In the blink of an eye, the time came to the end of November. Wake Forest University, which had won 6 consecutive games, faced the Villanova University Wildcats from the Big East Conference in the seventh game of the preseason.
This Wildcat team is the same Wildcat team that won the NCAA national championship twice in three years, in 2016 and 2018, and made famous teams afraid of meeting them.
Of course, the current Wildcats team is only in a period of recovery. From 1988 to now, it has been almost 20 years since they have failed to reach the NCAA finals again.
However, head coach Jay Wright, who later won two championships, has been working hard since 2001.
While the team has potential guard Randy Foye and second-round draft prospect forward Curtis Samport, during the 2004/05 season, during the recruitment process, they acquired Kevin Lowry, who will become a super point guard in the future.
Wake Forest University starts with center Rick Williams, power forward Chris Ellis, small forward Kyrie Arthur, shooting guard Justin Gray, and point guard Chris Paul.
Northern Jiangsu has not yet completed the task of seizing the starting small forward. Kyrie Arthur has broken out in recent games and performed well, temporarily jumping away from Northern Jiangsu's pursuit.
Fortunately, Su Bei's playing time has increased significantly.
Villanova University, starting five, Jerry Howard, Curtis Samport, McNuldy, Randy Foye, Allen Ray.
After the game started, Su Bei felt a little strange.
There is no small steel cannon in the Wildcat University starting lineup.
Maybe sitting on the bench?
After scanning around, I still couldn't find anyone.
Is that guy too weak to be selected for the team roster?
Su Bei nodded, he understood.
Kevin Lowry is famously a late bloomer, perhaps, he has been a late bloomer since college.
In fact, Su Bei guessed wrong.
Kevin Lowry is not playing a late-blooming route, but he is injured and really can't play.
Just after joining the team, he injured his anterior cruciate ligament. This kind of injury usually requires two and a half years of recovery.
It only took three months for Lowry to be resurrected with full health. He is truly a little steel cannon, with his body made of steel and iron bones.
Perhaps, it was this injury that allowed Lowry to lay down the late-blooming script.
With Lowry injured and unable to play, Jay Wright, head coach of the Villanova University Wildcats, has no choice but to postpone it for another year if he wants to create a four-back formation.
The Wildcats mainly play a lineup of one and four small teams. They are known as the NCAA version of the Warriors. They gradually became famous in 2005. Of course, that refers to the Warriors in the Nelson era, which is different from the Warriors in the Splash Brothers era. .
When it comes to the Warriors and Old Nelson, there are only two words - run and gun.
At the beginning of the game, Randy Fran rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, forced a breakthrough through Justin Gray, tore through Wake Forest's defense, and hit two points with a short throw from close range.
Even though Randy Fran looks average, he looks similar to a round-faced man, but his face is not that round.
The styles of play are also relatively similar, both are combo guards with strong offensive power.
The draft template is the bankrupt version of Wade. In the 2006 draft, Randy Foye was the main replacement for Huang Mamba Roy.
Justin Gray's physical fitness is relatively poor and he has no ability to parry at all.
Fortunately, the NCAA version of the Warriors was undefended, and Chris Paul easily passed Allen Ray in the offensive round and hit a two-pointer with a short-range pull-up jumper.
Allen Ray was undrafted in 2006. He is 1.88 meters tall. He played several games with the Celtics and then went to foreign leagues to find gold.
In the offensive round, Allen Ray was not used to Chris Paul. He received the basketball, faced the defense, raised his hand and shot a three-point pull-up jumper...
This is completely bullying Paul, who is 1.83 meters tall and has extra height.
However, Paul's long hand covered Allen Lei's eyes.
"Chris has a wingspan of 1.94 meters and a vertical jump of 98 centimeters. Allen Ray is not called Ray Allen..."
Bang-dang——!
Allen Ray's pull-up three-pointer missed.
Eric Williams grabbed the rebound and found Chris Paul who was starting a counterattack.
Without Lowry, Villanova University's three-guard lineup is very fast to return to defense. However, both Randy Foye and Allen Ray have mediocre personal defensive abilities.
Chris Paul, who was rushing up, changed the direction of the dribble like a trick, stunned the defender in front of him, rushed to the basket, and made a one-handed dunk, scoring two points.
Villanova University has good tenacity. In the next game, it played back and forth with Wake Forest University, and their offenses exploded.
Chris Paul blasts Allen Ray.
Randy Foye entered the state very quickly. He was a little convulsed and also blasted Justin Gray.
Villanova University's star forward Curtis Samport also beat Kyrie Arthur in the offense and was a little unable to hold his head up.
Off the field, Prosser was very dissatisfied with the situation on the field, and the forward line was so ugly.
“Chris Paul, driving into the paint, the Wildcats defense tightened up, pulling the ball in for a layup…
No, Chris fooled everyone and passed the basketball to the side.
Justin Gray then cuts in, he catches the ball, he’s empty, he misses…”
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Wake Forest, next offensive possession.
It was Chris Paul playing Allen Ray again, with an imaginative post-up pass, passing the basketball to the completely empty hands of Justin Gray.
Gray was hit defensively by Randy Foye continuously, and his mentality was about to collapse. He took a deep breath after catching the ball, but it was still a bit messy, and his three-point shot was actually short.
Bang-dang——!
Forget it, the ball was a hit. It also shook Eric Williams, and the basketball was grabbed by Jason Howard.
"Villanova's counterattack, Allen Ray made a step, passed to Randy Foye, and when Chris Paul approached, he pushed the basketball forward..."
"McNulty caught the ball in the frontcourt, rushed to the basket, and made a lob in the air."
Swish——!
McNulty's basket pick is very elegant, with some shadows of trumpet Tracy McGrady.
24 to 19, Wake Forest University is 5 points behind Villanova University at home.
At this time, at the 11th minute of the first half, Prosser could no longer bear it.
Villanova University has not reached the top 64 of the NCAA for nearly 20 years. It is a completely weak team.
In the 2003/04 season, Wake Forest University reached the Sweet 16. With core guard Chris Paul still in the lineup, the lineup has not changed significantly. He naturally wants Wake Forest University to go further this year.
I just saw that my own forward and defensive line showed no signs of improvement.
He admitted that the defense was even close, and he could even spit out the cake that Chris Paul brought to his mouth. This was unforgivable, and he shouted at the bench.
"Su, it's your turn to come on, replace Justin for me."
Su Bei stood up and tore open his coat, revealing his neat jersey.
"Well, then I'll play small forward?"
"No, can you play shooting guard?" Prosser stared at Su Bei.
Su Bei was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
"Just what I wanted!"
Oh, is it okay for a man to ask?
Can I say no?
cannot.
However, what surprised Su Bei was that he was competing fiercely with Kyrie Arthur for position.
Unexpectedly, the head coach arranged for him to play the No. 2 position. After all, Su Bei played the No. 3 position most of the time.
What is this thing called?
Well……
Does this count as Wang Laoji and Duojiabao had a fierce fight, and then died with Qi Zheng?
When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured, but the injured one is the third one.
Su Bei had an idea and checked the system information prompt.
Sure enough... Justin Gray seems to have a lot of shadows in his heart!
Normally, the anger value is 1, but now it is doubled.
"Ding, get Justin Gray's rage value 10!"
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