In the afternoon of the next day, the team members took the school bus to Tucson, where the University of Arizona is located.

Tucson is Arizona's second-largest city after Phoenix, more than a hundred kilometers from Phoenix, an hour and a half by car.

The bus stopped directly on campus, and they got off the bus and arrived at the McKel Center, the main arena of the University of Arizona.

The game was at seven o'clock in the evening, about four hours before the start began.

When Xu Yong got off the bus, he saw that there were already many fans at the entrance of the stadium, most of them students, and many members of the society.

And when they enter the arena, they can still hear the cheers of the fans.

Looking for the sound and walking to the door of the main stadium, they found that the Wildcats were training inside, and there were already many fans sitting in the stands on both sides.

The University of Arizona is already a giant, and with no NBA team in Tucson, the Wildcats are almost the only home team for local basketball fans, and their popularity is quite high.

At this moment, Pera came over to greet a few people, and their training venue was in the training hall.

When they arrived at the training hall, they found that the door was still locked, and it took more than half an hour for someone to come and open the door for them.

And the training hall is also a mess, and they can only clean it up by themselves.

The University of Arizona gave them a little sworn enemy treatment.

However, this encounter did not discourage the players of the Devils, but further boosted the fighting spirit of the players.

Yesterday was trained by Sandek, and they were all holding back their energy.

That night, the stadium, which can accommodate nearly 4,000 people, was packed, and even the aisles and doorways were packed with fans.

Their excitement was completely on their faces, and they held various noise-making tools such as air sticks and whistles in their hands.

The atmosphere in the NCAA is much stronger than in the NBA, especially after the crucial regular season.

However, when the players of the Devils team came out of the players' tunnel, including Xu Yong, they were stunned for a moment.

They saw nearly a third of the spectators wearing Arizona State University colors (burgundy and yellow), waving team flags, or holding up team logos!

The results of the invitational tournament not only gave the Devils players confidence, but also gave the Devils fans anticipation.

When they saw this, the members of the Devils team were pleasantly surprised, and they were already gearing up and eager to try.

At the same time, at the other end of the team, the Wildcats players have also walked out of the players' tunnel.

"Guys, let's make a big news, shall we?" Bayless glanced at Harden and Xu Yong on the other side, and then spoke.

They want to get back on the field for the humiliation they suffered that day in Tampe, the kind that can win 30 points and never win 28 points.

Hill and Badinger nodded in unison, they had been holding back long enough for two months!

After the warm-up, the scene entered the opening ceremony.

The NCAA Opening Ceremony was an all-hands introduction.

The Devils have 14 players, and the starting five are the last to appear, namely No. 13 Harden, No. 3 Ayles, No. 12 Derek Glasser, No. 44 Jalen Shipper, and No. 23 Xu Yong.

The Wildcats have 14 players, and the starting five are: point guard Nick Wise at 1.78m on the 13th, Jerry Bayless at the 0th, small forward Jawan McClellan at 1.93m on the 5th, Chase Badinger at 2.01m on the 34th, and Jordan Hill at the 43rd.

After the opening ceremony, the game was on the verge of breaking out.

With the debut of the two starters, the cheers on the scene also came to a peak.

The opening game of the regular season, the derby, the game that neither side can afford to lose.

Hill and Ayers jump ball in the center circle.

With a whistle, Hill took advantage of his reach to flick the ball back to the Wildcats half, and the game officially kicked off!

Wise controls the ball and advances to the frontcourt.

"Come on! Wildcats! ”

Tucson fans do their best to remark their enthusiasm.

In the midst of the cheering, Hill mentioned a cover from the high position, and Wise went straight in.

With a height of 1.78 meters, he can start a big team, and speed is his biggest advantage.

The Devils shrank their defense, and Wise broke through to the box and threw the ball to the top of the arc without much look.

Badinger ran to the top of the arc with continuous covers, and after receiving the ball, he made a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Hand up and knife down!

The cheering on the scene instantly turned into cheers.

It was neither Baylors nor Hill who led the way for the Wildcats, but Bardinger, who had no presence in the game that day.

They surprised the Devils in the opening game!

After scoring the goal, Badinger looked at Xu Yong proudly, trying to find a look of surprise on the opponent's face, but he soon noticed that Xu Yong's face was unwavering.

This made him lose his pleasure at the same time, but also secretly surprised.

You must know that he didn't play at all that day, and Xu Yongmeng should at least be surprised to see him with such a silky three points.

Of course, Xu Yong will not be surprised, Badinger is a veteran of the Rockets, how could he not know such a thing as three points.

