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After the two toughest games, the qualification was firmly in hand.

USC won the last three games easily without any pressure.

The remaining opponents were typical weak teams with obvious flaws. The game was as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

In these three games, Roy scored 35 points and 28 points respectively. In the last game, the team led by 20 points after 12 minutes. Roy only contributed 17 points in that game.

5 consecutive wins, a perfect ending!

Roy, who returned from a serious injury, averaged an amazing 29.8 points, 14.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists, and 5.5 blocks per game.

Successfully entered the NCAA March Madness National Championship and entered the top 64 knockout rounds.

Today is the day for the group draw.

Everyone in the training field is obviously not in good shape.

Even in a simple shooting training, several absent-minded teammates can shoot three shots without touching the ball.

Everyone in the team is on edge, especially McGinnis, who hit his foot and bounced out of bounds three times in a row.

Head coach Claire decisively terminated the training.

It is equally difficult for all the universities participating in the elimination round.

Because this day is also called "Decision Sunday" in the United States, the NCAA March Madness National Championship elimination round draw ceremony will be held.

The draw ceremony will largely determine the ownership of this year's championship.

The NCAA adopts a single-game elimination system. There is no so-called BO5 or BO7. It is a one-game decision.

The winner enters the next round, and the loser is eliminated directly.

The charm of this competition system is that it tests the team's on-the-spot state. It is easy to produce miracles of defeating the strong. Luck also plays a big role in the single-game elimination system.

Therefore, the traditional strong teams in the NCAA are mainly based on strong inside players. The high hit rate of inside players means high tolerance rate.

Teams that rely on their touch can be amazing, but they are also prone to failure due to poor touch, and are far less stable than teams with strong inside players.

Stability is the most critical factor for winning in March Madness.

The competition divides 64 nationally selected teams into four divisions, with 16 teams in each division. The venues are designated by the event organizer, instead of the home and away system like the NBA.

University is different from professional players. The main task of students is still academic. Traveling all over the world is not suitable for students.

The competition is a single elimination game in several designated venues in the division.

The first place in the four divisions will be the semi-finals, and will be drawn separately. The two winners will be decided in two-on-two battles, and the final will compete for the championship!

In the minds of many people in North America, the most pure competition is the one without commercial interests, so the NCAA March Madness is the most influential basketball event in the United States (in the minds of Americans, it is higher than the NBA, and the NBA event needs to be suspended on the day of the NCAA finals to make way for it).

The draw was held in the afternoon of the same day, and was broadcast live. The organizer also specially invited representatives of the best performing teams in each major competition area this year to the scene.

In the afternoon, everyone in the locker room gathered around the TV, anxiously waiting for the results of today's draw.

Everyone knew that if they stumbled into the last few places in the knockout stage, they would probably encounter strong teams in the first round according to the competition system.

First of all, the grouping, USC was assigned to the Phoenix Division.

In the teams in the same division, Roy saw three famous schools, the University of North Carolina, the University of Connecticut, and the defending champion Syracuse University, which are also traditional strong teams in the NCAA.

Another team is the Stanford University team. Although it is not as famous as the other three in the basketball world, this year Stanford entered the knockout stage with an impressive record of 17-1.

Coach Claire looked at the list of players in the same division with wide eyes.

When the division list was announced, all the players felt invisible pressure and their scalps went numb.

These teams were divided into one division, a group of death.

Just after the division, everyone's face changed. Coach Claire comforted the players:

"It's okay, we still have a chance. As long as the opponent is divided well, we are not without a chance to advance to the top 32 or even the top 16."

That being said, we are all college students. No matter how stupid we are, we can still calculate.

Teams with good results will be separated in the top 64 to avoid meeting in advance.

Teams with poor results will be drawn as the opponents of the strong teams in the first round. Refer to the first round of the NBA playoffs, the first will play against the eighth, the second will play against the seventh... and so on.

When the beautiful host led the guests to draw the first round for the division where USC was located, everyone's heart was in their throat except Roy.

