I am Really an Insider

On March 18, 2004, it was sunny.

The 03-04 March Madness Tournament has officially started!

It can be said that this is one of the most frenetic sports events in the United States every year.

As soon as March enters, basketball fans all over the United States become extremely restless, like animals that have just come out of hibernation-it just so happens that March Madness is also held in spring.

During this period, from the leader of the United States to the gangsters in the streets and alleys, everyone will talk about a question: "Who do you think will win the championship this year?"

March Madness has even surpassed the scope of sports, and has become an event for all people to participate in.

During this period, the ratings of the NBA will be greatly affected. On the day of the NCAA Finals, the NBA will not even arrange a game, just make way for it.

It's been a crazy month for fans. And for the players, why not?

There are no contract disputes, no "where to go in summer" story, and no so many intrigues.

March Madness, this is the pure basketball stage for young players to write their fanatical youth.

Which young boy does not have a passionate basketball dream in his heart?

The passionate plot like "Slam Dunk" is exactly what happens every year in March Madness.

A game will determine the outcome, go home or go forward.

From the opening match to the final day, there are only twenty short days.

From the first fight to the last, the road to the championship only needs six games

In the NBA playoffs, if you lose one game, you still have 6 chances to come back.

But in March Madness, as long as you lose a game, lose a goal, lose for a second, no matter if you are North Carolina or Duke, sorry, you can only come back next year.

As for whether it will come next year, it is not certain.

Because for senior players like Tony Allen and players like Wayne who have already decided to participate in the draft, losing is a regret that their youth can never make up for!

Therefore, unlimited vitality and bayonet-like fighting are the most common states in March Madness.

Sitting on the team bus, Wayne looked at the fanatical fans all around him, and couldn't believe that he was playing in a college league game.

What is the difference between this formation and the NBA?

No, the NBA can match this?

Since the March Madness tournament adopts a one-elimination system, both opponents will play in neutral arenas.

Today's game between the Cowboys and the Huskies was held at the Thomas \u0026 Mack Center Arena in Las Vegas.

This arena is definitely one of the most luxurious stadiums in the United States. It was built in 1983 at a cost of 300 million US dollars and can hold various sports competitions.

The stadium has nearly 20,000 seats, plus 30 luxury boxes.

This hardware condition is not even comparable to the home courts of most NBA teams.

At the beginning, Wayne was still thinking, there are nearly 20,000 seats, so many, can it be filled?

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if there were large gaps in the stands?

After all, Las Vegas is not the home court of any team. Will there really be so many people traveling thousands of miles to watch the game in this neutral place?

But now, looking at the crowded scene outside the window, Wayne knew that he was completely careless.

Not to mention 20,000 seats, even if this number is doubled, it will definitely be full!

In fact, it's not just the Las Vegas scene. At this time, the bars or restaurants in every city in Ohio are full of people who are going to watch the game together.

The Gallagher-Aiba Arena is full of seats. Although the game is not played there, students can still enter the arena and experience the atmosphere of watching the game live through the simultaneous live broadcast on the big screen.

This is the so-called "cloud scene".

The Cowboys, as the top ten teams in the country ranked by the Associated Press this season, have received a lot of attention.

The title of "Shuang Shao of Ohio State" is now known to everyone.

March Madness is a place where it is easy to make the following mistakes, so fans also want to see how dark the dark horse of the Cowboys can be.

It should be pretty dark, after all, Wayne's dark face was tested by the out-of-box system.

When the bus drove to the entrance of the arena, Wayne also saw a huge poster of himself and Tony Allen.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it sounds like a football star. But why isn't Roy on the poster of the Huskies?"

Wayne scratched his head. The players on the Huskies poster were Nate Robinson and a guy he couldn't name.

It stands to reason that this huge poster should be the two leading stars of both sides, right?

In fact, Roy is really not the star of the Huskies. The two top cards of the Huskies are "Little Potato" and Bobby Jones.

It's just that Sutton felt that Bobby Jones was not as threatening as Roy, so he automatically ignored it when he introduced it that day.

After entering the gymnasium, Wayne, like all his teammates, couldn't help exclaiming "wow".

Not to mention, the cheerleaders at the March Madness competition are all hotter and prettier than usual!

That flaming red lips, that fluttering long hair, that

"Damn, focus on Wayne, concentrate on it." Wayne immediately looked away and muttered to himself.

