After the excited An Jie hurriedly ate lunch, he returned to the school's dormitory to pack his equipment and prepare to go to the gymnasium. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIowa State University's freshman dormitory is a two-person room, and Anjie's roommate is Andy Jason, who has just played ball with him.

Like most boys' dormitories, the two of them had a somewhat messy room. Shoes were scattered around, a basketball lay quietly on the floor, and there were clothes and pants and all kinds of gadgets everywhere.

But the most striking thing is the posters of the stars that cover the walls of the entire room, literally almost everywhere except the ceiling. This shows how fanatical the two are about their love for basketball.

Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, Vince Carter, you name it, you can find their posters in this room. Of course, most of these players are Andy Jason's favorites, and Anjie's star posters look a bit different compared to Andy. Ben Wallace, Yao Ming, Alonzo Mourning, African Mountain Mutombo......

None of these guys are the brightest stars in the NBA league, and they don't have graceful jump shots and flowing dunks, dazzling dribbles and sharp breakaways. But they are the rulers of the penalty area, the best in the ancient position of the center. They worked hard to get every rebound to keep the ball in their hands, took the most intense impact in the box and then used blocks to tell the opposition that it was not going to work, and dominated the basket with hand-to-hand combat.

Anjie likes this kind of player and likes the position of center forward. As a result, he has always followed the example of the people he has posted on the wall, and his style of play has been greatly influenced by them.

An Jie took a vest, shorts and a pair of Jordan fourth-generation basketball shoes that looked a little old, and set off towards the gymnasium with infinite expectations.

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An Jie stood in the middle of the basketball court and looked around, marveling at the perfection of the facilities in this arena. A large number of auditorium seats, high-quality wooden floors, various lights, electronic screens and other facilities are complete.

This basketball court is different from the outside, the outdoor court is completely open to the public, and the indoor basketball court is used only for the Iowa State University basketball team to practice except for games. In other words, being able to play in this also proves a person's strength to a certain extent. You have to be one of the best players in the school to be able to train and play in this arena.

"I may never have the opportunity to play in a field like this in my lifetime. An Jie became more and more excited, today is really a good thing.

"Hey, who let you in?" Just as An Jie was immersed in excitement, a man shouted at him from behind. Maybe An Jie was so focused that he didn't even know that anyone was coming to the stadium.

An Jie turned his head, and a black man looked at him with a frown. The guy had a braided hair similar to Iverson's, and most of the skin on his arms and neck was covered in tattoos. He is only a little shorter than An Jie, but he is very strong, and his muscles are much more developed than An Jie's. An Jie's eyes lit up when he saw the comer holding a basketball in his hand, as if he had found a common language with this unknown person.

"Were you called by Coach Rickard as well?" Anjie pointed to the basketball in the opponent's hand.

"Yes, could it be that you too?" the black man looked An Jie up and down, an Asian who was tall but as thin as a bamboo pole compared to him, and he didn't look like he could play in the NCAA. Can Asians play basketball? He couldn't think of a second name other than Yao Ming. There was a hint of disdain in his eyes when he looked at An Jie.

"Yes, haha, everyone will be teammates in the future. Most Chinese people are good, and An Jie is no exception, he smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with the black man. "My name is An Jie, what about you?"

However, the other party did not pay attention to An Jie's outstretched hand, nor did he answer the question about the name.

"Teammates? Do you know how many people are going to come to the tryout this year? There are at least 30 people, all of whom are selected by the coach. And the final squad of a team is only fifteen people. Don't take college basketball in the U.S. for granted, it's not certain if you can stay. The black man replied coldly.

An Jie took his hand back a little embarrassed, it was not the first time he had encountered such a situation. The cultural differences between the two countries have led to completely different ways for young people in the two countries to get along with each other, which has also made Anjie unable to integrate well into university life.

Looking at An Jie, who was embarrassed and overwhelmed, the black man was beaming with pride. He liked it, and he wanted to make this foreigner embarrassed. Now it's better to let this yellow-skinned guy who doesn't know the height of the sky and the thickness of the sky see the level of American college basketball, and he came up with a brilliant idea.

"Anyway, it's still early before the meeting time, why don't we play first?" The black man didn't wait for An Jie to agree, and then started to shoot the basketball.

"Okay. An Jie readily accepted the challenge. He didn't agree because he wanted to take revenge on the other party's words, but the reason he agreed to challenge was simply because he simply liked to play basketball. There's an opportunity to learn from each other, so why not?

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There were just the two of them in the empty basketball hall, and all that could be heard was the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor and the clatter of basketballs.

The black player strikes first, he is a big man of 2.08m, and his dazzling dribbling is not what he is good at, but he is proud of his strong body. Facing An Jie, who was two steps away from him, he chose to break through directly.

