The Tournament Opponents

"The group stage draw for this year's NCAA Tournament is absolutely rubbish!"

"Alright, Joe, get ready for the game."

"Rajon, don't you think we've been ignored this year?! We, the University of Kentucky, were a Final Eight team in the NCAA last year! We both lost the tournament, so why is Villanova a seeded team while we, the University of Kentucky, have to be the sacrificial lamb?! Screw the Atlanta area's eighth seed! They're making us play Washington in the second round! F-uck!"

Jacksonville, Florida.

Jacksonville University's Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Stadium is one of two venues in the Atlanta area for this year's NCAA Tournament.

The Atlanta area has two venues: one in Jacksonville, Florida, and the other in Dallas, Texas.

The Jacksonville venue will host the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament for the Atlanta region's 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, and 16th seeds.

After the eight teams play their first and second rounds here, the two teams that win consecutively will move on to Atlanta.

Together with the other two teams that advanced from the Dallas division, they will compete for a spot in the final four.

"Redick is shit, Duke University is shit!"

After arriving in Jacksonville from Kentucky, Rajon Rondo, who had been trying to calm himself down, couldn't help but spit out a curse.

If Duke University hadn't lost its overall seeding, Kentucky wouldn't have ended up with the University of Washington, no matter how badly they performed this year!

The league is now using Kentucky as a scapegoat in order to generate hype for the expected quarterfinal match between Duke and the University of Washington!

Last year, the University of Kentucky, led by Chuck Hayes and Kylana Azubuk, made it to the quarterfinals.

Hayes and Azubuke also took the opportunity to participate in the NBA draft.

After Hayes and Azubuke left, the team was left to rely on him, Joe Crawford, and Randolph Morris, three second-year players.

Under the leadership of these three, Kentucky, who reached the quarterfinals last year, had a dismal record of 21 wins and 12 losses in 33 games across the non-league and league stages.

While not quite achieving a perfect 34-0 record like the University of Washington, losing 12 games in a single season, both in the league and outside the league, is still beyond everyone's expectations.

They're from the University of Kentucky!

All sixty-five teams participating in the tournament, except for Monmouth University and Hampton University, who played in the play-offs as the 64th and 65th seeds.

They have the most losses among the other 63 teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament!

The whole of America is laughing at Duke University right now, and Kentucky has had its share of laughs this year too!

With such a poor record, how could he be treated as the eighth seed in the division?

George Washington University, with a record of 26 wins and 2 losses, is only the eighth seed!

Is the current crop of useless people at Kentucky relying on their ancestors or on their own efforts? The answer is self-evident.

Duke University and the University of Kentucky are now being ridiculed across the United States as two "wasteful" elite institutions.

That's bullshit, relying on your ancestors!

What a bunch of worthless rich kids!

Do you think we wanted to come here as the eighth seed?!

We'd rather be the 15th or 16th seed in one of the other three divisions than stay in the University of Washington division as the 8th seed!

In other regions, there's at least a chance to reach the final four and enter the land of dreams!

In this area of ​​the University of Washington, dreams are shattered before they even begin!

At the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, Rajon Rondo was practicing three-point shots with a grim expression.

Rajon Rondo's three-pointers kept hitting the ball, creating a series of loud thuds that annoyed the other people around him who were also getting used to the court.

"That bastard number four from Kentucky!"

Paul Millsap cursed under his breath.

Knowing full well that everyone around him was upset because of the University of Washington, this guy deliberately went out there to make noise!

Even as an inside player, his shooting isn't as bad as this guy's!

And look at his teammate, Kentucky's number 33, I think his name is Randolph Morris, he's a very accurate shooter!

Rajon Rondo?

That's really asking for a beating!

If he had connections and his teammates weren't in the mood to come here to get used to the venue, he would have long wanted to beat this jerk up like JJ Redick beat up Chris Paul!

So they're just the eighth seed, and they're going to face the University of Washington in the second round?

Are they as badly off as Louisiana Tech?!

They'll be facing the University of Washington in the first round!

As the NCAA rebounding champion for the past three years and a junior of the great Karl Malone, this is his first time playing in the national championship in his three years of college!

The difference between being overjoyed to receive the invitation and devastated to learn the matchup was less than 30 seconds!

His first tournament appearance ended in a first-round sweep by the University of Washington.

It's foreseeable that he will likely not receive another invitation from the NCAA next year, when he will be a senior.

The last time Louisiana Tech participated in the NCAA National Championship was in 1991.

It has been 15 years since this year!

The clanging and banging of metal was making Paul Millsap increasingly irritable.

Is this all there is to his future?

As the NCAA's rebounding leader for the past three years, his draft prospects have never been good.

Expert scouts didn't recognize his physical attributes or his talent.

Even if he tries to make himself look like the great Karl Malone...

He's not Karl Malone either...

Perhaps, after the tournament, I should go see my great senior and ask him for help in finding a solution.

The atmosphere at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial was somber.

The seven teams listed here, excluding the University of Washington, are the seven teams whose hopes have been dashed by the NCAA.

The strength of the University of Washington this year, the strength of Yes, the strength of Roy, has made everyone here unable to smile.

The NCAA National Championships are supposed to be a place to pursue dreams, but before they even started running, they already knew there was an insurmountable obstacle in front of them.

"This atmosphere is awful!"

Paul Millsap slammed the basketball out of his hand.

Jacksonville is located in the southeastern United States, while Seattle is in the northwestern United States.

It took Yes and the University of Washington much longer to get from Seattle to Jacksonville than the other seven teams.

"Jacksonville is so beautiful, it rivals Seattle!"

"It's beautiful, but I still prefer the architecture of Seattle; it's the most beautiful place in my heart!"

Everyone at the University of Washington was in high spirits upon arriving in Jacksonville.

"Yes and the University of Washington are here, hurry up and follow!"

Amidst the pursuit of media across the United States, Yes maintained his usual indifferent expression as he led his teammates onto the bus that had been prepared in advance.

Jacksonville Veterans Memorial.

Paul Millsap, increasingly annoyed by the clanging of metal, heard a series of disordered footsteps and clicking sounds.

Hearing the chaotic footsteps and clicking sounds, all the players who were getting used to the field stopped what they were doing.

They were all too familiar with those sounds!

Immediately afterwards, they saw a group of reporters carrying long lenses and short lenses, snapping photos incessantly!

Following closely behind, surrounded by dozens or even hundreds of reporters, came a group of people dressed in smart white sweatshirts.

That familiar team uniform, and that familiar, aloof-faced number nine walking at the very front.

University of Washington!

Yes!

Rajon Rondo and Paul Millsap both clenched their fists tightly.

Yes, the University of Washington is leading them this way!

Yes ignored me...

Yes passed between the two of them...

He was pushed aside by the reporters surrounding Yes, who treated him like a scarecrow and his henchmen.

Rajon, are you alright?

"Let's go over there."

Everyone on the site tacitly gave up the space.

That's what a superstar is!

This is Yes!

Rajon Rondo was very unwilling...

"I was the rebounding champion for three consecutive years, after all!"

Paul Millsap, on the other hand, didn't seem to have any resentment.

He was bitter.

His three-time consecutive rebounding champion title is utterly worthless compared to Yes's scoring title!