How did the focus of attention get there?

"Wayne!" At this moment, Teacher Tony yelled, helping Wayne to recover.

"Tony?"

"I'm a little nervous."

"It's not like I didn't play March Madness last year, so nervous."

"Last year was different. Where did we get so much attention last year, it was just for soy sauce.

But this year, we are the top seeded teams competing in the tournament! If we lose, everyone will be extremely disappointed in us! "

"That's true, and in these few games, there are probably a lot of scouts on the scene."

"Damn, stop talking, I feel like I want to go to the toilet." Mentioning that there are still scouts, Teacher Tony couldn't help shaking his feet.

He was only a junior at least last season, and if he can't play well, he can come back for another year.

But if he is a senior this year, if he cannot be selected steadily, his career path will be very bumpy.

The whole family is still waiting for him to play in the NBA to support his family.

"So don't be nervous, and you don't want to fall back to the second round in the mock draft, right?" Wayne knew the difficulty of Mr. Tony, which was the dilemma of senior players.

"Yeah!" Tony Allen nodded resolutely, and then grabbed Wayne's wrist, "Come on, Wayne, who has worked so hard for a season, has watched these few games!"

"I..." Wayne looked at Teacher Tony's hand that had nowhere to rest, and really wanted to slap it.

Why did you make such a motherfucker of such a hot-blooded match?

In the future, it will be said that this NBA defensive champion was so nervous before the game that he pulled the hands of his teammates before the game. Who would believe it! ?

Some people really know people but don't know their hearts.

After everyone came to the locker room, the fans also began to enter the stadium one after another.

Although the locker room has a soundproof door, you can still hear the "rumbling" footsteps and shouts outside.

The old Sutton had a serious expression, and his son Sean was so nervous that he kept flipping through the tactical manual formulated in the past two days.

Everyone is ready to fight, and they are burdened with too many expectations and gazes.

It is a lie to say that Wayne is not nervous, but he can still control it, not to the point of pulling teammates

Wayne also had a phone call with his parents before the game.

Since Wayne decided to participate in the draft, his parents have called more and more times, and even proposed to come here to take care of Wayne.

Participating in the NBA draft is a big deal. Which parent doesn't want their children to prepare for the game with peace of mind.

Just like before the college entrance examination, parents hope that their children can eat well and sleep well, and they wish to take care of them in every possible way.

In the eyes of Wayne's parents, the draft is equivalent to a "college entrance examination" at the basketball level.

But Wayne declined their kindness. He felt that his parents would be distracted instead.

However, the daily telephone reports are indispensable, and the reports before the competition cannot be forgotten.

Although it is impossible to watch the live broadcast of the game in China, Wayne's parents also said on the phone that they would wait until the results of the game came out before going to sleep.

Otherwise, they will not be able to sleep soundly.

Well, Wayne is actually under more pressure. Because he knows that apart from the United States and his parents, there should be many fans in China staring at him now.

So Wayne dare not be nervous, the more nervous the easier it is to stretch his hips.

After the players had changed their clothes, the old Sutton who had been silent just now stood up.

From a small box next to him, he took out the four NCAA Coach of the Year trophies he has won so far in his coaching career.

"These trophies carry far more than my honor, but the honor of everyone in that year! When I see these trophies, I will think of the players who walked with me that year.

We have been through the lows, and now we have the opportunity to climb the top.

This year, we're looking to break through in the tournament, and we're likely to be in positions that no one has ever occupied before.

So, go out there and show yourself! Let me be proud of you and let us make memorable memories too! "

The old Sutton didn't talk about tactics, didn't emphasize the key points, but just chatted with the players.

Because he knew that if he talked about tactics at this time, the gains would outweigh the losses.

When the time comes for the players to go on the court, their minds will be in a daze, and they will not be able to remember anything, and it will be useless to talk about tactics.

Instead of this, it is better to mobilize the enthusiasm of the players and eliminate their tension.

Otherwise, he is an old coach. In terms of controlling the emotions of the players, the old Sutton is at his fingertips.

Teacher Tony was obviously moved by the persuasion, and secretly hammered his chest.

Wayne also took a deep breath, the final sprint before the draft trial training is now!

Finally, Sutton gathered everyone in a circle and shouted a few slogans.

