I’m Really Playing Basketball

November 17, 2001, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.

After a one-month truce, the NCAA2001-2002 season kicked off.

Marquette University will face the Horizon League powerhouse, Loyola University Chicago, at the Bradley Center today.

This is an NCAA non-conference stage game.

The annual NCAA competition will be divided into three stages.

The first stage is the non-league stage.

The second stage is the league stage.

The third stage, also known as March Madness, is the NCAA National Championships.

In the non-league stage, teams from two different leagues agree to play a game with each other, which is equivalent to an official preseason game.

This game between Marquette in the CUSA league and Loyola in the Horizon league is one such game.

In the non-league stage of the NCAA, there is no championship. It seems unimportant. It is just the nature of a friendly match, but it is not.

Because the NCAA is too big, there are 31 minor leagues in a major league, and which of the 31 leagues is stronger?

The second stage of the NCAA league game is a civil war in each league and does not involve cross-league games.

So the question is, how to judge which alliance is stronger?

This question is important.

Because this involves the final third stage, the national championship is also the allocation of places for participating teams in March Madness.

Rather than the league stage, it is an important basis for the NCAA leagues to compete which league is stronger.

Like the NCAA's most famous league, the ACC league, why does the ACC league have at least four teams invited to the NCAA national championship every year?

There are 31 first-level leagues in the United States, and about 64 places to participate in the national championship.

But the ACC league has four or even five all year round.

why is it like this?

Of course, the ACC league team battle is amazing!

Instead of a league game, it's a team battle!

Each league of the NCAA sends its own team out to fight against teams of similar strength in other leagues.

King to king, handsome to handsome, general to general, soldier to soldier.

In this case, the overall strength of the ACC alliance is simply invincible in team battles.

So much so that last season, six ACC teams were invited to participate in the NCAA National Championships.

In the league where Loyola University is located, only Butler University participated in the national championship last season.

Marquette University's league last season had two teams participate in the NCAA National Championships, which is still average.

So, don't look at the fact that there is no championship in the non-league stage of the NCAA, but each team even pays more attention to playing in the league game with a championship.

After the annual non-league competition is over, the quota for each league to participate in the national championship is basically determined.

Some leagues have four, five, or even six slots.

Some leagues have just one left.

If you don't play well in the non-league stage, your own league will only have one spot, and if you want to enter the national championship, you can only win the championship of the league.

If you play well in the non-league stage and win a few more spots for your league, it will be much easier for your team to enter the national competition.

So, there are three stages of NCAA competition every year.

The first stage is used to determine the strength of the 31 leagues in the United States, and allocate places for each league to participate in the national championship.

In the second stage, the teams within each league will compete for the allocated places.

The third stage is the real national competition.

Of the three stages of competition, of course the third stage is the most important, but it is really hard to say which is more important, the first stage or the second stage.

(PS: This paragraph is not a word count. There are so many basketball articles at the starting point. No one should have described the purpose and nature of the three stages of the NCAA competition. I don’t know if I am the first, but you should not read much elsewhere. The rules of the NCAA are very complicated, and the Yuweng section is just a brief description, which is already very simple, and these are not things that Baidu or search engines can know, and many students should know it for the first time.)

The match against Loyola University was Chen Xiao's first official match.

Although he has participated in NCAA games in Alaska before.

But a full-fledged NCAA game feels completely different from the kind of Challenger League games that Alaska participates in.

At the very least, the number of fans on the sidelines and the enthusiasm of the fans are not at the same level at all.

Chen Xiao, who was standing in the Bradley Center now, felt his entire scalp go numb under the cheers of the Marquette University fans.

This is tens of thousands of fans!

"Dwyane, this game will continue to smash David Bailey like Kevin Torbett!"

"Come on, Fantastic Boy, this game is going to be a lore!"

As a beginner, Chen Ling felt that in the face of such a situation, his scalp was only numb and his legs were not weak, which was pretty good.

In particular, he and Wade were the center of cheers from tens of thousands of fans in this game. .

Chen Ling felt that it was very good if he could keep his legs from shaking and keep this polite yet awkward smile on his face.

"Chen, your smile is really ugly, hehe."

Xiaotai, shut up!

Didn't you see that in order to maintain this polite yet awkward smile, brother is already sweating hard?

If you let me walk now, I feel that I will definitely turn smoothly.

By the way, when I walked out just now, I didn't make a smooth crutch, did I?

If so, it would be a shame.

The more Chen Ling thought about it, the more her liver trembled.

Look at Wade next to him who seems to be enjoying the cheers and heat.

Looking at the other side, Ron Howard was wearing a very luxurious headset on his head, and Ron Howard was blowing his face with the breath of money.

Compared with Wade and Ron Howard, Chen Xiao once again felt the reality of being an ordinary person.

