Chapter 35 Hard to Be True
NCAA's new season will start on November 15, with Villanova's first match against Temple University Owls.
Both a Philadelphia team, Temple University and several other schools from Philadelphia participated in the annual Top 5 Philadelphia Championships (philadelphia big 5).
The Top Five Invitational is a traditional college tournament in Philadelphia, which has a history of nearly 50 years.
It's like the city championship in high school, and one of the things that wins is the city championship of the year. Unlike high school, the top five tournament has nothing to do with the NCAA, but the Phillies' emphasis on the top five tournament is extraordinary.
This year's Top Five Championships Championships are earned by St. Joseph University. They are better teams in any way. Freshmen represented by Wei Xia did not participate in the Top Five Championships because the game was held before the start of school and they were naturally unable to play.
On the evening of November 15, William B. Fennerland Pavilion.
The Wildcats' regular home court, Fennerland, has 6,500 seats. If they can make it into March Crazy, they can enjoy the Philadelphia's 76ers' home stadium - the Phu Quoc Center Arena.
The opponent of the opening match comes from the same city's archenemy, Temple University.
In the previous top five tournament, Temple University was beaten by four other teams because it lacked the absolute core David Hawkins. The Wildcats abused them 24 points, which made the legendary coach John Chaney speak out: "See you on the 15th!"
Judging from the staff structure of Temple University, Chaney's ruthless words are somewhat lacking in confidence.
The Owls have been unfavorable in recent years and have never been able to form competitiveness. Without superstars, they can only rely on old students to support the scene.
This was the first time Wei Xia played on behalf of the Wildcats. He followed the team into the field and immediately saw the inspiration team from the school starting to play the team's battle song "V stands for Villanueva".
What surprised Wei Xia even more was that the person who led the inspiration team was Xu Jie.
She stood in the middle of the team, with an extremely bright smile on her face, which was even more emotionally than a master-level pianist.
There is no lyric, but it all depends on drums and music to drive the atmosphere.
"Wish, don't be dazed!" Allen Ray shouted at him.
In fact, he didn't have to be so loud. Wei Xia thought he was not deaf, but even if he asked for it, there wouldn't be any change, so forget it.
Others came up and did a shooting warm-up, while Wei Xia rushed back and forth around the 1/2 field, warming up her body before starting to shoot.
After warming up, Wei Xia found his seat and sat down.
The Wildcats sent the starters are Allen Ray, Randy Foyer, Curtis Sampter, Mike Nadir and Jason Fraser.
Nadir is the only freshman. He is not better than Weisha, but he is more suitable to be a power forward.
The power forward position is Villanova's weakness. Jay Wright advocates rapid offensive and defensive conversions. The traditional power forward does not hit him. Villanova's power forward is always a small forward with strong rebounding ability or a pocket power forward who can keep up with the defender.
At the beginning of the game, the Wildcats' offense ended with Fraser's tough and ineffective low post offense.
Why did the second center in the United States lose their interest after the freshman season? His skills have serious flaws.
In high school, you can dominate the arena by relying solely on physical talent, while in college competitions are different.
The Owls were no less favorable, their black center shot a high jump shot from the back of the free throw line, and three no points.
The bread ball was taken by Allen Ray, which was the Wildcats' favorite rhythm, and the fast attack was started in a flash.
Lei's attack was as aggressive as his name.
He reached the frontcourt, was not afraid of confrontation, and forced himself to attack the basket and hit the board.
The Owls' top card David Hawkins broke into the inside, and he wanted to throw Fraser. He had a good idea, but unfortunately he didn't do it well.
As soon as his ball started, Fraser turned around and jumped, and his ball quickly rose instantly, slapped his ball to the ground like a fly.
Fraser's hat made the Finnerland Arena cheer.
The Owls' black man picked up the ball out of control inside and wanted to make a second attack. Fraser stood there and held his hands high for him to come.
He doesn't believe in evil and has the courage and confidence to save the entire team.
"Good one, give me another one." Wei Xia's complaints were released like shells.
I don’t know if it’s because Temple University has a problem with his brain or his understanding of basketball, why do they all have to attack Fraser?
Although Fraser lost all his talent to the draft prospects, his talent is not to lie. He has to be head-on when playing inside. Unless he is extremely talented, it is better to use the rhythm to please.
No, as Temple University gave Fraser the third block, he began to seriously suspect that Temple University had a brain problem and his understanding of basketball was also problematic.
It seems that the Owls' ace player Hawkins is hard to match.
The attacks started four times, three times ended with a blacksmith, one of which might hit the basket if the ball hits a rebound, but Fraser stood under the Wildcats' basket, and they could not get an easy offensive opportunity.
Temple University's offense was not smooth, and Vilanova's offense was also average.
The Wildcats have many shooters, but they didn't shoot at the beginning, and there was no score in the score except for Ray's tough counterattack.
If you can't get points, the few successful defenses against Temple University will lose value.
It's thunder again.
Compared to Randy Foyer, his NBA prospects are bleak, but he is the well-deserved leader of the Wildcats.
Facing Temple University's ace David Hawkins, he changed his direction and swung over half of his body to make a quick stop. Hawkins' block seriously affected his shot, but his shot still showed a beautiful arc to hit the net.
4 to 0
Hawkins continued to get the ball.
The old coach Chaney's roar made Hawkins pass the ball to another man.
No. 25, Mardy Collins (mardy �
He made a quick mid-range shot, which relieved the Owls from not scoring.
"Marty Collins averaged 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in his freshman season. His performance has attracted the attention of the NBA. His defense and teamwork have left a deep impression on the scouts."
Chapter completed!