civilwarnovels Chapter 145 Top 64
Chapter 145 Top 64
Chapter 145 Top 64
After winning the championship of the Pacific Ten Schools League, the Sun Devils team entered a short vacation.But the players dare not really let it go. They go to the arena or gym to exercise on time every day to maintain the best competitive state at any time, because the next national championship is an important test for the team. It can't be careless.
The National Championship, known as "March Madness," is an annual event in American college basketball.Every year, the NCAA selects 68 teams from thousands of college teams across the United States to compete for the final championship. Players who can perform amazingly in the championship will soon enter the field of vision of professional managers, and many of them are The talented players who missed the championship due to their strength will also be questioned. After all, they did not compete with others on this cruel stage.
In the United States, the NCAA is a more popular basketball event than the NBA, and the championship makes fans crazy about it.The reason is very simple. In addition to their own love for college basketball, the cruel competition system of "one game to determine the outcome" of the championship also makes many people excited.The NCAA can always produce excellent game matchups, making the games extremely fierce, often upset, with high viewing and suspense, and naturally attracting the attention of fans who really like basketball.
It is worth mentioning that, according to the evaluation of "Forbes", the NCAA Final Four has a brand value of 1.55 million US dollars, ranking seventh among the most commercially valuable sports events in the world, second only to the Super Bowl, the Summer and Winter Olympics, and the World Cup. and Wrestlemania, and far higher than the commercial value of the NBA, MBL, and NHL National Finals.And on the day of the NCAA National Championship finals, the NBA will not arrange any games, but also to make way for them. One can imagine the popularity of college basketball.
There are only two sources for the 68 participating teams. 32 league division champions are directly selected, and the other 36 teams are selected by the NCAA Basketball Championship Selection Committee.This is why UCLA coach Holland is not worried at all about the team not being able to win the conference championship. With UCLA's wealthy background and strength, they can be selected for the championship almost every year, even if they are not the champion. Other wealthy teams in the NCAA also have certain advantages in this regard. Of course, it would be great to win the championship.
The NCAA has three levels of 1281 member colleges and universities, and her highest level, the first level, has 351 member colleges and universities with basketball programs. They belong to 32 NCAA first-level divisional leagues with basketball leagues.
Among the 32 leagues, there are five leagues with the strongest strength, namely ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference), Big-12 (Big Twelve Conference), Big Ten (Ten Conference), SEC (Southeast Conference) and Arizona. The Pac-10 (Pacific Ten Schools Alliance) to which the state university belongs.Although other leagues also have good teams, their overall strength cannot be compared with the five major leagues.However, the NCAA will also take care of other minor leagues, and their division champions can also be directly selected for the championship.
As for the birth of the other 36 non-division champion teams, it is more troublesome.Every year at the start of the regular season, members of the NCAA Basketball Tournament Selection Committee meet to discuss and assign dozens of teams among the 351 colleges and universities that must be watched more closely.When the second meeting is held in January of the following year, the committee members will each report to the committee the situation of the teams they are concerned about and their general status across the country.
During the third meeting in February, they made various preparations for the final selection in March, and selected the 2 teams they considered the top this season. Wait until March to decide.
On Tuesday, the second week of March, the committee will hold one of the most important meetings of the season in New York.During the five days of the meeting, they will select in detail the 3 strongest teams in the country except for the 4 regional league championship teams based on their observations of each team in the past 32 months and various rankings and objective statistical indicators. college teams, and finally worked out the top 36 teams in the country.It can be said that each year's matchup list is strictly screened and discussed.
The reason why it is the top 68 instead of the traditional top 64 is that the last two teams in the four divisions have to compete before the official start of the tournament, and the winner will have the opportunity to continue competing.After these four games are over, the top 68 will become the real top 64, and then the four divisions will fight each other, and the champion of the division will be able to advance to the final four.
It has to be said that the members of these committees are indeed experienced. They can almost guarantee that there will be no lack of upsets and exciting matchups every year. Four of the strongest university teams in the United States have entered the final four. The intensity can be imagined.
What Xu Hao and the others are waiting for is the matchup table for the top 68 of the tournament.For any team to reach the top, in addition to strong strength, it also needs good luck. If there are no severe challenges along the way, the possibility of advancing will obviously be higher.However, Xu Hao hopes to meet those super teams, and it is time to test where the limit of Arizona State University lies.
Before the players waited too long, the NCAA2008-09 season tournament matches were all released.Although Arizona beat strong teams such as UCLA and USC to win the Pacific Ten Schools Championship, in the eyes of the NCAA committee members, their star flavor was still a little insufficient, so they only became the No. 6 seed in the Southern District, which is considered a medium Slightly higher.
According to the lineup, the 16 teams in the Southern Division are: University of North Carolina, University of Oklahoma, Syracuse University, Gonzaga University, University of Illinois, Arizona State University, Clemson University, Louisiana State University , Butler University, University of Michigan, Temple University, Western Kentucky University, University of Akron, Steve Austin State University, Morgan State University and Radford University.As the No. 6 seed in the South Region, Arizona State's first-round opponent is No. 11 seed Temple University.
In addition to Arizona State, several Pac-6 teams were selected by the committee to enter the tournament. UCLA is the No. 4 seed in the East, the University of Washington is the No. 7 seed in the West, the University of California is the No. 10 seed in the West, USC is the No. 12 seed in the Midwest, and the University of Arizona is the No. [-] seed in the Midwest.That's what the big leagues are about.
Just being ranked No. 6 seed of course made the players of the Sun Devils feel a little uncomfortable. You must know that the University of Washington is also No. 4 seed, so why should they be two places lower?But Evans said that the rankings are all imaginary, as long as you win, you will be fine.
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