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Chapter 11 The battle is imminent, a strange move?
After the New Year, the NCAA restarted the war.

The Associated Press NCAA regular season new top 25 list was released on time, blowing the last sprint before March Madness.

Carmelo Anthony's alma mater, Syracuse University, which still maintains a perfect record, won 65 of 26 media panel votes this week, ranking first for five consecutive weeks.

The Duke Blue Devils, who also maintain an undefeated record, ranked second on the list with 20 votes.

The Kentucky Wildcats, led by No. [-] pick Anthony Davis, are one vote behind the No. [-] seed.

North Carolina, which ranked first in the first month of the game, only ranked fourth this week.

In the new year, the NCAA will bring fans one of the most eye-catching matchups.

The most famous rivalry in the Atlantic Coast League and even the entire American college basketball world, Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, played against Jordan's successor, Grant Hill's alma mater, Duke University.

This is the first time the two teams have faced each other this season.

Although Duke University is the second seed, it is better than North Carolina in terms of national ranking and team record.

Since the start of the game, they have won 12 consecutive victories, all the way like a broken bamboo.

But none of the teams Duke has faced in its 12-game winning streak has a starting lineup full of NBA prospects like North Carolina.

In North Carolina's star-studded lineup, even on the bench, there are freshmen with unlimited potential such as PJ Hairston and James Michael McAdoo.

North Carolina believes that it can compete with Duke in terms of strength, and even has obvious advantages.

North Carolina core Harrison Barnes said before the game, "I would venture to say that I like to fight against guys who are only 1.93 meters tall."

As a small forward with a standard height of 2 meters, "North Carolina Blackhawk" Harrison Barnes is North Carolina's ace player.

In his freshman season, Barnes averaged 15.6 points and 5.8 rebounds per game.In the new season, Barnes is currently averaging 17.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per game.

The "1.93-meter guy" Barnes mentioned was naturally referring to Duke University's Austin Rivers and Andre Dawkins, and he laughed at them for being short and difficult to match him.

And Seth Curry, who currently has no NBA prospects and is even much lower than 1 meters in height, is not considered by Barnes at all.

It has to be said that Barnes pointed out the biggest weakness of Duke University's lineup this season. After small forward Kyle Singler, who can score 16.9 points and 6.8 rebounds, entered the NBA, Duke has weak personnel in this position.

So much so that Old K played a three-back tactic most of the time.

When facing most opponents, the three-back tactic can play the characteristics of being smart and quick.

But in the face of North Carolina, which is outstanding in every position and has Harrison Barnes, Duke University still needs to prove itself.

On the training day before the game, Chen Xiao walked into the locker room as usual, and changed into the LeBron 9 "Duke" on his seat. In the battle against Ohio State, James, who was watching the game from the sidelines, saw that Chen Xiao was wearing the LeBron 8 as a gift from him.

Based on the "South Coast", this pair of LeBron 9 has replaced the theme's South Coast blue with a darker blue Duke Blue Devils color scheme.

But the sin is that Chen Xiao knows that the South Coast color LeBron 9 was worn by James in the finals last year. Every time he sees this pair of shoes, Chen Xiao will think of some outrageous memories.

sin, sin.I wish "Old BJ James" a clean slate in the new season!
Now Chen Xiao finally understands why the Heat got off to a smooth start, and it really was because of his own blessing.

Confession followed by formal training.

During the infield training, Old K announced the detailed starting list for the next game.

Center - Miles Plumlee, power forward - Mason Plumlee, point guard - Austin Rivers, shooting guard Seth Curry.

Small forward - Chen Xiao.

When Chen Xiao heard that the center forward was Miles Plumlee, Chen Xiao still thought about poor Maple, who offended old K.

After hearing that the power forward was Mason Plumlee, Chen Xiao was at a loss. Did he walk into the locker room with his left foot today?He became a substitute, so he has to give old K a fruit basket later.

After the answer was revealed, Chen Xiao wondered whether he heard it wrong or Old K mispronounced it, but "Power Forward" and "Small Forward" are not like words that can be easily mistaken.

However, Krzyzewski, who graduated from the West Point Military Academy, pursued militarized management. Although Chen Xiao was puzzled at the moment, he chose to keep silent and believed that he would have an answer soon.

Sure enough, in the ensuing video class, Old K clarified his intentions.

Harrison Barnes is 203 cm tall and has a wingspan of 211 cm. He has a very standard NBA-level small forward size. These are public data.

It can also be seen from the game video that Barnes has excellent running and jumping ability, and his sprint speed is even comparable to that of a defender.

But through a large amount of video analysis, the Duke coaching staff came to a conclusion: Harrison Barnes' offense relies on shooting, the breakthrough speed in the first step is not fast enough, and he lacks the explosive power to break through and get rid of the defender.Is a player who relies on outside shooting, but his off-ball running is not very good.

After playing Barnes' video, Old K played Chen Xiao's highlights again.

In the collection, Chen Xiao's feet are dexterous and brisk, and he often strides forward to perform blood-proof caps.

Barnes is the video, leave me alone and this is the collection, right?Just coaxing me to go up?
"Believe in yourself, Chen, you can lock this North Carolina Black Hawk, he can't break through you." Old K patted the shoulder of Chen Xiao who was sitting on the seat with a helpless expression.

Chen Xiao was a little guilty. His family knew about his own affairs. His speed of double 70 was definitely considered fast and flexible in the paint, especially as a center. Previously, he had defended Ryan, who was 2 meters, and Salinger, who weighed more than 13 kilograms.

Chen Xiao is really inexperienced as a swingman in defense.

If he encounters Barnes who breaks through while guarding the rim, relying on his internal defense, blocking shots and "elite rim protection", Chen Xiao is completely confident to treat this Black Hawk to a few hot pot meals.

But on the perimeter defense, my perimeter defense just passed the 60 pass line, can it work?

Chen Xiao didn't know what to do.

After Old K finished his speech, assistant coach Nate came to Chen Xiao's side to emphasize how to defend Barnes.

To sum it up, there are four words-prevent sudden shots, give full play to your height and wingspan advantages, even if you are the main defense for shooting, you don't have to stick too tightly.Because no matter how high Barnes' shot point is, it is difficult to avoid the defensive interference of Chen Xiao raising his arm.

Abandoning his desire to complain, and patiently listening to the assistant coach's opinions, Chen Xiao, who has gradually gained some confidence, is now waiting for tomorrow's game to have a good meeting with this "confrontational" Harrison Barnes, gearing up to give this "North Carolina Blackhawk" a good confrontation.

(End of this chapter)