Chapter 104: NCAA Championship
But although it has long been tacitly acquiesced that this year's semi-final MOP is Ding Mo'an, when it was officially announced, it still made Tigers fans boil. Compared with other Tigers players, Ding Moan, who has been called the son of Memphis by Tigers fans, is obviously more popular with fans.
Therefore, after the chairman of the NCAA committee announced that the MOP of the national semifinals was Ding Mo'an, the MOP, which had been shouted countless times by all Tigers fans, sounded again. It's just that this time the Tigers fans are not themselves Ding Mo'an as MOP, but in the real sense, the MOP that has been recognized!
“MOP!”
“MOP!”
“MOP!”
The sound of tens of thousands of people shouting MOP to himself sounded in his ears, Ding Mo'an smiled and received the trophy symbolizing MOP from the hands of the chairman of the NCAA committee. This is not only Ding Moan's personal honor, but also the honor of the entire Memphis and the entire Tigers.
After all, the MOPs that have been counted so far are all NCAA giants, and now the Tigers have won the NCAA championship, not to mention, they have also won the MOP trophy in the semifinals, directly from the original pseudo-giants, to the same level of giants such as Kansas, North Carolina, and UCLA.
As a new MOP, what Ding Mo'an has to do is not over yet. He also needs to continue the NCAA tradition of having the MOP cut the losing Nets on behalf of the winning team. It is a ritual that has been handed down since 1947 and symbolizes the celebration of victory. And this is one of the reasons why the Kansas team rushed to hide in the locker room at the end of the game.
Cutting the net, which is extremely unfriendly to the losing side. But in competitive sports, there are only winners and losers, and the loser naturally cannot blame the winner for not being the winner. So when
When Ding Moan walked to the first half, a ladder had already been set up in front of the Kansas rack and under the basket.
Dressed in Tigers championship short sleeves, Ding Mo'an stepped on the ladder, took the scissors from Rose, who looked reluctant to cut the net, and cut them at the nets closest to the red part of the basket.
Click!
Click!
The white net is dropped from the basket.
Ding Mo'an looked at the white basketball net that had fallen from the basket, the sound of MOP ringing in his ears and the envious eyes of his partner Rose, and his heart was full of waves. Four months ago, he was unknown, and four months later, he is already the strongest player in the NCAA, the champion, the MOP, which symbolizes the highest honor in the NCAA, all belong to him.
But Ding Mo'an was not satisfied. He remembered the dream he had when he was a child watching the top stars fight in the NBA, the world's No. 1 basketball league: I want to play in the NBA and become the best basketball player in the world!
And the NCAA is just his starting point, no matter how much he achieves here, he can't make Ding Mo'an's dream-chasing heart stay for a while, because Ding Mo'an knows that this is not his end, and the fighting spirit in his heart is burning at this moment: then go to the NBA, move forward for his dream, and become the strongest basketball player in the world!
Holding the winning Nets that belonged to the winning team, Ding Moan came down from the ladder, handed the Nets to the side carefully, and watched the Tigers staff who kept the Nets like life in Ding Mo'an's hands, because this Nets will be placed in the honor room with the Tigers' first NCAA championship trophy, becoming a championship history belonging to Memphis and the Tigers.
At the same time, the championship trophy has been placed on the podium. Although the NCAA championship trophy is a little more restrained than the yellow and dazzling color of the NBA's O'Brien Cup, the NCAA championship trophy is undoubtedly superior in terms of the cruel schedule and the attention it gets.
The Tigers players have also been arranged by the staff to stand on the podium. Ding Mo'an, who originally thought that he would stand in the second row, was finally arranged to stand in the first row in the center, which was the position of the person who lifted the championship trophy at that time.
Aren't the championship trophies all lifted by the captain of the team?
Ding Mo'an felt weird, and looked at the captain Joey standing beside him with inquiry in his eyes. Dorsey. Just Joey. Instead, Dorsey glared at Ding Mo'an, and the meaning in his eyes was: You kid just stand there, otherwise everyone will throw you later.
Ding Mo'an is afraid to throw people to celebrate, which is something that the whole Tigers team knows. This also sparked heated discussions among the Tigers players, and no one could have imagined that Ding Mo'an, who has high personal force and is a great player, would be afraid to throw into the celebration. In the end, instead of avoiding this celebration, the first choice for these losers is to throw in the celebration after winning every game.
In almost 38 games played by Ding Mo'an, only UCLA escaped. In the end, Ding Mo'an questioned these guys, and the result was that these guys were full of words and famous: Throw it at you, and you won't be afraid
In the end, Ding Mo'an must have been cowardly, he can play well, but no matter how much he can play, he can't beat a whole team. So every time the soles of their feet are greased and slipped, although they can't escape almost every time, it has also become a way for Tigers players to satisfy their own bad tastes.
So for Joey. The threatening look in's eyes, Ding Mo'an suddenly felt that he was still standing in place, Kexin is here today, and he will be embarrassed by them when the time comes, but it is more serious than this. So after the chairman of the NCAA committee kindly communicated with head coach Calipari, he patted Ding Mo'an on the shoulder, and said a few words about it, probably a young man, the old man is optimistic about you, and then slowly stuffed the trophy into Ding Mo'an's arms.
Ding Mo'an felt that several teammates standing behind him were eager to kick the chairman away and bring the championship trophy, so he couldn't wait for the chairman to hand him the trophy slowly, so he immediately reached out and grabbed the chassis of the championship trophy and took it.
Looking back at his teammates who fought side by side with him and stood on the championship podium after a lot of hardship, he followed the captain Joey. After Dorsey shouted three counts, Ding Mo'an held the chassis under the championship trophy with both hands, and slammed it upward, shouting: "We?are?the?champions!" We?are?the?champions! ”
At the same time, the streamers that had already been prepared for the championship ceremony in the sky above the Alamo Stadium suddenly exploded with a bang at the moment when Ding Mo'an lifted the championship trophy. Colorful ribbons then floated down from the sky above the stadium like flowers.
Everyone in the Tigers team is focused on the NCAA championship trophy at this moment, and they also shouted to Ding Mo'an that we are champions, and at this moment, everyone in the Tigers team is destined to be remembered for a lifetime. The Tigers fans in the audience couldn't help but shed tears of excitement when they saw Ding Mo'an lifting the championship trophy.
The championship is the biggest affirmation for a team! Well tonight, the Memphis Tigers are the 2007-2008 NCAA champions! Never change!
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