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Chapter 17 The Arrival of March Madness (adding a new chapter for Xia Gege's suggestion)
Jiang Yan didn't think about Jiang Meiqi anymore, and decided to wait and see what happened.

After all, he is very suspicious now, whether Jiang Meiqi likes him or is using him.

In the following days, apart from Alice who often came to him, Jiang Yan returned to the three-point and one-line days, and focused on training her shooting every day, so that when March Madness came, her shooting percentage would be higher. get improved.

The gymnasium, dormitory, and classroom are three places where he often stays.

Occasionally, Alice would take him out, calling it relaxing, but actually watching movies and dating.

At first, he was a little bit resistant, but as the number of dates increased and Jiang Meiqi's disappearance, Jiang Yan got used to dating Alice.

On the other hand, the team's training has not fallen behind, after all, there is only a little more than a month before March Madness.

The Devil's Deacon team has been training the team that Jiang Yan played against the North Carolina team with one team and four teams.

And as the training progressed, Jeff even developed the five-death lineup of future Warriors coaches, which are point guard Jiang Yan, point guard James, small forward Javi, power forward Williams and center Saul.

Whenever this set of death five small lineup and the substitute lineup conduct confrontation training, the score will always be opened by more than ten or twenty points in just 3 minutes!

As for the previous regular lineup, the training is the same.

But the training time is only half of the dead five.

At the same time, Jiang Yan's reputation as a genius has grown further in North America.

Various draft prediction websites have predicted what ranking Jiang Yan will get if she participates in the draft.

The current top pick is ESPN's projected No. [-] pick.

In their view, Jiang Yan has a mouth-watering passing talent and an undeveloped defensive talent.

And they think that Jiang Yan's template is the Mavericks' starting point guard and former superstar Jason Kidd.

The same has super passing ability, but also has the disadvantage of insufficient offensive ability.

However, in their conservative view, Jiang Yan may not have Jason Kidd's defensive ability, because Jiang Yan's body is too thin, even if Jiang Yan's wingspan is excellent, but the defense is not good, so the defensive ability is definitely a big question mark.

However, Jiang Yan's 19-year-old age, coupled with the huge market behind it, still makes people full of expectations!

Time flies, and more than a month has passed in a blink of an eye.

NCAA March Madness is about to begin.

Here, I have to introduce the origin of NCAA March Madness.

The NCAA Tournament, commonly known as the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship, was established in 1939 and is currently one of the largest national sporting events in the United States.Because most of the NCAA tournament games are played in March, it is commonly known as March Madness.

The NCAA Tournament is held from March to April each year, and a single-game elimination system is implemented. Since 3, the participating teams have expanded to 4 teams.

The NCAA Tournament is the knockout part of the NCAA Basketball League One. A total of 68 college teams from all over the United States participate. Because most of the games are played in March every year, it is called "Crazy March".

Of the 68 teams, 32 are the champions of 32 divisions, and the other 36 are selected by the NCAA committee.

The 68 strong teams will be divided into 4 divisions, and a single-match elimination system will be adopted to determine the final national championship.

The Wake Forest Devil Deacons will be assigned to the Eastern Conference as the No. [-] seed because they are the champions of the ACC Championship.

The Eastern Conference is made up of 17 teams.

And because the Devil Deacon team is the No. 16 seed, Jiang Yan and the others don't have to participate in the first round. They have to wait until the 17th and [-]th seeds decide the winner, and then play against the winner.

And generally speaking, the ranking of each division is based on strength.

Therefore, the Devil Deacon team has an incomparable advantage in the competition system.

What's more, as the No. [-] seed, the Devil Deacon team doesn't need to travel long distances to other states, as long as they wait for work at the Time Warner Center Arena of the Charlotte Hornets.

On March 3th, there was a match between the NO.4 seed Eastern Kentucky University in the Eastern Division and the NO.16 seed Baylor University.

Speaking of this Baylor University, it can be said that the early season is well-known in the United States. At the beginning of the season, it directly came to a five-game winning streak. At that time, the record ranked first in the United States.

But in the sixth game, the core of the team, Quincy Essie, injured his ankle, which directly led to his absence for three months.

Did you think this would work?
wrong!

After a month of wins and losses, the joy of Penn Jones, who is not inferior to the former core Quincy Essie, has not been relieved. Another starting power forward is also Quincy Essie's twins. Brother Quincy Miller was also injured.

This directly destroyed Baylor University's high-spirited idea of ​​winning the championship at the beginning of the season. Later, Baylor University's wish was to enter March Madness.

Because by then, the Baylor twins will be back, plus newly discovered team star Penn Jones.

Not necessarily impossible to win the NCAA championship.

As for Eastern Kentucky University, they entered March Madness without a star by virtue of their tenacious defense and fighting spirit.

So Jeff, who is watching the live broadcast, and everyone in the Devil's Deacon team hope that Eastern Kentucky University can "surprise" beat Baylor University, which is favored by the media.

