Time passed day by day, and the crazy March was getting closer and closer.

Since the last time Li Yao led the whole team to show his blocking and dismantling skills for Coach Trent Johnson, Coach Trent Johnson was not only very satisfied, but also instructed Li Yao to practice diligently, so in the following days, not only Coach Trent Johnson will practice blocking and dismantling when he leads the team to practice, but Li Yao will also lead the whole team to practice in private, after all, they can't just rely on the starting five to play the entire series, and the play of substitute players will also affect their results.

Li Yao not only continued to train with his teammates, but also turned on the systematic training mode when he returned home every day, and he did not forget his promise to Margot Robbie, he wanted to be her help to enter Hollywood.

In the period before the arrival of the crazy March, Li Yao's training method is simply masochistic, although it does not reach Kobe's devil 666 training level, but its degree is also staggering to everyone at Stanford, especially Jackson, who was called by Li Yao to sparring Jackson, is simply miserable, 4 hours of shooting practice every afternoon, just picking up the ball for Li Yao, Jackson said that he is tired and can't do it, and what about Li Yao, who is a shooting practitioner? After the end of training every day, Li Yao is like being fished out of the water, and the jersey is simply not worn in the end, and the system training mode at home Li Yao has not fallen, fortunately, the training time in the system can be accumulated, otherwise a day of practice, even if Li Yao's nerves are strong, it will collapse, and according to Li Yao's ball coin, it can only be trained for 6 days, and the most intuitive effect of this crazy training is that Li Yao's shooting rate has been improved considerably.

Time passed day by day under Li Yao's crazy training, and finally, on the day of 3.18, the crazy March finally officially came.

Everyone knows that the NCAA is very popular in the United States, but many people just know and don't understand how crazy March Crazy is.

NCAA basketball is held every year from mid-March to early April, and it is called "March Madness" because of the large number of spectators and the immersion of basketball people across the United States. The NCAA Basketball Invitational has a history of 70 years since 1938. Since 1985, the tournament's national invitational tournament has been expanded to 64 teams, with single-elimination elimination until early April, when four teams are selected to play the "Final Four Tournament", which, unlike previous knockout rounds, is played in the same city and plays three matches.

And the first battle of Stanford University, where Li Yao is located, is actually to face the USC University with OJ. Mayo, which also makes Li Yao very excited, maybe others don't know, but how could Li Yao forget this 08 draft Tanhualang? As his first stepping stone to the NBA, he felt a little excited when he thought about it.

The game finally started at the referee's whistle.

Own Brooke. Lopez's Stanford University has never lost a jump ball, and this time it was certainly the same.

Li Yao, who received the pass, slowly advanced to the opponent's half of the court amid the cheers of the audience.

In the face of the defense of the starting point guard at the University of Southern California, Li Yao said that this kind of passerby A player, he didn't pay attention to it at all, dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, directly launched the skill run and gun, ignoring the opponent's defensive three-point shot, in the opponent's surprised eyes, "swish", the basketball hit directly, and Li Yao also scored the first goal for Stanford in the opening game.

"Decisive, direct, Lee just dribbled to the three-point line and hit the first three-pointer, you must know that Lee's previous games are mainly based on breakthrough passes, this sudden three-point shot caught the unstable USC off guard." After Li Yao hit this three-pointer, the commentator's voice also came.

And after scoring this three-pointer, Li Yao waved his hand directly, and Stanford University's full-court tight defense reappeared on the court.

In the face of the sudden full-court tight defense, the opposing point guard was obviously caught off guard, and in 10 seconds, he was not able to dribble the ball to the frontcourt. (The NCAA rule is that the dribble must pass the front court for 10 seconds, which is completely different from the 8 seconds we are familiar with in the NBA.)

With the referee's whistle, the ball goes to Stanford University.

The audience was also in an uproar, how long has it been since I saw a game where a point guard couldn't even move to the frontcourt.

And the starting point guard at the University of Southern California's face was hot, he knew that he was famous this time, not only was he directly opened by Li Yao on the defensive end with a three-point shot, but on the offensive end, he couldn't even pass the half court under Li Yao's oppressive defense.

"Give me the ball and I'll keep it in hand." As the star of the University of Southern California, Oj Mayo stood up and said after seeing the ugly face of his point guard.

Although I know that Oj. Mayo has good intentions, but this direct words also deeply pierce the heart of the point guard, as a point guard, he doesn't even have the ball, and he is embarrassed to call him a point guard? But come to think of it, O.J. Mayo's star status is there, and the point guard doesn't have to worry about himself.

