On March 24, 1996, the NCAA Championship ushered in the regional finals.

In the East, the University of Massachusetts, which has Marcus Camby, and Georgetown University finally met in the regional finals, and Allen Iverson lived up to expectations and completed the milestone.

In the Midwest, the results that fans were happy to see finally arrived, and Wake Forest University made it to the regional finals with a hard-fought victory over Louisville.

In the finals, they will meet the strong University of Kentucky, where Tim Duncan and Antoine Walker have attracted a lot of media attention.

However, the University of Kentucky was too dominant this year, and they defeated Utah 101-70 in the semifinals, with a 31-point difference, once again demonstrating their absolute strength.

In the Southeast, Connecticut and Cincinnati reached the regional finals, and as in the two regions, the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds faced off.

UConn fans are here again, and the team hasn't made it to the Final Four in the past, and everyone wants to witness history together.

In the western region, No. 2 seed Kansas and No. 4 seed Syracuse met in the final, and it was the only group to have a comeback.

Top seed Purdue was eliminated by No. 8 seed George Zo in the regional quarter, and fans are excited to see if Syracuse can continue to win the game.

CBS will continue to broadcast four games of 8-4, and the NCAA is getting more and more attention in the final moments.

Although the NBA league has increasingly valued talent in the draft in recent years, most of the head coaches of various teams are from the academy, and some college players with poor physical condition and strong tactical execution have also had a chance to be drafted.

The Connecticut crowd only had a little more than a day off, and at 14:04 p.m. on the 24th, the regional finals were ushered in at Rupp Arena.

Danny Fortson is Cincinnati's star insider, and despite being only 2.01 meters tall, he has played very well in previous series with his soft shooting touch.

After the game started, Connecticut, who had a huge height advantage, frequently gave the ball to Knight, the big man on the inside.

Playing high, Damon Flint, who is 2.06m opposite, has nothing to do.

Cincinnati Pandas head coach Bob Huggins stood on the sidelines looking helpless.

I thought that the opponent would give the ball to the star player Ray Allen, but after the game started, Ray Allen played as a pitcher most of the time...

Coach Calhoun looked very proud, Ray Allen didn't care about his stats, in order to make history and reach the final four, the stats didn't matter at this time!

After the big man Knight scored again with a high throw under the basket, the score became 6:16.

UConn fans shouted excitedly, the game was easier than they had imagined!

Li You, who was sitting on the bench, once again learned the huge role of big men in this era.

The 2.13-meter-tall Travis Knight didn't perform well in the first few rounds, but as long as the opponent doesn't have a star inside, he can easily beat the opponent with his height advantage!

What made Li You even more speechless was that the players in Cincinnati obviously misrepresented their height!

Keith Legree and substitute Darne Alberton have one profile of 1.85m and the other 1.88m, but at this time Li You felt that the other party had at least 5 cm over-reported...

His height is 1.91 meters barefoot, without any moisture, and it is 1.93 meters when he wears shoes, Li You, who was sitting on the bench, touched his hair involuntarily, and muttered in his heart:

"Keep an exploding head, and I can become 196 too!"

After taking a double-digit lead, Coach Calhoun also began to rotate.

Their tactic in this game is to give the ball to the inside, and the defenders have to defend.

Beckoning to Li You, before going on the field, Coach Calhoun briefly advised:

"Give the opponent's little man up against him, don't let them shoot easily."

Doron Marshall is about the same height as Lee Yo, but the handsome white guy is good at playmaking and controlling the tempo, and is not aggressive enough on both ends of the floor.

Li You nodded to show that he understood that he liked this era where defense could be used, which made up for his lack of explosiveness.

In the battle for the semi-finals, both sides chose to fight the main force, and the rotation was further shortened.

With 7 minutes and 22 seconds left in the first half, Connecticut made an adjustment, and Lee Woo came off the bench again.

Soon, Cincinnati's two small men felt the sudden tightening of defensive oppression at the back.

After the star player on the inside, Danny Fortson, hit back-to-back irons, the team had no choice but to shift the offense to the outside.

Keith Legree, the little man who had just broken through in the last round, was very uncomfortable before half of the court.

Especially the sudden change of direction in front of the body just now, almost conceded the ball directly, so that the small defender had to pout his ass and arch over the halfway line...

Such an embarrassed appearance made the UConn fans scream with joy, and when they came to the right wing, Keith Legree hurriedly sideways to protect the ball, and when he saw his teammate running to the top of the arc with the help of cover, he immediately sent a cross pass.

Forced to play the ball with one hand with his left hand, the ball speed was very slow, and Li You, who had been defending closely, jumped forward, and the moment the ball came out of his hand, he immediately completed the steal.

Keith Legree was almost taken to the floor by Lee You, and the small defender threw his hands at the linesman in some annoyance, and then yelled:

"It's definitely a foul!"

Li You, who didn't hear the whistle, rushed after completing the steal, 1 hit 0 in the frontcourt, and quickly took off in the paint area.

Quickly rounded the ball in front of him, Li You grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, stretched his body in the air and smashed his arm to smash the buckle!

"Oh!!"

The powerful windmill buckled violently, making the audience cheer loudly.

After landing on the ground, Li You opened his hands to make a gliding gesture, quickly retreated with a smile, and faced the small defender with mediocre talent, he was going to punch the defensive end!

Scouts at the scene soon discovered another trait of Lee You, who was very keen on judging the ball.

It's just that considering the strength of the opponent's back line, this trait has also been left behind by some scouts.

The backline's difficulty in getting the ball out of the way has led to the Cincinnati Pandas' offense becoming more and more sluggish.

Darne Alberton was forced to take the pot in the final moments, and from beyond the three-point line, he missed a strong shot from Ray Allen's defense.

The rebound was easily picked up by the big man Knight, and as soon as it was passed to Li You, Connecticut's offense suddenly accelerated.

With the ball in his left hand, Lee Woo carried the defense of the little man Keith Legge on his side and accelerated to the left wing outside the three-point line.

Approaching the three-point line, he immediately made an emergency stop, and Li You quickly dribbled behind his back to change to his right hand, lowered his center of gravity, and feigned a breakthrough.

Keith Legge subconsciously slid quickly to the left, and in the next second, Li You quickly changed direction under his hips, and immediately accelerated with his shoulders after switching to his left hand.

The small guard was nimble and wanted to block Li You again, but after physical contact, he was still squeezed by the pull, and saw Li You go straight to the basket.

The moment he approached the paint area, he noticed that the opponent came up to help defend him, and Li You, who was holding the ball in his left hand during the march, threw the ball to the upper right of the basket.

The ball went past Darne-Alberton's fingertips, and the fast-following Ray Allen jumped high, grabbed the ball with both hands in the air, and smashed the basket hard!

"Wonderful aerial connection! Connecticut's backcourt showed their dominance! ”

Jim Nantz in the commentary bench praised the fast attack, which was a beautiful aerial relay that completely ignited the Rupp Arena compared to the one-board and one-eyed inside line.

At 8:20, the difference came to 12 points!

Hearing the loud cheers that erupted from the scene, Coach Calhoun also showed a smile of relief, they are about to make history!