San Diego State isn't a traditional basketball giant, they've missed tournaments for several years in a row, and some of the biggest names in the school's history, like Xavier Thames, were still players in the '80s and '90s.

However, San Diego State has been in good shape this year, with two NBA talented players on the team.

Kawhi Leonard, 2.01 meters tall and 102 kilograms, is very similar to Tang Tian's size, a player who has been playing rugby before his sophomore year, and has a pair of big hands that are difficult for ordinary people to match, which makes him aggressive on the defensive end.

As a sophomore, he averaged 15.7 points and 10.4 rebounds per game this season, especially for a player in his early 2 meters.

To put it simply, he's a swing player at the third or fourth position who is about the same offense as Jimmy Butler, but is stronger on the defensive end.

And unlike Butler's Marquette University, Leonard also has a helper, Jamal Franklin, a 1.96-meter small forward with excellent athleticism and breakthrough ability, averaging 10.2 points and 4.3 rebounds per game this season.

In addition, their center Draymond Wright is also well-known, but unlike Leonard and Franklin, he is not known for his skills, but for his style of play, trash talk and small movements, and he is the kind of player that opponents are extremely disgusted with.

UConn was in the first round, which was met by a strengthened version of Marquette University.

Most of the tournament matchups have already been announced, but not all of them.

Theoretically, 64 into 32, there are only 64 teams in total, but there are a total of 68 teams in the championship, in order to warm up for the tournament, but also to give more colleges and universities the opportunity to show, the extra four teams need to compete for a place before the tournament starts, which is the original intention of setting up 68 teams.

The four extra teams are the 17th seeds in each division, and they will need to play a singles match against the 16th seed in the division to decide who will play the 1st seed in the division.

This was the beginning of March Madness.

Eight teams, four games will be played in the same city, and this year in New Haven, Connecticut.

Providence College, seeded No. 17 in the East Division, is one of those eight teams.

Connecticut fans will definitely be the home team they support first, but Providence College, which is also in the Great East League, is also the team they support on this day.

Even Cajon organized the players of UConn to watch the game live.

Although Providence Academy is not in the same division as them, through the matches of these teams, and according to the previous records, it can still get a glimpse of the strength of some opponents in other divisions.

The game is played tomorrow afternoon, and after the evening practice, Tang Tian and Walker are holding their laptops in the training hall to study the details of playing San Diego State University.

When the research was over, the two of them watched the NCAA-related news for a while.

With the round of 68 of the tournament set and the start of the tournament just around the corner, the NCAA's national interest began to climb rapidly.

Sports media giants such as ESPN and TNT have begun to carry out annual forecasts and strength analysis; Betting sites have also successively offered odds for each team to win the championship; Many NBA players have also begun to predict winning championships, most of them from the NCAA, who have left their alma mater but are still emotional.

The predictions of the media and the spinach website are basically the same, and both Duke and North Carolina are unique in the rankings.

After that, Kansas with the Morris brothers, Kentucky, which is not as strong as in previous years but still has many talented players in the NBA, and the University of Arizona, which has super scorer Derrick Williams, are close behind.

The third pot belongs to the champions of the leagues and some teams with good strength, such as UConn, they are called the very competitive teams in this bracket, but because they are separated from the super teams such as North Carolina, Kansas, and Arizona, the promotion situation is more serious.

However, the predictions of NBA players are more casual than those of the media, and they almost unanimously support their own teams.

Richard Jefferson: Derek Williams will be the top pick this year, and the University of Arizona will be the undisputed champion this year!

Luol Deng: Duke will definitely take out North Carolina this year and win the championship, don't ask me why, because there is a kind of blue called North Carolina losing to Duke Blue!

Vince Carter: Duke is overrated this year, North Carolina is the king of this year, I love Barnes so much, North Carolina is going to win the championship again this year!

John Wall: All of you underestimate Kentucky, that Knight guy is stronger than you think, and Kentucky is the last king.

Ray Allen: I like Walker, I like Lamb, I like Don, I like this Connectnium team very much, they may not necessarily win the championship, but they're already the best team in my mind.

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Walker and Tang Tian watched the news with relish.

For them, it's also a way to relax before the tournament.

They looked at it for a while, and their eyes were quickly drawn to a news article by FOX Sports titled "NCAA Tournament Power Rankings by Major Positions".

In this news, FOX conducted a wave of rankings of the strength of players in various positions on the 68 teams in the tournament.

Among point guards, Kyrie Irving tops the list, although he has been out of action for a period of time due to injury, Irving is 1.91 meters tall, slender, and has unparalleled ball control skills, he is also one of the favorites of this year's top pick.

After Irving, Birham Young University's Jimmer Fredette, Kentucky's Brandon Knight, the University of Colorado's Alec Burks, and Georgia Tech's Iman Shampert ranked 2~5 respectively.

"You're sixth, haha, I remember that Shampert was a shooting guard, right? You're behind him. Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh after reading it.

Laugh at it, but it's more of a joke, because the injury has struggled for a while, and it's not so surprising that Walker is here.

In fact, compared with the beginning of the season, Walker's experience and strength have improved significantly, especially after returning from injury, after adjusting the way he develops, the shooting rate has increased significantly, and in terms of hard power, he is now at least the top three point guards, and the overall top fifteen.

"You're still laughing at me, look at yours." Walker said, pointing to the screen.

Tang Tian is in the position of big forward.

At the top of the list is Derrick Williams, who averaged 19.5 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in the regular season as the centerpiece of the University of Arizona, and his strong body and excellent scoring tools made him Irving's biggest competitor.

After Williams, Harris Barnes of North Carolina, Tristan Thompson of the University of Texas, Markieff Morris of Kansas, and Leonard of San Diego State University ranked 2~5 respectively.

Seeing his ranking, Tang Tian laughed even louder, because he was directly outside the 20th place on the list.