The Lions have won back-to-back games since their first win over the Penn Quakers, beating the Yale Bulldogs 68-63 on the road, the Cornell Big Red 79-70 at home, and the Princeton Tigers 71-57 in the just-concluded game.

The Lions won four out of four games, and the defeated Pennsylvania, Yale, and Cornell were all strong teams within the Ivy League, which made the call for Columbia to win the Ivy League title growing louder.

In these four games, in addition to the 37 points in the first game, Li Chenglong scored 32 points, 30 points and 35 points in the next three games, and the score in each game was not less than 30 points, with an average of 33.5 points per game.

This kind of scoring has made Li Chenglong also famous in the New York area, and he saw a lot of New York sports media in the post-match interview just ended, which made him happy, otherwise he deliberately arranged these four outbreaks in vain.

In order to take care of students, the NCAA tournament is scheduled for two days on the weekend, and Columbia has only one game per weekend for the first three weeks, and two games every weekend from the fourth week.

There are two games, and the energy water bottle can only be used in one game, Li Chenglong deliberately used the energy water bottle in the first four games, plus he turned out to be unknown to his opponents, resulting in four consecutive explosive scores, in order to attract attention.

However, Li Chenglong used an energy water bottle in this game, and he can't use it in tomorrow's game, so he can only rely on himself, fortunately, tomorrow night's opponent is not strong, the Harvard University Crimson team, the Ivy League has always been a weak team, Columbia won the Ivy League championship decades ago, and Harvard has not won the Ivy League championship until now.

When Li Chenglong came out of the stadium and was about to go back to the dormitory, a middle-aged white man in a neat suit walked towards him.

The middle-aged white man spoke first, "Hello, Bruce, I heard that you plan to participate in this year's draft, maybe I can help you." ”

The middle-aged man spoke straightforwardly like most Americans, Li Chenglong frowned slightly and said, "You are a professional agent?" ”

"Yes, I'm an agent for Excellence Sports Agency, and we're based in New York......"

Li Chenglong interrupted unceremoniously: "I'm sorry, I still have something to go first." ”

Li Chenglong left without looking back, but the other party quickly stuffed a business card into his hand, so that Li Chenglong thought about calling him.

Li Chenglong left in a hurry, not because he didn't want to find an agent, but because the NCAA stipulates that all student players are not allowed to find an agent, and they will face a series of severe punishments such as bans if they are found.

Li Chenglong, who returned to the dormitory, was still thinking about the guy just now, he came to find someone so blatantly, he was not afraid of being discovered?

NCAA advocates pure competitive sports, and requires that it cannot be at the mercy of money, so it has set up a lot of rules, and players are not allowed to find an agent is one of them, but almost every few years, student players are found to have agents and are banned, and the NCAA also stipulates that student players are not allowed to accept sponsorship endorsement products, and there is no money to play games, and any other sports income except for school scholarships is illegal every year.

The NCAA attracts a large audience under the slogan of pure competition, and every year it makes a lot of money, and every year March Madness sells more broadcast fees in North America than the NBA playoffs.

Every year in the NCAA competition, the NCAA association, schools and coaches make a lot of money, and the student players can only perform well and wait for the NBA to earn it back, and Charles Barkley and other big mouths will criticize the NCAA for oppressing students every time they explain the NCAA game.

Putting aside the agent's affairs, Li Chenglong had a good night's rest, and rushed to Harvard with the team the next morning.

Cambridge, where Harvard is located, is not far from New York, and the Ivy League schools are not far away, so it won't be too tiring.

Lee saw Jeremy Lin, who is still a substitute player, on the bench of the Harvard Crimson, but the two did not know each other and did not say hello.

The Lions won consecutive games, the whole team was full of momentum and confidence, and the Crimson team, which is still only a cannon fodder team, was not merciless, and finally won the opponent by 13 points with a 65-52 victory, Li Chenglong also scored 21 points with 8 of 15 shots, 2 of 4 three-point shots, and 3 of 4 free throws, and was terminated after four consecutive 30+ games.

