Super Lord of the Rings

Before training, David did some simple mobilization and shouted slogans. The goal of the new season is to enter the NCAA tournament.

Wang Jun listened to Abby talk a lot about American college basketball, and he is no longer a novice who knows nothing.

First, the Wolverines are going to play in the league.

The Big Ten has a long history. It was founded in 1896. It is the oldest league in the NCAA and one of the recognized six major leagues. The 11 universities in the alliance are mainly distributed in the Midwest of the United States, from Iowa in the west to Pennsylvania in the east.

The 11 teams are: Purdue Boilermakers, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Ohio State Buckeyes, Indiana Mountaineers, Illinois Fighting Illinois The Northwestern University Wildcats, the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers, the University of Wisconsin Omega, the Penn State Nittany Lions and the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.

The NCAA basketball season begins in November every year. After the regular season ends, the top eight teams in the Big Ten will compete in a single-elimination league championship game. The winner will automatically advance to the NCAA tournament.

In addition to the automatic promotion of the 31 recognized league champions, the remaining places in the tournament are determined by committees, called extended invitations. Invitation qualifications are basically determined by the record, the strength of the alliance and other aspects.

After the list of the top 64 is determined, all the shortlisted teams will be divided into four divisions: East, West, South and Midwest. The recognized top four will be the first seed in each district, and the other schools will be ranked 2-2 by the committee according to their strength. No. 16 seed. After that, the head-to-tail catching method is adopted to determine the match. It is the first pair of 16th, the second pair of 15th, a single knockout system.

If you lose a game, you have to go home, and the speed of elimination is amazing. This is the true meaning of "March Madness". No matter how well they performed before, if they are upset once, the players' efforts for a season will be in vain. This kind of thing is not uncommon.

The NCAA tournament is divided into three stages. The first stage is the first and second rounds, from the top 64 to the top 16.

This is known as the Sweet 16 because all the teams that enter the second stage will receive a higher level of attention. It is an arena where players who are interested in entering the NBA draft can attract higher exposure and more scouting attention. .

The second stage will be eliminated from the sweet 16 to the elite eight, and then four division champions will be determined, which is the final four.

Then, at the pre-selected final location, the final four will go through the semi-finals and finals to determine the champion. The game system that determines the outcome makes the game particularly fierce and cruel, and has an unparalleled charm. The NBA will not play any games on the day of the finals, out of respect.

The goal of the Wolverines is not ambitious, and the top three in the Big Ten can generally be shortlisted for the tournament.

It is very difficult to enter the top 16. The Wolverines are in the Central and Western District, which is recognized as the death group. Duke University, University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, University of Texas are all here. In terms of the strength of the previous season, no matter which team they encounter, the Wolverines are not easy to play.

The players began to warm up under the leadership of Hugo Ramsden, the assistant physical trainer.

This is a white guy, a team manager, a master's degree in sports nutrition, and an intern on the team. He is a high-achieving student, only 175cm tall, still very thin and unattractive.

Hugo's sense of presence is quite weak. Now that Abby is going to class, he only feels like a manager.

The players ran a few laps around the court, and then took turns layups to warm up.

During the break, the players chatted.

"There are a lot of people watching the game today, what happened?"

"Yeah, didn't Abby go to class? There are no beautiful women to see today."

"Maybe I came to see Wang Jun. Didn't you see many Asians on the sidelines?" Kaman was a little envious.

"I'm afraid they will be disappointed in a while.

’ Larry Powell laughed.

He's a fourth-year player, a veteran of the team, one more season to graduate, and he doesn't want to spend time on the bench. So when they met today, he blatantly started targeting Wang Jun.

Without knowing Wang Jun's strength, the players chose to wait and see, except for Kaman.

He immediately frowned, looked at Powell displeased, and said, "Larry, what are you talking about? Are you upset that the rookie is strong and plays well? Just because he might steal your starting job? It's better to start than to win. Is it important?"

Kaman's relentless questioning made Powell very embarrassed. He shivered and snorted, "I won't argue with you, I'll figure it out in a while... Whoever starts first, we will speak with our strength."

Powell was obviously a little afraid of Kaman, but he didn't know whether he was afraid of spoiling the atmosphere in the locker room, afraid of being beaten up by a big man, or afraid of being nagged to death.

At this time, Wang Jun discovered that talkativeness also has advantages. This kind of person can't hide his words in his heart, and he is not afraid to express his position. It's rare for the two to support Wang Jun like this just after they met him.

"Chris, thanks."

"You're welcome, if you play well, we will have hope." Kaman gave him a sincere smile.

Wang Jun smiled, this person is worthy of deep friendship.

After practicing for a while, David announced the group competition.

Wang Jun and Kaman were in the first team, both wearing white vests, and the other three were also the main players last season.

The other side donned the green vests, led by Jill Adamson.

Powell's face sank, and he realized that the coach really wanted to let him play as a substitute.

David arranged the tactics and said: "Chris wants the ball in the low position on the right side to attack, Wang stands in the corner on the right side and waits to pass the ball, Mike lobs the ball to Chris on the right side, and can make an empty cut when he sees the opportunity. Bobby pays attention to the left side Screen for Luke, get him out of the way, catch the ball and drive him up, or split him out."

The tactics are very simple, and Wang Jun understood it as soon as he heard it. Everyone else is running, and his position is almost stationary, just waiting for a shooting opportunity from the bottom corner.

Some people may think that he is useless, and the coach does not trust him, so he is arranged to stand in a corner, but actually the opposite is true.

The three-pointer from the bottom corner is too important. It is impossible for any basketball team to ignore this problem if they want to play a good game.

First of all, this position is the weakness of the zone defense, the most difficult point to defend against. Once open, the opponent has to make up the defense from a long distance, or the inside player jumps out to defend.

Secondly, as long as the corner player takes the ball and attracts the defense to score the ball, it will be difficult for the opponent to make up for it, and it is easy to pass it to the teammate on the side to form an open space. But there is a premise that the teammates can guarantee the hit rate, and the opponent dare not let go.

The most important point is that the corner three-pointer is like cheating, and the three-pointer is closer than other areas. Measured in terms of numbers, the distance from the bottom corner three-pointer to the basket is 6.71 meters, which is 0.53 meters less than the distance from the arc-top three-pointer to the basket.

The closer the shot is to the basket, the higher the percentage.

Therefore, it is logical that the corner three-point shooting rate is higher than that of other positions. According to statistics, the current NBA corner three-pointer hit rate reaches 38.7%, while the arc top three-pointer hit rate is only 34.6%.

The defensive tactics are also very simple, shrink the zone defense, and the green team lacks pitchers.

David has been urging the players to practice shooting last season. With this arrangement, he wants to see if these people have improved during the holidays.

When it was time to play, David stopped Wang Jun alone, and encouraged him: "This is just practice. You just need to get used to it. It doesn't matter if you don't perform well, so don't have any psychological pressure and relax."

Wang Jun nodded. He is under a lot of pressure, but he can't relax just because he wants to.

Seeing the side of the court, assistant coach Adamson and Powell were talking about something, he had a sense of foreboding.

The two face off, will he be Powell's opponent?

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