King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 25 Entering the Tournament

Back in the dormitory, He Yixiang also came to the training hall with Cousins. The Tigers of the University of Memphis also met for the first time. Coach John Calipari, one of the legendary NCAA coaches, is the only one who leads different teams. The coach who reached the NCAA semi-finals was originally invited by Kentucky to coach the Kentucky Wildcats after his season with the highest salary in the college men's basketball team. Indeed, Kentucky has a better basketball tradition than Memphis. In their history, they have won 7 NCAA championship, second only to UCLA.But in the end, after watching the performance of He Yixiang and Cousins ​​​​and knowing that they would join, he decided to stay in Memphis for the last year, and won the first NCAA championship for Memphis and himself.

Seeing He Yixiang coming, John Calipari also seemed very happy. His DDM system desperately needs a defender with breakthrough ability and wide vision to break through with the ball. Originally, Wall was very suitable for his tactics, but He Yixiang matched him Although the breakthrough ability may be insufficient, but the better vision and long-range shooting ability, coupled with the better tacit understanding with the low-post Cousins ​​and He Yixiang required by his tactics, he finally chose He Yixiang.Sure enough, in the first training session, He Yixiang gave him a great surprise. He was extremely firm in his choice of offense and passing, and his wide field of vision always allowed him to pass the basketball to the players who needed it immediately. If you pass it on, you can vote if you change your vote.

It is common for the NCAA to directly build teams with freshmen as the core, and other players are not dissatisfied. After all, He Yixiang and Cousins ​​are guys who became famous as early as high school. Vince also got the core position as soon as he entered. After finishing his freshman year, he was selected by the Kings with the fourth overall pick this year, so there is basically no objection to using them as the core.He Yixiang integrated into the tactics of the entire team very quickly, and He Yixiang integrated quickly, and the tacit understanding between Cousins ​​and He Yixiang meant that Cousins ​​​​integrated quickly.For the rapid integration of the core, Hudson and John Calipari are very satisfied.

"This Chinese kid is no worse than Rose and Evans." Assistant coach Hudson looked at He Yixiang, who was running like flying on the training ground.

John Calipari smiled and looked at the assistant coach: "In general, he is even better. Although the breakthrough is slightly worse, he has a wider three-pointer and a wider vision, and his basketball IQ is simply not like his peers. For him as a whole I am very relieved to see the brains of this team, and there is Cousins ​​who is like a beast, and he has such a high level of tacit understanding. For this year, I have great hopes."

"That's right, these two guys are at least at the level of the top five in the lottery this year. Why should they leave a championship for Memphis the year before they leave! Look at Zach, he was about to cry!"

In the next few days of training, He Yixiang and Cousins ​​made this group of old students miserable. Hey, don't you want to show some respect to the seniors?Is it appropriate to lead by [-] points at halftime?Naturally, Su Ruoxuan often comes to take some photos of He Yixiang's training. Even if she has lessons, the white girl Susan will do it for her. It is a kind of enjoyment for the fans in the group, and she has a feeling of developing a plan for He Yixiang.

Soon, the first game of the Memphis Tigers came. He Yixiang and Cousins ​​all played. However, in just three quarters, He Yixiang and Cousins ​​scored 24 points, 8 assists and 27 points and 11 rebounds. Punch out of get off work. The c-usa small competition area is too weak for He Yixiang and Cousins. They feel that they are not as strong as their high school opponents.

"He, they are too weak. We must be the champions this year." Cousins ​​leaned lazily on the bench, drinking Gatorade in his hand, watching the score that was already ahead by almost 30 points, and it was also the beginning Talk nonsense.

He Yixiang frowned, and patted Cousins ​​on the head: "Don't be complacent, this division is very weak, let's talk about it after reaching the top 64 of the tournament." , he just laughed.

The news of the first big victory spread back to China very quickly, and the Basketball Pioneer even specially set up an NCAA section for He Yixiang to report on He Yixiang's games. Poor Chen Weidong naturally became the No. 1 pick, several times. The protest still failed, and the pretense was that you were so familiar with each other, and you were easy to talk about in interviews, so you were sent to Memphis to stay permanently. He Yixiang's excellent performance in the first game also excited the country.

"Not bad, not bad, the two of you can quickly adapt to the rhythm of the NCAA. Judging from the first game, you already have the strength to win the championship for Memphis, but you must maintain stability. You must know that after the NCAA 64 tournament It is a single-game elimination system. You must not only have enough strength, but also have enough stability." Although coach John Calipari has been famous in the NCAA for a long time, he is still a little happy about the team's first victory.He Yixiang also became more familiar with his teammates after this game. Both Anderson and Zach are junior seniors with extremely high tactical literacy. They both have very good shooting ability and defense. This is also John Calipa. Coach Li's most important requirement for role players, although they may not be in the NBA, they also want to leave more imprints on their youth, such as winning championships.

In the next game, He Yixiang led the Memphis Tigers in the sub-divisions, entered the tournament with a record of 31 wins and 3 losses, and won the second seed.He Yixiang averaged 17 points per game, 7.4 assists beat Wall's 16.5 points, 6.5 assists and became a popular candidate for the best point guard in the NCAA.Wall was obviously dissatisfied with being suppressed by others in his vote: "It's normal for the division in Memphis to win this statistic. If he meets me, I will tell him what a real point guard is. Of course, he has to meet him first." You have to go up to me."

He Yixiang hadn't fought back yet, and there was a bloodbath in China first, and almost every basketball fan was fighting back angrily. Of course, Wall certainly couldn't see these counterattacks, but as He Yixiang's chief younger brother, Cousins, he The words will appear in the American media, and this grumpy guy can't stand it: "Oh, is that the guy who wanted to come to coach John Calipari and was rejected in the end?"

Of course, this sentence must have been heard by Wall, and Wall suddenly seemed to be caught in the key point, and he didn't speak for several days, until finally he said: "Speak with basketball."

He Yixiang has also been in the United States for so many years, so naturally he can't be cowardly when he encounters provocations, not to mention that his younger brother has spoken for him first: "OK, then let the game prove who is the point guard."

(End of this chapter)