warrior godfather

Chapter 58 The Season of Harvest

The deceased is like a husband who does not want to leave day or night.

No one can compete with the power of time. No matter how reluctant the students of Butler University are, they finally ushered in the end of each semester.

The tutors of various courses are either conducting final exams one after another, or requiring students to submit all kinds of weird papers. Students with frowning faces can be seen on campus from morning to night, and this process will continue for two months. time.

But Zhang Yu, who was walking on the campus, had a relaxed expression and a leisurely demeanor.

Looking at the sighing juniors around him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

It's a wonderful feeling to not have to take exams and write papers...

Walking slowly into the office, Zhang Yu picked up today's newspaper and looked through it with anticipation.

The date on the newspaper showed that today was March 3th.

Just the day before yesterday, the Bulldogs once again defeated rival Indian State University in the final of the Horizon League playoffs and automatically qualified for the 2008 NCAA Tournament.

In the past season, with the addition of Butler, Curry's improved Bulldogs were invincible in the Horizon League. In the regular season, they only lost two games, achieved a record of 30 wins and 2 losses, and successfully avenged Purdue University. , also pushing all the way in the playoffs, making great strides, breaking into March Madness for the second consecutive year.

Curry also continued his outstanding performance last season, and even went a step further, winning the scoring title with an average of 28.9 points per game.

Under the guidance of Zhang Yu, Curry, who moved to the point guard position two years earlier than in his previous life, released his potential earlier, and experienced the baptism of March Madness earlier, and his strength is stronger than that of himself in the same period in his previous life. More than one chip.

In addition, Butler's performance is also very impressive.

At the beginning of the season, because he didn't adapt to the intensity of the NCAA, his state fluctuated, but he quickly adapted and his performance became more and more stable. He averaged 10.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.4 steals per game.

You know, this is his first year playing in the NCAA, but it's not easy to have such a comprehensive performance.

Outside of statistics, Butler's defense is his biggest contribution to the team.

He has effectively restricted the opponent's outside core many times in the game, and has repeatedly destroyed the opponent's offense by relying on his excellent defense judgment. These effects cannot be reflected in the data.

This also allowed Butler's tactical status in the Bulldogs to rise rapidly, and he has now become an unshakable starter.

When he needs to play a small lineup, he replaces Campbell, the top power forward.

In the regular lineup, he squeezed Mike Green to the bench and served as the team's starting small forward.

Poor Julian Beko, who was supposed to be backing up for McGlynn, can't even compete with a freshman rookie...

It is with Curry and Butler, the two cores of offense and defense, that the Bulldogs can show such a strong dominance in the Horizon League.

After a season of honing, the two who were already in a period of rapid improvement have more experience, allowing the Bulldogs to truly have the capital to compete with those giants in March Madness.

And now, it's harvest time.

Zhang Yu picked up a copy of the "Indianapolis Star". The headline on the front page was the winners of the individual honor awards announced by the Horizon League for the 2007-2008 season, and the Bulldogs, which dominated the Horizon League, were naturally the biggest winners.

Curry won the Horizon League Player of the Year, the tournament MVP, and last year he won the Rookie of the Year award.

This year's rookie of the year was won by Butler, who is also the best defensive player of the year.

The four most valuable individual awards all went to the Bulldogs.

In terms of the best team, Curry and Butler were selected to the best team, Drew and AJ Graves were selected to the best second team, and Butler was selected to the best defensive team and the best rookie team.

At the same time, Zhang Yu won the Coach of the Year award again.

With a smile on his face, he flipped through several other Indiana local newspapers with satisfaction, and they were also full of praise for the Bulldogs.

Although these awards are only small awards issued by the Horizon Alliance, no one will pay attention to them in the United States. Last year, Zhang Yu did not care too much.

But this year is different. These small awards are just appetizers, and the real big ones are coming later.

In the next few days, not only the "Indianapolis Star", Curry's name repeatedly appeared on the front pages of "USA Today", "Washington Post", "Sports Illustrated" and other major newspapers.

First, the Federal Athletic Association announced the winner of the Adolph Rupp Award for the 2007-2008 season, and Curry was successfully elected.

Subsequently, the Coaches Association announced the NABC player of the year, and Curry did his part.

At the same time, the Oscar Robertson Award also announced the suspense, and Curry's name once again appeared on the paper.

This year, Curry finally truly became famous all over the United States!
Last year, although he had an amazing performance and became the NCAA scoring leader, but there were two people at the time, one named Greg Oden and the other named Kevin Durant.

They are in a prestigious school, and the statistics are also amazing, attracting everyone's attention. Although Durant didn't even enter March Madness, he still shared these awards with Oden.

Although the Bulldogs had already dominated the Horizon League at that time, and Curry also showed dominance, the Horizon League was only a small league, and the gold content of data and awards was at least [-]% discounted by the outside world. No one really thought that the Bulldogs The team is a strong team, and I don't think Curry's strength is so strong.

Until the Bulldogs made it all the way to the top 39 in March Madness, Curry scored high scores in a row. In the game against the defending champion Buddha University, he scored 2 points, but the Bulldogs just lost Giving the University of Buddha [-] points made people focus on this small team and this baby face, and Zhang Yu and Curry gained a certain degree of popularity across the United States.

But on the basketball court, players are always more dazzling than coaches. People's eyes are more focused on Curry, but they are very surprised by Zhang Yu's age.

This year, Curry once again shined brightly, and finally won a bumper harvest in the individual awards.

He has currently won three of the seven NCAA annual awards, and the remaining awards include the Naismith Award, the John Wooden Award, the Associated Press Player of the Year, the American Basketball Association of the Year Player of the Year, the "Basketball Times" Player of the Year and The Sporting News Player of the Year.

As we all know, there can be five of the four major centers, and there must be more than seven of the seven awards...

But Zhang Yu still has no harvest this year.

The American basketball world is very traditional. It can generously give all the awards to a young player, but it will never reward a young head coach, especially a young Chinese head coach.

If Zhang Yu is coaching an NBA team, there is only one criterion for judging, and that is the team's record. His age and nationality will not be obstacles.

But in the NCAA...

What?You said you dominated the Horizon Alliance?
As a head coach from the minor leagues, do you know how fierce the competition in the major leagues is?

What?You said you led a small team into March Madness?
Did you know that we giants make it to March Madness every year?

Many coaching awards this year still belong to those familiar names.

But the eyes of the fans are discerning, and many people complained about Zhang Yu on the Internet.

Being able to lead a small team into March Madness for two consecutive years is definitely not easy for this Chinese.

As we all know, in the NCAA, the coach is the core.

But Zhang Yu didn't care much about this, because the next March Madness was the most important thing.

　6500 words, I was too tired yesterday, which caused the update to be so late, I punished myself with three cups of Coke!For the sake of my sincerity, give me all the recommendation tickets~
　　


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