king of defenders

Chapter 194

The full name of the St. Joseph University basketball team is St. Joseph's Hawks (Saint Joseph's Hawks). It is one of the giants of the Atlantic Ten League. Enter the round of 64 tournament.Despite their lack of achievements in the 64 Championship, their strength is beyond doubt.

Such a team can be said to be the strongest opponent Davidson College has encountered this season, and it is also the strongest opponent Meng Yun has encountered this season.

Facing such an opponent, Meng Yun couldn't help being a little nervous, but more excited and looking forward to it. He expected a strong opponent to hone himself and make himself stronger so that he could compete with Xiang Long.

Xiang Long is too strong.

Even St. Joseph University was defeated by him. This season, Xiang Long averaged close to 30 points per game. He is the scoring king of the Atlantic Ten League. Among many players, none of them can match him.

Even in the entire NCAA first-level league, I'm afraid there are not many people who can have his stats.

Of course, there will definitely be a second-tier league and a third-tier league, but that's not the same.There is a big gap between the second-level alliance, the third-level alliance itself, and the first-level alliance.

In fact, there are not only one or two Chinese playing in the second-tier and third-tier leagues, and some of them play well, but why is Meng Yun always underestimated by me on the court?It is because these Chinese who play in the NCAA are almost all in the second and third leagues, and those who can play in the first league are almost all bench players and marginal people.

In other words, Chinese players have not achieved much in the NCAA, so Meng Yun, as a Chinese player, will naturally be underestimated.

Thinking of this, Meng Yun couldn't help frowning: "The ncaa, and even the nba, discriminate against our Chinese players and Chinese players. Xiang Long's average is close to 30 points per game, but if he participates in the draft, he may not necessarily be so high Pick. At the beginning, Curry averaged almost 30 points per game at Davis College, but what happened? He didn’t enter the NBA until his senior year, and he still hasn’t been in the top three.”

Among Chinese players participating in the draft, apart from Yao Ming, only Yi Jianlian has the highest pick, but that is partly because of the huge Chinese market and commercial value.

Strictly speaking, Xiang Long is not a Chinese player, just like Jeremy Lin, he is not of Chinese nationality. If he participates in the draft, the commercial value of China, a big market, may not be able to give him much points.

"However, Xiang Long and Jeremy Lin are still different. Xiang Long has better talent, stronger physical fitness, and more dazzling stats in the ncaa. The only problem is probably his character, but if he participates in the draft, he will definitely not be with him. Jeremy Lin lost the same draft, maybe he still has a chance to enter the first round. Xiang Long has a chance to enter the first round, no matter how bad it is, he will be in the second round. What about me? If one day I participate in the NBA draft, what will it be like?"

Meng Yun thought about it, and suddenly came back to his senses, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "Where did I go? It's a little early for me to think about participating in the draft. Focus on the game first."

After the warm-up is over, the match will begin soon.

The generals of Davidson College surrounded Mason Carr. Mason Carr spread out the tactical board, talked about a few tactics, and then warned: "Don't follow the opponent's rhythm. They fight theirs, and we fight ours. Also, Be confident, play our game, the defending champions are nothing, we can beat them."

"Ah."

"Yes." Everyone agreed in unison.

Not far away, St. Joseph University head coach McPhail Smith is also setting up.

McPhail-Smith pointed to the tactical board and emphasized: "Remember, you must limit Evan. If he is on the outside, you must keep up. You can't let him shoot three-pointers casually. If he holds the ball in the low post, give him I just double-team. As long as Evan is restrained, Davidson College will have nothing to fear."

"Coach." Ferguson frowned and said, "The opponent still has a No. 1."

"No. 1, Meng Yun." Coach Smith nodded and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, he will be handed over to Douglas and the others, as long as he guards against his three-point shooting. As for the breakthrough, let him make the breakthrough, isn't there still you and Connor Inside? If he dares to break into the inside, you can teach him a lesson."

Ferguson hummed.

Connor smiled, looking forward to it.

"beep"

The whistle blows and the game begins.

Meng Yun is still a substitute.

Seeing that he didn't start, Coach Smith couldn't help but frown. He couldn't figure it out. John is obviously not suitable for the starting lineup. Meng Yun should be allowed to start, but why hasn't Mason Karl allowed Meng Yun to start?

Not to mention that he can't figure it out, many people can't figure it out, because they don't know that Mason Carr just wants to suppress Meng Yun. When Meng Yun really grows up enough to become another trump card of the team, then he will solve the problem. His suppression will definitely allow him to burst out with unprecedented energy.

Snapped!
Patrick misses the jumper, Conner touches the ball first, and St. Joseph goes on the offensive.

St. Joseph's starting five are Connor (center), Ferguson (power forward, captain), Harris (small forward), McAdoo (shooting guard), and Douglas (point guard).

Douglas advanced to the frontcourt, looked at the situation on the court, and passed the ball to McAdoo. McAdoo didn't have a chance to shoot, and he was not good at breaking through with the ball, so he passed the ball to Ferguson.

Several people quickly pulled away, and Ferguson singled out Evan.

"Huh?" Ferguson leaned back a bit, and couldn't help being surprised, "Compared to last season, Evan's confrontation ability has improved a lot."

Although he was surprised by the improvement of Evan's confrontation ability, Ferguson didn't delay his movements at all. His physical fitness was still higher than Evan's, and he forced Evan to take two steps back.

At this time Patrick rushed over, intending to help Evan defend.

Seeing Patrick rushing, Ferguson smiled inwardly, and made a ground pass, and the basketball bounced off Patrick's feet, just passed him, and fell into Connor's hands.

Bang!
Connor made a dunk.

Evan frowned, and said to John, "John, you have to come and help me defend, not Patrick." Patrick can't come to help defend, otherwise the inside will miss people, Ferguson is also good at passing, and he cooperates with Connor tacitly , once Patrick comes over, Connor will have a chance.

So only outside players can pass the defense.

"Yeah." John nodded.

Davidson College offense.

After reaching the front court, he still gave the ball to Evan, and the opponent immediately double-teamed. Evan frowned, secretly said "Sure enough", and passed the ball to the outside.Passed the ball a few times, but couldn't find a good chance. Andy could only play singles, was interfered by the opponent, the ball missed, the opponent launched a counterattack, and the speed was very fast. .

"Is this the strength of the defending champion? It really is very strong." Meng Yun's heart was awe-inspiring. Although he only played for one minute, the strength of St. Joseph University was already evident.

(End of this chapter)