"Our goal is to win the championship!"
Target Center Arena, Minnesota, United States.
Antoine Walker, who won the semi-finals and successfully advanced to the final, was very excited at this time: "Before the season started, the whole team had already set their goals for the season."
"Right now, winning the title is just a matter of the last victory for us."
"It doesn't matter who we end up facing."
"Tim Duncan and his Wake Forest."
"It's still Georgetown with Allen Iverson and Mo Ran."
"No matter who stands in front of us, it will only become a stepping stone for the team to win the championship!"
The joy of victory flooded Antoine Walker's face.
At the moment of advancing to the finals, Walker felt that he and Kentucky were synonymous with invincibility!
Sixteen years ago, the University of Kentucky advanced to the finals and finally defeated the opponent and won the NCAA championship trophy that year.
16 years later, Kentucky is back in the finals again.
Can we win another championship in team history?
Stay tuned!
"We seem to ignore the existence of Kentucky!"
On the ESPN news at night, several basketball supporters discussed NCAA topics:
"Georgetown's Celestial Giants have been too explosive this season to grab attention."
"Tim Duncan of Wake Forest, another super rookie for every NBA team."
"These two big men, let's ignore the existence of Kentucky."
"Perhaps, Kentucky, who advanced to the finals today, is more like a champion!"
As several experts have said.
Due to the emergence of Mo Ran this season, almost all the media will focus on the beast of Georgetown.
Coupled with the strong traffic that comes with Tim Duncan itself.
Almost everyone thinks so.
Georgetown and Wake Forest, whoever can win the semi-finals and advance to the final will be the ultimate champion.
So much so that the existence of Kentucky is ignored.
When Kentucky beat the University of California by a big score today.
People suddenly realized.
Kentucky has a deeper roster and better staffing.
Antoine Walker shines brightly.
Derek Anderson + Ron Moser, also star-level players.
Tony Delk and Walter McCarty are also players above the NCAA level, and they will definitely have a place in the NBA in the future.
Even Kentucky's bench has NBA draft-caliber players.
That is, Walker's star flavor is not as strong as Mo Ran, Iverson and Duncan.
Otherwise, Kentucky would have been blown as the favorite to win the championship.
Of course, it's not too late to start blowing now.
After the war today, the name of Kentucky will never be ignored again.
"Only, on the topic of Kentucky, that's what we're talking about here."
However, even these experts no longer ignore Kentucky's existence.
But the hottest topic at the moment is still the semi-finals in the upper half.
"Tomorrow, Georgetown will be amazed at the showdown with the Wake Forest Devils, which may be the most watched battle in this year's NCAA Championships!"
"Yeah, Mo Ran just beat Marcus Camby to be the best big man in the class of '96."
"Tim Duncan would be the best big man in the '96 if he didn't drop out of the '96 draft."
Now, the former strongest insider VS is now the strongest insider.
Who is the strongest inside player of the Pan 96 generation?
Know the battle!
April 2, US time.
After Kentucky advanced to the 1996 NCAA finals first.
Another semi-final, officially kicked off.
Out of focus on this game.
ESPN, which broadcasts the semifinals in the United States, is the official of the NCAA, and the NFL, which is the official of the National Football League.
Applicants will be semifinalists, from North Carolina, to relocate to Chicago.
And it is also the home of the NFL team Chicago Cubs – Soldier Field!
This rugby stadium, which can accommodate more than 63,000 fans, was once the venue for the 1994 World Cup.
Because the basketball field is smaller than the football field, in order to ensure the fans' viewing experience.
Soldiers Field only offers 43,000 seats today.
Unexpectedly, these 43,000 tickets were all sold out.
Except for the 20,000 seats that couldn't be watched very well, the entire Military Stadium was full today!
"As far as I know, Soldier Field hasn't even been used as a Super Bowl venue yet, but it has been used as an NCAA semifinal venue first!"
"More than 43,000 fans gathered at the game, creating the largest number of spectators in the NCAA semifinals!"
At the scene, the narrator from ESPN opened the scene with a loud voice.
No way, the number of fans on the scene is really too much.
If he didn't raise his voice, the voice of the commentary would be drowned out by the voices of the fans.
"I think back then, we didn't have this kind of treatment!"
Beside the commentator, Mutombo, the special commentator of this game, joked in his iconic hoarse voice: "Alonzo, Mo's treatment is much better than ours."
"Of course, the times will improve."
Alonzo Mourning took over the words of his former teammates: "Besides, I think Mo Ran totally deserves this kind of treatment!"
ESPN's former commentator also wants to join the conversation.
But Mutombo and Mourning sang together, which directly turned the pre-match warm-up into a praising conference for George Town, or Mo Ran and Iverson.
As for Wake Forest and Tim Duncan?
Excuse me.
Not too familiar.
"CCTV No. 5, CCTV No. 5! Hello everyone, I'm Sun Zhengping, the host of today."
At the same time, the studio on No. 5 of Tianchao Central Television.
Sun Zhengping, the famous host of the show, showed up and said the opening remarks: "Today, we will bring you a live broadcast of the knockout game of the American College Basketball League."
"The two sides of the game are the Georgetown University basketball team with our Chinese player Mo Ran, and the Wake Forest University basketball team."
"Director Zhang, this Wake Forest University doesn't have any of our Celestial players. Why don't you focus on introducing to the audience, Georgetown University, and Mo Ran!"
Unlike Mutombo and Mourning.
For Sun Zhengping and Zhang Heli in the Tianchao Studio.
Today's task is to introduce Mo Ran, and blow him up and that's it!
As for Tim Duncan and Wake Forest.
Feel sorry.
We are so unfamiliar!