The NCAA tournament stage is much more complicated than the NBA's East-West East and West where the top eight are ranked by record and win-loss and then go all the way. Pen "Fun" One of the big reasons for the www.biquge.info is that there are a lot of teams participating in the NCAA regular season, in the 2007-08 season alone, there are 328 colleges and universities of different sizes participating in the regular season in the United States, the NCAA is divided into 32 divisions in the country, plus some independent teams that do not belong to any division, the champion team of each regional tournament can get an automatic place in the tournament, and the Ivy League without a regional tournament will be awarded a place by the division regular season champion, and if the two teams have the same record, a single game will be played at a neutral venue.

The eligibility of the remaining non-league champions is determined by a selection committee (made up of some schools' athletic directors and zone specialists), known as "at-largebids". Invitations are based on a number of factors such as the team's record, form, division, and more. Every year after the regular season, the top teams lock in invitations, and some teams with decent records and are on the fringes are called "Bubble Teams". The results of the invitation will be announced on SelectionSunday.

The format of the regional tournaments varies according to each division, and is concentrated in the early to mid-March of each year, so this period is called "Champions Week". For many teams with little chance of getting an invitation and teams from weaker divisions, winning the division is the only possibility of participating in the national championship. However, UCLA locked the championship of the Pacific 10 League under the leadership of Westbrook, Ye Feng and Loew, so there is no need for a selection committee to choose.

The national championship is divided into four divisions: East, West, South, Central and West (now changed to East, West, Southeast and Southwest), with 17 teams in each region, and the seeding order is discharged, and the way to enter the tournament does not affect the seeding. The final two teams from each region play the opening round first, with all four matches being held at the same venue, followed by a single-elimination tournament between 16 teams in a straight position. After reaching the round of 16, they take a break for nearly a week and go to another city to play the round of 16 and the round of eight, which are called the "Sweet Sixteen" and "Elite Eight" respectively. The remaining teams from each region are called the "Final Four" and move to the semi-finals and finals at the venue of that year's Final Four. The final four games are the focus of national attention every year, and the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship is the most lucrative sporting event outside of the NFL playoffs (including the Super Bowl), surpassing the NBA and MLB playoffs, and the NBA will take a break to make way for the championship game.

After beating the University of Arizona to win the championship, UCLA entered the final phase of relaxation before the tournament, and Holland began to consciously reduce the intensity of his training, focusing most of his time on tactical positioning and recovery training. At this point, the most important thing is the health of the players, and as a veteran coach who has been immersed in the game for many years, Holland has done a pretty good job of this. During their time off, the selection committee had selected the remaining teams that could compete in the National Championship and assigned each team a division, and UCLA became the No. 1 seed in the West Division by virtue of its status as a Pacific 10 Collegiate League champion and its own strength.

This year's NCAA round of 64 is out after the last two teams in each region play a single knockout match, and here is the order of teams from each region:

Eastern Division: 1.University of North Carolina, 2.University of Tennessee, 3.University of Louisville, 4.University of Washington, 5.University of Notre Dame, 6.University of Oklahoma, 7.Butler University, 8.Indiana University, 9.University of Arkansas, 10.University of South Alabama, 11.University of St. Joseph's, 12.George Mason University, 13.Winthrop University, 14.University of Boise, 15.American University, 16.Mount Saint Mary College.

Western Division:1. UCLA； 2. Duke University; 3. Xavier University; 4. University of Connecticut; 5. Drake University; 6. Purdue University; 7. West Virginia University; 8. Brigham Young University; 9. Texas Agroworkers; 10. University of Arizona; 11. Baylor University; 12. Western Kentucky University; 13. University of San Diego; 14. University of Georgia; 15. Belmont University; 16. Mississippi Valley State University.