After all, compared to Baylor University, Jeff and the others still think that Eastern Kentucky University is easy to deal with.

Everyone stared at the LCD TV in the studio, watching the game on the TV.

He didn't speak during the period, but just watched intently.

But after halftime, to the surprise of Jeff and Jiang Yan, Eastern Kentucky University led Baylor University, and it has been leading since the beginning.

"Baylor University is going home!" Jeff took out a cigarette, lit it and took a puff, then said leisurely.

To be honest, although he said he hoped that Eastern Kentucky University would win, deep down he believed that Eastern Kentucky University was eliminated in the first round.

In his opinion, the game on the court is not that the twin brothers of Baylor University and Penn Jones did not play, it is not that they did not try their best.

On the contrary, Baylor University played hard, but just couldn't break through the defense of Eastern Kentucky University.

Jeff could tell at a glance that Baylor University currently has two systems on the court.

One is a system centered on the Twins, and the other is a system centered on Payne Jones.

These two systems directly messed up Baylor University's offensive system on the field, making Baylor University empty with three star players and not being able to break through the tortoise shell of Eastern Kentucky University!

And Jeff believes that as long as Eastern Kentucky University defends Baylor University's offense in the first 3 minutes of the second half, Baylor University will definitely go home in this game!

"Yan, what do you think of this game?" Jeff took another puff of cigarette, and then turned to Jiang Yan who had been quiet all along.

"Coach, Baylor University has lost!" Jiang Yan glanced at Jeff, who was smoking, and said a little displeased.

He hates nothing that destroys a player's body.

And he knew that many people in the team smoked marijuana, but Jiang Yan never said it, but he always kept a respectful distance from those people!
"Yeah!" Jeff still admires Jiang Yan's vision. He always feels that if Jiang Yan doesn't play basketball, he can also be a coach.

After all, Jiang Yan's tactical theory is stronger than his offensive assistant David!
"Williams, what do you think?"

"Coach, I think Baylor will win!"

"Oh! Why?" Jeff frowned, then asked.

"Because, because Yan said that Baylor University will win!" Williams couldn't help but choked up when asked, and then stammered back.

"..." Jeff was speechless, he thought Williams had a clue.

For a long time, why he didn't use Williams as the core, one is because his physical fitness is not good, and he is easily restricted by others.

The second is that Williams has a superb shot, but he does not have the corresponding tactical mind.

You must know that running positions not only need to run on the field, but also involve various screens and various tactical changes.

Why played for one season, the Devil Deacon team only designed that set of offensive tactics for Williams.

It's not because of anything else, but because I'm afraid that Williams will run around because of too many tactical arrangements.

At that time, not only did not disturb the opponent's defensive formation, but the offensive formation on his own side became chaotic!
"William, I know you're going to participate in the draft, but when will you learn from Yan? You see, when he first came, he didn't know any tactics. What about now?
Look at you again! "Jeff shook his head and said earnestly.

"I'm not a point guard, I only care about scoring..." Williams didn't care, but muttered there.

Jeff heard it but didn't say anything. For the disciple's future, he gave advice but the disciple didn't listen, so he has nothing to do!

Instead of staying in the studio, Jeff returned to his office and went to the school to buy a game video about Eastern Kentucky University through connections.

He wants to find out the weaknesses of Eastern Kentucky University by watching all the games of Eastern Kentucky University this season!

A game is not simply about playing the game.

For a coach, his task is not only to create an offensive and defensive system for the team, but also to understand the team's opponents.

As the saying goes, if you know yourself and your enemy, you will be safe in a hundred battles!
Only by understanding the opponent's weakness, and then targeting the opponent's weakness through effective tactical and strategic arrangements on the field, the opponent cannot react at all.

Then for 40 minutes in a game, the team can easily win it under the premise of strength.

There is no doubt that Jeff is that kind of coach.

On weekdays, he will hand over the offensive and defensive training to the two assistants, and he only needs to arrange the training plan.

Most of the time, he is studying the opponent's weaknesses.

This year's Devil Deacon team can achieve such a good result, Jiang Yan has contributed a lot, there is no doubt about it.

But Jeff's contribution is also indispensable.

Next, the Devil's Deacon team will face the winner of this game, Eastern Kentucky University.

As the head coach, Jeff not only has to bear the pressure from his opponents, he also has to bear the pressure from the upper echelons of the school.

You know, the principal of Wake Forest asked him to go to the office a few days ago, but it was to put pressure on him.

The principal wants him to make sure he can lead the team to the Sweet Sixteen!
Because of entering the Sweet Sixteen and entering the Sweet Sixteen, there is a huge gap in the amount of money Wake Forest receives from the NCAA league.

As long as they enter the Sweet Sixteen, Wake Forest can get at least 4000 million US dollars!
You know this is 4000 million!Not forty thousand!

And failing to enter the Sweet Sixteen, the school can only get a few million!
(End of this chapter)