On November 12, the long-awaited NCAA will finally begin. Duke will face their first opponent, Fairfield University.

The game hasn't even started, and Duke University's Cameron Arena is already full.

Basketball is the most popular thing at Duke, and for Duke students, the Blue Devils are their pride.

Because they have won 4 championships, although it is not coherent, it means that most fans will see the varsity team win the championship one year in their four years in college.

This means that they can rejoice and grieve with the team.

Witness his glory, witness his rout, rejoice together, rejoice together, and grieve together.

It is precisely because of this that Duke students are so crazy to support the Blue Devils.

Built in 1905, Cameron Arena has a capacity of 9,134 and is home to the men's, women's, and women's basketball teams at Duke University.

The NCAA traditional giants have a single basketball game ticket price of $65, which is higher than the average ticket price in the NBA.

In this way, there are still many tickets to watch the game, especially in March Madness, and it is even more difficult to find tickets for the game.

However, students from our school can enter the game for free with their student ID.

With it free for students, the pre-season tent queue evolved into the only sure way to get tickets in order to compete for that limited number of tickets.

In order to get a limited number of tickets, get the best viewing position.

At the beginning of the season, the lawn in front of Cameron's arena was full of rows of tents, and students ate and lived in tents for days and nights and queued up all night just for a ticket, which was also a scene for Duke.

The total number of participating tents is more than 100, and each tent may have 12 students. In the evenings, the lawn often becomes the scene of a party or the occasional concert.

Coach K occasionally buys pizza for the students in the tent, which is talked about by everyone.

In the locker room of the home team at Cameron Arena, Lao K read out tonight's starting list with a tactical board.

Although he had been prepared for a long time, Zhang Zifeng couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart.

lowered his head to stabilize his mentality, and when he raised his head again, Zhang Zifeng was already mentally prepared.

Even if it is a substitute, Lao Tzu must always be ready.

Opportunities will only be reserved for those who are prepared, not wailing and complaining.

Old K looked at all the players and shouted, "I know you work hard, but hard work alone is not enough. Because others only look at us by one thing, not our efforts, not our strength, victory is everything. You ready? ”

All the players shouted, "Ready!" ”

Old K continued to shout, "What are we? ”

"Blue Devil!"

"GOOD BAY!

Seeing the staff's instructions, the live DJ immediately ripped open his throat and shouted, "Ladies and gentlemen, let's welcome our warrior, our inside monster Marshall Plumlee!" ”

When the DJ called out Jefferson's name in a long, nasal voice, the arena erupted in loud cheers.

Jefferson clapped his teammates one by one and ran out of the tunnel and ran to the pitch waving to the fans.

"Rodney-Hood!"

"Quinn-Cook!"

"Jeff Vince Law!"

……

Zhang Zifeng also ran into the stadium under the shouts of the DJ, but unfortunately few of the audience knew him, and the cheers were simply pitiful.

After introducing the players, the DJ hissed in the loudest and loudest voice, "Let's welcome our superstar with the warmest applause...... Jabari Parker! ”

As soon as Parker came out, the arena immediately resounded with the warmest and hottest cheers, and the cheers came like a tsunami.

Zhang Zifeng stood in the stadium and listened to the deafening cheers, watching the stadium like a sea and waving towels.

Listening to the shocking cheers, looking at the fluttering jerseys and the flag representing the championship over the stadium, Zhang Zifeng secretly thought in his heart that one day, Lao Tzu must enjoy today's treatment, my jersey must also be hung in the stadium, and the copper plaque on the wall will also have a record of his name.

After the old K explained the tactics and the captain Jefferson gave pre-game encouragement, the game began.

There are many teams in the NCAA, and there are many students in the United States who are good in terms of skill and physical fitness, but there is also a big gap in the strength of each university.

Duke University is a giant and can enter the March tournament almost every year.

Fairfield University is just a school with no name, it has never won an NCAA championship, and it is a score-giving boy every year.

