God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 118 Victory in the First Battle
CSU hasn't made it to the national championship in eight seasons, and in fact they haven't made it that many times in school team history, so it's definitely a joy to be able to step onto the national stage as a conference champion this time. things.What's more, Chang Wei had given them chicken soup for the soul before that. Everyone was gearing up to make a big career in the championship that would stun experts and fans. Even if they lost, they would lose vigorously.

Besides, this time, although he was a little aggrieved because he was the No. 9 seed in the Eastern District, he got a good opponent invisibly.The College of Charleston is a very young team. This youth does not mean that most of the players in their team are rookies in freshman year, but that their team history is too short. The 1991-92 season is the Charleston The college's first season of participating in the NCAA competition is only the eighth season now, and it must be lacking in experience.

However, the number one star of the College of Charleston this season is indeed a freshman, Cedric Webb, who averaged 13.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game this season, is the leading scorer and rebounder of the College of Charleston.In addition, the team's backcourt combination of Thompson and Johnson should not be underestimated. The two averaged 23.7 points and 3.3 assists per game. Backup point guard, averaging 5 assists per game.

In Chang Wei's view, the opponent is very likely to let this McCanney start, and let one of Thompson and Johnson lead the bench.But before the game officially started, all guesses were useless, it was better to see the tricks, anyway, Wei Wei believed that the team he trained had a good chance of reaching the second round.

McKay thinks so too. Although he is a rookie coach, he doesn't think the rookie team of the College of Charleston will cause any trouble for Colorado State University.He also forcibly ignores the fact that College of Charleston is the No. 8 seed in the East and his team is only the No. 9 seed, which means that, at least in the eyes of the selection committee, College of Charleston is stronger.

There are eight venues for the first and second rounds of this year's National Championship, including Seattle's Key Arena, Denver's McNichols Arena, Orlando's Orlando Arena, Indianapolis' RCA Dome, Milwaukee's Bradley Center, Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, Fleet Center in Boston and the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, where Colorado State games are played.

After a tiring journey, Colorado State University finally rushed from the west of the United States to the east. The long-distance flight almost made every player feel like he was falling apart.For this reason, Chang Wei also specially prepared some magical drinks for the players to restore their mental state.Originally, he didn't want to take it out. After all, it was too troublesome to buy the ingredients for the formula. He almost broke his leg when he gave the players special training. This time, he just made a few bottles for emergency needs.

But now seeing that everyone looks tired, Chang Wei also had to contribute the few remaining bottles of drinks, so that everyone can return to normal as quickly as possible, and then start targeted training.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the focus of the College of Charleston is on the perimeter, more precisely on Webber, so at this time the team's full-time wing defender Patrick's performance has become the top priority.Although he can't prevent Webber, it may not necessarily cause Colorado to lose, but at least if he restrains Webber, the team can win more easily.

Therefore, during the training, McKay deliberately increased the intensity of Patrick's training. Anyway, Wei still had the last three bottles of magic drinks in his hands, so he could last until the end of the national championship tour if he saved some money.Patrick also felt that he had a heavy responsibility, and he didn't complain about the head coach's arrangement. Instead, he gritted his teeth and increased his weight. It seemed that he was about to fight his opponent.

But some things will not be smooth sailing. At the beginning of the game, Patrick got two consecutive fouls due to excessive nervousness. McKay's face looked no different from that of a cucumber.Come on, you are the team's perimeter gate, fouled twice in 3 minutes, how can you continue to stay on the court?Don't let the referee give you a penalty when you are only halfway through the game.

In desperation, McKay had to replace the team's sixth man, Svensey, and hoped that he would be able to stand up for a while.Svensey is a good player on the offensive end, but his defense is too far behind Patrick, and facing Webber, his height is at a disadvantage. He can only watch the opponent come and go freely in the team's defensive system. .

Svensey was completely blown away by Weber. Although he didn't pay for a personal foul, it was only because he wasn't active enough on the defensive end. In terms of strength alone, he was at least one grade lower than Weber.In fact, Svensey was not careless during Changwei's special training, but he still tended to attack with the ball by himself, and he put in very little effort on the defensive end. Six people are used, and naturally Svensey was repaired by Weber on the defensive end.

Throughout the first half, Webber personally scored 23 points and 5 rebounds, and led the College of Charleston to slightly lead Colorado State University 52 to 50, which simply blinded the eyes of the fans.In particular, some diehard fans of Colorado State University who came from afar even slapped their thighs in the stands for 20 minutes: Is this to recommend the opponent to the second round?

Of course Chang Wei knew who the winner was, so he deliberately pulled Patick into the corner during the intermission and gave a few words of advice.In fact, Patrick has the ability, but this game was tense without warning. Chang Wei only needs to help him relieve the tension, and naturally he can directly beat Weber, who was brilliant in the first half.

Under Chang Wei's strong recommendation, McKay still let Patrick continue to start in the second half with suspicion. Unexpectedly, this guy seemed to have changed. He made a layup.As an outside 3D player, Patrick only needs to take on the two aspects of open three-pointers and outside defense. With a relaxed mind, he finally played a normal level. The extremely offensive personal defense harassed Weber unbearably. Word.

Palessio took the opportunity to lead others to score consecutively to help Colorado overtake the score, and College of Charleston had no one else to stand up and score after Webb was restricted.Thanks to Patrick's 3 steals and 2 blocks in the second half, as well as the defensive deterrence that cannot be displayed by various statistics, Colorado State University finally defeated the College of Charleston 72-60 without any risk, and smoothly advanced to the national team Championship round two.

(End of this chapter)