The popularity of college basketball, América is the only one, and the popularity of the crazy third can catch up with the Super Bowl.

Approaching the start of the NCAA basketball regular season, USC, a school with a not-so-top basketball level, has a very hot basketball atmosphere.

With the announcement of the 18-member roster of the school team, Li Ao's reputation outside the School of Computer Science has also begun to increase.

But this fame, he thinks it's okay not to!

Recently, he has been pointed at by passers-by at school.

In terms of his playing ability, he led the team to two heavy defeats to the art team.

In terms of his personality, the main thing that spreads out is that he often fights.

To sum it up - such a guy can actually make the squad? I'm afraid it's not a place to spend money on!

Trojans fans are very unhappy, and this sentiment is growing even higher as the new season gets closer.

The root cause of the frustration is actually that they failed to attract those talented high school students this summer, and the recruitment performance was not even as good as last summer, although Sam Clancy did not perform well last season, but they did manage to bring in a national top 50, and this year there is only one 89th.

There must be a place for emotions to vent, and it just so happened that Li Ao hit the muzzle of the gun, and the Trojans fans put all their dissatisfaction on the fact that he was selected for the squad.

Li Ao's side was very angry at first, why didn't anyone mention his good academic performance?

If nothing else, he estimated that the two things about his leading team to defeat the art team and frequent fights were spread from within the department.

said that the cross talk is looking forward to death.

There is also the fact that he is a Chinese student, and he is a debuff.

But after a long time, I got used to it.

Just think of USC as a computer science department.

However, the enthusiasm of the college team fans is even higher than he imagined, and the loyalty is also extremely high, no wonder even if the Trojans are a scum within the great Trojan Army, Vivian and Liam still support the Trojans so much, this basketball atmosphere is too sufficient.

Li Ao looked at this matter, and Liam was more concerned that there were more people who knew Li Ao, and when he and Li Ao went out together, there were more people who watched them, but he felt more face.

But Vivian was very distressed here, she really wanted to explain to the students and teachers, putting aside the facts, Li Ao is really a good child, how can it be so bad.

But when it came to her mouth, she didn't know what to say, and she was a little skeptical of her cognition for a while......

The time came to November 20th, Saturday, at half past eight in the morning, half an hour before the meeting time, Li Ao came to the Memorial Stadium in advance, but he was not the first to come, to be precise, after he arrived, there was only one person left - clocking in to work Shelby Jordan.

Because today we have to start preparing for the opening game, and when we start to prepare for the game, we have to determine the lineup, and the lineup for the opening game represents the 12-man squad.

Some of the 16 people who arrived first came before 8 o'clock, but until Li Ao arrived, none of them were training, and they were all chatting or discussing the opening opponent UCLA.

At this time, there is no way to concentrate on training.

Those who are not confident in entering the main team are looking forward to it, and those who are confident in entering the main team also want to know who their teammates are in the opening game in a few days.

Li Ao is also looking forward to it, but he is not so entangled, he feels that he is lucky to be selected for the squad, and he is ready to be a sparring partner for a year.

So after he arrived, he directly began to warm up and pulled the trainer for single defense mission training.

He feels like he's in a phase of rapid improvement right now, and the day before yesterday, on Thursday, his mid-range shot had increased to 70.

He heard Xavier Johnson, a professional, say that when a player starts training for professional shooting, there is a period of rapid improvement after a certain amount of training.

However, generally speaking, that stage appears after practicing for half a year to a year, depending on the talent, if it is longer, it can basically be determined that there is no shooting talent.

It is rare for Xavier Johnson to reach this stage in three months in the career of Xavier Johnson, a shooting coach with many years of experience.

After this stage, there will be a bottleneck period, a big bottleneck between the able to shoot and the good pitcher.

That big bottleneck, many professional players can't get over it until they retire.

Li Ao now wants to take advantage of this stage to work hard to improve his mid-pitch, looking forward to the bottleneck appearing later, they are all able to vote, and there is a big difference.

