Standing pretty old

Chapter 19 Unwavering
The NCAA regular season starts in November and will all end before March next year.Then came the "March Madness", which attracted the attention of the whole meter. UCLA's selection to the top 11 of "March Madness" is almost a sure thing, but in order to get a good ranking, avoid meeting with strong teams in advance, and strive to win is also necessary.

The PAC-10 league in which UCLA belongs (renamed to PAC-2011 after 12) is full of strong players. Except for the rival USC in the same city, there is a team that caught the attention of Ruan Erniu because he saw it on the team logo. To the familiar cartoon character - Donald Duck!

That's right, the team's name is DUCKS.If the name of their team is translated literally without any modification, it is the University of Oregon Ducks!Fortunately, Mi English is not as broad and profound as Chinese dialect. Even so, Ruan Erniu was shocked when he heard this name for the first time, it is too straightforward!

In the actual confrontation with the team in the regular season, this team also left a deep impact on Ruan Erniu-this is an extremely tough team.Under the leadership of head coach Ernie Kent, they played exceptionally tough on the defensive end.

And their offense is also full of passion and energy, especially swingman Malik Hairston and guard Aaron Brooks.

Especially this guard named Aaron Brooks.Obviously, the score of the game has been stretched to the point where it is difficult to recover, but he firmly controls the ball like a savior, and he takes consecutive shots from the outside, and he even hits a few shots in a row.Coach Ben Holland had to call a timeout. In the end, UCLA won the game because of his loss of touch.

This guy, nicknamed Little Black Bean by Chinese fans in the future, has already shown extraordinary talent in college. Of course, his shot selection is still open to question.

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Due to the existence of Ruan Erniu, in PAC-10, UCLA has completely become a BUG.But the PAC-10 championship does not represent the final NCAA championship.

During the entire regular season, coach Ben Holland was also extremely cautious in using Ruan Erniu.Although Erniu was used as a starter, his playing time never exceeded 27 minutes.Some games that can obviously be won, when it comes to critical moments, Coach Holland often hides Er Niuxue, as if it doesn't matter whether he wins or loses.

"Prince of Cameroon" Luke Richard Bammert has been happy recently, simply because his playing time has not been reduced by the addition of Ruan Erniu.On the contrary, he can now appear in the position of the frontcourt swingman more often, and his opponent is often the 3rd position who is not as strong as him, and his dislocation advantage is more obvious!

And Josh Shipp, who was originally at the shooting guard position, was the most injured one. He was surprised to find that there is really a disaster in this world.Because of the existence of Ruan Erniu, Bammert, and Afflalo, it is he, an honest man, who is squeezed in playing time.After all, the young man is still a little tender. If he goes to Tianchao in a few years, he will understand a truth: two well-known red pot herbal tea brands are fighting, and the most injured one is actually the third less well-known herbal tea brand! (Chen Daomin: It’s rare to encounter such a thing when you come out to speak for me, is it easy for me?)

But Ben Holland doesn't have much time to care about the lesser-known Josh Shipp now.He must focus more on future "March Madness" games.

The regular season record of 26 wins and 5 losses is not very good. The cautious use of Kraft Nguyen and Afflalo's unstable state are one of the reasons for the loss, but a single defeat like "March Madness" The competition system does not allow any mistakes, and the real test for the Bruins has just begun!

Even so, Ruan Erniu, who was used cautiously, still showed a superstar-level brilliance.During the entire NCAA regular season from November to the end of February, with an average playing time of less than 11 minutes per game, he used shocking data of 2 points and 27 rebounds to lock in the NCAA's rebounding champion without any suspense. Started his reputation in the United States!

In contrast, even Greg Oden's excellent data of 15.6 points and 9.6 rebounds, the great of the first generation, was also suppressed.Of course, Ruan Erniu is not the only figure who has won the hegemony-level data. Kevin Durant of the University of Texas Longhorns announced to the world with 25.8 points (first) and 11.1 rebounds (fourth). No. 07 candidate for best college basketball player in the All-Millions!

In fact, this award did fall on his head in the end, and Durant also won the Naismith Award.Although the University of Texas may not be able to make it to the end of "March Madness" due to its own strength, it is impossible for Kevin Durant to fall out of the top 2007 in the 3 NBA draft!
Ruan Erniu's performance has also been affirmed by countless people. He successfully won the John Wooden Award and prevented Kevin Durant from taking all the awards.At UCLA, he has become a big star. This magical Chinese man has changed the entire UCLA's view of Asians.It turns out that Asian students are not only nerds and second-generation students, but also basketball experts like Ruan Erniu!

Mr. John Wooden also made a congratulatory phone call when he learned that Ruan Erniu had won the award, and encouraged Ruan Erniu to keep going on the road of basketball!

Ruan Erniu asked stupidly: "I can get this award, is there a factor of knowing you?"

Coach Wooden said with a smile: "I don't know any of the judges of the awarding unit except for the name of this trophy! Boy, you are thinking too much!"

And this is actually the time Ruan Erniu heard John Wooden talk the most!
Westbrook also sent blessings. Of course, Ruan Erniu didn't care about this.What he cares about is that he will go for a morning jog tomorrow by himself again. This damn Russell's recent morning jogging time is often taken up by his girlfriend Nina. a little lonely!

In the gymnastics team back then, it was not that he couldn't talk to senior sisters and junior sisters, but his gigantic figure broke all the ambiguity.In other words, who dares to make up a scene of Rubeus Hagrid and Hermione Granger getting married in their minds?

After coming to the United States, Ruan Erniu was also thinking, should he find a girlfriend?It is really hard to always be a single dog who is hurt.But once he thought of his goal, Ruan Erniu opened the letter cabinet outside his dormitory without hesitation, and threw at least 20 pieces of paper into the trash can!

You can only gain something if you lose something, Ruan Erniu has always understood this truth!Now he can show himself on a higher stage with all his heart, but his basketball foundation is far inferior to the genius who played since childhood. He deeply understands this gap, so he dare not relax his requirements for a moment! (Actually, there are many people with rougher skills than him in Millikin!)

One day in early March 2007, Ben Holland came to the basketball court as usual during training time.

The difference is that he held a huge A2 paper in his hand and stuck it on the wall of the basketball hall.

"This is the top 64 of the NCAA this year. We are the No. 2 seed in the West! For UCLA, not winning the championship is tantamount to failure, but since 1995, we have been far away from winning the championship. It is time for the team to Back to the top! And you, everyone present, will become a member of the historical legend!"

(End of this chapter)