Back in 84, he became Jordan’s lifelong enemy!

Chapter 38: Was he originally a shooting guard?
Four days later, the annual NCAA drama took place.

A total of 64 powerful teams from across the United States, including UCLA, North Carolina, Georgetown University, University of Houston, University of Kansas, University of Kentucky, etc., gathered together to begin their March Madness journey.

March 3th is the opening ceremony and the first round begins.

The Auburn University Tigers, who defeated the University of Kentucky and gained seed status, were labeled as the No. 4 seed by the tournament committee based on the strength of the lineup and record.

And arranged in the Southern Division, gaining the right to a first-round bye.

The three seeded teams ahead of them are the University of Houston, the runner-up last season, Georgetown University, the runner-up in the 81/82 season, and Maryland State University, which defeated North Carolina to win the Atlantic East Coast Conference championship.

Right behind Auburn is fifth-seeded UCLA, and sixth-seeded Arkansas State.
Last season's champion North Carolina State University suffered a huge loss due to some of its main players entering the NBA. In its home division of the Atlantic Coast Conference, it didn't even reach the finals and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

They are not present in this national championship.

The rapidity of his death is depressing.

The one who eliminated them was Maryland State University in the same division.

North Carolina, led by Michael Jordan, was also defeated by Maryland State University in the semifinals.

The University of Maryland eventually won the division championship and gained seed status.

Although North Carolina was later assigned a seed status by the tournament committee and received a bye in the first round, many people questioned it.

The University of Kentucky, which was defeated by Auburn University and lost its seeding status, was placed in the first round of the Eastern Division. Their opponent was the University of Richmond.

However, Auburn University did not pay attention to this game because it was not in the same division.

Kentucky wants to meet them again and get to the Final Four.

The prerequisite is that they can reach the semi-finals.

Of course, for Auburn University, too.

The seeded teams in the same division as Auburn University are No. 16 seed University of Tulsa, No. 2 seed Maryland State University, and No. 8 seed University of Illinois.

At this time, all members of Auburn University are paying more attention to their potential opponents, which is the winner of the South Division's first round between Brigham Young University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

It is worth mentioning that if Alabama-Birmingham wins, it will be their second time playing against Auburn University.

The first time they met, they were defeated by Auburn University 108:69 in the season-opening invitational tournament, losing by 39 points.

In that game, Su Wen was at his peak in his debut, scoring 35 points and 12 rebounds, getting his first double-double in his life.

This is also a kind of fate.

They were beaten so miserably by Auburn University in the invitational tournament. In the first round of the national championship this time, they did not make any significant progress despite having the advantage of home court. They were defeated by Brigham Young University 84:68 with a 16-point advantage. Killed.

Although their star player McKinley Hinton made 23 of 14 shots and scored 34 points and 5 rebounds very efficiently, he was unable to defeat the stronger Brigham Young University alone.

In this game, no one else scored in double figures except him.

Brigham Young University had three players in double figures, all with double-doubles in scoring and rebounding.

"Okay, our opponent is here, let's go!"

The Auburn University Tigers, who had watched the entire game, stood up and left with a wave of their coach Sonny Smith's hand.

March 3th, late.

The second round of the NCAA National Championship begins.

The winners of the first round, the top 32, have to challenge the stronger ones, the seeded teams in each major competition.

At the same time, almost all the subsequent games will be strong dialogues.

After all, there is no mediocre team that can stand out from the first round.

However, what they are about to challenge are the seeded teams in each division, and their strength is no longer comparable to the opponents they encountered in the first round.

At this time, Brigham Young University was feeling even more pressure.

Before the start of the new season, or before Kentucky was defeated by Auburn and lost the championship, they had always believed that Kentucky was the most noteworthy opponent.

The University of Kentucky has twin towers inside, Sam Bowie and Melvin Turpin.

Sam Bowie, this talented center who has been famous since high school, is a potential player with extraordinary talent.

He is almost always ranked in the top five on this year's NBA draft prediction list.

What's more, there is also a teammate Teping who is ranked in the top ten all year round.

Two years before Sam Bowie was seriously injured, the University of Kentucky, which only had Turpin, was a national championship-level team. Now that he has returned from injury, his strength has improved a lot.

Such a team with such strong inside strength was actually defeated by Auburn University three times and lost the league championship, even losing by an average of 20 points per game.
It was simply unbelievable. It shocked everyone and was reported wildly by major media outlets across the United States.

It’s hard for BYU to figure them out.

"Watch their inside line."

