Rookie against Jordan, I became the god of basketball

Chapter 41 Why Not Us?
"Luck, congratulations on your victory over UNLV. You scored 56 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists in this game. How do you feel now? How far do you think the University of Washington can go this year?"

"My only feeling right now is that I want to take a shower immediately, and then find a bed to lie down on. As for the predicted score...of course it is the NCAA champion! We have this strength, and I have the confidence to do it!"

"How do you evaluate your opponent Anderson Hunter? He also scored 34 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. Has he caused you any trouble?"

"Anderson Hunter is a good player, he shoots well, but UNLV lacks shooters, as long as we shrink the defense, no one in UNLV can score easily except him, and Larry, so we won!"

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After the victory over UNLV, the Huskies did have a lot easier games. Most of them were civil wars in the P-10 league. The Huskies had a lot of home games.

The Washington Huskies did not encounter any accidents, and they have maintained their victories all the time, with an outstanding record.

After the Spring Festival, there are more reporters covering the University of Washington Huskies -- Chinese reporters!
Fortunately, they were all written interviews, and Lu Feng's life didn't change much, just pay attention to whether it was a regular media or not, those third-rate media Lu Feng couldn't even see, and Zhang Weiping, as a teaching assistant, would help him block them.

The arrival of the Chinese reporters did not attract much attention. At most, the Huskies had more reporters accompanying the team.

The Huskies didn't feel much either. After three months, they had seen too many Asian journalists. It didn't matter whether they were Chinese or not.

In the previous games, Asian reporters would always appear in every Huskies game. Driven by the NBA and various university media, Lu Feng's name has long been spread throughout Asia.

In the 90s, the promotion of the NBA in Japan and South Korea was very successful. In the 90s, NBA teams went to Japan and South Korea to play preseason games, but they couldn't make a splash in China.

But after the 21st century, this situation has magically reversed. The NBA is becoming more and more popular in China, while the ratings of Japan and South Korea have been halved every year since 2000, and the broadcast contract was not even renewed in the end.

For Lu Feng, no reporter can affect his daily life, anyway, he is used to it.

At the beginning of February, the men's basketball team of the national team came to Seattle again. Although there were also people from the Basketball Association and the Sports Bureau this time, the main purpose of those people was to inspect various American sports leagues and the entire NCAA, and they did not stay here all the time. Seattle.

Of course, the national team does not only stay in Seattle, they will also go to other universities for exchange and study (seeking abuse), but they spend more time in Seattle.

This time the roster of the national team has undergone some changes, with Liu Yudong and Hu Weidong joining in.

Fortunately, Liu Yudong said that in the original history, he would have replaced a position, and Hu Weidong joined the national team earlier. What happened to Lu Feng is unknown, and there may be reasons for his appearance.

In addition, Lu Feng learned that in order to make room for him, Gong Luming chose to retire early, and then immediately joined the national team coaching staff, becoming the national team's shooting coach and dribbling coach.

After getting along for two days, Lu Feng found that the basic skills of the national team members improved a lot, mainly because they corrected some outrageous bad habits, and also put on some meat, not all of them looked skinny. It can be seen that during the time when they returned to China No less practice.

Lu Feng also tried to form a team with his teammates from the national team to start the 4 Tigers training match with the Huskies. The effect was not bad, and it was not a one-sided defeat.

The Huskies' first 4 tigers have experienced so many games and trainings, and they are no longer the old team in history. Lu Feng feels that even without himself, the results of this Huskies will not be too bad, at least they can reach March Madness.

Time passed slowly, and the P-10 league points match was almost over, followed by the league championship.

The P-10 League (Pacific Ten Schools League) is one of the most introverted divisions in the NCAA. Every year, more than 3 teams can enter the NCAA Madness March Championship. At the time of the most volume, there are even 6 teams. Into March Madness!
And this year, in addition to a few traditional strong teams in the P-10 league, there is also a hungry Huskies, which can be described as terrifying!
Needless to say, the sudden emergence of the Huskies, in addition to the Huskies, the P-10 League Arizona Wildcats, Oregon State Big Beavers, University of California Golden Bears and UCLA are all competing for March Madness tickets.

USC, as a famous sports school, is almost being swept away by several other teams. The winning points obtained in the Challenger League were all vomited out in the league points game, and they lost consecutively in the P-10 league civil war. Can they fight? Going crazy is a problem.

Lu Feng discovered that if you want to enter the NCAA, which league the school joins is also very important. For example, the WCC (West Coast Conference) where LMU is located and the SEC (Southeast Conference) where LSU is located. Access to March Madness is available.