Seeing the other party rushing towards him, An Jie did not back down, he quickly moved sideways to block the other party. The moment their bodies made contact, An Jie felt that he was being forcibly pushed away by a powerful force, and he was forced to give way in this way. The black man went straight into the forbidden area and completed a powerful two-handed slam dunk. An Jie has also played a lot of football on the wild court in the United States in the past few months, but this guy in front of him is not at the same level as the opponent he met on the wild field.

"What's the matter, huh, didn't you eat at noon?" the black man was not satisfied after the goal, and began to attack in his mouth.

"Come again!" Ann ignored the provocation, just threw the ball to the opponent and ran to the defensive position to stand up.

"Don't be convinced, boy, remember my name, Andrew Morris. After the tryout, I'll be the main center for the Iowa State Cyclones!" An Jie still ignored it and waited for the opponent to kick off.

Morris was in possession of the ball again, and he decided to humiliate the tall, skinny man in front of him in the same way. However, when he rushed towards An Jie for the second time, he couldn't break through easily again.

This time, Anjie was prepared and carried the strong impact of Morris. Anjie is not easy, this is almost his limit. No matter how strong it is, maybe it will really be forcibly broken through again.

Seeing that the breakthrough was unsuccessful, Morris immediately turned around and began to play back, intending to chisel under the basket step by step.

Morris took a few steps inside, and although he was able to advance, the resistance behind him was too great, and Morris was very uncomfortable. An Jie also suffered the huge force from Morris pushing in, and retreated again and again, but tried his best to shorten the distance of the retreat, and no one on either side could take advantage, and An Jie had never struggled like this in hand-to-hand combat on the inside.

Morris saw that the distance was almost there, and turned directly to a hook hand, and Anjie tried his best to jump but did not block the ball. Although Morris is physically strong, he is not so good at back body skills. This hook shot was very stiff, coupled with An Jie's defensive height giving him a certain deterrence and interference, the basketball did not go into the net as he thought, but bounced out of the frame.

An Jie immediately opened his arms to jam the position and took off the rebound steadily.

"Hey, as long as one side doesn't score in our bullfight, the ball is exchanged, and you don't have to grab the rebound. Morris was very dissatisfied with this miss, and he yelled at Anjie loudly to vent the anger in his heart.

An Jie still didn't pay attention, of course he knew the rules of bullfighting here, and he had played a lot of wild courts in Ames City. However, this habit of staking has become a kind of reflex for him, as long as he sees the opponent make a move, he will unconsciously start to slot, ready to fight for rebounds.

The ball was exchanged, and this time it was Anjie's turn to attack.

Anjie held the ball outside the three-point line, and Morris actually retreated directly behind the free throw line.

According to his understanding, An Jie will definitely choose to force his way into the restricted area or start playing with his back near the free throw line, anyway, as a center, the first choice is of course to go to the basket. In Morris's concept, a center outside the three-second zone is no threat.

However, his idea was limited to his own level. Seeing that the opponent didn't mean to force up, An Jie directly dribbled and took a big step into the three-point line, and then pulled up and shot.

"Hehe, if I stand in it, you can't do anything at all. This guy didn't even dare to try it on the inside, so he was forced to make a move. Morris was so proud that he didn't even look back at the ball, he walked straight to the three-point line, ready to wait for the ball to bounce out of the frame so it was his turn to attack.

However, he heard the sound of the net tumbling. He looked back in surprise, the basketball was bouncing on the floor, and An Jie retreated beyond the three-point line, ready to kick off. Just now, it's a hollow into the net!

"Hmph, is a guy who can only shoot still a center?" Morris turned on the mouth cannon mode again, and continued to express his unwillingness to cut Anjie, now there are not many centers who can shoot, and he didn't expect that the person in front of him is one of the few people.

In fact, many American insiders now have such a common problem. They have good physical fitness and athleticism, but their mastery of basic basketball skills such as shooting, dribbling, passing, and even under-the-basket skills is poor. Morris is one of those types of players, and if the ball is to be exchanged for an open shot, he may not be able to shoot it.

As always, An Jie ignored the other party's words, he was such a big boy who didn't talk much, and he often didn't say a word when he played.

Anjie's second attack, this time Morris did not retreat to the free throw line and waited for Anjie to send it to the door, he stuck to it from the beginning of Anjie's dribble, pressing step by step. He didn't plan to give the opponent another chance to shoot easily, and then use his physical advantage to prevent the opponent from breaking through, and Morris felt that he had eaten this kid this time.

