Braised Eggplant with Minced Pork
Chapter 94 Final Four!
This is definitely the biggest upset since the start of this year's tournament, even more so than UConn beating UNC!
After all, UConn has Walker and is also the champion team of the Big East Conference and the No. 4 seed in the West, but the University of Texas is the No. 13 seed in the West, basically considered to be just along for the ride.
Tang Tian didn't expect it at all. After all, the Morris brothers are too strong, but that's just how it is. They had prepared a lot before, including tonight, when they came to scout Kansas's strength, but as a result, their divisional final opponent was not Kansas, but the University of Texas.
This is so NCAA.
However, this also sounded a warning to the UConn players who had just defeated UNC. Upsets in the NCAA are everywhere, and even at this stage, they cannot underestimate any opponent.
"This University of Texas team is very active on defense, and their help defense is good. Our best way is to spread the court and create more one-on-one and scoring opportunities for Kemba, and use talent to defeat them."
"On the defensive end, McKannon is their only strong point. I want to man-mark him the entire game. We don't expect to defeat them in one fell swoop, as long as we widen the point difference little by little, it will be difficult for them to have a chance."
In Calhoun's office, Tang Tian at this moment is not just like an assistant coach, but like a strategist, offering advice to Calhoun.
Calhoun completely trusts Tang Tian, ββand is even listening with a half-learning attitude.
Two days later, the game between UConn and the University of Texas kicked off at the Bank of America Stadium.
This time, there were obviously more UConn fans on the scene. As the weaker side, the University of Texas also experienced the treatment that UConn had in the previous game.
The game started, and UConn didn't get much advantage at the beginning. The University of Texas was able to get to this point because their defense was indeed good. After more than five minutes of the game, UConn only led the opponent by 3 points with a score of 7 to 4.
Walker was basically double-teamed as soon as he got the ball. His passing is not excellent, and the University of Texas's help defense rotation is well done. The switch on passes is also basically in place, which greatly limits UConn's performance.
At the end of the first half, UConn only led the University of Texas by 6 points with a score of 32 to 26.
The University of Texas's defense was unexpected, and Tang Tian once again suggested to Calhoun to play a dual-point guard tactic.
Back in the second half, UConn replaced Oriakhi with Napier and started a dual-point guard tactic.
The effect was immediate, Napier's passing ability was excellent, and UConn's offense obviously improved.
The University of Texas maintained the stalemate by relying on defense. When UConn's offense opened up, they could only watch the point difference widen bit by bit.
Calhoun was also very cautious, still playing with the full starting lineup with a 20-point lead.
It wasn't until 5 minutes before the end of the game that he made five substitutions at once amidst the cheers of the UConn fans.
The game was not over yet, but the fans' excitement could not be hidden at all.
They even started cheering for the University of Texas players' goals. If it weren't for the University of Texas, they would be playing Kansas tonight, and the game would be more anxious. Being able to easily advance to the Final Four, the University of Texas has made a great contribution.
At this time, Tang Tian and Walker started eating the cake sent by Olsen again.
This time, Olsen made Tang Tian a brownie, which is a layered small cake and one of the most popular cakes in the United States.
There is a story about this cake, saying that a chubby black nanny, wearing an apron, was baking soft and delicious chocolate cakes in the kitchen, but accidentally forgot to whip the cream first, and accidentally made a failed work.
The old nanny tasted the cake, which was originally going to be thrown away, and found it to be very delicious. This "lovely mistake" was born.
The story is unknown whether it is true or false, but this cake is indeed delicious.
Walker was quite absorbed in eating it.
But Calhoun is also to blame, leading by 20 points and still letting them play for so long.
The game had already been decided, and the on-site photographers began to capture the scene on the sidelines. Tang Tian and Walker eating cake once again appeared on the Led screen on the scene.
When Walker saw that he was being filmed, he was not as shy as last time, and smiled and greeted the camera.
Moreover, this time the photographers gave him enough time, and the entire audience was amused by them.
In the end, after five minutes of garbage time, UConn defeated the University of Texas 71-46 and successfully advanced to the Final Four of the tournament.
Although the result was already known, when the final whistle sounded, the slogan "Connecticut Huskies" still resounded through the arena.
Before the start of the regular season, no one thought that this UConn team, which was mainly composed of rookies, could achieve any results, but they became the champions of the Big East Conference!
In the first round of the tournament, they were expected to be upset, but they bloodbathed their opponents!
Against Arizona, they were completely treated as supporting characters, but they still defeated their opponents!
Under the circumstances that they were not favored by everyone, and in a near-away game, they even defeated the popular North Carolina team!
And tonight, the Final Four!
This is an incredible season that can even be written into history!
And they still have a chance to go further.
After UConn's players completed the handshake ceremony with the University of Texas, they also began to cheer with the fans.
It's really not easy to get to this point after a season of hard work.
After finishing the interaction with the audience, they and the staff carried the ladder and started the "cutting the net" session.
As a tournament tradition, the championship team can cut the net after the final as a souvenir.
This championship, in addition to the final championship of the tournament, the divisional champion also has this right.
The order of cutting the net is from the oldest to the youngest.
Walker cut off his own net, followed by Oriakhi, then the freshmen. Tang Tian also cut off his own net after Lamb and carefully put it away.
This is the first reward he has received since his transmigration.
After Calhoun cut off the last net, the cutting ceremony officially ended.
But this is not the last part of tonight.
After the net-cutting ceremony, there was also an award ceremony on the scene.
According to NCAA rules, originally only the final champion and runner-up would receive the gold national championship trophy and the silver national runner-up trophy respectively, but since 2006, each divisional champion will receive a bronze divisional championship trophy.
When UConn's players held up the divisional championship trophy together, the cheers of the UConn fans at the scene reached a peak.
They have already seen the dawn of this team recreating its former glory.
Now, they want to be with this team and turn this dawn into reality together.