March 25, the Elite Eight battle to reach the Final Four took place at the UCLA Pauley Pavilion.
The champions of the four regions would head straight to Seattle, where the 1984 NCAA champion would be decided.
Before heading to the venue, Gan Guoyang made a call to Wang Fuxi from the hotel, as she was not coming to watch the game in Los Angeles this time.
The price of the tickets and the round-trip flight were too expensive, and since the school hadn't suspended classes, it was too far from Portland to Los Angeles. She would have to skip classes to come.
Over the phone, Wang Fuxi said she and her roommate were preparing to go to the multimedia classroom to watch the game.
The athletic department had arranged a live broadcast in the classroom, and with two hours to go before the start of the game, they estimated they would run out of seats if they didn't get there soon.