When the regular season of the Ivy League division ended, those experts were a little surprised to find that the regular season champion of the Ivy League this season was not Cornell University! The Princeton University Tigers stumbled all the way and won the regular season championship!
Cornell has two more wins!
These experts don’t even know how Princeton University won the championship, and the regular season data of the Princeton Tigers in their hands is really bleak. The games they lost were all by big margins, while the games they won were only by a weak margin.
, it looks like goddess luck accidentally favored the Princeton players.
But now is not the time to discuss which college is more representative of the Ivy League. According to the NCAA's competition system, the Ivy League does not have a divisional championship. Therefore, the Princeton Tigers are the first team in the NCAA to qualify for the Top 64.
While other teams are still preparing to compete hard in the next conference championship.
When the conference championships of each division were in full swing, Blake Dolan did not go to appreciate the performances of those young talents, but chose to continue training the guys on the basketball team.
The time finally came to March 17th in a fiery atmosphere. The championships of each league have been announced, and the organizing committee has also compiled the seed teams for the four major divisions. In other words, the top 64 of the NCAA, the national
The championship is about to begin.
Blake Dolan held a Camel cigarette in one hand and stared at Sheldon Cooper's laptop screen, which showed that in the top sixty-four, their first opponent was the twelfth seeded team in the South Central District.
, they will face the fifth-seeded team in the South Central Region, the Michigan State Spartans, in the first round.
Single elimination system.
The winner advances, the loser leaves.
Except for the basketball team members who have been trained intensively by Blake Dolan, even the die-hard fans of the Princeton Tigers are not optimistic about the upcoming game. Their team has reached the top 64, which is enough for them to celebrate and look forward to them defeating Michigan.
State University, forgive them for being sane Princetonians.
Even within the coaching staff, the fat man Schneider Booker is not optimistic about his Princeton Tigers. He knows more about basketball than Reuben Brooks, DaVille Hawke and Louis Huang, so many times, this fat man is the coach of the coaching staff.
The only person who could give Blake Dolan basketball advice.
"Blake, I think this game will be very tricky. Michigan State is not the same stuff we met in the regular season." Schneiderbook said seriously without chewing food in front of Blake Dolan for the first time.
"What do you want to say? Stan?" Blake Dolan stared at the screen in front of him. On the screen was the video of Michigan State's regular season game.
"I mean that's a strong team, a thoroughly strong team. Their head coach, Tom Izzo, is one of the top coaches in this huge league, just like Old K or Orlando Smith." Schneiderbaugh.
K said.
"I know more information about this coach than you do, look." Blake Dolan turned off the game video and opened a document, which was densely filled with information about Tom Izzo and Michigan State.
"Tom Izzo and his team, just like their team name, are a group of out-and-out Spartans, iron-blooded, tough, and ferocious. Michigan State's preseason and regular season will always be the best in the NCAA."
It's interesting because the opponents they invite are always the strongest, including Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, and even their players have already tasted the playoffs in the preseason and regular season, so
, when the playoffs come, their mentality will be calmer than other teams, but, you know, I'm not worried about him." Blake Dolan sat on his chair and finished talking about the previous section of Tom Izzo's record,
Finally, he suddenly said...
"Why?" Schneiderbook asked confused.
"Because compared to other coaches who have been in the NCAA for many years, Tom Zoe and Michigan State are already the easiest opponents to beat," Blake Dolan said.
"Man, do you know what you're talking about? The fifth seed? The easiest opponent to beat in your mouth? Do you think you're coaching Kentucky or Duke?" Schneiderbooker said.
I still don't understand why Blake Dolan would say such a thing.
"Because their tactics are fixed, every opponent they play against Michigan State is miserable. It's not that they lose in tactics, but that they are tougher without Tom Zoe and his players! What I said
You know, Michigan State is the toughest team in the NCAA league. Not even Kentucky or even Duke can surpass it." Blake Dolan lit his cigarette and looked at the information on the screen in silence for a while, then continued:
"However, this is also the reason why Michigan State cannot occupy the first place in the NCAA all year round. They are tough enough, but their tactical system is the most rigid among the top teams in the NCAA. In my opinion, they are a group of knights, tough and tough.
Don’t give up, work hard for the goal, and you won’t back down even if everyone dies in battle. However, today’s society is not a world of knights, and knights are no longer needed. The basketball court is no different from the battlefield. Victory can no longer be won by marching forward bravely.
In this era, cooperation is needed. A group of iron-blooded knights encounter a group of thieves who know how to ambush and assassinate. The winner is likely to be the thieves. Even ten thieves cannot kill a knight in a frontal attack! I am very happy that in the first place
In one game, we met Michigan State, not Kansas or Kentucky."
"Why?" Schneiderbook felt that he could not grasp Black Dolan's thoughts at all, even a little bit.
"Because Michigan State is just here to prove that you and I are two cunning thieves. Only if we are cunning enough can we continue to survive in March Madness," Blake Dolan said.
"What do we rely on to beat Michigan State? The kids who are training outside? They work hard, but they are not God!" Schneiderbook said, rubbing his frizzy hair.
"I think what Tom Zoe is doing now is watching our regular season video. He is a tough but not proud person and will not despise his opponents. However, for the Princeton Tigers, who are in everyone's eyes,
As a bubble team, if you can watch a few game videos carefully, you already take it very seriously. He will rate our regular season performance in his heart. I want him to know that the Princeton Tigers are a team that works hard but has no strength at all.
The team, which seemed lucky to win, actually worked hard. I want him to think that the Princeton Tigers are an ambitious but outdated tiger, because in the end, there were only two teams standing on the field.
I will let him know that it is not that this tiger is old, but that it has learned to hide before the prey enters its attack range, and hides until the prey is sure to be safe. At that time, it is the time for us to show our fangs.
"
Although Black Dolan's tone was calm and the temperature in the room had risen, Schneiderbook felt his body was a little cold. He shuddered and looked at Black Dolan, who also looked at him, with a look on his face.
