Chapter 69: All hands assembled

The day after the game, the media exploded, with almost every sports newspaper putting Battier and Villanova on the front page, and the headlines made people blush.

What is "The Injured Wildcat Turns into a Tiger", what is "The Third Big Star Shines, and the Strong Striker Grabs the Squad for Power"...... A slew of draft prediction sites have jumped out to the top six in their latest 1998 draft picks, and there's no doubt that he's been hyped up.

This undoubtedly surprised a group of fans, if according to the current prediction, then Villanova will have three players in the top 10, is it reasonable for such a team not to win the championship?

When Chang Wei went to the hospital with Battier and others to visit the players who were still in the hospital for observation, the group of guys screamed strangely, completely ignoring the nurse's eyes. They watched the game live yesterday, and it was definitely a big celebration for the team to keep their winning streak.

It's just that Maddie is a little jealous in his heart, and in his opinion, he should be the protagonist of such a solo team to turn the tide. But he could only lie obediently on the hospital bed and watch Battier lead the team to win the game from TV, which was a little unacceptable for him, who has always been arrogant.

But he still high-fived Battier with a smile on his face to celebrate the hard-earned victory. Seeing Battier's still humble performance, Maddie's mood was also a lot more relaxed, and he laughed and said: "Sean, this time you are majestic, now who dares to despise you!" We should be able to play a little easier for the rest of the season and as long as you keep playing like this game, we're invincible! ”

Maddy's words caused others to echo loudly, Battier's performance in this game is indeed the top in the league, and judging from this scoring performance alone, he is the treatment of the main core of any NCAA giant. If he can play like this for the rest of the game...... No, maybe it only takes six or seven percent of the effort to greatly increase Villanova's chances of winning the title this season, and from this point of view, how can it not be ecstatic?

However, Battier continued his usual style, smiling at Maddie's praise and saying: "It's just luck to be able to put in such a performance, and besides, it's not my credit to win this fight, other people have helped me a lot." And you'll be able to be discharged from the hospital soon, so I don't have to work so hard anymore. ”

Immediately everyone burst into laughter, and Allen, who had the most lively personality, said loudly: "Which team will we play against next?" I really can't wait to hear you say that! As he said that, he made a motion to show off his biceps, and everyone laughed when they saw it, and this guy looked like a fluffy gorilla.

At this time, the door of the ward was pushed open, and everyone looked for prestige, and Chang Wei was standing at the door looking at them with a smile. To be honest, Chang Wei didn't expect everyone to be eager to fight, and before he was discharged from the hospital, he thought about who the opponent of the next game would be, and he said very calmly: "I can tell you that our opponent in the next game is Connecticut." ”

The new players are not very good-looking, and now Connecticut is the second-ranked team in the Great East Conference, second only to Villanova, and the team's number one star Hamilton did not participate in the 1997 draft, but decided to continue to play in the NCAA, and his current average points per game has come to 20+.

While Hamilton doesn't have the physicality and autonomy of his predecessor, Ray Allen, he also carries on the Connecticut tradition of shooting players. Although his offensive style is very different from that of Ray Allen, a shooter is a shooter, and running empty-handed to catch and shoot is also a must-have course for shooters.

But players who played for Villanova last season, such as Brown and Selesstad, still remember how the team blew up Connecticut last season. At that time, there was a full-time outside defender like Lee on the team, and he took care of Hamilton. But now that the team has a tougher outside striker Battier, Hamilton could play a tougher game than he did last season.

Chang Wei also had to applaud the staff who arranged the NCAA schedule. After Villanova is fully assembled, Connecticut is undoubtedly the best target for the flag, first of all, they are strong and currently in second place in the Great East League, and secondly, Villanova has players in the team who can limit Connecticut's number one star, and their probability of winning is also very high.

Although the rookies were a little apprehensive, after Brown and Celestead's colorful descriptions, they no longer had the previous fear of Connecticut, and they were ready to give their opponents some color looks.

Looking at the guys with high fighting spirit, Chang Wei decided to add another fire: "I have asked the doctor just now, everyone should be discharged from the hospital tomorrow, the game against Connecticut will be played the day after tomorrow, the coach has promised to give you a day off, the morning after tomorrow, everyone remember to go back to the training hall for recovery training at the normal time, did you hear it?" ”

Everyone shouted in response, and they couldn't wait to be discharged from the hospital today and go back to training. But since the doctor has already said that it will be tomorrow, and the coach has given another day off, then let's have a good rest!

After resting for so many days, they were already suffocated, especially Maddie, although he usually had a good relationship with Battier, but he didn't want to see the latter show off alone, but he had to lie in the hospital bed. Brand has a gentle personality and is relatively unresponsive, but Maddie already plans to go straight to the open-air court to practice for herself after being discharged from the hospital tomorrow.

Of course, Chang Wei knew that this kid was a restless master, and he could probably guess what he was going to do after he was discharged from the hospital. But Chang Wei didn't intend to stop it, Maddie in his previous life had always been questioned because he didn't train hard enough, and now he can have such an idea, which is undoubtedly very valuable, and Chang Wei will not discourage his enthusiasm.

Maddie is indeed amazingly talented, and it can even be said that he has a historical-level talent, Chang Wei really wants to see what kind of height Maddie can reach when Maddie treats training as normal as breathing like Kobe, and he should be stronger than in his previous life, right?

When everyone was about to say goodbye and leave, Chang Wei added with a smile: "The coach will invite everyone to dinner in the school cafeteria tomorrow night, as a celebration of this victory, everyone must attend on time!" ”