P-10 teams are having bad luck this year, as the '89-90 season was the last time the P-10 held a conference championship.

In the last league championship, everyone wanted to win this commemorative league championship, but they ran into an exceptionally strong Huskies, and the other teams wanted to vomit blood!

After the p-10 league points game started, all the teams in other divisions were watching the excitement, waiting for the Huskies to overturn!
The NCAA has multiple leagues that are heavily involved, the P-10 League, the Big Ten League, and the West Coast League. These three most introverted leagues have overturned teams every year. Upset situations are not uncommon.

But the Huskies disappointed countless media and teams who were waiting to watch the excitement. The Huskies really finished 27 regular season games without losing a game!

The strength shown by the Huskies is frightening. They seem to be able to win the championship without a joke!

27场常规赛，路枫打出了一份令无数人惊掉下巴的数据——场均40.3分5.1篮板4.4助攻，另外还有1.7抢断和0.9盖帽！

In addition, Lu Feng's shooting percentage is 59.7%, three-point shooting percentage is 47.3%, and free throw shooting percentage is 91.6%. Just looking at the score, whether it is quantity or quality, Lu Feng is the only one in the NCAA!
(Birkin Bell's three hit rates are 52.9%, 46%, and 86.2%. This fairy is outrageous before the closure!)

The 89-90 season is destined to be Lu Feng's harvest season, and countless awards can be sent to him directly without selection!
As expected by various media, as soon as the regular season ended, Lu Feng was named the best player of the P-10 league and was successfully selected into the best player team of the P-10 league.

哈士奇除路枫外，杰夫·布朗也一样入选了P-10联盟最佳球员阵容，他赛季场均26.1分7.9篮板1.9助攻的数据同样很漂亮，56%、36%、79%的三项命中率也相当不错！
Lynn Nance also became the best head coach in the P-10 league. Compared with Lu Feng and Jeff Brown, Lynn Nance was much more excited after winning the award.

Lu Feng and Jeff Brown didn't feel much about winning the award, and they had expected this to happen a long time ago.

Although Lynn Nance also guessed that he would win the award, but when he actually got it, he still couldn't control his joy, and couldn't help showing off in various interviews!
The matter of Lynn Nance has almost been discovered by the media. Last year, he led St. Mary's Men's University to a 25-5 record, ranked first in the West Coast League, and also won the best head coach in the West Coast League.

But after the start of March Madness, St. Mary's Boys' University suffered a round-robin tour, and was the first to be eliminated with the best record.

Then, Lynn Nance ran into trouble with his contract extension. St. Mary’s Men’s University believed that he had achieved good results because of his good team lineup. Kick out.

Lynn Nance was cheated by St. Mary's Men's University. When he was abandoned, other schools that lacked coaches basically signed their contracts. Lynn Nance faced unemployment for a time and almost left the NCAA.

In the end, it was the University of Washington who extended a helping hand as an alumnus so that he could continue to compete in the NCAA.

After changing teams and divisions, Lynn Nance is still the best head coach. On the other hand, St. Mary's Boys' University...

St. Mary's Men's University's replacement for Lynn Nance is named Paul Landlow. Under his leadership, St. Mary's Men's University's record dropped from 25-5 last year to 7- 20!

What's even more ridiculous is that this person has no basketball experience at all. He has never played high school basketball or college basketball, nor has any coaching experience. He became the head coach of St. Mary's Boys' University relying on his connections.

In the original world, after he led the team for two years and was fired, he was quickly hired by St. Mary's Boys' University as the team's operations officer. It's really amazing!
Although there are often scenes of Lu Feng holding the tactical board in Husky games, the media still recognizes Lynn Nance's strength and praises him for being the next "famous coach" compared to the two-year record of St. Mary's Boys' University.

……

The time has come to March, and the P-3 League Championship has officially started!
The P-10 League Championship is divided into 4 rounds. The top 6 teams with the record will automatically enter the second round.

The Huskies automatically advance to the second round and can play one less game.

But there is one thing that makes them very unhappy. The arena selected for the 90 P-10 league championship is the Desert Financial Center Arena in Phoenix, Arizona.

Flying from Seattle to Phoenix, the experience of the Huskies can be imagined...

What's even worse is that the matches in the P-10 League Championship are all back-to-back. If the Huskies advance all the way, it's equivalent to playing back-to-back!

If the bottom 4 teams reach the end, they need to play back-to-back to back-to-back... The person who came up with this schedule is no ordinary genius!

On March 3th, after waiting for a day, the Huskies ushered in their opponents - the Arizona Sun Devils!