At 9 o'clock, the coaching staff came to the main training ground on time, and after the roll call, they did not say a bunch of chicken soup like when the 18-man roster was announced, Henry Bibby said directly: "No. 24, our opponent is the Bruins, and the starters are Brandon, Jeff, Shelby, Brian, Costas, ......."

The teammates looked at the five people standing together, and when the roll call was called, Brandon Granville, Jeff Trepagnier, Shelby Jordan, Brian Scala Brian, and Costas Charles came together in a tacit understanding to enjoy the moment.

The sense of superiority is bursting!

Then there is the bench list, Nate Hale, Malaji Thurston, Li Ao, David Brushenthal, Sam Clancy, Rashad Jones, Frankie Evanisco.

This time, the teammates, including the five starters, all looked at Li Ao, and even Shelby Jordan's weird guy was surprised.

Trepaganier came up and gave Li Ao a small punch in his chest: "Haha, I didn't expect you to be selected, if you can play, I'll pass the ball to you!" ”

Several people with good relationships came up to congratulate or ridicule Li Ao.

Li Ao was pleasantly surprised but calm, knowing that he would not be part of the core rotation lineup, and being selected for the 12-man roster did not mean that he would have a chance to play.

This can be heard in Trepagnier's congratulatory words.

Not only did he feel the same way, but everyone else felt so too.

For Li Ao to be selected for the main list, those who were not selected felt more about loss than jealousy of him.

In the past three months, he has never missed training, and every time he trains with full enthusiasm, this teammate is watching.

Even Sam Clancy and Nate Hale, the two top 100 high school students who were unhappy with him, didn't think there was anything wrong with him being selected, people won it by hard work and talent, but the two still couldn't get used to him.

Yes, the word talent also appeared in the mouths of his teammates after Li Aozhong pitched to the stage of rapid progress.

Xavier Johnson's mouth Li Ao's mid-range shooting progress speed is rare, in fact, he has deliberately depressed the evaluation, he likes to say words of encouragement, but sometimes he will not boast so ruthlessly, lest the players float.

For teammates who have seen less, there are no people around them who can shoot at a good level after three months of zero-based training.

Bai Mamba recalled that back then, his progress was not as fast as Li Ao, which can be described as terrifying.

After responding with a few words of "I'm a genius", Li Ao received a system prompt!

"The host has been selected for the Trojans' main lineup and will represent the Trojans in the game against the Bruins.

Note: If the host can play in the game, you can view the strength evaluation report of the players who played in the game, and the strength evaluation report is only judged based on the player's past comprehensive performance. ”

The system screen switches back to the main screen, and the 'Team' option, which was previously unviewable, is now lit up.

After giving instructions in his mind, he opened the team interface, which showed the list of Trojans players for the 1999-2000 season, as well as the list of players from the UCLA Bruins, the team they were about to play.

He first looked at the lineup opposite.

The number one, the strongest, was a freshman.

91 Overall Rating of Jason Capono!

He immediately took a look at his own side, the strongest white manba Brien-scala Brien, and the overall evaluation was as high as 92!

After analyzing a wave, he figured out that in the NCAA, where there is no defense for three seconds and an experienced team defense, the role of a top tall shooter is greater than that of a center who surpasses the top.

These two are basically destined to play in the NBA, and white pitchers with running ability, if the picks are not high, there will be many teams that want to try, and the top evaluation of the university is normal.

By the time the two graduate seniors, it's possible that they'll be close to the top of the NCAA.

He was curious to know how high the overall rating of Adam Morrison, who will be the unrivaled opponent in the NCAA in the next few years, surpass the top. The guy averaged 28+ per game in his final year of college.

However, although the white mamba of Capono is strong, the gap between the others is wide.

In addition to the White Mamba, they also have a top-notch player on their side - Glanvill with an overall rating of 87.

Then there is Trepagnier with an 81 overall rating and Brushenthal with an 83 comprehensive rating.

After that, there are no players with an overall rating of 80.

And opposite......

