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Chapter 76 The Arrival of Domestic Media
In the NCAA semi-finals this year, the game between Connecticut and the University of Kansas was set up in the famous Thompson Bolling Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee!

This is an arena that can accommodate nearly 5 people.

And this is the size of the NCAA, especially after entering the "Sweet 16", this kind of arena configuration can only be said to be standard configuration. The last Eastern Conference Finals between Connecticut and North Carolina was a arena that can accommodate 7 people!
The most important point is that whether it is a stadium with 7 people or a stadium with 5 people, the tickets for every game in "March Madness" are sold out.

In contrast, the arenas of most NBA teams with more than 1 people are often not completely full.

The worst teams, such as the Cavaliers Quicken Loans Arena where LeBron James left for the first time, 10 dollars a ticket plus free Coke and popcorn, no fans are willing to watch...

One positive and one negative, two extremes, the popularity of NCAA "March Madness" can be seen from this!
But yes, without such attention, it is impossible for Zhu Wan to catch up with LeBron James in such a short time.

"Run, run, is your counterattack only so fast?"

"Rebound, rebound, did you pass it as soon as you controlled it? Emeka, when did you develop this bad habit!"

"Come on, pass the ball faster, hurry up, Zhu Wan is empty, why hasn't the ball reached him in 2 seconds!"

The semifinals with the University of Kansas are coming soon, and it can be seen that Jim Cahoron's state on the training ground is obviously different. He doesn't say anything seriously, but also pays great attention to details. During the team training, he pointed out everyone's small problems mercilessly.

This attitude is a little drowsy from the previous game, and people can't help but want to say "Can the old man sitting on the chair play ball?" The appearance is completely different.

Well, it's no wonder that he put on such an appearance of facing an enemy.

For Connecticut, which was invincible before, the University of Kansas is really one of the few teams that can threaten them in the "March Madness" of this season.

The University of Kansas Jayhawks from the Big 3 Conference can be said to be one of the few giants that can compete with Duke North Carolina in terms of background. Although the competitiveness of the Big [-] Conference is slightly inferior to that of the ACC, the [-] NCAA championships and the title of "the team with the most regular season wins" in the NCAA Division I prove that their background is enough to compete with all ncaa giants except UCLA. Lun, Paul Pierce recently, and last year's No. [-] pick in the first round, Drew Gooden, all came from this university.

The deep foundation also makes this team never lack combat power. Even though Gooden's departure from the team last year weakened their internal strength to a certain extent, the team still has NCAA top internal combat power like Nick Collison.

In addition, there are core players like Hinrich on the outside.

This Kansas has no obvious weaknesses in configuration.

Of course, at this stage, of the four surviving teams, except for Syracuse University, the other teams have a good configuration inside and outside.

What's more, they were the final runners-up!

Against such a team, it is indeed necessary to be cautious.

"They are very strong. There is no doubt about it. It is rare in the history of the NCAA for a team to win consecutively in March Madness with an average score difference of [-] to [-] points per game.

Afterwards, the core players of the University of Kansas headed by Hinrich made speeches, which made Juwan sure that this is not an easy team to deal with.

As the saying goes, "a dog that bites does not bark"!
Just look at Cincinnati and you will know how they were beaten up, and they are still screaming like ghosts, but they really met, but they only got beaten.

Compared with them, Kansas has a feeling of hiding its edge.

Such opponents are often the most difficult to deal with!

Game day is coming soon.

Paul Pierce, Drew Gooden and many other players who were born at the University of Kansas were present to cheer for their alma mater.

This added a lot of star flavor to the sidelines of this game.

But even so, the shots on the sidelines are rarely given to the players on both sides after they enter the field to warm up.

Even though they are well-known in the NBA, Paul Pierce is still an Eastern Conference All-Star this year, but on the stage of "March Madness", they are destined to be only supporting roles. In terms of the popularity of the outside world, let alone Juwan and others in Connecticut, even Hinrich and Collison are much more popular than Paul Pierce now!

After all, the NBA is not as popular as the NCAA, not to mention, the NBA has entered the final stage of the regular season, and there are no exciting games worth paying attention to.On the NCAA's side, this year's national champion is about to be announced, and it's the time of the fiercest battle!
"Okay, we can see that Zhu Wan has already played, and there were huge cheers when he played. There is no doubt that this is the popularity of the NCAA in the United States, and this is also the popularity of Zhu Wan in the United States. The battle is imminent. Whether Zhu Wan can lead Connecticut to the NCAA Finals again, please pay attention to the follow-up report of this station!"

It is worth mentioning that the domestic 5th Central Television also sent a filming team, but because there is no copyright and cannot be broadcast, and because they are not familiar with the NCAA pre-match interview system, the domestic interview team headed by Xu Ji unfortunately failed to interview Zhu Wan.

Fortunately, this is only the semifinals. As long as Connecticut wins this game, they will have the opportunity to conduct an exclusive interview with Juwan before the NCAA ends.

In fact, with Zhu Wan's popularity, they could have come here long ago. The group's initial follow-up report time was set to start from "March Madness", but because of the fight between Zhu Wan and Anthony on the court, the group re-entered a long discussion stage. If Xu Jicheng hadn't watched the semi-finals start, this season would be over.

Fortunately, fortunately, the semi-finals came, and there was such a chance of trial and error.

Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing for the finals to come out like this!

However, although Zhu Wan could not be interviewed before the game, Xu Jicheng's team still entered the sidelines smoothly, but because they did not have the rights to broadcast, they were not allowed to broadcast.

So Zhu Wan also noticed this domestic team.

In addition to being pleasantly surprised, he quickly came up to say hello.

For every wanderer in a foreign land, this kind of intimacy from the hometown is natural and comes from the heart.

His second uncle had chatted with a "citizen" from NMG for half an hour in their respective dialects. No one could understand what the other said, but they just had a great time chatting.

Xu Jicheng was a little uncomfortable with Zhu Wan's "self-acquaintance", but considering the past reports on him by the American media, it is not surprising that he is enthusiastic.

It was also thanks to Joo Wan's enthusiasm that Xu Jicheng accidentally "interviewed" two questions.

This time I have to play well!
Zhu Wan shook his arms and returned to the bench, making final preparations.

Okafor also noticed Xu Jicheng and his group: "Man, is that a reporter from China?"

Zhu Wan nodded.

Okafor asked again: "Is it just for you?"

Zhu Wan is a little uncertain, but thinking about it, there is no other reason for them to come to watch an NCAA semifinal, which is hardly popular in China...

It wasn't even until around 09 that most fans in China knew that the NCAA was even more popular than the NBA.

"Then you have to do a good job today!"

Okafor came to the same conclusion as Juwan just now.

"No!"

Zhu Wan adjusted his wristband, and the beep sounded at this moment, which meant the start of the game.

He leads the way.

"One time is enough!"

The NCAA semifinals, Connecticut vs. Kansas, officially started!

(End of this chapter)