Chapter 62： Seed team

"Crazy March, here we come!"

After the game's front page headlines in the UConn media, Walker's kiss on the court became the news photo.

Fan Kang University fans are extremely excited. After winning the final championship, they have never had the confidence.

Walker, Lamb, Tang Tian, ​​Oriaqi core lineup, plus Napier, Smith, Orland, Forsyth, Art Majuk and other role players.

This lineup will definitely gain something in the tournament.

疯狂 As crazy as UConn, there are fans from 31 other schools. 32 championship teams have locked the promotion places in the tournament.

There are super schools such as North Carolina, Duke, and Kentucky, as well as schools such as Belende and Richmond, Penn.

The land of miracles and upsets, the blood and excitement of the battlefield, the footsteps of Mad March are coming quietly.

不 Not long after the league championships ended, the NCAA selection committee announced the final result of "Sunday Announcement" on TV on March 11.

After more than three months of inspection by the selection committee, 36 colleges and universities became wild card teams in the tournament.

On the Big East side, the University of Georgetown, the popular civilian Louisville University, the upset Marquette University and the Providence College were accidentally selected. A total of 4 colleges were selected for the final tournament.

Compared with the 8 colleges and universities selected each year in the past few years, this year only 5 schools have been selected.

In this way, the 68 teams of the championship were finalized.

68The 68 teams will be divided into four districts: East, West, Southeast, and Southwest. There are 17 teams in each season.

The NCAA Organizing Committee will consider zoning according to the strength of the team, the region and other aspects.

At the same time as the division, the organizing committee will also rank according to the strength of the team, and prefixed with the seed number.

This is also critical for major universities. The higher the seed position, the weaker the opponents you will encounter in subsequent matches, and the greater the possibility of promotion to the final sweet 16.

之前 Before the final results were announced, it was a lot of torment for the players and fans of universities.

"Father asked me in front, he said that we are likely to be in the same area as North Carolina and Kansas." After the team's daily training, Walker held Tang Tian alone to chat.

之前 Before the NCAA organizing committee was partitioned, in theory, no news would be leaked, but after all, these things were done by people. Kahong has taught at the NCAA for 40 years.

"Isn't that good?" Tang Tian said with a smile. The strongest school this year is Duke led by Irving. It's not bad to be with Duke.

"Very good? In addition to Duke this year, the strongest is North Carolina, and if Kansas is also here, we are most likely to be No. 3 or No. 4 seeds, No. 3 is fine, if No. 4, we might be at 16 Entering 8 will be met with North Carolina. "Walker's words were anxious.

His worries are not unreasonable. In order to win the championship, in addition to strength, luck is also very important. As he said, if he avoids Duke and North Carolina before the final four, or say that the final and then They met, and that was the most likely win schedule.

Now they are in the same zone with North Carolina. If the No. 3 seed can advance to the final 16, then they will reach the regional finals, that is, 8 in 4 matches, and they will meet with North Carolina. The bottom line is the top 8. For the No. 4 seed, it would be against North Carolina in a 16-for-8 match, and it may not even make it to the top 8.

He waited until the junior year, winning the championship is naturally the biggest goal, but there are small goals under the big goal, the top 8 is obviously better than the top 16.

"God bless, hope we are the No. 3 seed and not the No. 4 seed." Walker thought involuntarily and folded his hands in prayer.

"North Carolina's strength is just like this year. The core Harris Barnes is just a freshman. If you really run into it, you may not know who wins or loses." Tang Tian said.

"And we said that a good goal is not the championship? 16 to 8 or 8 to 4 is just a matter of playing early and playing late." He saw Walker did not respond, and then said with a smile.

Walker put down his hand and turned to look at Tang Tian. Feeling the confidence emanating from Tang Tian's smile, he also laughed.

"You're right, let him North Carolina, we have to kill them all." Walker said with a smile.

He played the championship for three years in a row, and he had a sense of awe in these super schools in the subconscious, but Tang Tian's words made him realize that the University of Hong Kong is strong this year and can compete with these super schools.

"That's right! Alright, go to eat, and have to practice in the evening." Tang Tian shot Walker and stood up.

"Well, practice!" Walker also stood up, unlike when he prayed in front of him, his eyes were now full of warfare.

The major universities are preparing for the war, and shortly after Sunday's selection, the divisions of the major regions have been released.

Several high-profile universities ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Duke and North Carolina, a pair of rivals in North Carolina, are not ranked in the same division because they rank in the top three.

Duke is in the Southwest, and North Carolina is in the West. Both teams are the No. 1 seeds in the division.

In addition, Kentucky, which was strong in the past, is in the Eastern Division because of its relatively weak strength this year, and it is only the No. 3 seed.

On the Big East side, the five teams that entered the championship, Providence College is the 17th seed in the Eastern Conference, Marquette University is the 11th seed in the Southeast, and the University of Louisville and Georgetown are divided. Southwest, they are the No. 8 and No. 3 seeds of the tournament.

From the grouping, it can be seen that, in addition to considering the region and strength, the organizing committee also tries to divide the teams in the same league into different regions as much as possible.

The UConn, like Kahun's news in advance, was divided into the Western District with North Carolina!

And Walker ’s prayers did n’t work out in the end, they are the No. 4 seed in the West after North Carolina, Kansas, and Texas in the west!

This also means that if they finally advance to the Sweet 16, they will encounter North Carolina in the 16 in 8 game!

This is obviously not good news for UConn, but Walker was relieved when he saw the result.

Can't avoid it, then a happy battle!

And this is the NCAA championship, a popular game, to enter the top 16 needs to win two rounds of competition, whether it is Kang Da, North Carolina, no one dare to say that there must be a certainty.

With the division and seed rankings, most of the first round of the tournament have been released, Kangda will face the 13th seed in the Western Conference in the first round of 64 to 32, and San Diego State led by Kawhi Leonard the University.