He's not as crazy as Wade's people.

No Ron Howard 'dora' either.

"Chen, don't be nervous, slowly feel the atmosphere of the NCAA, and adapt to the atmosphere here, you don't have to worry about the NBA."

"I see, thank you coach."

Chen Ling gritted her teeth hard and opened her legs.

Well, not Shunguai!

However, Chen Xiao, who learned how other players greeted fans, still felt a little awkward.

This game against Arroyo University was the first game of the new season at Marquette University, and the interaction between players and fans was very enthusiastic.

Veteran players like Henry have long been accustomed to such interactions.

And rookies like Wade and Dina also look very skilled.

Wade is crazy, and Dina is the first Wisconsin genius who has been highly anticipated, and he has seen a lot of big worlds.

Perhaps the official players of Marquette University are Chen Xiao and Ron Howard, who are the most reserved.

Because both of them are first-timers.

Chen Xiao is really the first, the first.

And Ron Howard... He didn't play in high school in high school.

The team they formed in high school was sunk by Jay Williams as soon as they set sail.

However, compared to Chen Xiao who laughed awkwardly and felt like he didn't know how to put his hands down, Ron Howard looked much cooler, like a cold-faced prince.

Luo Ge is still very skilled at pretending to be this kind of paralyzed and cold-faced monster.

However, regardless of whether the Marquette University players are skilled or jerky, the Marquette University fans on the scene like it.

"Wonder Boy is a beginner, so it's right to be so jerky!"

"And it's funny too, hahahaha!"

Even Chen Xiao's jerky gave them a different kind of enjoyment, which made the atmosphere of the scene much happier.

Just as the players of Marquette University were interacting closely with the fans in their first game of the season, the players of Loyola University who were the visiting team were pointing at the players of Marquette University not far away.

Especially the one standing in the middle of Loyola University may not look like a 1.75-foot-tall little 12 in red.

Since the No. 12 from Loyola University came out, his eyes have been fixed on Chen Xiao who is now a little at a loss.

"David, he is the amazing boy. In this game, you help you hit the stepping stone of the NBA!"

NBA?

Hearing what his teammates said, David Bailey looked at Chen Xiao with a lot of fiery eyes.

He wants to let more people know him, and he wants to enter the eyes of NBA scouts.

No team is a better fit than Marquette.

Marquette has three high-traffic players on the radar of NBA scouts.

It can be said that NBA scouts and coaches are indispensable in every game of Marquette University, on the sidelines and in front of the TV.

As long as he can step on these three players from Marquette University and play a super beautiful game in this game, he may be noticed!

Wade and Ron Howard are very strong, he is not a fool, these two are definitely not easy to fight.

But Chen Xiao was different.

His teammates said that Chen Xiao was his stepping stone, and there was nothing wrong with that.

This beginner is his flow blood bag!

However, although I think so, David Bailey will not underestimate the enemy.

This game is too important!

For Loyola University, which is destined not to enter the NCAA national competition, this game is the most important game of his season.

Maybe after this game, all the remaining games of Loyola will not have the attention of NBA scouts.

He must be cautious, this is the only chance in life!

Therefore, during the warm-up before the match between the two teams, David Bailey's eyes were always on Chen Xiao.

He wanted to use his eyes to observe everything about Chen Xiao.

After observing, David Bailey was satisfied.

"Sure enough, a beginner!"

"With a height of 1.88 meters, he can't even dunk!"

Every movement Chen Xiao makes on the court now seems so jerky to him.

Maybe the only thing that looks proficient is his free throws, where he still looks like he's shooting from the free throw line.

But, will he give Chen Xiao a free throw in this game?

of course not!

The key now is to get the chance to match up with Chen Xiao!

Because this beginner is likely not to start.

If the playing time of this rookie who is as good as the rumors is not matched with his playing time, it will be meaningless.

"David, I hope you can play the whole game in this game."

The warm-up of the two teams is over.

Looking at David Bailey, who was a little restless, Loyola University head coach Larry Farmer patted the head player of the team lightly on the shoulder and said with a smile.

"coach?"

"Take good care of your own destiny."

"I see, thank you."

David Bailey nodded heavily.

Resolutely took the teammates behind him onto the court.

Looking at David Bailey's back, the gentle smile on Larry Farmer's face gradually turned bitter.

At the age of 30, he became the head coach of UCLA, the No. 1 NCAA team. Now at the age of 50, he is coaching here.

There is only one chance in life sometimes, if you miss it, it will never be there again.

"Give everything you can, and don't let me down."

After the warm-up training, Chen Xiao sat back on the bench with the other substitute players of the team.

"Little boy, watch our performance below. Although your talent is high, but this season, you can honestly be a substitute for me."

