville made some adjustments after the timeout, with Chris Smith and Kyle Kuric scoring respectively. But on the offensive end, Kentucky obviously has a lot more weapons than Louisville, not to mention that they also have an NBA prospect Anthony Davis and super guard Yang Yi.

Then Davis' performance moment began, as he sent a big pot on the defensive end and four straight points on the offensive end with a fast break to give Kentucky a 16-6 lead.

But Kentucky also has a headache, that is, the outside core Yang Yi is not in good shape, today he had 2 fouls early, and 2 more mistakes, and had to sit off the court. The score between the two sides did not stretch wide, and then Kentucky's four-dynasty veteran Darius Miller stepped up, who had assisted John Wall and Brandon Knight, and relied on his individual singles Miller to score four points in a row.

However, Louisville grabbed rebounds well today, so that made sure they didn't get pulled down too much. Chann Berhanan scored four straight points and Davis began to dunk and cut points, and the two sides exchanged offenses and defenses, and Kentucky still led 35-28 in the first half.

Kentucky shot 60 percent from the field in the half, but shot just 1-of-5 from the field. Louisville shot 37.5% from the field and shot 1 of 3 from the outside, but the most critical thing was the rebounding stats, Kentucky seemed to have no advantage, they trailed Louisville 14-15 at halftime, and the offensive rebounds were 1-6. Davis had eight points, seven rebounds and two blocks in the half.

Entering the second half, the two sides competed more fiercely.

Smith hit a 3-pointer for Louisville, but Kentucky then sent a 10-1 surge that stopped Louisville. At this time, they urgently need someone to step up on the offensive end, but it was not the Louisville player who stepped up, but Kentucky's Yang Yi, who was in terrible form today, and was a little inefficient at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends after returning to the game in the second half.

That gave Louisville a chance to catch up and they went on an 8-0 run while Kentucky went five minutes without scoring.

But in the end, Kentucky, the No. 1 seed in the United States, withstood his opponent's stubborn pursuit and won 69-61 to reach the tournament final.

In terms of statistics, Kentucky's Anthony Davis had 18 points, 14 rebounds, and 5 blocks, Marquis Teague contributed 10 points, Darius Miller 13 points, and Yang Yi only scored 10 points. Louisville's Payton Shiva had 11 points, Goquay Dean had seven points, 12 rebounds (eight rebounds) and four blocks, and Chann Berhanan had 10 points and nine rebounds.

The fat man was a little depressed after the game, I don't know why, there was a problem with his offense today, the three-point shot was not in the rhythm, there was nothing to do on the defensive end, and the 215cm arm span did not cause any trouble to the opponent at all.

On top of that, he didn't know what was wrong, and he felt like two people before. He's never seen anything like that before, so he's going to ask the manager later.

What's more, having a system is not omnipotent, and there will be accidents at critical moments! Alas, what the hell is going on!!

Yang Yi felt too bad.