"No problem." Tang Tian nodded, the cake made by Olsen tasted really good, he liked to eat it, and it was not difficult to get tickets with Walker.

"Then it's settled." Olsen smiled and held out his little finger and shook it in front of his eyes.

Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, and then reacted that this was to pull the hook to make an agreement.

He also stretched out his hand, hooking his little thumb with his hand, and the two of them reached an agreement.

"Don, press conference." That's when Napier shouted at him at the entrance of the players' tunnel.

"Then I won't send you." Tang Tian replied to Napier and turned to Olsen and said.

"It's okay, you're busy, I'm very happy today." Olsen said with a smile.

Tang Tian smiled and nodded, and then trotted back to the locker room.

After taking a shower, Tang Tian and Walker attended the press conference with Cahon.

Walker shot 9 of 22 in this game, scored a team-high 24 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Tang Tian made 5 of 8 three-pointers, and hit all three free throws to score 18 points, 5 boards, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Because of the win, the atmosphere at the press conference was very relaxed and full of laughter.

"Don, I noticed that you ate cake at the bench after the game, I'm curious, were you hungry at the time?" In the relaxed atmosphere, a reporter asked about eating cake in the game.

"Yes." Tang Tian didn't expect the reporter to ask this, so he nodded with a smile.

"It seems that the cake was not bought temporarily, but was it placed under the bench before?" The reporter looked at it more carefully and couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, I was going to eat it after the game, but I was hungry." Tang Tian opened his mouth and replied.

His answer immediately drew laughter from the reporters below, and it is rare for him to speak so sincerely.

"The next game is against the University of North Carolina and we know that Harrison Barnes in North Carolina is a very good player and leader, Kemba, are you confident that you can beat him and lead the team to victory?" After the light topic was asked, the reporter went on to ask serious questions.

"Hmm...... Leave it to Don to defeat him. Walker said after a moment's thought.

His answer drew a surprised look from the reporter, which was a bit inconsistent with Walker's usual style of speaking.

"After all, he's beaten Derek Williams in this fight." Walker continued.

The reporters nodded their heads in unison.

In this game, Williams was powerful in the first half, scoring 18 points in the half, but in the second half, under Tang Tian's marking, only 1 of 11 shots, the performance was dismal, and if there was no accident in the next game, it would be Tang Tian's main defense Barnes, if you really want to talk about defeating, it is indeed what Tang Tian has to do.

"Don, do you have faith?" The reporter turned his gaze to Tang Tian.

"Of course, I have to beat him." Tang Tian replied without hesitation that Barnes is the core of North Carolina, and if Kangda wants to win, he must guard against Barnes.

"He can do it." Cajon said with certainty at this time that he couldn't tell the media what happened in the midfield, but he now has absolute trust in Tang Tian.

The reporters all looked at Cajon with some surprise, this old man rarely spoke so definitely in front of the media.

"Oh, I forgot to mention, I bought the cake too, but I ate it in the locker room at halftime." But before they had time to think about it, Walker's words caused them to laugh again, and the atmosphere of the press conference, which finally became serious, instantly became extremely relaxed.

……

Hundreds of miles away at the University of North Carolina, North Carolina players watched the full broadcast of the game in their home arena.

"Harrison, I didn't expect us to actually run into that guy." After the game, the players dispersed one after another, and Taylor Zeller and Barnes walked out side by side, laughing as they walked.

When he was playing a shooting game in New Haven, he wanted to go up and say hello to Tang Tian but was stopped by Barnes, who said that he would always meet, but he didn't expect it to be true.

"It's not going to be a good game next game." Barnes nodded and said that he knew it was going to be a tough battle after watching the game.

"Are you confident that you can defeat Don?" Zeller asked.

Barnes shook his head, although he was only in the first grade, because he grew up in a single-parent family and ran a small family, he was far more precocious than his peers, and if Derek Williams played so hard, he knew very well that he would not be easy.

"But I have to beat him." He paused to continue, looking up at the five championship flags hanging above the arena as he spoke.

……

Early the next morning, after the victory carnival, the UConn team members boarded a plane and headed to Charlotte, the largest city in North Carolina.

The UConn and NC game will be played two days later at Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte's largest stadium.

The 19-year-old arena, home to the NFL (American Football League) North Carolina Panthers, can accommodate up to 74,000 people, and the stadium has opened its core area for this game, and can also accommodate more than 50,000 people at the same time.

"North Carolina's style of play has not changed much from the past, their core tactic is to rush to grab the front court rebounds for a second offensive opportunity, so protecting the defensive rebounds will be the core part of our next game, Alex, Art, Taylor, you must be mentally prepared, whether it is a card man or a rushing ......"

After arriving in Charlotte, Cajon did not rush to arrange the team to train for the game, but pulled the players in the training hall to start tactical analysis first.

In the last game against the University of Arizona, Tang Tian's tactical suggestions directly changed the situation in the second half of the two sides, which made him realize that the role of tactics is particularly important when playing against strong teams.

After the tactical analysis was completed, he asked Ollie to take the other team members to do basic training first, and then called Tang Tianhe back to the office alone.

Ollie looked at the two who left with mixed emotions, but in the end he just shook his head.

Tang Tian's tactical advice in the last game shows that he is indeed very talented as a coach, which he really can't compare.

An 18-year-old boy has this kind of talent, he should be envious and jealous, but remembering what Cajon told him before, he should not be so narrow-minded as a coach, and should learn more how to get along with the players.

"Do you have any good tactical advice for the next game?" When he arrived at the coach's office, Cajon asked Tang Tian directly.

Tang Tian didn't know what Cajon was looking for at first, and when he heard him ask, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

This Cajon, did you really treat him like an assistant coach?

However, as a veteran coach who has coached in the NCAA for 40 years, Cajon can also be considered to be able to put down his body.