Fallok Mannes, Egger Seid, and Cauch played a fantastic night with a miraculous knockout of Villanova University, the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Li Dong was stunned, a little unable to believe this sudden news, you know, Villanova University is a giant team.

"I didn't expect that the imaginary enemy who had been going home like this?"

It was at this moment that Li Dong finally saw the cruelty of competitive sports, and firmly remembered in his heart: "You can't underestimate the enemy's carelessness, and you can't underestimate the enemy's carelessness." ”

And the one who quietly erected his vigilance was not only Li Dong?

Coach Bill and his team, immediately after the University of Kansas defeated Virginia Commonwealth University to advance to the round of 16, immediately held a team meeting, and everyone immediately locked down the next opponent of the University of Kansas - the University of Arkansas from Arkansas!

The thick player reports from the University of Arkansas were stacked heavily on the desk.

Coach Bill flipped to the last of the Arkansas player reports, his expression becoming solemn.

Bobby Portis!

The star player of the University of Arkansas, a super power forward at the age of 20!

The talented small forward has long been on the radar of NBA scouts, standing at 2.08 meters tall and weighing 240 pounds, as the best rebounding reaper outside of Kentucky in the league, averaging 17.5 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.4 blocks, 1.2 assists and 1.1 steals in about 30 minutes per game, shooting 53.6% from the field. Skilled scoring, defense and rebounding skills, excellent running and jumping, tough style, aggressive defense, and a typical senior blue-collar worker.

Coach Beal thought for a moment, then drew three horizontal lines under Arkansas' name, indicating that he was the focus of the University of Kansas.

Who was the last player to be crossed by him like this?

Oh, and by the way, it's Carl Anthony Downs, the big man of the University of Kentucky Wildcats.

……

After the list of the top 16 was released, the remaining heroes finally had a breathing room.

But it was only a respite, and after knowing the list of their opponents, all the teams began to choose to retreat in the city's gymnasium.

On the evening of March 25th, the Sweet Top 16 competition officially began!

In the pre-game locker room, Coach Beal spat on the morale of the University of Kansas.

"As we trained and played at our usual level, the University of Arkansas was only the fifth seed, and as long as we kept the focus on the court, we could win the game!"

"Come on, kids, come on! The chance to lift the championship trophy is in front of you! ”

Li Dong secretly took out his mobile phone, and received several short messages on his mobile phone to bless and cheer for him.

Joe Thomas: Come on, my little brother, for a better tomorrow!

Jack: I heard that your opponent is physically better than you today, so don't be careless! Remember, we're in the technology stream.

Liu Kai: Brother, the whole dormitory is watching you play, damn, the domestic live broadcast signal is really poor......

Xing Jinwen: Come on~

Li Dong flipped through the messages one by one, some were short messages, and some were QQ messages. In addition, there are many unsaved unfamiliar numbers, and they also sent cheering blessings, which made him feel warm when he looked at it.

And in the locker room on the other side of the playing field, University of Arkansas head coach Mike Perry also cheered the players on:

"No one is born a loser, in this world, there are only those who work hard and those who don't! The strength of the University of Kansas is indeed very terrifying, but our talent is not much worse than theirs, you know, in the second round, the University of Kansas, which is also the winner and the favorite to win the championship, is it not the same as being eliminated? So, please cheer up and use our toughest gesture to give those Kansas a good look! ”

Coach Mike's face was flushed, and his passionate roar echoed in the locker room, and all the players at the University of Arkansas were aroused by him at once, the most primitive madness in their hearts!

"Princes and generals, rather have a kind!" Portis raised his arms and shouted!

"Huh?" Everyone's heads turned, and they all let out a cry of doubt.

"Ahem......"

Portis suddenly realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he was strangely thick-skinned and like no one, and in an instant he uttered the correct slogan: "Kill the Lawrence!" ”

"Roar!" This time it was finally raised, and everyone roared in unison, and their morale was high.