Midwest Division: 1. University of Kansas, 2. Georgetown University, 3. University of Wisconsin, 4. Vanderbilt University, 5. Clemson University, 6. University of Southern California, 7. Gonzaga University, 8. University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 9. University of Kent, 10. Davidson College, 11. University of Kansas, 12. Villanova University, 13. University of Siena, 14. University of California, Fulham, 15. University of Maryland, 16. University of Portland.

Southern Division: 1.University of Memphis, 2.University of Texas, 3.Stanford University, 4.University of Pittsburgh, 5.University of Michigan, 6.Marquette University, 7.University of Miami, 8.University of Mississippi, 9.University of Oregon, 10.College of California, Saint Mary's College, 11.University of Kentucky, 12.Temple University, 13.Auro Robert University, 14.Cornell University, 15.Austin Pierre University, 16.University of Texas at Austin.

Teams from all four regions will be eliminated in a single match according to the No. 1 seed vs. No. 16 seed and the No. 2 seed vs. the No. 15 seed, and the teams from the four regions will form the final four. All four regions will be played in NCAA-designated cities, with the Eastern Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Western Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, the Central and Western Divisions in Detroit, Michigan, and the Southern Division in Houston, Texas. Interestingly, all four cities have their own NBA teams (Charlotte Bobcats, Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons and Houston Rockets), but hosting the NCAA National Championship here could cause the NBA to lose a lot of spectators, which is the beauty of the NCAA.

In a dedicated conference room for the UCLA Bruins, Holland listed the 16 teams and schedules from across the Western Conference. It's not that he doesn't want to show the players the full list of the top 64, first, because this list has long been spread everywhere, and he can find it on the Internet with his mobile phone, so there is no need to waste effort at this time; The second is because he doesn't want his players to be ambitious, and only remembers to pay attention to the strong teams in the other half of his division, such as Duke and Xavier, and even the top teams in the other three regions. You know, the single-elimination system of the NCAA National Championship is a haven for dark horses, and the lesser-known teams may be able to seize the fleeting opportunity to defeat opponents who are much stronger than themselves, and there will be a lot of upsets in the tournament stage every year.

Among all the people present, perhaps only Ye Feng was looking with interest at the name of the school he encountered in the first round, Mississippi Valley State University, and the others, including Holland, all set their eyes on the second round. Of course, Ye Feng doesn't think that the team will be upset in the first round, there is almost no precedent in the history of the NCAA that the No. 1 seed was eliminated in the first round, he is just habitually focused on the next opponent, he has no doubts about the strength of the team, Mississippi Valley State University is just a warm-up, and the good show is still to come.

Holland stood on the stage with a whip in his hand and lit up the projection screen as he said, "Our first-round opponents, Mississippi Valley State University, I can arrogantly say that they are just cannon fodder. Their team's leading scorer, Carl Lucas, who averaged 12.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, plus their center Larry Cox and guard Stamford Spirch, no one else scored in double figures, and I'm sure you can easily handle them. And in the second round, whether it is Brigham Young or Texas Farm and Labor, their strength is far greater than that of the Mississippi Valley states. Brigham Young has two players averaging more than 15 points per game, Lee Kumad and Trent Plestead, as well as Brazilian Jonathan Tavenali, who averages 13.1 points per game. ”

He took a sip of water and continued, "But I'm going to focus on Texas farm workers. It's true that they are not familiar with the traditional strong teams in the NCAA, but this year is different, they have a strong interior defense, and this kind of rim protection ability cannot be seen from the statistics alone. He pulled up a photo and profile and said, "Deandre Jordan, a freshman at Texas A&M College, is 6'11 tall and weighs 250 pounds. Although he is not very good at scoring, he has amazing physical qualities, not only does he have excellent jumping, but he also has a lot of agility that an inside big man of the same size does not have. Averaged 7.9 points, 6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in the regular season, the statistics seem inconspicuous, but his value in interior defense is immeasurable, if we meet Texas Farm Workers in the second round, not only Kevin will have to work the inside, Russell and Leaf will also have to be very careful after breaking through, this is an unusual big guy. ”