Chapter 17: The First Opponent

Wu Huang spent a weekend at home before returning to school, and for the next two weeks, he did not plan to return home.

Throughout September, he was tasked with finishing his studies and dedicating himself to training.

In college, Wu Huang chose psychology, which many NBA players like, not because of interest, but because this subject is really helpful to professional players.

"Psychology" is not for you to reach the stage of understanding and even controlling the other party's mentality, you only need to use the knowledge you have learned to adjust your mentality, learn to control your emotions, and deal with interpersonal relationships, which can play a great role.

NBA players who have a good mindset and relationships within the team can sometimes even determine whether a player will end up as a star or a superstar, and it can help a person improve their own character flaws.

Wu Huang now feels more and more that he is a very complicated person, especially after two dreams, although he has a good attitude most of the time, but sometimes he will suddenly lose control of his emotions, unable to control his arrogance and pride and other emotions, and sometimes he will rise to a very dark thought, which makes him despise his hypocrisy afterwards.

This kind of situation had never happened before high school, and it was only after the first time that Wu Huang experienced that strange dream that he gradually began to have this strange phenomenon; After the second dream, Emperor Wu's emotional out-of-control began to increase; Now after three dreams, the situation has become more serious, and Wu Huang even suspected that he was suffering from schizophrenia at one point.

On September 25, in the library of the University of Southern California, Wu Huang was holding a thick book, unaware that several blonde girls were secretly staring at him in the distance.

These girls use the books in their hands as cover, some of them are thin-skinned, and after a few glances, they pretend to glance at the books that they don't know what they have written, and then peek at the handsome guys. There are also many bold ones, who don't even hide it, just keep staring at him with hot eyes.

Soon, a bold white girl got up and walked towards Emperor Wu, wanting to come forward and strike up a conversation.

"Little, it's shameless!" Taylor Swift is also using an unknown version of Game Theory from a distance as a cover, and she is actually spying on Emperor Wu.

Taylor Swift is not a problem with thin skin, but she is not too embarrassed to take the initiative to go up and say hello, after all, she is a public figure, and few people at USC don't know her, so there are disadvantages to having a big wrist.

Wu Huang came one step earlier, and at the moment his back was to Taylor Swift, he was the only one in the library who was really focused on the books, and the other half of the male students were peeking at Taylor Swift, and the other half of the girls were peeking at the handsome guys.

Just when a bold blonde girl walked into Wu Huang and was about to speak, Wu Huang's mobile phone rang suddenly.

The blonde girl and Taylor Swift were startled at the same time, and no one noticed that the latter was quietly calling Emperor Wu under the cover of books.

Taylor Swift originally even thought of an excuse, she could ask on the phone first, did she receive the signed album she sent to Wu Huang a few days ago? Then you can boldly tell the other party that she is reading a book in the library, and I believe that Emperor Wu will come over to greet her immediately, which is a perfect pick-up plan.

But the reason that frightened her was that before the number on the mobile phone was dialed, Wu Huang's phone rang first.

However, soon, Taylor Swift hid his face in the book, Wu Huang's mobile phone ringtone turned out to be the best-selling "LoveStory" in her new album, the little singer suddenly laughed badly, the smile on his face couldn't be hidden at all, and quickly buried his face in the thick and big book in front of her, in fact, she couldn't understand what was written at all.

Wu Huang was also startled, he forgot to set his mobile phone to vibrate, which is very rude behavior in the library, and hurriedly pressed the phone.

The bold blonde girl saw that Wu Huang was on the phone, so she could only walk past him helplessly.

Taylor Swift secretly cocks up his scissorhands in the distance, and although the plan is a little off, it succeeds.

"Hugo, I got three WCG front-row tickets, how many do you want?" Bart's excited voice came from the phone, a bit of an invitation.

Emperor Wu was a little strange, lowered his voice, and said, "Is it difficult to get tickets?" ”

Bart was very proud: "Of course, it's about the same as the tickets for the Beijing Olympics, how many do you want?" ”

"Isn't it too wasteful for me to give such a precious ticket to someone who doesn't pay much attention to competitive games?"

"How come, whether I can get good data this season depends on you, how can I rest assured if I don't buy it in advance?"

Emperor Wu couldn't help but laugh and said softly, "Have you forgotten? We're going to have a game in October, and not only I can't watch it, but you can't watch it either. ”

Bart was on the other side of the phone, and a miserable scream sounded in an instant, and Wu Huang shook his head and hung up the phone.

