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Chapter 56 Six ACC Conference Tournament

虽然帕克砍下全场最高分的28分，6个篮板，外加5次助攻，25+5+5一个统治级别的数据。

But the most dazzling thing in this match was Zhang Zifeng, who helped Duke University to win by relying on Parker's mistakes to beat the University of Notre Dame with a tip-up.

The only regret is that Duke University won, and the University of Louisville Cardinals also won.

In the end, Duke University entered the conference championship as No.2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

After the game, I took a special plane from Indiana back to North Carolina. After getting off the plane, Zheng Xinguo was already waiting outside the airport.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng getting into the car, Zheng Xinguo said. "Feng, congratulations on making it to the league championship."

"Thank you, but I just made it to the league championship. There is also the NCAA championship waiting for me!" Zhang Zifeng said with a smile.

"Yes, but whether it's the league championship or the NCAA championship, I hope you can pay attention!" Zheng Xinguo said seriously.

"what?"

"Be careful during the game, don't fight too hard, and don't get hurt!" Zheng Xinguo said.

"Why, the single-elimination system, shouldn't you fight with all your strength. Once you lose, you will have no chance!" Zhang Zifeng said puzzled.

"What is the reason for you to work so hard to qualify for the NCAA tournament? Don't you just want to be recognized by the scouts of NBA clubs and then be selected in the conference?"

"That's right, that's why we have to compete seriously and let them see it!"

"No, no, no! Feng, you have to understand that scouting players is a very difficult job that pays great attention to details, and it is a job that requires long-term observation. The NCAA tournament is single-game elimination, which is full of chance. Yes For those scouts, it can only be used as a reference, and it is not clear whether there is a 20% proportion. For them, the regular season is the most valuable reference."

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was puzzled, Zheng Xinguo explained in detail, "The NBA is not a single-game elimination system. It has more and longer games, and it pays more attention to a player's physical fitness, potential, and continuous performance ability, rather than one or two games. The outbreak. When NBA teams are interested in a player, their scouts are looking at you throughout the season, rather than making a hasty decision in this few games. Look at the high picks in the NBA How many draft picks have played in the NCAA semi-finals, and there are even those who have not played in the NCAA tournament and can enter the top three. How many MOP awards were not selected in the NBA, just like last year's Hancock , won the NCAA championship and MOP, so what, he is not afraid to participate in the draft this year. Why, because the scouts are not optimistic about him."

"The basic scouting is done during the regular season. The championship is only a reference for those scouts, but it is not necessary. So in the championship, you only need to do your best. The most important thing is not to get injured. Player injuries It greatly affects the draft position, and not many club managers will take valuable drafts to gamble on players with potential injuries. Got it?"

Zhang Zifeng shrugged noncommittally when he heard it, indicating that he knew.

When the regular season ends, the NCAA Division I, except the Atlantic League, which was just established in 2008, has an automatic quota for each of the other 31 leagues, usually won by the champion of the league championship.

Generally speaking, most leagues will take the top eight teams in the league to conduct a single-elimination league championship game, and the champions determined in the league championship game can basically automatically advance to the NCAA tournament.

The only exception is the Ivy League, since they do not have a conference championship, the automatic entry for that conference goes to the regular-season champion.

Except for the automatic promotion of the champions of each league, the remaining 37 competition seats are selected by the selection committee officially authorized by the NCAA.

The selection committee determines whether a team can qualify for the tournament and the specific seed ranking based on factors such as record, league strength, and schedule.Invitation qualifications are basically determined by the record, the strength of the alliance and other aspects.It's called an extended invitation.

For example, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is recognized as the strongest league. Although there is only one automatic entry spot, the selection committee usually invites three or four ACC teams to participate in the NCAA tournament.

There were even a few years when the league invited 6, a total of 7 ACC teams to participate in the NCAA tournament that year.

There are only 15 teams in the ACC, from which we can see how strong the ACC is and how fierce the competition is.

The Atlantic Coast Conference has a slightly different conference championship system, also with eight teams chasing the conference title.

However, in the first and second rounds of the League Championship, the top four teams in the regular season will automatically become the No. 1-4 seeded teams and will take a break in this round.

The remaining 11 teams will go through a single elimination round to decide 4 teams to participate in the next round.

In the third round, the eight teams are divided into No. 1-8 seeds according to their regular season rankings.

In the quarter-finals, the No. 1 seed-No. 8 seed, No. 2 seed-No. 7 seed... This kind of battle mode will determine the semi-finals, the champion and the runner-up through a single knockout system.

The most frightening thing is that in order to catch up with the NCAA tournament, the ACC will start from the quarterfinals to the finals. These four games will be very tight, and it may even be four games in four days to decide the winner.

This greatly tests the players' physical fitness, will, and bench depth.

Duke University has achieved a record of 30 wins and 5 losses this season, ranking second in the Atlantic League and automatically becoming the No. 2 seed.

On March 2014, 3, the ACC Championship played 12 games in the first round today:

(No. 10 seed) Wake Forest University Devil Deacons 92 : 73 (No. 15 seed) Boston College Hawks

(No. 11 seed) Georgia Tech Hornets 59 : 61 (No. 14 seed) University of Pittsburgh Panthers
(No. 12 seed) Clemson University Tigers 75 : 61 (No. 13 seed) North Carolina State University Wolfpack
On March 2014, 3, the ACC Championship played 13 games in the second round today:
No. 8 seed Syracuse Orangemen 57 : 62 No. 9 seed Virginia Tech Hodges
No. 10 seed Wake Forest University Devil Deacon 90 : 99 No. 7 seed Miami University of Florida Hurricanes

No. 12 seed Clemson Tigers 72 : 79 No. 5 seed Florida State Seminoles

14th seed Pittsburgh Panthers 63 : 75 6th seed Virginia Cavalry
After two days and 7 fierce battles, the quarterfinals of the ACC league were finally determined.The third round of the league will start on March 3.Both sides:
No. 1 seed Louisville Cardinals: No. 8 seed Virginia Tech Hodges
No. 2 seed Duke Blue Devils: No. 7 seed Miami Hurricanes, Florida

No. 3 Seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish: No. 6 Seed Virginia Cavaliers
No. 4 seed UNC Tar Heels: No. 5 seed Florida State Seminoles

(End of this chapter)