At 7 p.m. that day, after resting, the Kangda players took a bus from the hotel to the competition venue.

An hour later, their game against San Diego State University will kick off at Riverside District Stadium.

On the way there, they heard the news that Georgetown University was beaten 62-61 by No. 14 seed Moorehead University in a game that had just ended in New York, causing the first upset of this year's NCAA tournament.

Monroe didn't play well in this game, contributing only 16 points and 11 rebounds.

Play, it's really important in this kind of solo competition.

Georgetown University is out, leaving only four teams in the Great East League, and the pressure on Kangda's shoulders is one more point.

In the Riverside District Stadium, the stadium with a capacity of 40,000 people is already full.

On one side are UConn fans, and on the other side are San Diego State fans, forming a large oval around the entire stadium.

There is a gap in the historical status of the schools on both sides, but the number of fans in this game is evenly matched.

When Tang Tian and Walker walked into the court, they could feel the enthusiasm from the fans on both sides, much warmer than during the regular season or even the championship game.

It's a real life-and-death battle.

Unlike the previous games, because there was no home and away match, players from both teams were introduced to the game one after another.

The opening ceremony was much more interesting than ever.

The first to be introduced were the UConn players, Smith, Oriage, Tang Tian, and Lamb were almost all booed when they played, all of them were fans from San Diego State University, and it was only when Walker was introduced that the cheers of UConn fans overshadowed the boos on the other side.

When the San Diego State players came out, it was the other way around, with Leonard's appearance getting the crowd cheering and boosing evenly out.

This is a classic scene of the NCAA tournament, whether it is the booing side or the cheering side, they are holding their breath, and this pre-game competition is also the fans cheering for the teams.

"Connecticut Huskies!"

The Kangda players gathered in a circle before the game, shouting slogans on top of each other.

"Toot!"

A long whistle sounded from the sidelines, and the starters of both teams came on one after another.

The fans couldn't sit still at all, and they all stood up to watch the game.

In such a big atmosphere, you can't sit still.

Oriage and Wright's jump ball, the former turning the ball back into the Kang half to officially kick off the game.

Walker carried the ball to the front court, and Leonard marked it directly.

Although one of the two plays point guard and the other is a power forward, Leonard, like Tang Tian, is the No. 4 position swinging at the No. 3 position, and the speed is not slow.

Walker's successive changes of direction tried to break through, but Leonard's excellent reach and those big hands basically blocked his line.

Tang Tian wanted to block and dismantle, but Leonard directly grabbed the position and did not give a chance.

Walker scrambled to accelerate to the basket, and Leonard chased after him from behind.

Walker jumped to the basket and Leonard reached for the block, and he collected a lever.

But at this moment, Leonard's left hand covered the second interference, and Walker's shot was obviously out of edge.

The ball slid out of the basket and Leonard managed to prevent Walker's breakaway.

The cheers of San Diego State University fans at the scene.

Walker is the offensive core of Kangda, and if he prevents Walker's attack, most of it will be wasted!

After watching this round, Tang Tian basically knew in his heart that even the current Leonard was better than him in defense.

This is also to be expected, the peak Leonard's defense is a red skill in the system, two notches higher than his individual defense, and it is also the strongest defensive skill.

UConn's retreat was fast, and it didn't give San Diego State a chance to break fast.

Tang Tian stared at Leonard in the front court, Leonard held the ball with his back and chiseled hard inside by hitting Tang Tian.

The two are close in height, but Leonard is 4 kilograms heavier than Tang Tian, and he obviously wants to take advantage of this.

However, Tang Tian's confrontation was stronger than he imagined, and his continuous hard chisels failed to advance as expected.

That's one of the reasons why the NCAA has the most upsets, where you have to play against your opponents, but you're playing most opponents for the first time, and you can only rely on the coaching staff's data analysis to know your opponents, which is a completely different concept from the real thing.

Unable to score a hard hit, he chose to turn and lean back.

He has a bit more offensive means than Butler.

Tang Tian also knew this, judged it in place, and pounced to interfere.

"Bang!"

Leonard's lean is deflected.

Tang Tian also defended against Leonard's attack!

This time it was the turn of the UConn fans to cheer.

When you sing and we appear, not only the players on the field are-for-tat, but the fans on the sidelines are also not giving an inch.

Oriarchie protects the defensive rebound.

Wright made a small push and shove in the scramble, and Oriage got angry after controlling the ball, but Wright was already quickly back into the half.

Kangda's offense, Walker faced Leonard again in the frontcourt, and this time he did not force the attack, but made tactical gestures while controlling the ball.

Tang Tian mentioned that the three-point line was used as a pick-and-roll, and Leonard defended closely, his defense was clean, but full of pressure.

Walker continued to speed up and scrambled inside, with Leonard chasing after him.

In a similar scene, the cheers from the mouths of San Diego State University fans were about to burst out.

But at this moment, Lamb on the weak side even borrowed Smith and Tang Tian to cover the opportunity, Walker's return pass with his hand, and Lamb's emergency stop jump shot after receiving the ball.

"Huh!"

The ball goes into the net.

Like Walker said last night, he's not just fighting alone!

The cheers of the San Diego State fans were druffled back, and the UConn fans erupted in cheers.

San Diego State's offense, Leonard and Franklin's off-ball block, Leonard's cut to the basket after the break, and the guard's pass.

"Smack!"

This ball was successfully predicted by Tang Tian, and he directly cut off the defender's pass.

Kang pushed back, Walker received the ball and attacked the front court, and Franklin had a confrontation, and after the confrontation, the air lever sent the ball to the basket again!

4 to 0!

Although Kangda did not score in the first round, he quickly got into the groove after that.

This goal also fully mobilized the emotions of UConn fans.

Although the fans of San Diego State University are opposite, their small universe is no longer stopping.

"Defend! Defend! ”

In the cheers of the audience, Lamb assisted Franklin and made another steal!

Kangda's fast break.

Leonard stepped back quickly and blocked Walker's layup angle.

Walker didn't think about it hard, turned around and passed the ball to Lamb, who was following up, and Lamb shook off Tang Tian, who was following up on the other side.

An open shot.

Tang Tian received the ball and shot directly.

"Huh!"

With a knife in his hand, Tang Tian steadily hit Kangda's first three-pointer of the game!

7 to 0!

Kangduo is blooming at the point, and the offensive is like a tide!