Match point

Chapter 173
"Yeah, let it go, let it go."

"Don't squeeze, please don't squeeze, I'm ready to go out."

"Isn't it easier to break through the two quarters? The two big seeds are Frank of Virginia and Suarez of Texas Tech. They have been in mediocre condition since they came to Athens."

"On the contrary, I think the quarter is weaker. Generally speaking, there are no particularly strong players. Don't just look at the seeds. There are also strong players without seeds."

"Wow, Four Quarters is the group of death."

"No. [-] and No. [-] face off, wow, this is exciting, UCLA's Thompson is facing off against Virginia's Domyan, a strong duel."

"Wait, wait, Kebert is also in the quarter? Why are all the power players assigned to the same division?"

"Hey, Gawain..."

Rustling.

Rustling.

"what?"

"Gao Wen is also in Four Quarters?"

"Kebert in the first round? Oh, God."

Rustling.

The air froze for a short while, and they looked at each other, but they couldn't help gloating about their misfortune—preparing for a good show, no, preparing for a wonderful duel.

Athens, the main entrance of the center court.

At this time, more than 100 players gathered bustlingly, almost all of them were players from various universities, browsing the match list of the singles match.

Yesterday, the team competition has all come to an end, UCLA has won both the men's and women's championships, but the universities have not left Athens, because tomorrow will kick off the single competition, a total of four competitions in singles and doubles, Enter the third stage of the national championship game.

Singles, 64 picks; doubles, 32 picks.

Not all players are able to get the chance to participate, but even if they are not shortlisted for the competition, those players of the team will stay in Athens, watch the game and cheer for their teammates.

Compared with team competitions, individual competitions are for personal honor. At the same time, individual competitions are closer to professional competitions and more interesting.

In individual competitions, the NCAA and professional competitions have basically the same rules for drawing lots. Take singles competitions as an example.

A total of 64 players participated in the National Championship, of which 16 players were listed as No. [-] to No. [-] seeds, and then divided into two half districts and four small divisions.

First, the top half, including the quarter and two quarters, with the No. [-] seed entering the quarter.

Second, the bottom half, including the three-quarters and four-quarters, with the No. [-] seed going into the four-quarters.

Then, the No. [-] seed and the No. [-] seed will be drawn to enter the two-quarters or three-quarters respectively, that is, to see whether the No. [-] seed is against the No. [-] seed or the No. [-] seed, which requires a little luck up.

After the top seeds of the four small divisions are settled, the second round will be drawn separately, from the fifth seed to the eighth seed, to see how they match up with the top four seeds; then the eighth seed to NO.16 Seeds, let's see how they match up with the top eighth seeds.

And so on.

After waiting for all the seed matchups to be determined, the unseeded players will be drawn, and finally a complete 64-lot matchup table will be formed.

The lottery is more or less lucky.

Some players are not ranked high, but their strength is very solid; some players have fallen in the ranking due to injuries, but their real strength does not match the current ranking; Seed bombs are everywhere.

This point is similar to the World Cup, European Cup, Champions League, etc. in football games, and then forms a death zone where experts gather.

However, luck itself is part of competitive sports, and it has never been so easy to reach the top.

This year's seed killer?
None other than Gawain.

The ranking of the National Championships is based on the statistics of the regular season record. At that time, Gao Wen was ranked No.17 in the United States, but unfortunately missed the top No.16 seed.

Judging from the ranking, No.17 is the highest pick among non-seeds. Naturally, no one wants to meet such an opponent in the first round.

Then, the United States Championship kicked off. Gao Wen, who remained undefeated this season, shined in the Athens arena. His continuous strong performance seemed to have become the favorite to win the championship.

Objectively speaking, due to the particularity of the NCAA competition system, the ranking is somewhat deceptive.

Taking Gao Wen as an example, he still had too few matches against real top players.

Thompson and Geelong in the Bruins team alone were ranked second and third seeds in the US Championship, but Gao Wen had never played against them in official matches, but in singles matches, they entered the deep rounds. , they may need to start a confrontation head-on.

Also, the No. [-] seed, Julian-Lenz of Baylor; the No. [-] seed, Mitchell Frank of the University of Virginia; and the No. [-], No. [-], No. [-] seeds. Seeds, Gao Wen had never met before.

After all, the team competition is based on the school, and some schools will not meet once in the whole season, so naturally there is no chance to fight.

Strictly speaking, among the players that Gao Wen has defeated so far, the highest ranking is the sixth seed, Domyan from the University of Virginia.

Then there are the eighth and ninth seeds, Saramento and Hanfman of USC; and the [-]th seed, Kerbert of Ohio State.

That's all, none of the other former No.16 seeds have ever met.

In other words, Gao Wen's aura of "favorite to win the championship" is more or less mixed with some popularity factors, and it is not necessarily a manifestation of hard power.

Even so, no one can deny that Gao Wen, who is ranked No.17 in the United States, is likely to become a spoiler and disrupt the entire draw.

Obviously, if any player faced Gao Wen in the first round, he would probably have a chill down his back——

Just like Kerbert at this time.

Among the crowd, Pete Kerbert was ashamed. He couldn't believe that his luck in the signing could be so bad, that he could meet Gao Wen in the first round?

Grass.Hastily.hastily.

Meow, what kind of luck is this?No koi is as bright as him!In just one week, met Gao Wen again?
Heck!

Although Kebert really wanted to swear, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, he needed to keep calm and absolutely not lose his masculinity.

Don't be cowardly!
But why are the eye sockets a little warm?
wind.

It must have been windy.

Kebert turned around and wanted to leave the scene as soon as possible, hiding in a dark corner to vent his anger, but just as he walked out of the crowd, he looked up and saw Macdonald and Gawain, the players of the Bruins Also come to watch the lottery results.

Meow.

Cobert braked suddenly, then raised his jaw high, and looked at the sun straight, not caring that the golden sunlight hurt his eyes, and the wet tears were about to flow from his eyes, he pretended to be indifferent. He took a big step, turned around and walked in the other direction.

"There...is the direction of the restaurant, not the training ground or the stadium. How did he get there?"

"I don't know, maybe I'm hungry."

　The third change, the addition of a monthly pass of 400.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)