The next afternoon, the players' chatter could be heard in the basketball hall of the University of Arizona:

"Hey, have you heard?"

"We have a big guy on our team this year!"

"I just heard from the staff in charge of the physical test that he is a yellow-skinned player with explosive talent!"

"It's just that his name is a bit strange~ Flower!"

"Hahaha, such a soft name, he can't be a wimp!"

"Then Paul and Seth, you two have to be careful, don't let him take your starting position!"

...

Coach Olson clapped his hands to signal the assembly, and took Hanamichi out:

"This is Hanamichi who just entered the school, you can call him Flower."

"I don't need to say more about the next words, Seth, you and Hanamichi have a one-on-one competition!"

Seth said yes, and then walked towards the basketball court confidently.

In his opinion, this yellow-skinned, red-haired weirdo in front of him has nothing good except his height.

"How could I lose to such a weirdo!"

Coach Olsen looked at the careless Seth and deliberately said:

"Be more serious, Seth!"

"Yes!"

Seth responded casually and did not take his coach's words to heart.

In the next 10 minutes, Seth paid a huge price for his negligence.

The red-haired guy in front of him is just like the "Flying Devil" of Wake Forest.

On the offensive end, he can do mid-range shots, layups, hook shots, and dunks, and on the defensive end, he can block shots and rebounds!

Seth, who was shaved bald, felt as if he had returned to last year's semi-finals, facing that flying idiot.

"Okay, Flower will be the starting power forward next!"

"As for the others, they should step up their training. Remember, the capable ones should be promoted and the weak ones should be demoted. This is the tradition of our University of Arizona."

"This year, our goal is to win the U.S. Championship. Next, Damon, you will lead everyone in training."

"Yes!"

A short man who was less than 180cm tall walked out of the crowd and said.

Flower focused his eyes on the little mouse tattoo on the arm of the short man... Damon Stoudemire!

The captain of the University of Arizona basketball team, 178cm tall, 77kg in weight, plays as a point guard.

Some fans may not be very familiar with his name, but they have definitely heard of his nickname ~ [Little Flying Squirrel]!

That's right, he was selected by the Raptors with the seventh pick in the first round in 1995.

He was elected the Rookie of the Year in his first year, won the MVP of the Rookie Game and was selected to the All-Rookie First Team.

A basketball player nicknamed "Big S" ~ "Little Flying Squirrel"

"Haha, this is much more interesting! This year's National Championship, it looks like we're going to have a big fight!"

Huamichi said, if I only had a Miyagi Ryouta, I would be able to make a big splash in this year's National Men's Championship;

Now I've given a [Little Flying Squirrel] who is about to enter the NBA and is at his peak as a rookie, how can I justify not winning the championship!

"Ding! Feeling the host's ambition, now issuing the task ~ [Make a Big Fight]"

"Perform well in the National College Basketball Championship!"

"Fixed reward ability medal - training monster (bronze), slightly reduce fatigue caused by training and injuries caused by fatigue!"

"In addition, other random rewards will be issued based on the host's game data performance!"

This is the first time that Huamichi has seen such an interesting task reward!

"Random reward"?

Huamichi has a hunch that when this random reward arrives, it will be the time for him to completely transform.

After all, "the unknown is the most interesting!"

…………

The National College Basketball Championship is also known as the NCAA American College Basketball Championship.

The so-called NCAA usually refers to the more than 300 colleges and universities with strong strength in the first zone.

The NCAA basketball we usually talk about refers to the first division college basketball game in the United States.

If you want to join the NCAA university and want to play basketball, your academic average must be above 2.0.

If you fail in one subject, you cannot participate in the competition.

These regulations are mainly to declare that the purpose of university is education, so athletes should still take education as their main goal.

(Wade did not have the opportunity to play because of his poor academic performance in his freshman year; Garnett did not dare to go to college because of his poor academic performance and family financial problems, so he gave up skipping college and directly participated in the high school election)

So, in some articles, those who are invincible in their freshman year must be noted - excellent academic performance!

Of course, this is forThis is not a problem for Hanamichi, who is both good in character and in academics.

Under Simmons' arrangement, Hanamichi passed the entrance exam with excellent results, and his SAT and ACT test scores were among the best.

As for his major, Hanamichi chose the Chinese Language and Literature major at the University of Arizona.

With the memory of his previous life, Hanamichi said that as long as he studied normally, he would be able to graduate successfully in this major.

Of course, he did not plan to study in college for four years, after all, he did not have any relatives who left him something like a "college graduation" wish.

In fact, it was because his ability could be a starting player in the NBA, so Hanamichi felt it was difficult to make progress if he stayed in the NCAA.

Unless he went to a bigger platform, and this platform was to participate in the NBA draft.

Before participating in the draft, Hanamichi needs to fight from late November this year until early March next year (1995).

Help the University of Arizona win the preliminary championship of its division (Pacific Ten Conference, now expanded to Pacific 12 Conference) throughout the regular season.

The champion of the division preliminary will be "automatically qualified for promotion."

The remaining 34 places will be determined by the judging committee based on the performance of the team in the regular season and the strength of the opposing team.

A total of 64 teams will be determined, which is the so-called 64-strong qualification!

The next 64 teams will have a month of "crazy battle" to compete for the final champion.

Because the final game is held in March every year, it symbolizes the climax of the NCAA, so it is also called "March Madness".

The 64 teams will be divided into 4 regions, and 16 teams in each region will compete in a single elimination match according to the ranking.

After a week-long first and second rounds of competition, the remaining 16 teams will compete for the "Sweet 16".

The only remaining 8 teams will compete in the regional finals.

In addition to winning the championship of the region, the winning 4 teams can also get tickets to the NCAA "Final Four" to start the semi-finals and finals!

The NCAA competition system is similar to the summer national competition system that Hanamichi participated in.

The NCAA has long been an important talent supply for the NBA.

After the end of March every year, most NCAA college basketball players who aspire to become professional players will submit an application to the league.

In late June every year, the NBA will hold a draft.

Most of the participants in the draft are college students who submitted applications and participated in tryouts in March.

These college students with basketball talents started their professional careers through this channel.

The sun was shining brightly at the University of Arizona, and Hanamichi, who was concentrating on training in the gym, thought silently in his heart:

"A new journey has begun!"