While the Colombian Lions won the Ivy League championship, Li Wu also won an award: the Ivy League Player of the Year award. Although he didn't grab a single rebound, his control on both ends of the floor was unquestionable, and it was another record: the first Chinese to win the Ivy League Player of the Year.

On March 8, the Lions returned to Columbia University and were heroically welcomed by the teachers and students of Columbia University, for the first time in 47 years, the Lions had something to do in March, which has to be said to be an encouraging thing, the school board and the president specially held a brief recognition ceremony for the coaches and players of the Lions in the university auditorium, and the audience attending the ceremony were Columbia students who volunteered to watch the ceremony, and there was no doubt that there were many Chinese among them.

Among them, there are many people who have been paying attention to Li Wu since the game between Li Wu and Princeton, after the ceremony was completed, many Chinese students came to take photos with Li Wu, in He Dabao's words, Li Wu is now on fire, not only on Weibo there are super topics, there are also super topics on Twitter, with the arrival of Crazy March and the approach of the draft, Li Wu's "fire" momentum will continue.

The compatriots who took a photo with him after the ceremony gave Li Wu a sense of success, of course, he knew that this was just the beginning, and what surprised him was that there were many more people who paid attention to basketball than boxing, although the income from a top-level boxing match could blow up all basketball games.

The rest of the team felt the same way as Li Wu, getting noticed as the team entered March Madness, and several substitutes who only played a few minutes on the bench began to receive some generous and seductive dating texts, and Coach Smith understood these history-making lads very well, so he decided to give the boys a three-day break and wait until the 11th to come back to train, because the next game will not start until the 19th.

As for the opponent, it has not yet been determined. Because of the special format of the NCAA, in addition to the first place in each league automatically obtaining a quota for the top 64 of the tournament, there is also a part of the quota determined by the committee, which is called an expanded invitation. The invitation qualification is basically determined by the record, the strength of the league, etc., and this kind of place will never have a share in the Ivy League, because the Ivy League has been weak for a long time.

After the list of the top 64 is determined, all the finalists will be divided into four divisions: Eastern, Western, South and Central West, with the recognized top four being the first seeds in each district, and the other schools being ranked by the committee as seeds 2-16 according to their strength. After that, the matchups are determined by the first and last matchups, which are similar to the NBA playoffs matchup arrangement, such as 1st vs. 16th, 2nd vs. 15th, and so on.

It's just that judging by the level of the Ivy League, the strength of the Colombian Lions belonging to the South Region should be very low, after all, they are the champions of a weak league. But for the young men on vacation, all kinds of PARTIES and dates are the most important, who the opponent is, that's not what they care about, except for Li Wu and Maodore, no one yearns for the NBA draft, and entering the championship is already a great achievement.

Abby also came to say goodbye to Li Wu after the ceremony: "Lee, I'm going back to the company's Los Angeles headquarters to report to my boss about the phased results of your follow-up interview, and when the bracket comes out, I will go directly to the place where you played to play with you." The NCAA tournament is a top win, very exciting, and there are many spectators, so it is likely to be held in some big cities and large stadiums, and the transportation is very convenient. ”

"Okay, Abby, thank you for helping me these days, in fact you've made me know more about American basketball." Li Wu's remark was made in response to Abby's previous comments on the Lions' coaching staff.

"You're welcome, take care." Abby smiled and stepped forward to hug Li Wu, Li Wu politely hugged back, there are still many lingering Chinese students at the door of the Columbia University auditorium, and neither of them noticed that this hug had been photographed by the Chinese students who had done well.

Li Wu didn't go anywhere during the three days of the holiday, but locked himself in the warehouse to practice, in addition to a water tank, Li Wu also plastered dart boards on the wall, these dart boards are the target of Li Wu while running the tank with a basketball, he is training his passing in the way of practicing hidden weapons, hoping to pass the ball stably at high speed.

In the past three days, the NCAA committee has confirmed the list of matches and published it on its official website, and He Dabao told Li Wu the news as soon as possible.

“UNC？ North Carolina State University.... This is Jordan's alma mater! Li Wu returned the mobile phone to He Dabao and said.

"Yes! But fortunately, there are no special stars in North Carolina this year, let alone Jordan, not even at Carter's level! "Slam dunk king Vince Carter is also a native of North Carolina, and it is clear that He Dabao is trying to adapt to the position of Li Wu's agent, and he has done a lot of homework on this.

Li Wu casually checked the information of North Carolina with Wikipedia, and then shook his head and said: "Although this team does not have Jordan, I think the team that Coach Smith wants to meet the last time should be North Carolina." ”

"Why? I've looked at several draft sites, including DraftExpress, and none of their players made it to the predicted round! It's far worse than yours! He Dabao said in wonder.

"Basketball is a five-person sport, not just one star can control everything, and the role of the coach is crucial. You look at North Carolina coach Roy Williams, he from the 03 season to this year, the win rate during his tenure in North Carolina has reached 80%, such a terrible winning rate, even if there is no star, this team is just as scary, and it can even be said that it is even more terrifying, because a team without stars is better at sharing the ball, and this just shows that this old man has a very high level of coaching, whether there is a star or not, he is good at winning games. Li Wu explained.

Li Wu guessed correctly, as soon as he got the news, Coach Smith slapped his desk fiercely: "Damn! How did you run into Roy's team! ”

Sitting in the office, the head assistant coach Derek sighed and said, "I didn't expect to play the old guy who entered the Hall of Fame in the first game of the tournament, it was a real surprise." ”

Coach Smith knocked on the table and said while thinking: "There are two hopes that we can win now, the first is that North Carolina does not have outstanding stars this year, and the second is that Lee has not yet revealed his ability to share the ball." Fortunately, in the games against Pennsylvania and Princeton, we didn't let Li Wu split the ball, and we still used the old tactics. ”