In the round of the Devils, all kinds of interference sounded immediately on the scene, and the whistle was very harsh, which was much more than the away battle they played in the invitational match.

Glaser holds the ball to the front court and organizes the attack.

Harden took advantage of Xu Yong's cover pocket to catch the ball, but Badinger immediately switched to Harden and directly blocked Harden's route to the left.

The decisiveness of the change of defense, and the defensive style on the left side of the card, the Wildcats did a good job of targeting before the game.

Seeing this, Harden broke through directly on the right side, hit the basket and hit Hill's strong rise, causing the latter's defensive foul.

The Wildcats were targeted, but they still missed Harden's ability to draw fouls.

The ability to make fouls here is not to "touch porcelain" in the future, but to really create damage, which is commonly known as destructive power.

Harden's weight combined with his breakout speed is an absolute "human bomb".

There was a commotion, five NCAA fouls left the court, and Hill getting a foul so early was not a good thing for the Wildcats.

Because it was a shooting foul, Harden went straight to the free throw line.

In the face of loud noises from the scene, he hit the first free throw to help the Devils score their first points.

He also had a second penalty, which was tantamount to a goal.

Turning around, the Wildcats did it again, and Wise switched back to the basket and split the ball, but this time Battinger caught the ball and shot ......

"Bang!"

was directly blocked by Xu Yong!

And the ball was covered by the Wildcats team members out of bounds, and the ball was exchanged for the Devils!

The scene was restless, how did the rhythm of the opening of this game feel a little wrong?

Badinger's eyes were even more incredulous, he shot so high, how did Xu Yong cover it?!

Then when he looked at Xu Yong, he found that the latter was still with that calm expression.

This look is really...... Let him panic inexplicably.

The camera was given to Xu Yong at this time, and Xu Yong's expression was calm, as if the cap just now was not worth mentioning.

It's really not worth mentioning, because the Wildcats play the same tactics twice in a row, either they are stupid or they think they are stupid.

With Wise's height, he normally doesn't have the vision to pass the ball to Badinger, which is why he didn't defend Badinger in the first round.

Since there is no vision, it is obviously a fixed tactic.

Once you know this, it's much easier to defend.

As long as you go around the block in advance, and the card position comes by surprise, isn't this covered?

But it's also a shame that Xu Yong is just thinking about it, not talking, otherwise Badinger would have to vomit blood.

As far as they are college students, who can read the tactics so quickly and make the best response in the second round?

You are born again, you are high, you are amazing!

But this does have something to do with Xu Yong's rebirth.

Xu Yong's profession before his rebirth was basketball commentary, which greatly improved his ability to read the game, and the fact that he has been playing in the United States since his rebirth allowed him to put those understandings into practice, and now his reading, judgment, experience, and reaction have been improved to a very high level.

In other words, he hasn't been very deliberate in his defense, but he's been able to play at a pretty good level.

Badinger's hat was not wronged.

As the game continued, Glaser advanced to the front court with the ball, this time directly to Harden, and then signaled to open up the space for singles.

At this time, it was McClellan who was defending Harden, who was the Wildcats' defensive spearhead and also stuck Harden's route to the left.

Harden broke through to the right decisively this time, but the moment McClellan followed, he suddenly changed direction and pulled back to the left.

McClellan was directly shaken down!

Compared to speed, Harden's real killer move is rhythm!

There was a lot of agitation at the scene.

Harden has already gone straight to the basket.

Seeing this, Hill greeted him again, but he was not stupid, this time he did not attack again, but raised his long arms high to interfere with Harden's shooting vision.

Harden jumped up towards Hill, but instead of making a layup, he turned sideways and pulled the ball up with his left hand......

"Bang!"

Hill smashed the ball into the basket!

In the Wildcats' half, head coach Kevin O'Neal was stunned.

Although Bayless brought back a lot of information about Harden two months ago, and he paid enough attention to it, it is clear that he still underestimated Harden's ability.

Harden's ability to read the game is not at all like that of a rookie, and it is very difficult to defend someone who has such a talent and a brain to play.

Moreover, there is also Xu Yong.

Just when he was stunned, Xu Yong completed another steal.

Harden is a big kill on the offensive end, and Seo Yong is everywhere on the defensive end.

Harden threw the ball to Xu Yong in the fast break, Xu Yong caught the ball in the air and scored a violent dunk, and also caused Wise's pull foul!

Harden and Xu Yong teamed up to play a wave of 6-0 offense, giving the Wildcats a bigger surprise.

The original little brother in Tongzhou who was bullied by them on the ground at will, this is about to rise!