God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 144 The Second Seed
"Where do you think we will be placed by the selection committee this time?" McKay asked lazily while stirring the coffee in his cup.He knew that no one except the members of the committee knew the answer to this question, and it was just nonsense, otherwise this afternoon tea was just coffee and dessert, which seemed a bit silly.

Chang Wei smiled helplessly: "Who knows? In a newly established small league like ours, it's still a question whether the champion can be selected by the selection committee. Is it too early to start worrying about the division pick?"

"Where is it early? I think it's just right!" McKay waved his hand, ignoring that he was still holding a coffee spoon, and a drop of brown coffee was thrown directly onto the newly polished desk by him, "So we The way the team plays, unless the guys on the selection committee are all demented, there's no way such a ratings booster will be wasted."

Chang Wei thinks about it, it seems to be true. Although the NCAA is much purer than the NBA, in order to make the game more intense, they will all choose to face each other, or try to make the style of play more lovable. Xi's team appeared in front of national audiences.Obviously Colorado State's style of play belongs to the kind that can attract fans. As the NCAA's leading offensive team this season, they are really not afraid of the selection committee giving them a low pick like last year.

When Chang Wei drank his coffee and was about to leave, there was a "ding" sound from McKay's computer, apparently a new email had been received.After clicking a few times with the mouse, McKay snapped his fingers suddenly, and laughed loudly: "Sure enough, the selection committee's notice came as soon as it was announced. It seems that we have to start preparing for the national championship as soon as possible."

Chang Wei leaned over to take a look, and also laughed: "Is the selection committee so optimistic about us? They are willing to take the second seed for a minor league champion? Could it be that the guy who sent the email had drunk too much? "

McKay said angrily: "Don't think I don't know you're talking irony. Those who still send emails are drinking too much. You must be praising the people on the selection committee for their vision? But to be honest, I am also surprised, the second seed Ah, at least it is the eighth-ranked team in the entire NCAA, our small team really can't bear it."

Chang Wei patted him on the shoulder: "Let's stop being hypocritical here, let's arrange the team's next training quickly! The ranking of the second seed in the division is really good, but if the opponent is really in the first two rounds If we are eliminated, then we will probably become the laughing stock of the entire NCAA, I don’t want to see the overwhelming satire and criticism from the media, and they still tout that we sound better, even if the players are proud and complacent because of this, I will admit it.”

McKay nodded and began to arrange training time.The first and second rounds of this year's National Championship are scheduled to be held from March 3 to 16 at the CSU Convention Center in Cleveland and the Hubert Humphrey Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis. Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, McKell Center in Tucson, BJCC Arena in Birmingham, Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, HSBC Bank Arena in Buffalo and Winston-Salem The Joel Lawrence Veterans Memorial Coliseum.McKay had to schedule his time according to the distance of the playing field.

But this time Colorado State was lucky. They were designated by the selection committee as the No. 2 seed in the West, and the venue for the game was the McCail Center in Tucson.Arizona, where Tucson is located, is far away, but at least it is in the west like Colorado, which means that the team does not need to spend too much time on the road.

The only thing that is a little uncomfortable is that Colorado State University belongs to the first batch of teams to play on March 3, so they still have to go there a day or two in advance to adapt to the local climate and competition venues.And today is March 16, which means that the team does not have a lot of training time. After recovery training, they have to go to Arizona to participate in the national championship.

Fortunately, the players at Colorado State University are still very physically fit, and Chang Wei's targeted training is definitely not just talk.And in order to be able to take advantage of the loopholes of the NCAA rules and spare more time to improve their strength, the players spontaneously went to the school's track and field field to practice after the training, so that the members of the track and field team thought they were going to Grab your own job.This is also what Chang Wei is most satisfied with. The whole team has formed an atmosphere of hard training. In such a big environment, no one will be lazy. Instead, he still needs to rely on the system to prevent players from being injured due to excessive exercise.

Therefore, when preparing for the national championship, other teams have to prepare intensively for recovery training. It is enough to think about it here at Colorado State University. Anyway, everyone basically does not feel tired. Kai's workload, if he hadn't considered that he didn't have the power, he would have wanted to raise Chang Wei's salary.

At 3:14 a.m. on March 8, all members of the Colorado State University came to the gate of the arena to meet on time. The school specially rented a bus to take them to the airport.Originally, the board of trustees planned to let them go there at high speed, but people are in good spirits on happy occasions, and it is a rare honor for Colorado State University to enter the national championship as the second seed in the Western District, so they specially added a budget to give it to Colorado State University. The team bought plane tickets to Arizona, euphemistically saying "to give the players more time to rest."

Well, from Chang Wei's point of view, if the team's performance in the tournament is mediocre, it is estimated that they will have to take care of the air ticket back.Although there is no sea to allow them to swim back, it is inevitable to take a bus and take the high speed. Even if they want to go back, they can also take a plane, and even let the school board bleed to buy business class, so they have to work hard during the competition!

Many people in the team have never been on a plane, and after sitting down, they still look left and right, feeling that everything is very new.McKay didn't order them to catch up on sleep. Anyway, they would have to eat and rest directly after arriving at the place. Training and adapting to the venue are all things for tomorrow. It's better to let everyone relax.

Chang Wei didn't bother to care about them. He watched the videos of other teams in the same competition area very late last night, and he was already yawning on the way to the airport. Of course, he needed to catch up on a good night's sleep at this time.For this reason, he purposely got a position in the corner of the team, and fell asleep shortly after sitting down. Now, sleeping is the top priority for him.

(End of this chapter)