Not long after, Davidson College welcomed their top 32 opponent, Harvard University, led by Jeremy Lin. Although Jeremy Lin was good, the gap in overall strength meant that the dark horse, Harvard University, would not be able to go far.
In this match, Yun Lie had scored 33 points, 11 rebounding, 7 assists, and 4 blocked shots in his 25 minutes on the field. He currently ranked first among all the players who were preparing to participate in the draft with an average of 25.6 points, 9.6 rebounding, 7.1 assists, 2.1 blocked shots, and 0.8 steals per game.
After Davidson University entered the top 16, the situation of the other divisions gradually came out.
Blake Griffin's University of Oklahoma-led team won a big victory against the University of Arizona, led by James Harden, in the top 16.
Demar DeRozan led USC to meet the Blue Devils Duke led by Gerrard Henderson in the top 16.
The other teams also came out one after another, starting the cruel and exciting round of 16 matches.
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The top 16 match for Davidson University was against the University of Connecticut-led by Hashim Thabit.
In view of Yun Lie's current popularity, TNT specially sent their big mouth, Charles. Barkley was here to commentate the game.
Before the game started, Barkley began to express his opinion."After these few matches, I feel that there is no need for me to commentate this match. I just went online and saw that there are actually so many people who think that Davidson Academy will lose. Do you really think that Hashim Thabit is Yun Lie's opponent?”
Barkley pursed his lips and continued,""Based on the technical characteristics that Yun Lie has displayed, he is a complete nightmare for a big center like Z Hashim Thabit. Hashim Thabit's athletic ability is not outstanding, and it is difficult for him to deal with changing defenses. A player like him would be tortured by the pick-and-roll combination of Yun Lie and Stephen Curry.”
Yun Lie listened to Barkley's prediction and thought," As expected of a former NBA superstar. He saw through our tactics at a glance.
That's right, Davidson Academy's strategy today was to take advantage of Hashim Thabit's weakness. They were prepared to let Yun Lie and Curry take turns to challenge Hashim Thabit.
It was unknown how the UCT fans felt when they heard that their ace player had become the opponent's biggest ATM.
For the first goal of the game, Davidson College's center, Casby, successfully jumped the ball. Curry received the ball and passed it directly to Yun Lie.
After Yun Lie received the ball, he observed the situation on the field and decisively signaled for his teammates to pull away. He then used a Buddha to shake past the defenders and enter the paint. Seeing Hashim Thabit come over to help defend, Yun Lie used a European Step and easily brushed past Hashim Thabit to score the ball.
Hashim Thabit was stunned. He dazedly thought about Yun Lie's goal. Why was there a player who was so fast that he could not jump in time?!
Following that, Curry and Yun Lie picked and rolled. Curry moved outside the three-point line and used his three-point threat to attract most of the defense for Yun Lie. Yun Lie, on the other hand, went through the pick-and-roll and successfully received Curry's pass in a reasonable collision zone.
On the other side, the University of Connecticuti had managed to score Hashim Thabit's goal with great difficulty and forcefully hit Casby in the paint. Yun Lie immediately used the pick-and-roll with Curry to assist Curry in making a three-pointer from the outside.。
"Swish""Swish""Swish"! Davidson College's outer perimeter was blossoming.
33-12 in 10 minutes. The University of Connecticuti was stunned by the rain of three-pointers.
Hashim Thabet stood inside the paint with a blank look on his face. Why did the game turn out like this? Everyone at Davidson College was attacking him, and he only scored four points on the offensive end. Their efficiency was extremely low. Although Davidson Academy's inside line wasn't considered strong, it couldn't withstand the speed of Yun Lie's defense. So far, they had already been blocked by Yun Lie three times.
On the sidelines, Barkley danced in the commentator's seat."Everyone, take a look. This is Davidson College with Yun Lie. Everyone can shoot three-pointers. As long as Yun Lie breaks into the lane, the perimeter can only come back to help defend. This is a choice that the University of Connecticuti will face. Either they let Yun Lie break in from the lane or they give up on their perimeter. When the team was unable to open up the situation, they could still rely on Yun Lie's individual ability to play solo. What was even more frightening was that Yun Lie and Curry's pick-and-roll coordination was perfect. The University of Connecticut could not come up with a solution. Both of them were players with strong individual abilities. The UCT center, Hashim Thabit, didn't have the ability to defend and could only become the biggest hidden danger for UCT. Take a look, this is the Davidson Academy of this season. I believe that in the near future, their playstyle will sweep through the entire Alliance.”
Barkley was right. In the future, under the leadership of Steve Kerr, the Golden State Warriors would open the curtain of the small ball era with the death of five small players.
After Barkley finished speaking, the UCT fans could not find any reason to refute him. They could only continue to watch this damned fatty praise Yun Lie.
At the end of the first half, Davidson College easily ended the first half with a score of 66-32. In the second half, Davidson College changed their tactics and replaced them with a mini lineup with a height of only 2.05 meters. They began to play against the University of Connecticut. This was also Coach Alvin's intention. With the current momentum of Davidson College, there was a high chance that they would meet the University of Oklahoma-led by Blake Griffin in the NCAA quarterfinals. Faced with such a team with superior inside strength, Davidson College needed to change their formation to break this disadvantage, so today's lineup was born.
UCT would never have thought that they were only fit to be used by Davidson College to practice their new lineup.
In this lineup, Yun Lie was the center and Curry was the core. After Curry continuously ran out of the open space, Yun Lie immediately passed the ball and assisted Curry to hit a three-pointer. Or, through continuous pick-and-roll coordination, a player was left empty. The others immediately passed the ball and assisted in the three-pointer.
In Coach Alvin's imagination, this lineup would lose a certain amount of rebounding. However, after seeing that Hashim Thabit could not move Yun Lie under the basket, Coach Alvin was more assured to use this tactic.
At the same time, Steve Cole, who was watching the game in Los Angeles, had a new idea in his mind. He immediately took out the tactical board and began to practice.
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Under the bombardment of this lineup, Davidson College scored 56 to 35 in the second half and eliminated the University of Connecticutwith a total score of 122.67. The huge difference also completely nailed the University of Connecticutto the shame of the NCAA.
Yun Lie scored 37 points, 14 rebounding, 3 assists, and 5 blocked shots in the entire game. He easily knocked off the clock. Curry relied on a large number of three-point shots to get a double-double of 40 points and 11 assists. This combination had a combined score of 77 points, demonstrating their terrifying scoring ability.
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