The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum has 15,000 seats, and when Li Wu went in the stadium the day before the game, he was surprised by the number of seats here, knowing that Columbia University's home stadium came to the Wayne Coliseum with only 2,500 seats, but when the venue was full, the cheers were still like a tsunami, and he couldn't imagine how enthusiastic the cheers of the whole stadium could be when a stadium with 15,000 people was full.

The rest of the Columbia Lions team couldn't help but cheer when they saw this venue, and Franksky, a senior, couldn't help but choke up: "I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to play in such a big arena in my life." ”

"Hey! Steven, relax! You can't be sure how many people will be seated tomorrow night! Osette Kowski, who is also a senior, was actually excited, but he pretended to calmly remind his teammates.

Coach Smith was also a little distracted when he looked at this arena, he didn't seem to host a game in such a large stadium for many years, but he was more rational than the youngsters: "Boys, let's face it, this is an NCAA tournament!" Attendance is comparable to NBA regular season games! I'm sure to say that the attendance will definitely be over 80% tomorrow, which means that at least 12,000 people will watch you play. ”

This makes the Colombian Lions a little nervous, after all, their Ivy League games don't have more than 3,000 spectators at their peak, and compared to traditional powerhouses such as UCLA, North Carolina, Wisconsin and Kentucky, which have many fans, Ivy League basketball teams generally lack audiences.

In other words, they lack tournament experience.

Coach Smith thought that these young lads should be hot-blooded, and the bigger the scene, the more excited they became, but not every player is a play-type player, even if they are young and fearless, there will be time for stage fright.

So the next day, when the players entered the locker room and saw the endless stream of spectators, the tension began to spread inside.

"Oh my God! The cars outside heard the road! How many people do you have to have? Kyle couldn't help but sigh.

"Why didn't you stop on the road? I saw on the bus that the St. John's River was also full of cars, as if the whole city had come to see the race! Substitute center Voss said with a cool breath.

"Fack! When I came in just now, someone was next to me and called me a bulky nerd! That must be a North Carolina fan! I'm going to blow up that guy named Bliss later! Ossetkovsky said viciously.

Maodor, who has always liked to joke, did not speak at this time, kept his head down, and looked more serious, and Luke, the big forward who always likes to tease Ossetkovsky, was also silent, and Li Wu, who had experience in the competition, could see that the two were a little nervous.

At the same time, the three guests in the commentary table were already in place. Compared with Troy Murphy, Rashid Wallace and Antoine Jamison, two players who have been selected as All-Stars, have a sense of superiority, plus both are North Carolina seniors, and Murphy is an alumnus of Columbia, which naturally made the two form a united front, and at the beginning of the game, the two began to ridicule Murphy.

"Hey! Murphy, I've heard that there is a Lions team named Luke Pedrasek, who is very similar in skill to you, but a little bit worse in height and weight than you, did you sneak in to teach him to shoot three-pointers before he went into March Madness? Wallace, nicknamed Roaring Heavenly Venerable, said with a smile in his loud voice.

"Nope! Wallace, my friend, I didn't teach them anything, and in my opinion, the NCAA tournament is as interesting as the playoffs, and I'm not in a position to give them any advice. Murphy said with a smile.

I have to say that Murphy's emotional intelligence has also increased after he went to college at Columbia, and after he finished speaking, Wallace and Jamison immediately burst into laughter, and the tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared.

Troy Murphy has played 639 NBA regular season games, averaging about 10+8 points and rebounds per game, close to a double-double, in fact, it is not much weaker than the average data of the two.

But Murphy has only played 5 playoff games, and all the playoff data are zero, he responded to Wallace's ridicule in this self-defeating way, and at the same time secretly praised Wallace and Jamison, two players who entered the playoffs, Murphy knows very well that it is not the home of the Lions now, and there are two North Carolina people on the commentary bench, and he will definitely lose if he fights a verbal battle, so it is better to keep a low profile and focus on the game commentary.

Today Abby also came to watch the game as scheduled, she sat in the VIP seat in the first row, and beside her was He Dabao, who had just leaned on the broker's license, He Dabao only swelled up after getting Li Wu's bank card of Hongqing Group, and after getting Li Wu's permission, he bought a front-row ticket to watch the game, before that, he also made an appointment with Abby, because he wanted to take the opportunity to take a selfie with Abby and send it to the circle of friends to pretend to be X.

After all, a tall and beautiful Yanma like Abby is unattainable in the eyes of many Chinese.

Just as He Dabao was hesitating how to open his mouth to take a photo with Abby, Abby handed his mobile phone to He Dabao and asked, "DABAO, can you tell me what the Chinese in this photo means?" ”

He Dabao took it and took a look, and found that it was a friend of Abby who had sent him a message from Facebook, which contained a chapter of Chinese Weibo pictures, and there was a photo of Abby and Li Wu hugging outside the Columbia University auditorium. The caption of the picture reads: NCAA Chinese Rising Star Catches the Goddess of NBA Basketball! The two embraced each other warmly on the Columbia campus.

The content below the title probably says that Li Wu played well in the NCAA, and then introduces some information about Abby, including Abby's father, Phoenix Suns coach Jeff Hornacek, and also analyzes the Suns' signing and Li Wu's chances of going to the Suns.

"Holy!" He Dabao shouted, and immediately the mobile phone opened Weibo and searched for this title, and found that it was a news sent by a Weibo big V number, and there were a lot of messages below, and the content was very exciting.

"Abby's trying to lure me to Phoenix!"

"Phoenix has been completely turned over since there was no Nash! Don't go! ”

"Am I going to be like Harden, playing ball day and night? This Abby's eight-character NAI is really.... Tut-tut! ”

"Don't say it, it's really possible, the DraftExpress website of the United States has ranked Li Wu in the 15-19 rank, and the Suns are holding the lotto, and it is not impossible for me to take a few positions in advance!"

"Go, go, go! Go and fight the blood cloth for the starter! ”

He Dabao smiled and gave his mobile phone to Abby, and then began to organize the language to explain to Abby what he saw..........