Chapter Seventy-Six: The Kansas Jayhawks

The scolding of the Internet and the media is like a tide.

It seems that the saliva instigated by the basket pipe to Wang Zhizhi last year was blown back by the northwest wind turned into the southeast wind after the Spring Festival.

Early the next morning, the basketball management center hurriedly stated that because Lu Fei was not registered in China, he was not in the list of basketball management players and could not be recruited at will, but the Chinese men's basketball team welcomed Lu Fei's joining.

When the reporter asked about Fang Mingyuan's handling of the situation, the basketball management center directly took out a transfer report in February this year, and Fang Mingyuan had been sent to the logistics department as early as last month.

The bright red seal, the white A4 paper, except for the date of the previous month, are all brand new.

These were all things that Lu Fei later heard from Chen Qiao.

Lu Fei vaguely guessed that there was something about Chen Qiao, but Chen Qiao didn't admit this kind of thing, and Lu Fei wouldn't break it.

Chen Qiao asked him, if the basketball team invited him to join the national youth again, what would he choose?

Lu Fei thought about it and said lightly: "I don't have time to ......"

He knew that even if the basketball center was for the sake of face, they would not look for him again in the short term, and as for the welcome to Lu Fei, it was just a scene.

However, he was also unavailable, because only on the fourth day after the match against the University of Notre Dame, they played the Kansas Jayhawks.

On March 28, the Kansas Jayhawks defeated the Duke of the Duke Blue Devils 69-65, Lu Fei sat on the sidelines and watched the whole game, watching his former teacher Shefsky put away the tactical board gloomily and left the Honda Center Arena.

On March 30, the Kansas Jayhawks and Washington Huskies game began.

In this match, the winning side will become the champion of the NCAA Grand East Division and represent the Great East Division in the FINAL FOUR.

Both teams had played a game each at the Honda Center, so it was just a little familiarization with the arena before the game began.

Lu Fei casually shot a few baskets to find the feeling of shooting.

Just as the University of Kansas was acclimatizing to the venue, they saw the University of Washington players in purple tracksuits, and one of them was a good-looking white player.

Lu Fei glanced at the ball, it was an acquaintance, Kirk Hinrich.

Xin Li Qi walked to Lu Fei's side, looked at Lu Fei a few times, and asked in a mocking tone, "You are that Lu Fei?" ”

Lu Fei nodded indifferently, then raised his hand to throw the ball, the shot was a little crooked, and the basketball smashed into the neck of the basket.

Hinrich smiled: "That's it, be careful, the game for a while is me defending you, you will definitely lose." ”

After saying that, turn around and leave.

Lu Fei didn't even have a chance to speak except for nodding his head from beginning to end, and he didn't react until Xinrich walked away - this person is sick, right?

Anthony Washington jumped out from the side, squeezed his eyebrows and said, "Can you bear this?" ”

"Or else?"

"Of course, you have to swear with indignation and blow him up in the game?"

"Swear on such a simple thing?"

Lu Fei indifferently turned around and picked up the basketball on the floor, raised his head and threw it to the basket, "Wow", the ball went in.

Anthony Washington looked at Lu Fei with admiration, and admired this kind of person who pretended to be forced without showing any traces.

In fact, Lu Fei is really not worried, Hinrich's offense is not bad, but his defensive ability is limited by physical fitness, which is average, but it is much better than his opponent Carol in the last game.

The biggest headache at the University of Kansas should actually be Nick Collison in Washington's defense.

Collison has already broken the scoring record in the Big Twelve Conference this season and is the scoring leader in the Big Twelve League.

In the last game against the Duke Blues, he scored 33 points and 19 rebounds in a quasi-double 20 stats, becoming a headache for the old K coach's defensive link.

And the coach of the University of Kansas, Roy Williams, the famous old coach, accurately grasped Duke's weakness and finally won the game.

Lu Fei hated this old man.

Williams has been a head coach at the University of Kansas for fifteen years, and he will enter the Final Four almost every few years, and almost every time he enters the Final Four, he will step on Duke to enter, so that Lu Fei has been in Duke for a few years, every time he mentions the Williams coaching staff, he is scolded.

In Chinese terms, this old man means "wilted".

Back in the dressing room, Lorenzo Roma introduced the opposing team's players, highlighting Hinrich and Collisson.

"The opposing duo of No. 10 Hinrich was certainly the point of attack, and the duo of him and Collison, also from Iowa, were one of the best duos in the NCAA this year, and they also made it to the Final Four last year, but they lost to the University of Maryland with Juan Dixon, and they are coming back this year, and we have to be careful."

Lu Fei smiled, last year should be the best time for Kansas to win the championship, but unfortunately they lost to the University of Maryland, and it is difficult for them to win the championship this year.

But now all the media are optimistic about Kansas, unlike the University of Washington, Kansas has played all the way to the top teams, North Carolina, the University of Arizona, Duke, and every victory is a golden test.

Washington University is a lot worse, and the best team to date is probably the University of Notre Dame.

Or Gonzaga.

It's definitely not a strong team anyway.

Even having a superstar like Lu Fei at the University of Washington can't save Washington's image of being weak for years.

Some media outlets have even asserted that this year's championship must be Kansas.

Because the roster of the other three teams that made it to the Final Four has already come out, which is the Marquette University Golden Eagles, the University of Texas Long Horns, and the Syracuse University Orange People.

None of these three teams made it to the NCAA round of 64 last year.

Even the University of Texas Long Horns made it to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1997.

They were able to reach the final four this year simply because they had a very talented player, TJ Ford.

Marquette University has never recruited a standout player except for one NCAA Finals in 1974, but this year they have an offensive machine, Dwyane Wade.

Syracuse University is even worse, as they didn't rank in their pre-season assessments, and while their freshman Carmelo Anthony has been a standout, the media hasn't been favorable given their historical results.

"Hinrich is 190 cm tall, has a good three-point ability, although the breakthrough speed is not fast, but the ball control skills are okay, the scoring ability of 17.3 points per game will cause us a certain amount of trouble, Lu Fei you should pay attention to when defending."

Lorenzo Romar made the final arrangements before coming on the pitch.

"Collison has a strong style of play, a great rebound, a lot of scoring ability, and you have a lot of defensive responsibilities in this game, so you have to pay special attention to protecting our rebounds."

Washington also watched Collison last time out, and knew that this non-striking white player almost won the double twenty stats.

However, he is confident that he can defend against it, because Collison has the common characteristics of all white players - bounce and move slowly.

Lu Fei glanced at the tactical board that was painted like graffiti, and the incandescent lights in the lounge were particularly dazzling.

"The game that Duke lost when he was an assistant coach is for me to win back today as a player."

He thought silently.

As the game time approached, the Huskies players took the stage.