From the beginning, Duke University had an overwhelming advantage, Cook's organization and shooting, Hood's sharp breakaway, Parker's all-round performance, Jefferson's rebounding, and Plumlee's lethality on the inside, allowing Duke to establish a twenty-point lead in the first half.

Sitting on the bench and watching the fierce battle on the field, Zhang Zifeng was really eager to show his strength.

Although this month is a short time, Zhang Zifeng's training is completely non-human, and he lives in hell every day.

Otherwise, it may have improved significantly in just one month, especially in terms of strength and defense.

Zhang Zifeng really wants to show his strength in the game and win the recognition of the head coach.

Looking at Zhang Zifeng's eager eyes and anxious expression, James patted Zhang Zifeng's shoulder and said, "Jack, don't worry. Now you need to observe and pay attention to everything on the field, which will help you in the future! ”

The game went into garbage time early, and in garbage time, the manager put all the substitutes on the pitch in rotation.

In garbage time, the main player sits in a chair and talks and laughs, but the substitute players will seize this rare playing time to play.

Because they can't be the main team, those substitutes are desperate to score points in garbage time in order to get more attention.

At this time, there is basically no team cooperation, and the manager will not treat the players harshly and ask them to work as a team at this time.

Because of this, in garbage time, as soon as those substitutes get the ball, they are basically going it alone.

Even Zhang Zifeng played for a few minutes, but in the unorganized and undisciplined garbage time, Zhang Zifeng was simply a soy sauce player, and he played a few shots, which did not reflect his efforts during this time.

With the referee's whistle, the game ended.

Fairfield lost to Duke University by a large score of 59-109.

With a big win in the first game, many pundits consider Duke to be strong this year, ranking it as the No. 3 seed in the Midwest.

In the second game of Penn State against Duke University, Penn State was stronger than Fairfield University, but it was also limited in strength. At 61:96, Duke still won by a big score, winning two in a row.

There were a lot more scouts from NBA clubs and other NCAA teams who came to watch this game than in the previous game, and they wanted to take the opportunity to gather intelligence.

In the next third and fourth games, Duke University won easily.

Clubs are in full swing with Duke University visits, with seven or eight scouts sitting in the audience at each game, keeping an eye on the players in the heat of battle.

It's just that few people focus on a substitute player Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng's mood is getting worse day by day, because now he is simply a dispensable character, a substitute among substitutes. It's all garbage time, and there's no performance at all.

Zhang Zifeng is only a substitute for Duke University, and no one on major websites, newspapers and magazines in China pays attention to Zhang Zifeng at all.

Those reporters who once praised him in the CHBL finals are afraid that they can't remember Zhang Zifeng.

Only his former teammates still remember him, and they have been following Zhang Zifeng and the news of the NCAA league in the United States.

It's a pity that no one cares about the substitutes on the bench at all, and they don't even bother to mention this nameless boy who only averages 1.9 points per game in the post-game news.

Zhang Zifeng's relatives and friends searched many times without results, as if there had never been such a person as Zhang Zifeng at Duke University.

They were a little disappointed, originally thinking that Zhang Zifeng could make a name for himself in the United States, even if he was not the core of the team, at least he should be the main player.

But now there have been three or four games, and no information about Zhang Zifeng has been found.

Could it be that Zhang Zifeng was not admitted to Duke University at all, and just deceived us?

Or is Zhang Zifeng's strength not enough, and he didn't even enter the roster at all?

They are confused.

Zhang Zifeng has been busy training during this time, and when he returned to the dormitory, sometimes he was so tired that he couldn't even change his clothes, so he just lay on the bed and fell asleep.

There was no time to contact his former teammates, and more importantly, Zhang Zifeng didn't want his teammates to see his current situation and didn't want them to worry.

Before he made a name for himself in the NCAA, Zhang Zifeng didn't want to connect with his former teammates.

During this time, Zhang Zifeng only chatted with Chen Wei online.