In the locker room of Brigham Young University at the BJCC Stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, the head coach of the team, Rudd Anderson, was gesturing on the tactical board. While looking at his players, he reminded: "Their No. 9, that one is called 'Su' Wen's Chinese player has outstanding offensive ability at the basket."

"He is very fast and has a soft touch. We must keep an eye on him at all times and not let him easily get to the basket or even inside."

He looked at his No. [-] Jim Usevic, "Your task tonight is mainly to keep an eye on him. If necessary, push him out of the paint and don't let him in. Do you understand?"

After seeing the other party nodding in agreement, Anderson looked at the others and said, "You guys should be careful. If Jim can't keep an eye on someone, you'll need to make up the defense."

"I will arrange for you to double-team at special times." "As long as we successfully limit him, Auburn University's interior offense will be useless."

"If they lose one arm, don't they still have another?"

At this time, their star forward, Devin Durant, suddenly interrupted.

That's right, it's Durant.

This BYU team also has a famous Durant.

But this Durant is different from the future Durant who wants to drink Scarlett Johansson's footwash. He doesn't like to drink footwash, and he has been in college for six years.

In the past six years, due to some reasons, he was unable to play for two years.

In other words, even if he participates in the draft this year, he is still an older rookie.

As soon as he spoke, other teammates looked at him inexplicably.

Good guy, do you dare to interrupt when the coach is talking?
Anderson's eyes also drifted towards Durant, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He wanted to curse something, but when he thought that the other party was the super core of the team and the disciple that he must rely on, he endured it.

"No matter what, your main target tonight is this Chinese player."

Anderson said it very seriously, and his face looked very serious, forcing Durant to take it seriously.

Of course, his mentality was still relaxed. After all, he was not the one responsible for defending Su Wen.

At most, when his teammate Usevic can't stand it, he can help.

Just when BYU was setting up tactics in its own locker room, the venue was already overcrowded.

Bill Burtka was sitting in the second row, notebook in hand, ready to focus on the game.

He glanced around briefly and found that in addition to the locals, there were also many colleagues in suits and ties among the fans.

Those colleagues, like him, all have notebooks and pens for recording.

After observing for a while, he suddenly sighed quietly and said to himself: Dick Maguire still hasn't come.

It's been a long time.

He hasn't seen the old-timer in the audience since Auburn's first victory over Kentucky.

I don’t know whether he got promoted or gave up tracking Su Wen.

This makes him quite regretful.

The Lakers management has made it clear that even though there is no hope of winning Su Wen, he can still persist. It has to be said that it is all due to the mentality of cherishing talents.

Not seeing any of his seniors, Burtka only felt a little regretful, but some of his peers he saw next surprised him.

Gene Banks, veteran scout for the Seattle SuperSonics;

Graeme Klarman, Fermin Butler, assistant general manager and chief scout of the Philadelphia 76ers;

Benjamin Ellis, director of scouting for the Kansas City Kings;
Kevin Giles, senior scout for the Portland Trail Blazers;

Stevie Grant, senior scout for the Dallas Mavericks;
Matt Humphries, Washington Bullets.
These colleagues from other teams who may receive high draft picks this year are sitting opposite him in the front row of the audience, with serious expressions and piercing eyes looking into the court.

Their gazes sometimes looked towards the auditorium, sometimes towards the entrance of Auburn University, as if they were all waiting for someone to appear.

WTF?

Bill Burtka never imagined that a game in the second round of the NCAA tournament would attract so many colleagues from teams with high draft picks.

This made him suddenly feel ashamed.

Those people all have high draft picks, and they are all very likely to win Su Wen or Barkley, but what about him?
What is he doing here with the last pick in the first round?

Looking at other people?
But Burtka soon thought about it.

You’ve come here, if you don’t continue watching, wouldn’t you be sorry for buying this ticket?

Now, not only can he sit calmly, but 10 minutes later, he will also thank himself for persisting in tracking and observing Su Wen.

Because he discovered that after the game officially started, Su Wen, who had just jumped the ball and won the ball for his team for the first time, actually did not enter the inside position as soon as before, but appeared at a 45-degree angle on the outside.

That place originally belonged to positions two and three.

"what happened?"

Bill Burtka looked inside in surprise, and then saw a man named 'Chuck Person' standing in Su Wen's original position.

In other words, in this game, Su Wen and Person actually switched positions.

"Is their coaching staff enlightened?"

Burtka was surprised!
At the same time, the opponent's head coach Rader Anderson was also very surprised.

Almost as soon as Su Wen appeared in position [-] or [-], he couldn't move his eyes away and stared at him.

Why did that kid appear there?

Could it be that he turned out to be No. [-]?
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