He actually wanted to go to the WCG, not to see the game, but to see Taylor Swift, and he knew that the Pandas would be in the game, and Taylor Swift would probably go to the show. If it weren't for the conflict with his own game, he really planned to get two tickets,

During this time, he asked Christine to have dinner twice, and the two often chatted online in the evening, Wu Huang felt that he and the other party should be relatively familiar friends, and there was a good chance to develop further.

Emperor Wu glanced at the time, sorted out the books, and prepared to leave.

After the start of school, every afternoon is the training time of the Trojans, and in the evening, it depends on the players' self-awareness, but most of the players in the team will practice for two hours in the evening, otherwise the growth of the ball skills is too slow, and it is difficult to get the opportunity to play.

Many fans are wondering, do NCAA athletes spend more time studying, or do they spend more time training?

This question depends on the individual player, and for those college players who are not destined to make it to the NBA, it must be more time to study. But for those talented players who are on full scholarships, it is natural that there is more time to train.

Take Wu Huang and DeRozan as examples, in addition to giving them full scholarships and a lot of subsidies that they can't get on the table, the most important thing is a promise that the two of them only need to take 5 credits per semester, and they can choose some independent study courses (that is, they study alone, and they don't have to go to class to take classes with other students).

It's the same as registering in school and then giving away a degree.

Wu Huang gets 5 credits in a semester, which is as easy as drinking water, so he can spend 80% of his time on training without worrying about his own credits. But what hurts Floyd is that many black players struggle to even earn 5 credits, DeRozan is an example, this second guy gets dizzy when he picks up the book.

Wu Huang packed up his things and was about to leave, when he found a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye, and when he fixed his eyes, it turned out to be his idol Taylor Swift.

"You're taking classes at USC?" Emperor Wu walked over, opened his mouth and asked an idiot-like question.

Taylor Swift said to himself that you finally saw me, is my presence so low?

"Yes, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence." Taylor Swift smiled indifferently and whispered: "It's been almost a month since school started, and because of the new album, I've only been enrolled for a few days, so I didn't expect to see you here." By the way, did you receive the album I sent you? ”

Wu Huang nodded hurriedly, also lowered his voice, and said: "It's inconvenient for the library to speak, I invite you to have a drink and something as a thank you for signing the album." ”

Taylor Swift gently put down the book she couldn't read, and said lightly: "I want to read again, it's better to read at night." ”

Wu Huang glanced at the large cup of coffee that Taylor Swift kept in his hand, sighed in his heart, and could only say, "Okay, I'm going to train too, and I'll call you in the evening." ”

Taylor Swift nodded, seeing that Emperor Wu's mood didn't seem to be high, and his heart put up scissor hands again.

She didn't want others to think that she was so easy to chase, so it was a skill that she had to master if she wanted to catch it, and this was the experience that her mother had taught her.

Librarianship, many boys pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation between the two, and when they saw the invitation of the yellow-skinned monkey that Taylor Swift seemed to refuse, they were secretly happy and gloated.

Wu Huang walked out of the training gym, feeling a little lost, since he got Taylor Swift's phone call that day, he called twice and didn't get through, and only when he received the album from Taylor Swift, he received a call from the other party.

This is also the only time he has successfully spoken to his idol in the month since he got Taylor Swift's phone number. Now, he invited the other party to have a drink, but was rejected in person, and Emperor Wu had never been so embarrassed. When I think about getting along with Christine, it seems to be much smoother than it is now.

Wu Huang came to the training hall with a stomach full of depression and saw Gibson discussing something with several players.

Several people also saw him, Gibson stretched out his hand, and Wu Huang immediately walked over.

"Hugo, Coach Andy just revealed that our first opponent in the preseason is the University of Connecticut, and they are said to have a Mutombo II."

Gibson told Wu Huang about the first opponent in the preseason, and the players have been speculating about which team they will play first in the preseason for more than a month since the Trojans started.

As a traditional powerhouse in the NCAA, USC will never pick an unknown opponent.

UConn's league is the Great East League, located in Storth, Connecticut, and is known as the Huskies and is led by their legendary coach Jim Cahon, who has been a coach at UConn since 1986.

Gibson knew a little about UConn, and introduced the players: "The core of UConn is called Hashim Thabitt, and his real age is as mysterious as Mutombo. But I've played against him, and he's over 220cm tall, and for a player of that height, he's in the upper middle range. He just broke the block record set by Mourning last season, we have to be careful of this monster, he's as tall as Yao Ming, think about what that means? ”

The players of the University of Southern California know that UConn is not easy to play, and this Tabit is not easy to deal with, the NCAA basketball court adopts international standards, and there is no defense for three seconds, such a giant to the restricted area, you can imagine how much deterrent it will be.