On the hotel balcony, Lin Ying and Durant were lying on the railings blowing the cold winter wind.

The University of Oklahoma is not located in Oklahoma City, the state capital of Oklahoma, but in Norman County on the outskirts of the city.

Counties in the United States don't have many people, but they are large places.

But basically the core of this city is the University of Oklahoma.

Their hotel is not far from the school, about two or three kilometers away.

Standing on the balcony, you can see the direction of the school and the arena with the naked eye.

"are you OK?"

After the cold wind blew for a while, Lin Ying spoke with concern.

To be honest, he was really shocked at the time.

When he spent Christmas at Durant's house, Wanda's impression on him was that she was so kind and gentle.

But when he hit Durant, he was really cruel.

But what I have to say is that those two slaps woke Durant up in one fell swoop.

Sure enough, the mother is the one who understands her son best.

Durant reached out and touched his face, but it still hurt a little.

But he shook his head.

This mother beat herself because she failed to live up to expectations and could not accept failure.

"Do you think we won't be able to enter the Crazy Three?"

Durant changed the subject.

"The probability of getting in is 99%."

Lin Ying gave a conservative answer.

It's not Versailles, but it's basically a done deal.

Firstly, they have been ranked in the top 30 in the power rankings, and secondly, their performance in the league playoffs is actually not bad.

Although we lost the game against Kansas, there was some back and forth in the game, and we didn’t lose much in the end.

If there is no wild card for such performance, then the remaining possibility is the 1%: other alliances operate in secret and then make them happen.

But that's extremely unlikely.

Apart from anything else, from a ratings perspective, missing Durant is also a big loss.

As a data analyst, it is quite simple to come to this conclusion.

Compared with this, what he is more worried about is the issue of seeding in the future.

It's really hard to calculate what's inside.

And the water inside is really deep.

If we give them a 15th or 6th seed, and then directly go from 64 to 32 to single out the 1st and 2nd seeds, there is a high probability that they will get the Crazy Three One-Day Tour Experience Card.

But Durant didn't think as much as Lin Ying thought. He was still thinking about whether he could enter the crazy three.

"If our season ends here, I will stay and play another year."

Durant then spoke.

Lin Ying turned to look at Durant to make sure he wasn't just talking casually on a whim, and then said in a very sure tone:

"No matter if we make it to the Wild 3 or not, or how far we go, you should be in the draft this year."

"Why?"

Durant looked surprised. Lin Ying rarely spoke like this.

"This is best for you."

Lin Ying definitely couldn't say that because he was a time traveler, he had opened his eyes.

In fact, if he didn't open his eyes, his answer would be the same.

Durant's talent is so strong that he doesn't need to prove anything in the NCAA.

Or in other words, it would be a complete waste of talent for him to stay in the NCAA and play for another year.

On the contrary, in the NBA, he can get more formal training, improve his ball handling, and grow rapidly.

"No, if we can't beat the Crazy Three, you can't follow me into the NBA. I will definitely stay and play for another year. I have decided."

Durant's tone was also very certain.

When Barkley and Kenny Smith came to commentate on the game between Texas and Kansas, they talked about him entering the NBA.

He glanced at the two of them and thought that one person would decide whether he would enter the NBA.

At that time, he also said it, and now this is the first time he has said it, that person is Lin Ying.

He kept what we agreed on at Christmas.

Lin Ying was stunned.

He looked at Durant's expression that was definitely not a joke.

Could it be that this is friendship?

The furnace in his heart burned again.

Indescribable joy in my heart.

Being cared about so much by his only friend is the best thing in the world for him.

He turned back and took a deep breath, looking at the University of Oklahoma, looking at the place where they failed and fell into the sand, and said firmly:

"Then let's win another championship!"

…

The finals of the NCAA leagues are over, and the 32 championship teams are the first to advance to the "Crazy Three".

But it will be more than a week before the "Crazy Three" really begins.

Because during this week, the NCAA committee not only has to determine the 33 teams that will receive wild cards, but also reasonably allocate them to the four divisions.

This will be a big project.

For the 32 teams that have advanced, this is their final preparation and repair time.

For the remaining teams, the teams that are basically certain to have no hope have begun to prepare for the new season;

There is still hope, which is relatively painful, because no one knows whether that hope will turn into disappointment in the end.

Lin Ying and Durant are also ordinary people, and they will definitely be worried.

In order to relieve such emotions, they put more energy into training after returning to Austin.

Regardless of the outcome, there is nothing wrong with training.

Durant is improving his shooting ability against defenses.

Lin Ying also focused on training the steps under the basket and the hook shot.

If you lose in the big12 finals and your skills are inferior to others, then you should improve your skills.

As long as this technology can be slightly improved before the "Crazy Three" starts and can be used in official competitions, that will be the biggest improvement.

Time flies very fast, five days passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Ying and Durant had been training in isolation until Springman came to them with a smile.

He only brought one piece of news, the news they had been waiting for.

The University of Kansas, as the second seed in the Big12 Conference, advanced to the "Crazy Three"!

When Durant heard the news, he screamed excitedly.

Although Lin Ying had expected this result, he reached out and clenched his fists excitedly after hearing it.

Although the NCAA championship is still far away for them, at least they officially have this opportunity!

There is also good news in the news brought by Springman, that is, a total of three teams in the Big12 have been selected for the "Crazy Three" this time.

In addition to Kansas and the University of Texas, the third team is the University of Oklahoma Sooners.

This is a surprise, after all, the Sooners were eliminated in the first round of the big12 playoffs.

But this also shows that the NCAA committee pays more attention to the performance of each team in the regular season than the performance in the playoffs.

This is also very reasonable.

As mentioned before, at this time, the purpose is to select strong teams to enter the crazy three, rather than to see who performs better in the solo competition.

And it's good news for the University of Texas, too.

Because if the University of Oklahoma can also advance, this means that the University of Texas has a high probability of being ranked near the top of the bottom half.
To be continued...