However, as long as he wins, he is more eager to make it to the national championship now, and not making the national championship will definitely have a big impact on his draft market.

After winning Harvard, the Lions returned home to beat Harvard by 20 points, then won against Dartmouth College Greens, beat the Brown College Bears twice, and only lost 63-70 away to Penn Quakers in mid-February, and Lee Sung-long, who had just used an energy bottle the day before, failed to save the team in that game.

Despite the loss, Columbia still held the top spot, but Penn followed suit, losing only two games, away to the Columbia Lions and Yale Bulldogs, and Columbia's first position was not secure.

After losing to the University of Pennsylvania, the Lions have four games left against the Dartmouth College Big Greens, the Princeton Tigers, the Cornell Big Reds, and the Yale Bulldogs.

Because Penn was unexpectedly chasing hard, Columbia wanted to compete in the national championships, and it was better to win the next four games.

Among the remaining opponents, Dartmouth and Princeton are both underdogs, Princeton University has also been reduced to a weak team although it once created the famous Princeton tactic, but now it is also a weak team, only Cornell University and Yale University are likely to cause problems for Columbia, both teams are currently in third and fourth place respectively, and Yale University has also beaten Penn.

If Columbia loses the next game and Penn wins, they will end up tied with Penn, and according to Ivy League rules, the tie winner will play a neutral venue to determine who will compete in the national championship.

At present, Columbia University has the advantage, and of course wants to qualify for the national championship safely, rather than going to a match with Penn.

The day after the loss to Pennsylvania was China's Chinese New Year's Eve, and Lee went home to reunite with his family.

Recently, Lee led Columbia University to a thriving tournament in the NCAA, and many of their neighbors in the neighborhood also knew his name.

After the Chinese New Year, Columbia University won against Dutmouth College and Princeton University on February 23 and 24, respectively, while Penn University also won rivals Harvard and Brown University, respectively, and continued to follow and put pressure on Columbia.

During this time, as the Ivy teams learned more and more about Li Chenglong, there were more defenses against him, which made his scoring drop somewhat.

Now Lee's average points in the regular season has dropped to 25 points, and when you add up non-league games, he averages 23.1 points per game.

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Since there was no class today, Li Chenglong took his roommate Randy Wilson to the school's fitness room to exercise.

Since Li Chenglong decided to enter the NBA, he has been strengthening his physical training, perhaps because of the bonus effect of magical equipment, and he has little problem with physical confrontation at the NCAA level at present.

Li Chenglong was doing a serious workout when he heard someone talking to him: "Bruce, didn't you sign a contract with Tom?" ”

Li Chenglong stopped exercising, and the team's assistant coach, Ryan Brown, was standing and talking to him, but he looked like he was here to exercise.

"Ryan, who are you talking about Tom?"

"The agent of the excellent brokerage company, didn't he go to you?"

Li Chenglong knew that the middle-aged white man was introduced by Brown, but he still said: "I rejected him, you know, Lane, it is illegal to contact the agent, and if you are found out, you will be banned." ”

"Bruce, it seems that you don't know the rules......"

Through Ryan Brown's explanation, Li Chenglong learned that although the NCAA prohibits players from signing agents, those talented players will always be concerned, large agencies will contact players or players' parents, sign some contracts privately, and the agency will help the players publicize, in return, players must become players under the name of the agency after entering the NBA, at least stay in this agency for a period of time.

The rules set by the NCAA are only applicable to NCAA events, and U.S. law does not prevent student players from signing agents, so this kind of privately signed contract is legally valid, and many talented players have the publicity of big brokerage companies behind them, just don't let the NCAA catch the handle, this is a win-win situation, the player gets a bigger reputation and a higher draft pick, and the agency can also recover the cost from him in the future to make a profit.

(To be continued)