Sakuragi's road to NBA superstardom

Chapter 155 March Madness
In order to welcome March Madness, Sakuragi devoted himself to training, and Haruko has no job for the time being, so she took charge of Sakuragi's daily work.

In order to better create a family atmosphere, Sakuragi rented a lake-view villa, and after leaving the Holiday Inn Windsor with Haruko, the two lived a sweet little life.

With Haruko supporting Sakuragi's logistics, Sakuragi's training quality has improved significantly. After all, the food of the Akagi family can cultivate strong high school students like Takenori Akagi.

Before March Crazy, Sakuragi's physical and mental state had reached its peak. Sakuragi's current ability value is 65 in the NBA confrontation level.

Although this familiarity seems a bit shabby, it already means that Sakuragi has the strength of the middle of the second round of the show.

Although playing in the NCAA with the NBA's rivalry level, the token income is already very poor, but Sakuragi needs to reach a comprehensive ability of 68 or even 70 before the draft.

Then it is not impossible for him to reach the end of the first round, because in 1994, there were not so many international players in the NBA. As long as he can make a name for himself in the NCAA, he has a high chance of being favored by NBA teams.

After the baptism of the ACC league, Sakuragi has been completely in charge. Whether it is the coach or the senior veterans, they have clearly defined Sakuragi's second core position in the team.

Even though Sakuragi is already training very hard, he dare not say that he is the one who works the hardest, because no matter when he does extra training in the training hall, he always has Tim Duncan by his side.

Because of their impressive record in the ACC league, the Devil Deacon team entered March Madness as the No. [-] seed in the country.

Such an arrangement put pressure on the Devil's Deacon team. Sakuragi always felt that although his status in the team had improved, the atmosphere of the whole team was not very good.

The atmosphere in the team was too depressing, and countless media visits were unprecedented treatment for these players.

Especially for the players who are preparing to participate in the election, the pressure is doubled, because such terrifying attention is a sharp double-edged sword.

If you perform well, it will definitely get twice the result with half the effort for your draft prospects, but if you don't perform well, you will definitely become the laughing stock of the entire United States.

But fortunately, the Devil Deacon team has Sakuragi, a super topical character, sitting in the team, and he has attracted a lot of firepower for the others.

As a media person in his previous life, Sakuragi is very familiar with dealing with these reporters. Sakuragi also doesn't care about 21, [-], and only talks about hot topics.

Sakuragi's guess is big mouth, but the popularity of VT sports has increased.

The scientific name of March Madness is the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA Tournament is divided into four divisions, namely the Eastern Division, Midwestern Division, Southern Division and Western Division.

The NCAA league has a total of 32 first-tier leagues, and the ACC league is the strongest league among the 32 first-tier leagues.

The top players in these 32 leagues will directly get a place to participate in the NCAA tournament. The Wake Forest University Devil Deacon team directly won the place to participate in March Madness because they won the championship of the ACC league.

Among the 32 first-level leagues, 31 leagues are directly participated in the NCAA championship by the champion of the championship. The only special case here is the LVY Ivy League.

The LVY Ivy League has only regular seasons and no championships, so the LVY Ivy League regular season champions will directly qualify for the NCAA Championships.

The remaining 32 seats are what we usually call wild card teams. These teams are selected by the Selection Committee officially authorized by the NCAA.

The selection committee is composed of 10 members, each of whom is the athletic director of a Division I university or the chairman of the league chairman, with a term of five years.

Every year, at least 1 and at most 3 members will leave their posts due to expiration, and the vacated seats will be filled by new members.The basic principle is that there should be no less than two committee members from any of the four districts, including the Eastern, Central and Western Districts, Southern Districts, and Western Districts, to ensure fair selection.

These 64 teams will rank No. 1-64 seeds according to the strength balance of the top teams in the four divisions of the National Championship, and then determine the March Madness matchup list.

The Wake Forest University Devil Deacon team was listed as the No. [-] seed in the United States by the NCAA committee because of its excellent performance sweeping the ACC league.

The Devil Deacons are in the East with the Duke Blue Devils, and all games in the East will be played in Washington.

If the Wake Forest Devil Deacons want to break out of the East, then they have to beat the mighty Duke Blue Devils in this single-elimination format.

Although the Devil Deacon team has the upper hand in this year's match against the Duke University Blue Devils, the March Madness game and the civil war in the ACC league are definitely very different.

The single-game knockout system, which is popular with bayonets, has great variables. In the long river of the NCAA league, there are countless classic battles.

Many teams that seem to have an overwhelming advantage have experienced upsets in the gutter, not to mention that the Wake Forest University Devil Deacons and the Duke University Blue Devils are already close to each other.

There is a saying in competitive sports that if you are hot, you will die. Even if you are the number one seed in the United States, no one would naively think that the NCAA championship trophy has become the possession of the Wake Forest University Devil Deacon team.

But the reason why March Madness is called March Madness is that there are too many crazy things going to happen in March.

One of the craziest things is the birth of Tim Duncan. In fact, in the ACC league game, Tim Duncan has shown unparalleled potential and immediate combat power.

Duncan has also attracted the attention of many media and fans, but if Duncan has truly become a well-known star in the United States, it must be said that it is in this crazy March.

Before meeting the biggest rival in the same district, the Duke University Blue Devils, the Wake Forest University Devil Deacons won all three games by storm.

Tim Duncan has shown unprecedented dominance, and even many media have given Duncan the title of the most powerful lifetime in history.

In the first three games, Tim Duncan crazily crushed his opponents. On the offensive end, Duncan rarely even made mid-range shots. He chose to kill the basket more.

The appearance of Sakuragi has brought subtle changes to Duncan's life trajectory. Duncan has already demonstrated his full ability in his freshman year.

Duncan continued to wreak havoc on the opponent's inside line, and all Duncan's opponents fell into foul trouble.

On the defensive end, Duncan opened up a net in the penalty area of ​​the Devil Deacon team. The opponent's inside attack was repeatedly suffocated.

(End of this chapter)