Jerome Moiso, Earl Watson, Dan Gazuric, Matt Barnes...... There are 7 of the top 100 in the United States in high school alone!

Although not all of the 7 top 100 high school geniuses in the United States have played in college, there are only two of them in the top 100 high school students in the United States, one has not played, and the other is still a newcomer, and their strength is far less outstanding than that of Capono.

Even if Barang Davis entered the draft early and the Bruins fell from the top powerhouse, the lineup still made Li Ao staggered.

If nothing else, he has a lot of names.

Fortunately, there are still several people with a comprehensive evaluation of more than 70 on their side, and they are at the edge level of the crazy three, and they are not without a fight when the Bruins lose Baron Davis.

He'd heard something about Vivian about the Bruins, probably the most successful basketball team in NCAA history, and he was very proud of his rostering, mainly in two ways.

The first is that there is never a promise of scholarships for high school students who are not in the top 100 in the United States, and the second is that freshmen are not allowed to play the first game.

Rao was a nationally acclaimed Baron Davis in high school, and he played off the bench in his freshman year, even though he surpassed the starting Toby Bailey in the team, individual performance, and playing time later in the season, but still played a year off the bench.

In the early years, it wasn't a problem, UCLA Bruins, it was a big name.

But in recent years, the age of the NBA draft rookie has been decreasing year by year, and more and more people are going to make a lot of money after the freshman and sophomore years, and many talented high school students have begun to disfavor UCLA, such as Donnell Harvey, the No. 1 high school student in the United States this year, who turned down UCLA's invitation and joined the University of Florida, which guaranteed him a position at the center of the forward.

This past summer, the Bruins suffered the biggest waterloo in franchise history in the race for talented high school students, finishing only to Jason Capono, who finished 10th in the country.

The top 100 high school students in the United States do not have enough points for the first-tier league teams, and the high school students outside the top 100, because UCLA does not promise to give full scholarships, need to play performance competition scholarships, and there is no guarantee of playing time, which leads to the full basketball given by UCLA in advance this summer There is only 1, which is for Jason Capono.

And those who have a certain reputation outside the top 100 have been snatched up by major universities, and none of them have gone to UCLA to try their luck.

Although relying on the top 100 high school players recruited in the United States in the past two summers, there is also Capono, a shooting forward who is more suitable for the NCAA to replace Baron Davis, and the high-level combat power is enough, but the 70+ level of role players, the Bruins are pitifully few, and the fault line is broken, and one-third of the players have a comprehensive evaluation below 70.

Looking at it like this, Li Ao suddenly felt that he could also fight!

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After announcing the lineup, the coaching staff began to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this game against the Bruins, and talked about how to play.

Like Li Ao's analysis, the coaching staff also believes that their advantage lies in the second team.

But to his surprise, in the starting stage, the key player in the coaching staff's mind was not White Mamba, nor Granville, but Shelby Jordan.

At the tactical level, the coaching staff is very well prepared, the Bruins are the opponent, at least twice a year, the opposing coach's lineup is stable, the players have changed, but the tactical system is stable, and media experts have repeatedly analyzed the Bruins' style of play every year, for them, it is the easiest to prepare for this opponent.

Then the targeted tactical training began, and at this time some people were very active and wanted to steal the show, and the coaching staff was trying to stop it.

After being stopped, some were thin-skinned and stopped doing superfluous things, and some were thick-skinned, such as Sam Clancy and Nate Hale, who didn't listen to what they said, but the coaching staff didn't order them not to do it, just reminded them.

Coaches find Sam Clancy's kind of difficult to discipline, but this kind of person who wants to stand out always makes a deeper impression on them.

Li Ao does what he can do, his role in the tactical system is very simple, and what he does in training is also very simple.

When he didn't have anything to do, he ran to the side to practice the basics of shooting or individual defense.

This steady beep mentality also makes the coaches appreciate it very much.

Henry Bibby was sorry at this time.