The young lads are all on fire in their hearts, and old Sutton is on fire.

With his encouragement, Wayne and his teammates rushed out of the locker room with enthusiasm.

As soon as he ran out of the player channel, Wayne was dazzled.

Nearly 20,000 pairs of eyes and countless cameras and reporters were watching them!

Most of the fans at the scene stood and cheered in orange T-shirts-the main color of the Cowboys.

Larry Bird sat in the office, staring at the screen.

Beside him sat team soul Reggie Miller, and Artest who followed Miller to join in the fun.

"Who do you say is very good?" Seeing the Cowboys players coming out, Artest moved his face closer.

"That Asian guy." Byrd replied angrily. He obviously wanted to invite Miller to express his opinions on Wayne.

"Oh, he's so thin, I guess one elbow can make him lie down for a week, hehe." Artest said, showing off his iron elbow, as if quite proud of it.

Bird's mouth couldn't help twitching twice, this guy must have a brain problem!

Meanwhile in Detroit, in the treatment room at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Rasheed Wallace, who has moved to the Pistons, gets a massage while watching TV.

Billups, who was also about to receive physical therapy, walked in and picked up the remote control to change channels, but was stopped by Rasheed.

"Huh? Ohio State University vs. University of Washington? What's so interesting about it? Connecticut is on the next channel. You don't want to see Okafor?" Billups looked confused. Isn't the match of the No. 1 candidate more exciting than this?

Moreover, Billups graduated from the University of Colorado, and this year the University of Colorado happened to be abused miserably by the Ohio State University.

Therefore, Billups has little affection for the Cowboys.

"Just watch this, Ray (Billups' middle name). Don't you want to see how the Cowboys were defeated?" Tianzun was furious. Although he was no longer a member of the Trail Blazers, he Haven't forgotten the humiliation in Portland last year.

"It's fine if you say so, we'll just watch this." Billups spread his hands, and he would be very happy to see the Cowboys lose.

Trail Blazers general manager Patterson was also staring at the screen. The reason why he decided to send Rasheed Wallace away in the middle of the season was because he thought Wayne could replace him.

Countless pairs of eyes were fixed on Wayne, of course, including Nate Robinson and Bobby Jones at the scene.

The two are eager to try, the other is only 2 meters 06, and the jump is not high, nothing to be afraid of!

Especially Jones, he doesn't care how tall the opponent is, because he has dunked on the heads of countless people taller than himself, and his height can't prevent him from completing aerial performances again and again.

It's exciting to think about dunking Wayne in front of so many people and so many cameras!

Wayne didn't know that he had been stared at by two spring men with malicious intent. When he was halfway through the warm-up, someone suddenly said that he was looking for him for a sideline interview.

Wayne turned his head and saw that it was Director Zhang and the staff of CCTV 5!

"Director Zhang, why are you here?" Wayne was a little surprised, because in this day and age, let alone the NCAA, even NBA games, it is rare for domestic teams to come to the scene in person.

Under normal circumstances, only NBA Finals-level games will have Chinese reporters and commentary teams go to the scene to watch the game.

It wasn't until the wealthy Penguin Factory set foot in the NBA that it created a precedent for a team of Chinese reporters to interview almost every game.

"You must come, we want to make a full record of your process from March Madness to the draft! Play hard, Xiao Wei, many domestic fans are waiting for your news!" Zhang Weiping smiled from ear to ear. It was also the first time for him to watch a March Madness game live, and he was very excited.

"Well, I'll let you go back with good news."

"Hey, that's right!"

When Nate and Bobby in the distance saw the Chinese reporters coming, they were gearing up even more.

Damn, if the fight is done today, is it going to go abroad?

They have already begun to imagine that after this game, they will be famous all over the United States.

Soon, the referee signaled that both sides were ready to start.

Nate and Bobby's eyes are full of Wayne, but now the Huskies are most nervous about Roy.

Because Roy found that Wayne neither looked at Nate nor Bobby, his eyes were full of himself!

"this"

Roy swallowed, he didn't know why he was targeted by the boss as a small role player.

At this moment, the referee threw the ball in the air, and the Cowboys' March Madness tour officially began.

The Huskies won the first attack and Nate Robinson advanced with the ball.

He waved his hand and signaled his teammates to come up to cover.

As soon as the game started, he wanted to have a breakthrough to warm up first.

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