Anjie is really uncomfortable to defend, and wants him to dribble like a guard to make Morris dizzy?Come on, he is a center who is more than 2.10 meters tall and has not received systematic and professional basketball training.

However, Morris was still too eager to get the ball back, and he grabbed the ball many times, causing his defensive position to be more and more biased, and his center of gravity was too forward. Finally, after Morris failed to dig the ball again, his center of gravity shifted greatly forward.

Anjie seized the opportunity and took a big step past Morris, who had shifted his center of gravity forward. He managed to break through and the road leading to the penalty area was clear.

The basket was getting closer and closer to Anjie, and he jumped on both feet, ready to return the color with a dunk.

However, it backfired. As soon as An Jie took off into the air, there was a huge impact behind him, it was Morris!

He fanned the skinny An Jie out with the ball. An Jie was not mentally prepared, he lost his balance in the air and slammed into the floor.

"Oh, I just pushed a little harder, I didn't expect you to weigh so little. Morris pretended to be innocent, looked at An Jie who fell, his heart was secretly refreshed, and he said cool words again.

However, what he said was true, he didn't expect An Jie's confrontation to be so bad, he did just go for the ball, usually in this case, he interfered with the opponent's layup at most and then applied for a foul himself, but this time he knocked the opponent away.

Anjie rubbed his aching back, and also realized the physical gap between an NCAA player and an ordinary basketball fan, which was completely different from him playing on the field. What's more, Morris isn't an official NCAA player yet. He didn't have the upper hand in anything but an open shot. It seems that trying to pass the trial and play in the NCAA Division 1 is not as easy as you think.

The next competition continued between the two of them.

Anjie's back hit didn't push Morris at all......

Morris leaned on Anjie and turned to the basket and forced a dunk......

Anjie took advantage of his height and reach to easily block Morris's close-range shot......

Morris knocked down Anjie in the box again, but he ignored Anjie who fell to the ground and easily put the ball into the basket in the face of the empty basket......

The two sides fought for a long time, and Morris had a slight upper hand during the whole process, but he was also a little embarrassed. Just now, under An Jie's interference, he hooked his hand wide again, and An Jie also won the ball again.

"What else do you have to do to show it all. So far, Morris has used his physical advantage to defensively contain Anjie very well, which has made Morris a little arrogant.

An Jie began to dribble, directly stepped in a few big steps and squeezed into the middle of the penalty area on the right side of the basket, and then changed to a back-to-back state.

The simplest and most brutal duel between the center!

Although the front was closed, An Jie still did not give up, he pushed hard inside, trying to push the wall between himself and the basket.

It didn't work out well, but it did advance a little distance. Anjie stopped dribbling and began to move, his shoulder shaking as if to the left.

"Turn to the left?" Morris wavered a little, but didn't make a rash move.

Sure enough, that shoulder shake was just a feint! After turning to the left, An Jie immediately began to turn to the right, raising the ball above his head with both hands, his heels off the ground, and preparing to shoot.

"See through you, boy!" Morris smiled and jumped with all his might, ready to fan the ball hard. But when he jumped up and was still rising in mid-air, the ball that An Jie had raised above his head suddenly disappeared. Only then did Morris realize that he had been tricked, and the turn and shot just now was also a feint!

It turned out that An Jie's heel was just off the ground, but the soles of his feet were still firmly on the floor. After a realistic shooting feint tricked Morris into jumping, he quickly retracted the lifted ball, then brushed past the jumping Morris and made an easy pick-up.

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Angel used her footsteps under the basket to shake Morris like a frog again......

Anjie turned directly to shoot Morris thought it would be a feint and did not react to the shot, and as a result, the basketball went into the net again......

Morris's shooting percentage plummeted, and even if Anjie lost possession of the ball, he could quickly get it back in the next round.....

The competition between the two went on like this, under the gaze of one person.

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"The confrontation is seriously lacking, and Morris can only be considered physical among the many players in the NCAA. However, this has already made An Jie a little unbearable. Inside hand-to-hand combat in official matches is more difficult than this. But his excellent basketball fundamentals make up for some of his physical weaknesses, with good footwork under the basket, soft shooting, and never giving up on defense. He's a player to watch.

As for Morris, his physical advantage in the NCAA may not be as obvious anymore, and if he can't learn to play with his brain, he'll be a rotation player on my team at best.

George Ricard was actually waiting in the basketball arena, sitting in an inconspicuous corner of the auditorium, and no one noticed him.

He inadvertently saw this heads-up and sat quietly and watched, watching the game while continuing to complete the player reports of the two in his notebook.

"It's good, at least the players are very competitive and hardworking. Ricard smiled with satisfaction, he looked at his watch, 12:40, it was time for him to step in and end the competition and get everyone ready for training.