Li Ao has talent, hard work, and psychological quality, but as Li Ao's systematic evaluation, in the eyes of Henry Bibby, Li Ao is not a qualified member of the NCAA Division I league varsity team, and his ability is too single.

However, Henry Bibi regrets that Li Ao cannot contribute immediately...... No, you can't start squeezing this kid right away.

Four days passed quickly, and November 24th arrived.

Today is Wednesday, and tomorrow is the Thanksgiving holiday, from Thursday to Sunday, 4 days off.

Before the start of Thanksgiving, two to three hundred teams in the NCAA Division I will kick off the new season today.

Li Ao didn't have to go to class today, and the school gave him a holiday, but he still went to class in the morning.

The coaching staff arranged to gather at 2 p.m. to prepare for the evening game and let the players sleep well, and the non-academic Henry Bibby understands the players.

The new season is about to begin, and the enthusiasm of the fans will usher in the first climax...... Well, it's just that the men and women hooked up and walked away.

wants to hook up with Li Ao, in fact, there are the most, and some of the choices are also based on the face.

But after seeing too much of the assistant aunt next door, he really can't look down on these real-bewitching sluts.

However, there is the kind of person who looks extraordinarily mature, looks like thirty or forty years old, and he will take the small card that is sent to him and give it to Liam, in exchange for a "good brother".

After lunch, Li Ao came to the Memorial Gymnasium on time to report and accompany the team to make the final preparations before the game.

In the past four days, except for Sunday, when there was no team training because of the week, the other three days were spent training in their spare time, and all the preparations that could be made have been made.

Li Ao discussed tactics with his teammates, and he was mainly responsible for listening, and Kevin Henderson told him that as a defensive pitcher, he needed to learn more about how his teammates were used to playing and how they were used to making adjustments when they faced different opponents.

The specifics weren't taught in too much detail, so he followed his way – first listening.

The basketball system in the United States is too mature, intramural competitions, each department will hire a coach, the price is not expensive, the coach in the United States is not valuable, their computer department asked for a coach Although it is for nothing, but it is also invited.

He has professional coaches in junior high schools in the United States, and his teammates are familiar with how to prepare for the game.

But in China, not to mention junior high school, it is good to have a physical education teacher with basketball knowledge in high school, and even most universities cannot find a professional basketball coach in the real sense.

In this regard, Li Ao is actively learning, starting from listening.

Similar to what he thought, when discussing tactics, the teammates who spoke were basically the tactical core, or the strongest team like the White Mamba, and the others basically didn't interject, and to his surprise, Sam Clancy, who loves to attract attention, didn't interject.

Sam Clancy used to like to interject, but basically it was a hard insertion, wanting everyone to listen to him, no one paid attention to him and even after being ridiculed, he didn't interject at this time, his heart is also made of meat, and it still hurts when he is ridiculed but can't refute and doesn't dare to fight.

It wasn't that he didn't improve last season, but the improvements were hard to notice, such as this aspect.

On the contrary, Shelby Jordan, who chatted very warmly with the tactical core and main scorer, and his teammates, who usually did not wait to see him or were afraid to talk to him, were discussing with him at this time, mainly analyzing the defense of the Bruins.

Even Li Ao can feel that Shelby Jordan is better than other teammates in this aspect.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Ao understood the reason - Shelby Jordan is really talented defensively!

When it comes to defensive understanding, Shelby Jordan is far better than his teammates, which is why he is so valued by the coaching staff.

It's a pity that this guy's physical condition except for his height is too mediocre, he only went to college at the age of 20, and at the age of 22, his body has been completely developed, and he has enough physical conditions to cope with the NCAA-level game, and there is no possibility of further development.

Hearing that Shelby Jordan helped White Mamba analyze how to deal with Matt Barnes, Li Ao thought of Capono's scouting report and followed Shelby Jordan's train of thought about how to deal with Capono......

He doesn't want to admit it, but seems to learn from Shelby Jordan and is best for him at the moment.

When he realized that his train of thought had followed the neuropathy, it was too bad to stop.