Chapter 107 This Is Just the Beginning

The Kentucky-Butler game was also played the next night at Rillante Stadium.

A stadium with more than 70,000 people, 40,000 Kentucky fans and 30,000 Butler fans, similar to last night.

The players of the University of Kangxi watched the game from the sidelines.

Kentucky is led by Brandon Knight and Terrence Jones this year, compared to last year's Super Five (Wall, Cousins, Patrick Patterson, Eric Bledsoe, Daniel Orr). Dayton), the strength of the lineup is obviously much worse, but they have a good schedule and it is relatively easy to enter the semi-finals.

And their opponent, Butler University, was last year's super dark horse. This year, they have basically retained their lineup, and reaching the semi-finals is also expected.

In fact, several strong teams this year are divided into the west and southwest regions, and the competition between the east and southeast regions is naturally relatively less intense.

Butler University is a small school and doesn't have much advantage in recruiting students, so they play full team basketball, both offensively and defensively, with very high execution.

Kentucky's tactical style is a bit like Duke's, with the freedom of strength players on the court.

After the game started, Knight and Jones fired inside and out, and quickly helped Kentucky take the initiative on the court.

But soon, the Kentucky Twins ran into trouble with Butler's team play, draining a lot of energy with each of their points, and by the end of the first half, they were only down 32-36. 4 points for Kentucky.

Tang Tian watched halftime and quickly understood the point that Butler University could become a strong team. In the end, it was one point, consumption.

Through confrontation and physical contact, the physical strength of the opponent's core players is consumed and forced to a horizontal line.

So any team that plays against Butler University will score very low.

This seems very simple, and every university can do it, but it’s really different, because if you want to really consume and limit, you must have enough tacit understanding on both ends of the offense and defense, otherwise, with ordinary players The talent is easily overwhelmed by the opponent.

This is what sets Butler University apart.

You can also see this from the composition of the team. Their core members are basically juniors and seniors.

The rhythm of the game in the second half was almost exactly the same as the first half. Kentucky quickly widened the point difference to double digits in the first half, but in the second half, Knight and Jones were defended repeatedly, and Butler University also took the opportunity to catch up. .

At the end of the stalemate, both Knight and Jones' mentality collapsed, and they made mistakes one after another.

Butler University seized the opportunity, and a wave of small climaxes directly harvested the game.

55 to 50, Butler University finally defeated Kentucky by 5 points and entered the NCAA Finals for the second consecutive year.

"The final will be difficult to play, but we will still win." Completely different from watching the North Carolina game before, Walker is now more confident than ever.

"Well, cherish it, this is our last game." Tang Tian said with a smile.

Butler University's style of play is to fight physically and mentally, and if you can grit your teeth in the end, the possibility of winning is very high.

Knight and Jones finally broke down and Kentucky lost the game, but UConn would not, whether it was him or Walker, or even the entire team, after winning Duke, their mental attributes were all maxed out.

After a day's rest, on April 4, US time, the NCAA finals between the University of Connecticut and Butler University kicked off at Rillante Stadium.

This time, the number of fans on both sides is evenly matched, and the famous players of the two teams are basically there. Ray Allen and Hamilton are on the scene. Butler University is a little shabby, but the core of the team last year Gordon Hayward also came to the scene.

Like the semi-finals, the two teams played very anxiously after the game started.

At the end of the half, the score on the field was 34 to 33, and the University of Concord was only 1 point ahead.

This stalemate did not change until five minutes before the end.

Walker smashed to the basket in a row, or scored or caused damage to the free throw line, and directly opened the score.

The score on the field was finally fixed at 60 to 50. The University of Concord defeated Butler University by 10 points and successfully won the NCAA championship in the 2010-2011 season.

At the moment when the final whistle blew, although he was full of confidence and knew that he would win, when the streamer fell and the scene was boiling, Walker couldn't help crying, and he and Tang Tian hugged tightly.

It took the 1.85-meter defender three years to finally get what he wanted.

The cheers of "Connecticut Huskies" continued to resound through Reyland Stadium, and unlike the previous game, this time it was accompanied by the tears of excitement from many fans.

The road to winning the championship in the hell mode of Kangda is really difficult. If it is written as a biography, it will be an absolute bestseller.

Kahon took over the championship trophy from the chairman of the league, and the University of Concord players held the championship trophy and stood on the podium for more than ten minutes before coming down.

Their faces are more excited than each other. This is the championship moment that belongs to each of them, and it is also the most colorful and splendid stroke in their lives.

Walker contributed 20 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the semifinals. In this game, he scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and was successfully elected as the final MOP player.

With red eyes, Walker delivered his acceptance speech.

He thanked many people, even his high school coach. You can feel from his words that he really held back this moment for a long, long time.

"I have one person to thank at the end, he's special to me, maybe he doesn't feel it himself, but whether it's after my injury or when I'm not doing well in a game, he's helping me, maybe you think It would be crazy, but I think he was a different mentor in my life."

Walker's words attracted a burst of curiosity from everyone on the sidelines.

This description is very similar to Kahun, but Kahun Walker has given extra thanks before.

"Don, thank you, this is the best ending." Walker said from the bottom of his heart.

Walker's opening, the scene suddenly whistled.

Tang Tian is only 18 years old, 2 years younger than Walker, but Walker regards him as a life mentor, which is really quite rare.

However, the performance of the University of Kangxi players confirmed that what Walker said was true. They were not surprised. Even the head coach Kahun was applauding for Tang Tian.

The outside world may not know it, but everyone in this University of Concordia is well aware of the changes and contributions that Tang Tian has brought to this team.

The reporter quickly gave the microphone to Tang Tian, ​​which gave him an additional opportunity to express his comments.

The fans at the scene also cheered, defending and three-pointers again and again in the game, no UConn fans do not know Tang Tian, ​​and even two lore against North Carolina and Duke, making Tang Tian a history of Concordia. A very strong character.

"No, Kemba, this is not the end, it's just the beginning, our NBA journey has just begun." Tang Tian only said one sentence.

Thanks to choizhae, fritters, for the tip.