You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 34
The new NCAA season will start on November 11, with Villanova's first game against the Temple University Owls.

As a Philadelphia team, Temple University, together with several other schools from Philadelphia, participates in the annual Philadelphia Big 5 tournament.

The Final Five Invitational is a traditional collegiate tournament in Philadelphia that has been around for nearly 50 years.

It's like a high school city tournament, where the winning team is the city champion for that year.Unlike high school, the Big Five has nothing to do with the NCAA, but the Phillies take the Big Five seriously.

This year's Big Five tournament title goes to St. Joseph's, which is the better team in every sense of the word.The freshmen represented by Wei Xia did not participate in the top five championships, because the competition was held before the start of school, and they hadn't joined the team yet, so naturally they couldn't play.

Evening of November 11th, William B. Finneran Pavilion.

The Wildcats' regular home stadium, Finnerland, has 6500 seats. If they can make it to March Madness, they will be able to enjoy the Philadelphia 76ers' home stadium, the Wells Fargo Center.

The opponent in the opener came from the rival Temple University in the same city.

In the previous top five championships, Temple University was beaten by four other teams due to the lack of the absolute core David Hawkins. The Wildcats abused them by 24 points. The legendary coach John Chaney (John Chaney) was so angry that he said: "See you on the 15th!"

Judging from the personnel structure of Temple University, Cheney's harsh words are somewhat lacking in confidence.

The Owls have had poor recruitment in recent years and have never been able to form a competitive force. Without supernovas joining, they can only rely on old players to support the scene.

This was Wei Xia's first game on behalf of the Wildcats. He ran into the field with the team, and then saw the center of the gymnasium, where the encouragement team from the school began to play the team's battle song "V is for Villanueva".

What surprised Wei Xia even more was that the person who led the encouragement team was Xu Jie.

Standing in the middle of the team, she had an incomparably bright smile on her face, driving the whole team to play more emotionally than a master pianist.

There is not a single line of lyrics, and the atmosphere is driven by drum music.

"Wish, don't be in a daze!" Allen Ray shouted at him.

In fact, he doesn't need to be so loud, Wei Xia thinks he is not deaf yet, but Lei won't change even if he raises it, so forget it.

Others warmed up for shooting when they came up, but Wei Xia sprinted back and forth around 1/2 of the field to warm up his body before shooting.

After warming up, Wei Xia found his seat and sat down.

The Wildcats fielded starters Aaron Ray, Randy Foye, Curtis Sumpter, Mike Nader and Jason Frazier.

Nadir is the only freshman. He is not better than Weixia, but he is more suitable as a power forward.

The power forward position is Villanova's weakness. Jay Wright advocates quick offensive and defensive transitions. He doesn't like power forwards of traditional size. Villanova's power forwards are always played by small forwards with strong rebounding ability or pocket power forwards who can keep up with the guards.

Early in the game, the Wildcats' offense ended with Frazier's tough and ineffective post play.

Why did no one care about the second center in the United States after his freshman season?There are serious flaws in his technique.

In high school, physical talent alone can dominate the field, but college games are different.

The Owls were no slouch. Their black center made a high jumper one step behind the free throw line, which was not a stick.

The bread ball was won by Allen Ray, which is the Wildcats' favorite rhythm, and the fast break started in an instant.

Ray's offense is as aggressive as his name suggests.

He rushed to the front court, not afraid of confrontation, forced to attack the basket against people, and hit the board.

The owls' top card David Hawkins went inside, and he wanted to throw a throw against Frazier.Good idea, but unfortunately not very well done.

As soon as his ball was lifted, Fraser turned around and jumped, and the vigorous speed of the ball rose instantly, slapping his ball to the ground like a fly.

Frazier's big hat brought cheers to Finneran Arena.

The black insider of the Owls picked up the out-of-control ball and wanted to make a second attack. Frazier stood up straight and waited for him with his hands raised.

He does not believe in evil, and has the courage and confidence to save the whole team.

"Good job, give me another one." Wei Xia's complaints were like cannonballs.

I don't know if it's Temple University's brain problem or his understanding of basketball. Why do they attack Frazier one by one?
Although Frazier has lost his draft prospects, his talent is not deceiving, and he must face up to the inside. Unless the talent is extraordinary, it is better to use the rhythm to make things better.

No, with Temple giving Frazier a third block, he began to seriously suspect that Temple had a brain problem, as well as a problem understanding of basketball.

It seems that Hawkins, the owl's ace player, is hard to live up to.

The opening attack was four times, and three of them ended in iron strikes. One of them could have hit the basket if the ball touched the backboard, but the Wildcats had Frazier standing under the basket, and they could not get easy offensive opportunities.

Temple University's offense is not going well, and Villanova's offense is also average.

The Wildcats have a lot of shooters, and they didn't start their shots. Except for Ray's tough counterattack fast break, they didn't score any points.

Several successful defenses against Temple University are worthless if they can't score.

Ray again.

Compared with Randy Foye, his NBA prospects are bleak, but he is a well-deserved leader of the Wildcats.

Facing David Hawkins, the ace of Temple University, he changed his hand and stopped halfway.Hawkins' block severely affected his shot, but his shot still showed a beautiful arc into the net.

4 is better than 0
Hawkins continued to take the ball.

Old coach Cheney's roar caused Hawkins to pass the ball to another man.

No. 25, with 198 cm Mardy Collins (Mardy Collins).

He made a neat mid-range shot and made a hit, which relieved the owl from the embarrassment of not scoring.

"Marty Collins averaged 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in his freshman season. His performance has attracted the attention of the NBA. His defense and teamwork have left a deep impression on scouts."

Villanova's home announcer Ryan Fannon hadn't spoken before Collins intercepted a Wildcats pass and rushed upfield to score.

　Ask for a ticket

　　
　
(End of this chapter)