"Kansas!"

……

It's a high-profile game, and all the games that are going to take place at the moment, to be exact.

Especially when there is a Chinese player in this game and a yellow-skinned main force appears, then the attention of this game has risen by more than one level.

In that year, the NCAA and CBS signed an 11-year, $6 billion televised contract for the playoffs, and now it is the 11th year, and after this year's NCAA National Championship, a new round of televising contract negotiations will begin.

This makes this year's knockout round particularly delicate, from the perspective of those in power, it is natural to hope that there will be a few more dark horses, which has the gimmick to attract the audience, but it can't be too ruthless, after all, the showdown between the old strong teams is the highlight of the ratings guarantee.

Regarding the University of Kansas vs. the University of Arkansas, CBS's TV announcer Matt Moore expressed a different opinion from the common opinion of the outside world:

"The University of Arkansas is a commendable team with a strong game, a very rhythmic offense, and the best rebounding reaper in the league outside of Kentucky, sophomore Bobby Portis. The University of Kansas, despite their excellent performances this season, has also been burdened with more pressure than the University of Arkansas players, and I can imagine that under such pressure, the University of Arkansas will definitely play a counterattack against the sky, and the victory will be taken by the Arkansas. ”

The argument sounded so nonsensical that it immediately drew a backlash from a number of pro-Kansas television commentators.

The war of words on the Internet immediately heated up the game, and when the players warmed up for training before the game, the ratings began to skyrocket.

It didn't take long for the two teams to complete a simple appearance ceremony, and by this time the stands were already packed with fans of each team, and judging by the color, the blue ocean of the University of Kansas was even larger.

"One, two, three, kill Kansas!" The University of Arkansas player let out a heavy roar as he dropped his hand.

The sound was very loud, and the noisy sound in the stadium was transmitted to the bench of the University of Kansas, and suddenly, Li Dong and others, who had ended the pre-game mobilization, looked a little unsightly. Kelly Oubre's face was covered with frost, and he even had the urge to turn around and go back to the pre-game mobilization again, and he had the slogan in mind - the boar......

In a very unpleasant atmosphere, the two teams walked to the center circle for a pre-match handshake ceremony.

Li Dong and Portis shook their palms, and the two young people who met for the first time looked at each other, and Portis's dark eyes flashed with thought and surprise.

"This guy's palm is so big." Portis felt that his palm seemed to be directly wrapped by the other party, and he was a little depressed.

And Li Dong was even more strange, I don't know what this foreigner meant by holding his hand all the time, but in the next moment, his jaw almost didn't fall to the ground.

This standard foreign black youth actually came up with a sentence of Mandarin that is extremely standard!

"I said big brother, wait a while, my subordinates will be merciful!"

Li Dong looked at Portis with amazement, and suddenly remembered Dolores in his mind, and his first reaction was, could it be that this guy is also mixed-race? Has the country opened up to this extent......

Portis looked at Li Dong's sluggish expression, and thought proudly: "Sample, Lao Tzu won't scare you to death." ”

However, on the surface, Portis still made the appearance that his brother was a language genius, and embarrassedly let go of Li Dong's hand, and said with a smile: "Hey, what's wrong with you?" ”

Li Dong met a foreigner who spoke Chinese so well for the first time, and this guy was also a quasi-basketball player, this feeling was even more strange, and then he realized that his expression seemed to be a little inappropriate, and hurriedly explained: "No, it's okay." ”

Immediately after, Li Dong looked at Portis with the eyes of discovering a new continent and said, "Brother, you can speak Chinese well, and you still have a northeast accent." ”

A smile flashed in Portis's eyes, a helpless expression appeared on his face, and he shrugged his shoulders and said, "No way, it seems that I heard that the teacher who taught us Chinese at that time was from Northeast China......

Li Dong was petrified instantly, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, this can be done, if the world is really big, there are no surprises. (To be continued.) )