The Arizona Sun Devils had just won a difficult defensive battle with the Washington State Cougars yesterday, and today they need to play back-to-back with the rested Huskies. The result of the game can be imagined.

Although the Huskies played an away game against the Sun Devils, they still won easily.

In the second round, the Huskies met their old rival UCLA. This year they were really bad. They were discouraged by the Huskies from the opening game. The regular season record was only ranked fourth in the P-10 league. Even if you lose, you can still enter Crazy Three.

Facing his old opponent, Lu Feng fired all his firepower. He made 11 of 7 three-pointers and scored 44 points. He won the victory without bloodshed!
UCLA lost three games in a row against the Huskies in a single season. Jim Harrick wanted to cry, but this year the Huskies are UCLA's sufferer!
"Lynn, congratulations, to be honest, I don't want to see you at all now, I never thought I could lose to the same person three times in one season!"

"Think about it, Coach Jim, maybe we can still meet in the March Madness Finals?"

Jim Harrick: "…"

After getting along with Lu Feng and Jeff Brown for a long time, Lynn Nance has become more and more kind, and has learned to be humorous...

After defeating UCLA, the Huskies thought that their opponent would be the Wildcats of the University of Arizona, but they did not expect that the Oregon Beavers would go to the end on the other side.

The University of Arizona is full of talents, but they don't want to be defeated by the Oregon State team led by Gary Payton alone!

Gary Payton's performance of 32 points, 6 rebounds, 11 assists and 6 steals in a single game made his draft market soar, from the end of the lottery all the way to the middle of the lottery!
After taking a shower, Lu Feng sat on the sidelines and watched the whole game, marveling at Gary Payton's explosive performance.

A lot of people think of Gary Payton as a slow pitcher, but he was actually a breakout talent in college with a very short range...

His three-point shooting percentage in his senior season was only 30%, and his three-point shooting percentage in his NBA rookie season was only 7.7%. In addition, his free throw shooting percentage was only 69%, which is at the same level as many inside players!
But Gary Payton is most praised for his defense. He averaged 3.4 steals per game in his senior season, and has maintained an average of more than 2 steals per game for many years after entering the NBA!

You must know that Payton's height is 193 cm. Before 95, 193 cm was basically a scoring position. In the 90s, the average height of a point guard was only 185 cm. Maggie is a strange thing.

Big defenses rely on blocks, small defenses rely on steals, and Payton basically defends big and small, but he won the steals king by relying on his skills. His defensive ability can be imagined!

After the game, Gary Payton uttered nonsense: "You are all afraid of Lark, but I am not. Tomorrow I will beat him with dignity, just wait and see!"

The reporter found Lu Feng and asked him how to respond to Peyton's harsh words. Lu Feng smiled and replied: "I am looking forward to it, and I hope he can really surprise me."

Then the next day, Payton did give Lu Feng a surprise. Just after the start of the second half, Lu Feng sat on the bench with a blank face.

He flipped through the record sheet...

加里·佩顿：21投4中，3分球11投1中，罚球3中0，9分2板4助攻……

The score on the field-64:33!

Lu Feng did not expect that the anti-burst and non-preventive cast would have such a good effect on Gary Payton!

If you let him vote, he really won't make it!

Moreover, Gary Payton's height is 193, but his weight is only 81 kilograms. His strength can be imagined. Although he is half a head short in height, Lu Feng can completely withstand him. Gary Payton's breakthrough is completely unavailable. Coupled with the cold hands of the rest of the Beavers, the Beavers trailed by 31 points at halftime.

After the game, Gary Payton was dissatisfied with making things difficult for reporters, and said: "I'm not in the right shape for this game, just wait and see, I won't lose next time!"

Hearing what the reporter reported, Lu Feng said speechlessly, "Help tell Gary that I'll be waiting for him in the finals. Don't miss the appointment!"

"The University of Washington has won all 30 games. It's crazy. Do you have the confidence to continue the winning streak in March Madness?"

"Of course no team has beaten us until now, has it?"

"So, you predict that the Huskies will win the championship?"

Lu Feng: "..."

He even predicted how many times the Huskies won the championship. These reporters should really check their heads...

Lu Feng paused, and then said: "There is always someone who wants to win the championship, why not us?"

……

The day after the end of the P-10 league game, the draw day ended on Sunday, and the match list for March Madness was freshly released.

The Washington Huskies are the No. 1 seed in the Midwest, and their opponent is the No. 16 seed in the Midwest—the Towson University Tigers!
March Madness officially starts!
(End of this chapter)