Facing the joke made by the team's big brother Caudle Henry, Chen Xiao didn't care at all.

"I am willing to be a substitute, but you must not deny me the opportunity to be a substitute."

I care, Chen Ling doesn't care at all, but I still want to talk back, he, Chen, has ever suffered from his mouth.

This kid!

Caudle-Henry looked at the grimace on Chen Xiao's face and shook his head with a smile.

"You kid, let me sit on the bench for a season!"

Marquette's starters for this game are Scott Merritt, Ennamaka, Wade, Ron Howard and Henry.

It's a regular starter for Marquette.

Chen Xiao really didn't care about the fact that he wasn't selected as the starter for this game.

His mid-range shot is good now, and his explosion is also very good, but his overall strength is indeed not as good as that of Henry, and this is the team's first game. No matter how important Coach Klein is to him, he still needs a victory to start the game.

Therefore, it is normal for him to be a substitute in this game.

He had nothing to worry about either.

Look at Odateyi Branksome next to him, he is stronger than Ennamaka, but he still sits on the bench like him.

This unlucky boy's face was black as carbon.

Still too shy and boring.

Chen Ling felt that it might be different if he followed Ennamaka's example of beating his chest, stomping his feet and shouting twice.

Chen Xiao always felt that American basketball coaches seemed to like players doing such actions very much.

He is also studying by watching NBA games recently.

I hope one day I can be as aggressive as Garnett.

Hmm, classmate Chen Xiao, who loves brainstorming, is thinking too much again.

Back to the game.

The game began with Marquette's starting center Scott Merritt losing on a jump ball to Loyola center Sylvie Turkovic.

The two are the same height and seem to have similar physical fitness, but Turkovic's skills are much stronger than Merritt's.

This can be seen from Turkovic's name, where is his origin.

Proper technical flow.

Merritt, who corresponds to Turkovic, Chen Xiao really doesn't know what genre his teammate is.

Body flow?

not like.

Technology flow?

Neither.

Talent flow?

Chen Xiao didn't see any eye-catching talent in this top 100 genius in the United States.

Simply put, Merritt is a very ordinary center.

Everything is there, but nothing stands out.

But such a D- player can firmly occupy the position of the team's starting center.

Compared with the team's talented back line and forward line, the team's inside line is really miserable.

Returning to the game again, after Loyola succeeded in jumping the ball, it was the first offense. Loyola University's head guard David Bailey used the pick-and-roll cover of his teammates to throw off Ron Howard and suddenly shot from outside the three-point line succeed.

3 to 0!

In the away game, Loyola University gave Marquette University a blow at the beginning.

"This pick-and-roll is real!"

"This double cover is really hard!"

"This three-pointer is really decisive!"

Chen Xiao, who was on the bench, was amazed, and couldn't help but praise Loyola University's attack in her heart.

Loyola is really a very interesting team.

Except for their core point guard David Bailey who looks less than 1.75 meters, the other starting players of this team are very tall.

Center Turkovic, 2.08 meters, other players like power forwards, Corey Minnifield is 2.03 meters, small forwards, Jonathan Freeman is 2.01 meters, another player Ron- Branksome is 1.98 meters.

This height, in the NCAA, is definitely the Giants.

One short and four tall, one fast and four strong, it looks very discordant, but it feels very suitable.

"This team is really something!"

Chen Xiao felt that her judgment was correct.

Because after the game started, they were favored before the game, and Marquette University led by Wade and Ron Howard really fell into a hard fight!

It should be said that Marquette University was beaten by Loyola University at the beginning!

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ps: This book is the novel with the most information searched by fishermen. 90% of the characters in the book are Baidu Encyclopedia or things that are not available in other search engines. Although this may be thankless, few fishermen have compared it The brainless face-slapping chapters that I am good at are cool, but since this book wants to write something different, it must have something really different. This book of the fisherman hopes to really write about the life of a player , Chen Xiao's life.

Finally, thank you for your support, the tips are below.

Tip 1: Larry Farmer: head coach of Loyola University Chicago, born in 1951, graduated from UCLA in 1973, UCLA legend Sidney Weeks, teammate of Bill Wharton, UCLA1971-1972, 1972 -In 1973, he was the main forward for two consecutive seasons of undefeated success, a legendary player of UCLA, and later became the head coach of UCLA in 1981. His three-year coaching career record of UCLA was 61 wins and 23 losses, which was not successful.

Tip 2: David Bailey, the head guard of Loyola University, a small guard of 1.74 meters, averaged 21.7 points, 4.6 assists and 1.8 steals in the NCAA season in 2001-02, a standard small guard , The style of play is like the shorter Aaron Brooks, who can shoot suddenly and throw three-pointers randomly, and his efficiency is as amazing as Aaron Brooks. Well, there are many turnovers.