The ball was converted, Li Yao attacked with the ball again, looking at the opposing point guard who looked like a big enemy, Li Yao couldn't help but laugh secretly, this is what he wanted. Li Yao stretched out his index finger, No. 1 tactic, Robin. Lopez instantly lifted up to block and dismantle, and immediately went down with only one contact with Li Yao, and Li Yao's pass followed, Robin received the ball and got up and dunked, everything is so simple.

“amazing！ Stanford's opening full-court pressing defense not only left USC in an embarrassing situation where it failed to pass the half for 10 seconds, but after the offensive and defensive exchanges, Lee and Robin. Lopez's pick-and-roll coordination is even smoother. Less than 20 seconds into the opening game, Stanford University made a perfect 5-0 start. Oh? USC served, Oj Mayo actually ran to the baseline to catch the ball, it seems that their point guard was so frightened by Stanford's defense that he didn't even dare to touch the ball, but the five people from Stanford University did not continue to press the whole court just now. While lamenting Stanford's performance on both the offensive and defensive ends, the commentator did not forget to mock the Southern California point guard.

As the Southern California point guard who is the party, after hearing the words of the commentator and the actions of everyone in Stanford, his face was even darker at this time.

And Oj. Mayo, who took the initiative to receive the ball, was also stunned, he didn't expect Stanford to continue their full-court pressing defense, which made him a little confused about the opponent's intentions.

How could he have thought that this full-court pressing was just Li Yao's attempt to give the University of Southern California a disadvantage, and there was no other meaning.

And Oj Mayo, who dribbled to the frontcourt, also unceremoniously broke through his own scoring guard and forced a layup against Brook Lopez to score.

It was Stanford's turn to attack again, facing the University of Southern California, which had almost no defense, Li Yao no longer played any tricks, broke out directly, passed the opponent's point guard in one step, and faced the players who made up the defense, with a flick of his wrist, Jackson, who was in place in the air, received the ball in the air and made a direct tomahawk dunk, which sounded their air defense alarm for the University of Southern California.

Jackson, who was successful in dunking, did not forget Li Yao's words and deeds, and immediately imitated Li Yao's signature action of "answer" that Li Yao did at that time, put his right hand to his ear, and the audience present was also very face-saving.

And OJ Mayo also lived up to his reputation as a 08 Tanhualang, like a car, relying on speed again and again to impact Stanford's interior line, and his own scoring guard was completely blown up in the confrontation with Oj Mayo.

In this regard, Li Yao is also powerless, although he also wants to go up to defend OJ Mayo, but he has a few pounds and a few taels Li Yao is still very clear, he is a scum on the defensive end, although he is the current steal king of the NCAA this season, but it is all relying on his body and speed to bully some point guards who are not at the same level as himself, you let him defend the speed and strength are not lost to his own OJ Mayo? His height of 1.96 alone can ignore Li Yao, who is only 1.88 when he wears shoes, and has all kinds of *** on Li Yao's head, so Li Yao doesn't go to find trouble to find negative impact for himself.

However, Li Yao also exploded the opposing point guard on the offensive end, pressing the opposing point guard to the ground and rubbing it to vent his anger that he couldn't go head-to-head with Oj Mayo.

“amazing，amazing。 Today's first half of the game is really cool, both sides are under the leadership of their own core players Lee and oj. Mayo played wonderful, you must know that oj. Mayo's original mock draft pick was very high, and Li Yao after that record-breaking crazy performance in February, the mock draft pick also went all the way to the lotto area, and now their respective performances on the offensive end are amazing. Oj Mayo, who scored 22 points in the first half, led the game, while Lee, who had 6 points and 9 assists, was no slouch. Let's continue to look forward to their performance in the second half. At halftime, the commentator took the technical statistics in his hand and sighed, who would have thought that just one round of 64 match would be so exciting.

"Although we are now leading by seven points, the game is not over, all the leads are fake, I want you to not let up until the last second before the end of the game, and continue to work hard in the second half." Coach Trent Johnson was mobilizing before the start of the second half, in fact, he didn't have much to say, after all, his own players played very well in the first half, although they did not limit the play of Oj Mayo well, but their offensive performance was also remarkable.

On the other side, the USC coach was also mobilizing: "Listen, boys, you did a good job in the first half, but it wasn't enough, because we are still seven points behind Stanford, you know, our goal is not to finish 64, we have to go further, the NCAA championship is our finish." ”

The whistle remembered that the players on both sides walked towards the field with a murderous face, they all understood the cruelty of the single-elimination knockout round, and no one wanted to stop at the top 64 like this, and the outcome would depend on the second half.