After winning against the Nittany Lions, the Panthers are actually in the top 32 of the tournament.

This is already the best record of the Panthers in the past ten years. Naturally, Panthers fans cannot be satisfied with this best record. They are eagerly looking forward to Jiang Dongbing leading the Panthers to win the championship.

The Villanova Wildcats are an old rival of the Panthers. They have played two games in the Big East Conference, and the Panthers won easily.

Tonight's game was no exception. The Wildcats still failed to withstand the Panthers' powerful offensive, and already showed an obvious defeat at halftime.

Not to mention that now that David has completely unleashed his offensive firepower, the toothless wildcat is no match for him.

Because they were both from the Big East Conference, Jiang Dongbing did not abuse the Wildcats too harshly. In the end, the score difference was maintained at 20 points, which saved some face for the Wildcats.

After the game, Pirlo, the "supervisor" on the scene, stopped Jiang Dongbing and said he wanted to introduce a figure in the NBA circle to Jiang Dongbing.

In a cafe near the arena, Jiang Dongbing met Pirlo and the character he talked about.

"Jiang, this is coach Chris Ford. He is an alumnus of Villanova University. He happens to be watching the game tonight. He is an old acquaintance of me. You should know him, right?" Pirlo introduced enthusiastically.

Jiang Dongbing really knew the white-haired old man in front of him, but not through the information of this world, but through the memories of his previous life.

This Chris Ford is also a figure who can leave a mark in NBA history, because he is the first player in NBA history to make a three-pointer.

Before 1979, the NBA did not have the concept of three-pointers. After the three-pointers were introduced, the first person to hit a three-pointer was Chris Ford, who was playing for the Celtics at the time.

Coincidentally, this game is also Larry Bird's NBA debut, which is quite memorable.

Jiang Dongbing feels that if he remembers correctly, Chris Ford should be coaching the Bucks now, but he will be fired after coaching this season.

"Hello, Mr. Ford, I have long admired your name." Jiang Dongbing politely extended his hand to say hello.

After the three of them sat down, they started chatting. From what Chris Ford said, he probably wanted to invite Jiang Dongbing to be his assistant coach.

Pirlo and Ford are old acquaintances. He may have told Ford that Jiang Dongbing is preparing to enter the NBA next season, so Ford immediately extended an olive branch.

Many NBA head coaches have a coaching staff that they have created by themselves. The strength of the coaching staff also has an impact on the head coach's worth.

The NBA is a small society that values ​​personal connections, and coaches want to cultivate their own direct teams, which will definitely come in handy in the future.

For example, in a player transaction, if the price is the same, the party with a good relationship will definitely be able to conclude the deal.

Another example is that the team is only one win away from entering the playoffs, and the opponent happens to be a direct descendant of his own training, and the effect is reflected.

Now that Jiang Dongbing is famous all over the United States, Ford is naturally not willing to miss such an opportunity and invites Jiang Dongbing to his coaching staff.

It is definitely impossible for Jiang Dongbing to be an assistant coach for others. This is extremely stupid behavior. When the players he has trained produce results, will the credit be credited to him as an assistant coach? Obviously impossible.

The most important thing is that even if Jiang Dongbing really wanted to be an assistant coach, he couldn't choose Chris Ford. The main reason is that Ford is now in trouble and is about to be fired by the Bucks. He only gives it when he is full.

He works as a teaching assistant.

However, Jiang Dongbing also knew that this was Pirlo's kindness, and he was too embarrassed to refuse it. He politely said that he would think about it and give Ford an answer after the championship.

After defeating the Villanova Wildcats, the Pittsburgh Panthers advanced to the top 16 as expected.

Sixty-eight teams have been eliminated, and now only 16 teams remain. The remaining teams are the so-called Sweet Sixteen.

Jiang Dongbing was previously curious as to why the top 16 were called the Sweet 16. Later, when someone talked about it, he realized that it was for rhyming purposes.

There is nothing particularly unusual about the fact that both the Sweet and Sixteen begin with S, the Elite Eight all begin with E, and the Final Four begin with F.

However, the top 16 teams are really sweet in their hearts. After all, they are now one of the 16 best college teams in the United States.

…

David has burst out with amazing offensive firepower in two consecutive games, and the new ESPN draft predictions directly shocked everyone.

In this prediction, the No. 1 pick is not Olowokandi, who has been popular before, nor is it Jackson who strikes back, but David Taillon!

It is true that David's performance in these two games was too amazing. He was originally labeled as a pure blue-collar center. According to previous drafts, he is most likely to be selected in the second half of the first round, which is the 20th overall pick.

back.

But now that David has shown his offensive firepower, he has immediately become extremely valuable, and his draft stock has soared.

The template ESPN gave David was clearly O'Neal, and even the evaluation was very similar to O'Neal back then.

"Top height, wingspan and strength, excellent defensive awareness and offensive intention, the only shortcoming is poor shooting and free throw ability, but no one cares about this shortcoming."

After Jiang Dongbing read this evaluation, he was a little disdainful. David has no shooting ability? His shooting is not very strong.

That is to say, now I only focus on training offense at the basket, and I don't have the time to train shooting. You know that David's ultimate mid-range shooting ability is as high as 95, how could he not have the ability to shoot.

If I really want to say that he is not as good as O'Neal, that is, David cannot always maintain a perfect competitive state on the court like O'Neal.

…

The Panthers next met the University of Michigan Wolverines, the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference, in the third round.

The Wolverines used to be famous throughout the country because of the Michigan Five. However, as the Five Tigers went their separate ways, the Wolverines' dominance dropped a lot. However, the thin camels were bigger than horses, and the Wolverines still maintained their dominance.

Good competitiveness, otherwise it would be impossible to be ranked fourth seed.

However, facing the rising Five Tigers of Pittsburgh, they were defeated in the end.

"Having entered the quarterfinals now? It's really like a dream." Jiang Dongbing sighed after the game.

Now that they have entered the quarterfinals, the Panthers' next opponent is the famous North Carolina. They are the second seed in the Eastern Division. If the Panthers' regular season record had not been so amazing, North Carolina might have been the first seed this year.

Seed number.

Jiang Dongbing already has plenty of experience playing against the North Carolina team, and it’s not like he hasn’t played against them before.

North Carolina's four-corner tactics were completely restrained by the Pittsburgh Fab Five, mainly due to North Carolina's two aces Carter and Jamison. Under the defense of Jackson and Artest, they were completely unable to display their due strength.

The most eye-catching performance in this game was David Taillon under the basket. In the matchup with Zwick, David played for 28 minutes and easily scored 42 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks. It was a complete performance.

Destroyed Zwick.

If ESPN originally listed David as the most popular candidate for the No. 1 pick, then after this game is over, David is likely to become the only candidate for the No. 1 pick.

What is selected in the draft? Naturally, the selection is potential and immediate combat ability. The importance of immediate combat ability may be slightly less, but the more important thing is potential.
Chapter completed!