Roy was very calm and even a little disappointed.Wait, according to his memory, he knew that this year's NCAA champion was the University of Connecticut.

This division is divided into some things, gathering new and old champions, plus North Carolina, the intensity is directly pulled to the maximum,

But from another perspective, if the last one wins, then the gold content will be directly pulled to the maximum,

For Roy, who is aiming for this year's draft, the record and gold content of the game are directly proportional to his ranking!

What you fear will come to you. When the beautiful host read out that USC's opponent is Syracuse University,

A large number of players in the locker room wailed and fell down,

Everyone's eyes were full of despair,

"Stand up for me! The game hasn't even started yet, and you are so scared. Do you want to surrender directly? It's just a defending champion, what's the fuss!"

The defending champion is just that. If eyes can kill, Roy might have been humiliated to death,

Why not cut into pieces, because American college students always hide some strange things in their hearts.

Everyone looked at Roy with crazy eyes. Do you understand the value of the defending champion?

The group draw was not over yet, and everyone was already packing up in the locker room with a dull mood, ready to go home for a good sleep and play a catheter game to calm themselves down.

It should be said that this group of people did have the idea of ​​surrendering and not fighting. After all, last year's champion Syracuse University swept all opponents and won the championship with a crushing attitude.

This brought huge pressure to everyone, and they began to fear from the bottom of their hearts that the opponent was invincible.

"Are you planning to give up just like that? Can you piss yourself just by hearing the name? Then what are your previous efforts? Isn't Duke strong? Arizona isn't weak either. Where is your courage back then?"

The question Roy raised made everyone speechless.

"It's true that Syracuse was invincible last year, but the current Syracuse University is not the same team that won the championship last year. The team's scoring leader Carmelo Anthony has already entered the NBA. Can the remaining shrimps and crabs scare you to piss your pants?"

"You are so cowardly. Are you still a man? Don't let your girlfriend regret having sex with a cowardly man."

"Yeah, what are you afraid of? Just kill them! Duke University is still covering its ass now. Syracuse University is nothing!"

Everyone stopped packing up, and light began to appear in their eyes again.

Roy really wanted to go out and smoke a cigarette and have a good laugh. Are college students in America like this? Love chicken soup so much, simple chicken soup solves strategic problems, it seems that I need to feed more in the future,

Specifically, how to feed, Roy can't help but think of Jinlian's posture of holding the bowl.

After the draw, as the No. 1 seed in the Phoenix Division, Connecticut sent two trump cards in the team: Emeka Okafor and Ben Gordon to participate in the show.

As star players in the division, the two naturally talked freely. They both believed that everyone in this division was very strong and this year would be an interesting game.

When asked about his goal for this season, Ben Gordon modestly said that his goal was at least to reach the semi-finals.

For the same question, the team's super center Okafor said that his goal at the University of Connecticut was to win the championship.

This answer is very good and meets the news needs of the program team, but it is not enough.

Since you are so confident, the reporter must give him some strength.

For the sake of ratings, the reporter's questions became much more pointed:

"Emeka, as far as I know, there is another excellent inside player in your Phoenix division, Roy from USC. He has achieved jaw-dropping data in the last five games. If you meet him, do you have the confidence to defeat him?"

Okafor's expression became subtle. He was tired of hearing the rumors about Roy in the past week.

Dwight Howard, a high school student at Southwest Christian College in Atlanta, has already annoyed Okafor. There are rumors that Howard has surpassed himself and become a strong candidate for the No. 1 pick in this year's draft.

Recently, another player from USC has emerged. He compares me with all kinds of people. I am the No. 1 center in the NCAA. Okafor answered the reporter's question with a contemptuous expression:

"The knockout round is a completely different level of competition from the previous one. Don't discuss with me a guy who has only played 5 games. When he was still considering the top 64, I was already considering the opponent in the final. I admit that he has some strength, but in my opinion, this is far from enough..."

"Let's talk about it when he is able to meet my team!" Okafor then added confidently.