This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 44 A New Beginning

The new life came earlier than Zhou Lin imagined.

According to the usual practice, the NCAA game will not officially start until November.

The recruitment of general universities will end at the end of June.

The fall semester begins in early October.

But as a member of the George Mason Patriots, daily training will start at the end of June.

Blair and Zhou Lin are the only two rookies.

Coach Jim also introduced his teammates to Zhou Lin one by one.

The captain is Jay Lewis, a fourth-year student in the new school year. He is a short, 275-foot-13 insider who weighs an astonishing 7.5 pounds. Last season, he averaged [-] points and [-] rebounds per game. He was also an unshakable starter last season.

The third-year Tony Skin, six-foot-one, weighing only 175 pounds, this guy reminds Zhou Lin of his teammate Eric Mason of the Flint Hill Brown Scorpions, but this little guy can cut every game last season. Under the team's second highest 14.4 points, but also 2.4 assists, and 2.9 rebounds.

Lamar Butler, also in his final year, led the team in scoring. The 15.7-foot-43 guard averaged [-] points last season while shooting [-] percent from three.

Last year, George Mason University had 16 wins and 13 losses. The above three were the three core players of the team last season.

And this season is basically an unshakable starting trio.

The 5.7-foot-5.6 Will Thomas, who just passed his rookie season, averaged [-] points and [-] rebounds per game, will get more opportunities in the paint this season.

Fralin Campbell, a 6.4-foot-[-] backup guard who was also a rookie last season, averaged [-] points per game and is already the team's fifth-leading scorer. Of course, this season, he will get more roles.

And third-year guard Gabe Norwood, third-year guard Tim Burns, sophomore six-foot guard Jordan Carter, [-]-foot-[-] water-cooler forward Marc Knuth and [-]-foot-[-] guard Charles. Marks and other leftovers.

Plus Zhou Lin and Blair.

This is the George Mason Patriots team for the new season.

What must complain is that the height is really short.

Except for Zhou Lin, there is no player over 2.03 meters, and Zhou Lin's declared height is 2.05 meters.

But in fact Zhou Lin should be more than six feet nine, between 2.06 meters and 2.07 meters.

If you just look at his height, Zhou Lin seems to have to play inside.

It's just that even though Zhou Lin has experienced weight gain, his current weight is only 215 pounds, which is still close to 100 kilograms.

Fortunately, most of the teams in the CAA league are not strong.

Otherwise, such an insider would show too much timidity.

Zhou Lin read the information of other teams in the CAA league before, and there are not many teams that Zhou Lin can remember a little bit.

Although lackluster, but also can find a few familiar names.

For example, JJ. Barea of ​​Northeastern University.

JJ Barea, who is already in fourth grade, is an unstoppable guard in this minor league with few strong teams.

Of course, in the later story, many people know that JJ. Barea was still defeated in the NBA because of his height and other reasons, but later he counterattacked and became an NBA-level player with his strength. The Heat of the Big Three.

There is also the famous 'a mountain in Puerto Rico' stalk.

The transfer student Gary Neal is a player with NBA strength. Before he transferred to Taolin University because of his personal style, he averaged around 18 points per game.

And in this weak league, basically only the first place in the league can ensure the qualification for the national championship, and even No.2 may not be able to enter the national championship.

This is the case with the NCAA competition system.

Although the game is much more detailed than the high school game, because there are too many teams, the games can only be held separately. It also includes many major and minor leagues. Before March Madness, there were many games and very complicated.

At the beginning of the season, there will be regional preseason games or invitational games. Each school can find teams from other leagues for warm-up matches. Of course, the games will not be included in the record division of the minor leagues.

It's just that according to the rules, the performance of the invitational tournament is equally important.

The more than 30 leagues under the NCAA compete for the championship of each minor league through the regular season and playoffs, and the champion basically automatically advances to the national championship. There are more than 30 places left. According to the strength of the team, the promotion is selected, which is to expand the invitation in standard terms.

The so-called expansion of invitations depends entirely on the evaluation of the competition committee, and the performance depends on the record. This is why the pre-season invitational game is equally important, and the victory or defeat of teams other than the minor leagues will also be taken into consideration.

The overall result is that many strong leagues may have several teams being extended invitations, such as the ACC league, basically every year there will be more than two teams being extended invitations except for the championship, and the rest of the leagues such as the CAA league, such as the Ivy League The alliance, such an alliance, may not be able to fall on top of any one except for the established teams to expand the number of invitations.

All teams will be divided into four major divisions by the competition committee, and they will be divided into No. 1-17 seeds according to their strength.

Including the final rated champions and expanded invitation teams, 68 teams will be formed. Among them, the teams that are judged to be 16-17 in each group will first eliminate four teams in a single-elimination system, enter the official top 64, and start the March Madness. journey.

The ending is opposite, single defeat and elimination.

There are frequent dark horses every year, and it is not uncommon for the No. 1 seed to be knocked down by the No. 16 seed.

Therefore, due to various factors, there is no absolutely safe team.

This is one of the reasons why March Madness is so hotly pursued by Americans.

Because the possibilities are endless.

After two rounds of elimination, the remaining 16 teams are called the Sweet Sixteen, and then the eight teams in the next round are called the Elite Eight. After another round of battles, one of the four divisions will determine a place and become the final four. .

Continue to fight against each other to determine the champion, and the player with the best performance in the champion team among the final four will be called the final four MOP.

In March Madness, how many players went from being unknown to the lottery, and how many popular rookies plummeted overnight.

And this year's NCAA has come to an end for two months.

Of course, the popular teams of the past seasons are still strong, and the more popular schools are, the better players they can recruit.

North Carolina, which won the championship, got five-star high school student Hansbrough this year, the best five-position player this year, five-star high school student Danny Green, and another high school player ranked among the top [-] in the United States. marcus.

Duke University has attracted Josh McRoberts, the number one power forward in the United States, to join the team. There are also famous players such as JJ Redick and Sheldon Williams in this team. Let these star players quickly enter the role.

There is also the University of California, Los Angeles, which itself has four or five future NBA players who will stay in the school to compete for the championship. This year, it has Darren Collison and Ryan Wright, two high school students in the top 100 in the United States. Called the scariest.

Kansas State University, with its own strength, has also recruited Brandon Rush, Mario Chalmers, Julian Wright, Micah Downs and a group of McDonald's high school All-Star players. This year's NCAA Championships are also the kind of thing to do.

There is also the University of Connecticut, which has a large number of senior high-quality students headed by Roddy Gay.

Extremely competitive are Villanova University led by Randy Foye and Kyle Lowry.

And Zhou Lin remembers that it should be the championship team of the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 seasons, the University of Florida.

This team has gathered five future NBA seniors headed by Al Horford, Joakim Noah, and Corey Brewer, and will create their own history in the NCAA.

And the goal of George Mason University is to compete against these teams...

(End of this chapter)