overlooking the pitch

Chapter 9
Tomorrow, March 3, the Butler Bulldogs will face the Kansas State Wildcats in the quarterfinals.

Yes, it's not the Kansas Jayhawks, who won three NCAA championships in 2008 and defeated the No. [-] pick Rose to win the championship.That franchise has a history almost as old as basketball.Because their first head coach, Dr. James Naismith, is the inventor of basketball, and there was once a historical superstar Wilt Chamberlain.

Although they are both prestigious basketball schools, the levels of the two teams are far apart.Kansas State University has always been suppressed by Kansas at the basketball level, and the Kansas Jayhawks have always monopolized Kansas' basketball glory.

And this season, Kansas, with Baiard and Xavier Henry, didn't even make it to the Sweet Sixteen.This is an opportunity for Kansas State University, an opportunity to put Kansas under pressure.

"Go on, run." The roar of the head coach of the Kansas State University Wildcats resounded throughout the training hall, "The idiots at Syracuse University underestimated others, and it's a shame for them to be eliminated as the No. [-] seed, but This is our opportunity as well."

Kansas State University, the No. [-] seed in the Western Division, after Syracuse University was eliminated by Butler University, a dark horse, they felt that as long as they did not make mistakes, they would be in the bag for the Western Division Championship. This year they are aggressive and aim to win the championship.

But when it comes to personal ability, this team is not strong. Their core is the two outside sharp knives Jacob Pullen and Dennis Clement.These two are only 183cm and 185cm tall, and the inside players are all blue-collar workers, lacking the ability to score independently.

They rely on the speed and precision of the two guards and the integrity of the team.They do not rely on strong personal abilities.Just two years before they had Michael Beasley, Bill Walker's two forwards with super personal ability did not stand in this position.

This year's Super Kentucky has a luxurious lineup of John Wall, DeMarcus Cousins, Eric Bledsoe, and Patrick Patterson.Which one of these people has almost stabilized this year's first round?Wall and Cousins ​​are among the top five players this year.But such a team was eliminated by West Virginia University, which is more comprehensive today.

Similarly, Stevens is constantly emphasizing the team. Although Hayward and Mike have two sharp knives, he also emphasizes the movement of the ball.

At this time, in the team's ball transfer training, An Sheng inevitably stood out among the bulldogs.The running position that his teammates couldn't tell clearly made Stevens want to cover his eyes a little bit.

"Brad, are you sure you really want to start him?" The assistant coach on the side asked, staring at the younger coach Stevens on the field.

In 2007, Butler University's track and field coach Barry Collier, who was also the former head coach of the basketball team, chose Stevens to take over after inspecting the three assistants of the former head coach. The second youngest college head coach, when he was 30 years old.

In this regard, the other assistant coaches were not uncompromising. However, in the next few years, this young but iron-blooded head coach led the team better and better, until this year's historic entry into the quarterfinals.The role of other assistant coaches is more to assist the team's training, and they rarely question Stevens' formation.

However, now that he has entered the top eight, the team he will face will no longer be a weak team. This is an elimination system, unlike the NBA playoffs, which will allow the coach to have more wild ideas and temporarily replace the main force The lineup is a taboo!

Stevens was a little shaken, but thinking of An Sheng's shocking performance against Syracuse University, he felt that if his goal this year was to be the champion, he should take a gamble, maybe this guy is really a big match type of player?

Although the Bulldogs have eliminated the No. 1 seed Syracuse University in the West, this school with less than 5000 people has also entered the championship 14 times in the last 11 years, but the Bulldogs who are not from the six major leagues make them in In the eyes of the media, they are still only challengers, they are dark horses.

"Bulldog? It's their limit to get here, and the road to the dark horse ends here."

"Stevens is still very young, and their players lack high-intensity competition? As for the Horizon League game? Can that kind of alliance be counted as high-intensity competition?"

"In the last game against Syracuse University, they relied on the Chinese to win. According to previous games, it is not difficult to see that the Chinese is just a joke. Kansas State University, which is fully prepared, will not make a match against Syracuse. University-like mistake."

Before the game, almost all the media looked down on Butler University. In their eyes, the dark horse Butler's season with 23 consecutive victories has come to an end.

However, it’s not that no one is optimistic about Butler. As a special writer for Yahoo Sports, Tony Cavill, a scout from Los Angeles, has a different view on this game: the winner of this game will undoubtedly win The winner will be the Bulldogs, and the factor of their victory is not their core Gordon Hayward, nor the outside sharp knife Shelvin Mack, but their Chinese player An. One of the best players in passing lanes and steal judgment in years, I don't care how many games he played before this, I only believe what I saw with my eyes in the last game.He is the natural enemy of a conductive team, such as this Wildcat team.

However, it seems that Yahoo Sports itself is not very optimistic about this article. You need to spend a lot of energy to find this unique article from a small corner of the webpage.And because of his unique views, many people simply found this article to criticize.

"What you wrote is complete bullshit. If you say that Butler University will win, forget it, but who actually thinks that the factor of victory is the Chinese?"

"Are today's scouts writing things that are contrary to the mainstream to attract attention? Such a contrarian approach will not get you more supporters."

The comments below the article are full of criticism, and no one agrees with his views at all. Even Hayward, who is in the dormitory at this time, was a little confused when he saw these views, and said to An Sheng who was lying on the bed: "An Sheng, you spend How much did you pay him to write this article? Why didn't you mention me by the way? After all, we are also roommates!"

An Sheng threw the pillow directly: "Can the dinner I brought you still not stop your mouth? I conquered him with my strength in the last game!"

The two fell asleep noisyly, full of anticipation and anxiety for tomorrow's game, whether to stop here or continue to make history.

　Because of the contract, it took too much time to make this for the first time. I will update it today. Sorry, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)