king of the basket

Chapter 36 Elite 8, against Duke University!

……

at the same time.

3 month 30 day.

With the Sweet 16 battle over, the NCAA Elite Eight are here:
Ohio State University

Georgetown University

University of Florida
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Duke University
University of North Carolina
University of Kentucky

Purdue University
The seeded Kansas team was eliminated in the round of 16 with a loss to Duke University.

……

That night.

With the update of the potential new star list of scout.com, Du Qi finally made it to the list of potential new stars for the first time.

There are 100 people on the list.

As soon as Du Qi was on the list, because there was no data to support it before, Du Qi ranked last, that is, the 100th!
Seeing Du Qi on the list, those netizens who questioned the authority of scout.com stopped for a while, and then went to pay attention to another hot lineup.

It was the All-American First Team announced four days ago!

That is, on March 2007, 3, the first team of the United States was released:

Aaron Afflalo,

Alando Tucker,

Auden,

Kevin Durant,

Asi Rao IV,

Both Oden and Durant were selected to the All-American First Team as freshmen. This is the first time in NCAA history that two freshmen were selected to the All-American First Team at the same time.

Oden is the head player of Ohio State University, one of the elite eight,
And Durant is the scoring machine of the University of Texas, but missed the NCAA quarterfinals.

Durant also became the awesome player who lost the game and was selected to the All-American First Team!
For this lineup list,

There are many paranoid fans who have different opinions. They stubbornly feel that their favorite super rookie should be selected!
For example, fans who like Curry and Duke are full of complaints:
"A sharpshooter like Curry is not selected. This list is too watery!"

"The water is a vast ocean!"

"Du, that Asian boy, has a lot of amazing performances on the NCAA court, but he was not selected. It's too unscientific!"

"The most unscientific thing is that after Du led Purdue University to the elite eight, he only appeared on the list of potential new stars on the scouting website, and it was still at the bottom of the list. Even Curry, who lost to him, was higher than him. A lot of rankings!"

"Hey, let's talk about something, don't get involved with our Curry! Don't lie down with our Curry!"

"..."

……

These two days,
Young men and women all over the United States are talking about the topic of NCAA, and the popularity is on par with the NBA, and there is even a trend of surpassing it!
The fans who noticed Du Qi also passed on Du Qi miraculously!
Purdue University, where Du Qi is located, has also begun to become a hot spot for gambling!

……

Inside the Purdue University basketball facility.

The players hold a leaderboard:
"Look, Du is on the list of potential new stars on the well-known scouting network!"

"Wow, Du is amazing!"

"It's worthy of being the head player of our Boiler Workers team!"

"..."

hear these voices,

Cam couldn't listen anymore, cleared his throat, coughed twice, interrupted their chat, and said:

"Du is powerful, but he is not as powerful as me!"

"???"

All the players looked at Cam and almost said Captain Cam, are you jealous of Du Qi?
Cam, however, had a smug expression on his face, and said to them, "If you don't believe me, you can go through the rankings and see what the name of the 70th is?"

Hearing Cam's words,

These players flipped forward,

They were shocked when they saw the name of the 70th-ranked player:

"Captain Cam, you, you are actually ranked 70th!"

"What? Let me see."

"Really, Captain Cam actually ranked ahead of Du."

"Is this list a little watery?"

"—"

The player who said that the list was low was directly punched by Cam, and Cam growled at him:

"Why didn't I see the water? I am now ranked 70th, and Du is ranked 100th. Do you think I am better than Du?"

Due to Cam's coercion, the player had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Cam laughed.

With his hips on his hips, he said to Du Qi:

"Du, after all, I'm still better than you!"

"..."

Du Qi rolled his eyes at him, ignoring Heitan.

at this time,
Coach Painter walked in and announced to everyone:

"On April 4st, which is April Fool's Day, our Elite 1 will face Duke University!"

This statement came out.

Everyone was shocked:

"Du, Duke University?!"

"This is a super team!"

"How could we be so unlucky to meet Duke University!"

"It's over, it's over, our NCAA campaign at Purdue University is coming to an end."

Except Duke,

Almost everyone has no confidence!
Including Cam!

To know,
Duke University is a well-known strong team. In the NCAA, it is recognized as the champion seed team!
Seeing their unconfident expressions, Painter also shook his head secretly. To be honest, he also had no confidence.
Duke University is an aristocrat in the NCAA basketball school, and it is led by the super coach Coach K...

No matter from which aspect, this is a duel with a small chance of winning!

but,

quickly,
He saw hope in Du Qi's face!

Instead of losing confidence, Du Qi looked expectant!

"Du, you look very motivated!"

"Of course it is!"

Du Qi replied to the coach.

Then he glanced at Cam, Holden and others, and continued:

"I'm not like them. They look down on themselves one by one, and feel that they are not as good as Duke University players."

He said so,
Immediately offended public outrage:
"Damn Du!"

"Du, don't be arrogant!"

"Damn! Who do you look down on?!"

"..."

Seeing this scene, Painter felt quite a headache, so he hurriedly stopped them.

It's hard to calm down everyone's emotions.
He asked seriously again:

"Now, you guys answer me again, do you have confidence against Duke University?"

"Have!"

"Even if it's to suppress Du's arrogance, I still want to defeat Duke University and fight for my breath!"

"We will win!"

"Definitely win!"

Du Qi spread his hands:

"It seems that only my super genius can inspire your confidence to win the game."

Cam: "..."

Holden: "I really can't stand him..."

Sney: "The megalomaniac..."

……

Paynter watched the scene with a smile on his face,
Although Du Qi was a little overconfident,

But it is undeniable,
His trump card did not lose confidence, and it also drove everyone to have confidence!

Painter said:

"Okay, that's it!"

then,

To Duke said:
"Du, you have to lead everyone to cheer!"

"necessary!"

Duke replied, "But coach, if you..."

"What am I?"

"If you can apply for my full scholarship, then I will be more motivated to lead everyone to win this game!"

"..."

Why does this guy have money in his eyes?
(End of this chapter)