God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 32 March Madness
After finishing the second period of the regular season, Villanova University unfortunately ranked second in the Big East Conference with a gap of half a game, but this does not mean that they cannot be the champion of the Big East Conference Reaching the national championship, after all, the regular season has a more brutal and decisive third stage.

As long as Villanova University kills other competitors in the third stage, that is, the divisional league championship, then reaching the national championship is a sure thing, regardless of the officials of the selection committee.

The reason why Villanova's final record fell behind Boston University was entirely because they lost too many games in the regular season of the cross-division league. However, in the games against other teams in the same league, Villanova maintained a high score. Winning percentage, they don't have to fear any team in the Big East, including Boston University.

Sure enough, Villanova University, simmering with vigor, made a big splash in the division league championship and rushed to the end in one breath.After beating Boston University 78 to 75, they successfully became the Big East champions and qualified for the 1996-97 NCAA National Championships.

Chang Wei is very satisfied with the team breaking into March Madness. Now he has a lot of say in the team. After the season is over, he can recommend some strong players in the future to Rappers based on his memories before time travel. A guy with no reputation.And if the team can achieve good results in the national championship, it will help recruit those already famous high school stars, so that the team can go further in the new season.

At this time, it is necessary to popularize the so-called March Madness, which is the NCAA National Championship.

The reason why the national championship is called March Madness is largely due to the one-off game mode. At the end of each game, the winning team advances immediately, and the losing team has to pack up and go home. This is a hotbed of dark horses, and there will always be classic cases of the weak overcoming the strong. The brilliance of the NCAA is that they can select the 68 most powerful teams every year, and arrange a wonderful matchup map, which makes the game highly enjoyable and suspenseful.

So how were these 68 teams selected?In general, it is divided into two forms. 32 division league champion teams are directly selected, and the remaining 36 teams are selected by the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Committee.

The NCAA has three levels of 1281 member colleges and universities, and its highest level, the first level, has 351 member colleges and universities with basketball programs. They belong to 32 NCAA first-level divisional leagues with basketball leagues.Allowing the championship champions of each of the 32 divisional conferences to directly advance to the top 68 ensures that each conference will have at least one team selected for the national championship, and since most divisional conferences in the United States are based on geography, this means The teams participating in the event are from all regions of the United States.This also established the huge influence of the event in the United States.

The NCAA has a selection committee for each year's basketball tournament.The selection committee is composed of ten directors of sports departments from ten universities with outstanding sports strength in the United States. They usually have a five-year term and are recognized as the best candidates for their respective divisional leagues and NCAA first-level college teams. The strength has a high degree of understanding, and at the same time they are all required to pay close attention to the regular season performance of each team in the first level of the NCAA.

This part of the quota is called "invitation quota".The invitation is based on the team's record, status, division and many other factors.Every year after the regular season is over, the strong teams will lock in the invitation quota, and some teams with good records and marginal teams are called "bubble teams".The results of the invitation will be announced on "Selection Sunday".For many teams that are unlikely to get an invite and teams in weaker divisions, winning the division championship is the only possibility to participate in the national championship.

The decision of the top 68 matches is also very particular. All teams will be divided into 4 divisions, namely the East, West, Midwest, and Southeast Divisions, with 17 teams in each division.In order to ensure the fierceness of the competition and the strong teams will not meet each other in the initial stage of the knockout round, the selection committee will divide the four seeded teams that they think are the strongest in the country into four different divisions.

Before the official start of the game, the last two teams in each division will compete in the first round. These 4 games will be held at the same place, and then the 16 teams will be single-eliminated according to their order, that is, No. 1 Seed VS No. 16 seed, No. 2 seed VS No. 15 seed, and so on for other teams.

After entering the top [-], they will rest for nearly a week, and then go to another city to play the top [-] and the top eight. The top [-] and the top eight are called the "Sweet Sixteen" and "Elite Eight" respectively.In the end, the remaining teams in each division are called the "Final Four", and they will move to the venue of the Final Four of the year for the semifinals and finals.Every year, the Final Four will be the focus of attention in the United States. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship is also the most profitable sports event except for the NFL playoffs (including the Super Bowl), surpassing the NBA and MLB playoffs. A truce will also be made to make way for it.

Soon the top 64 of the NCAA National Championships was freshly released. Villanova was assigned to the Eastern Division as the No. 4 seed, and the top seed in this division was Jordan's alma mater, the University of North Carolina. The matchup map for the top 64 has been distributed to each team. Chang Wei did not know much about the NCAA in his previous life, and he has no way of confirming whether he has changed the list, but as long as the team breaks into the national championship, the rest will be Look at the performance in the game!

East: University of North Carolina, University of South Carolina, University of New Mexico, Villanova University, University of California, University of Louisville, University of Wisconsin, Indiana University, University of Colorado, University of Texas, University of Massachusetts, Princeton University, Long Island University, Old Dominion University, Coppin State University, Fairfield University;

Southeast: University of Kansas, Duke University, University of Georgia, University of Arizona, University of Maryland, University of Illinois, Marquette University, Purdue University, University of Rhode Island, University of Providence, University of Southern California, College of Charleston, University of South Alabama, Chattanooga University, Murray State University, Jackson State University;
Midwest: University of Minnesota, UCLA, University of Cincinnati, Clemson University, University of Tulsa, Iowa State University, Xavier University, University of Mississippi, Temple University, Vanderbilt University, Illinois State University, Boston University, University of Miami, Butler University, Southern Charleston University, Southwest Texas State University;
West: University of Kentucky, University of Utah, Wake Forest University, Saint Joseph's University, Boston College, Stanford University, University of Charlotte, University of Iowa, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, University of Oklahoma, Valparaiso University, University of the Pacific, University of Saint Mary, US Naval Academy, University of Montana.

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