One Guard

Chapter 39 : Greetings from Kansas

In the locker room, Stevens picked up the remote control and turned off the TV. On TV, the first game of the final semifinals is being broadcast live, Duke vs. West Virginia University.

The final NCAA semi-finals will use two games to determine the last two teams competing for the championship, but the two games do not start at the same time. The game between Duke and West Virginia starts at 6 pm, while Yiyang and their game will not be played until 8 pm.

Before Stevens turned off the TV, Duke had a 17-point lead. Moreover, the head star of West Virginia, “Lore King” Darcy Butler was injured midway, making the game completely lost suspense.

Unless West Virginia performs a miracle in the last five minutes of the game, coach K will once again lead his “Blue Devils” to the finals.

How powerful is Duke, how wise is old K. These things, naturally, Stevens does not need to remind the players. But now that the final semi-finals of the Bulldogs team has not yet begun, he does not want the players to focus on places outside the game. Therefore, the young marshal chose to turn off the TV and clapped everyone!

“It’s almost on the court! Are you ready!?” The young marshal’s voice was still loud and loud.

“No problem!” The players replied in unison. Although this group of guys participated in the NCAA Madness March Final Four for the first time, their morale was already high and they would not be afraid of any difficulties at this moment.

“Remember, our opponent is the Kansas Wildcats, not Duke! Win this game for me, and then we will go to win the championship!” Brad Stevens waved his fist, underneath him The group of young people screamed.

It’s almost time, it’s time to let the bulldogs who are already hungry and thirsty go out hunting!

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Because the NCAA Final Four was played this year in Indianapolis, a city that loves basketball and is paranoid, so at the scene, Bulldogs fans in blue T-shirts changed the entire arena. Become a beautiful “water world”.

As the Indian Presspolis local team, it is not surprising that the Bulldogs are so popular. What’s more, the Bulldogs also made history this year, and the counterattacks of small clubs usually make many fans crazy. There have been too many such legends in the history of Indianapolis.

Mu Ran was squeezed into the reporter area. The media who came to the scene to report on the game today were several times the number of previous games. After all, the final four is already the best part of the NCAA March Madness Championship. No media, no fans, want to let go of such a game.

Excited Yiyang did not stand at the end of the team today, but took the metabolite Irvin Mark and stood at the forefront of the team! When the number one guard led the others from the Bulldogs team filed out of the player channel, the entire stadium was almost overthrown by the shouts of the fans.

Stevens stood on the sidelines with his hips in, enjoying the frenetic basketball atmosphere. Even coaching in the NBA is certainly not so wonderful! This is March Madness, and this is the Final Four!

“Audience friends, the Butler University Bulldogs team is now on the field! This team can come to today’s stage, it can be said to be full of legends! An unknown small team and a young marshal, stunned He defeated one after another in the tournament and finally made it to the semi-finals! Audience friends, this is not a movie, but a fact! Today, let’s see if Butler can continue the legendary footsteps! What do you think? Chris.” For the live broadcast effect, T.NT TV also hired Reggie Miller today with a big-name commentary partner, the former NBA legendary forward, Chris Weber!

“Oh, of course I am looking forward to this game! Seriously, if I were to choose a game between the NBA and the NCAA today, I would definitely choose the NCAA! The Duke vs. West Virginia game has ended, and the Duke Blue Devils are once again. Reach the final and point to the championship! Now, let’s take a look at what kind of strength Duke’s two potential opponents have!” As soon as Webber finished speaking, the on-site photographer turned the camera to the court.

Over there, players from the Kansas State Wildcats have also appeared one after another. White center Cole Aldridge, who averaged 12.1 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game, and shooting guard Xavier Henry, who averaged 14.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game, are Kansas State. This year, the University was able to reach the backbone of the final four finalists!

Don’t look at the data of these two guys. Maybe they are not so “super”, but on the basketball court, this combination of inside and outside is not easy to deal with.

Cole Aldridge has a wingspan of 2.26 meters. One-on-one defense, rebounds and blocks are the strengths of this white big man. With him, Kansas State’s inside defense is fundamentally impenetrable.

Don’t think Cole is just a big blue-collar guy. This guy has a very soft touch on the offensive end, and his range can even extend beyond the three-point line. At both ends of the offense and defense, he is a pin of the Wildcats.

As for Xavier Henry, it goes without saying that he has a tall outside line, a soft touch, a strong body, capable of throwing and abrupt, defensive and looting, and he is a panacea-type modern defender.

Kansas State’s classic combination of inside and outside can also give their head coach Marvin Scott a lot of tactical changes.

The fans who can’t wait to cheer are getting louder and louder, and the referee finally summoned the players from both sides to move closer to the center, and the life and death battle to determine the final place in the final is about to start!

As soon as the game opened, Cole Aldridge showed that he was more athletic than the average white guy inside. Also a white center, Matt Howard is far from Cole Aldridge in terms of height and jumping.

The basketball was easily taken by the Wildcats, and the Kansas Wildcats starting point guard Mike Daniels pushed forward steadily.

Unlike many NCAA stars, Xavier Henry and Cole Aldridge do not rely too much on their personal ability to grab points. They can integrate well into the system and become the promoters of the entire system. Therefore, just strengthening the defense against two people is useless, because the threat of the Wildcats comes from their entire team!

No, Mike Daniels, who has an average athletic ability, just got the ball beyond the three-point line, and Cole Aldridge came up and made a pick-and-roll for his first position. It seems that Mike Daniels is the star, and Cole is just a blue collar.

Matt Howard knows Cole’s shooting ability is great, so he also followed this pick and roll defense, can’t give Cole a big open shot at the beginning of the game. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

Mike Daniels used the pick-and-roll to break through Yiyang, but Yiyang used his speed advantage to quickly cross to Daniels. At the same time, Xavier Henry struggled to move towards the weak side of the court in an attempt to open up offensive space for Cole Aldridge and Daniels.

But Daniels is not the end point of this offense. He raised his hand to pass and the basketball flew over Yiyang’s head. Cole Aldridge suddenly went in and thrown off Matt half of his body in an instant!

Although the weight and height are larger than Matt, Cole Aldridge’s athletic ability is much better than Matt Howard.

This guy suddenly cut inward, so Matt Howard couldn’t bite at all. As a result, the white center forward easily received the basketball. Facing the undefended basket that was emptied by Henry for a long time, Cole jumped up and pulled it vigorously!

“WOW, a violent dunk from a big center! God, I feel that the rim is about to be pulled down by him!” Chris Webber cried out strangely. Cole and Matt are not the same level of players at all!

For this ball, Stevens could only helplessly shook his head. The Wildcats’ offensive tactics are not complicated, but the ability gap between Matt and Cole is tactical that cannot be changed.

After the goal, Cole Aldridge and Xavier Henry close high-five. They undoubtedly gave Butler University a powerful disarm!

Yiyang received the baseline ball from Matt and slowly advanced towards the hinterland of the Wildcats. He was not afraid of this white center and that black guard, even if they had just completed a wonderful offense.

“Don’t worry, I’ll give you one back!” The number one guard said to himself in his heart…