The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

"Stuyvesant High School!"

As soon as Hibbert finished speaking, Zuo Li put his hand on Coach Hibbert's forehead. After finding that he had no fever, he turned his head sideways and looked at the sky from the window.

No problem, the sun is still rising from the east, and it's still broad daylight, and the coach's head isn't burning, so why is he talking nonsense.

"Well, coach, did you say the name wrong?" Zuo Li reminded in a low voice. There are so many high schools in New York, and some of the names are indeed very similar. Words, there is no way to combine and combine them. A wrong pronunciation may change the school.

For example, Stevenson is in California, and Stuyvesant is in New York, so you must see clearly when you apply for the exam, otherwise you can't blame others for getting into Harbin Buddhist College.

"That's right, I've been in New York for so long, how can I still misjudge the school, it's Stuyvesant!" Hibbert replied loudly.

But Zuo Li felt a bit more comfortable.

Speaking of being in New York, who has never heard of the name of Stuyvesant High School. As one of the few public high schools in the United States, it is definitely the cradle of talents. Since its establishment in 1904, it has always been the top public high school in the United States. Five ace schools, which is also the best public high school in New York.

Someone once said, "American public schools are scumbags, and the elites all go to private schools." This sentence is only wrong when you encounter certain public high schools, and Stuyvesant High School is one of them.

Just look at his enrollment rate. Last year, 3.67% of Stuyvesant High School graduates entered Harvard University, Princeton University, and Yale University, ranking ninth among public high schools in the United States. If you count other top schools including the Ivy League For universities, the enrollment rate is about 25%.

As for his honor, there are more. If you let go, you can talk about a chapter. This thing is fine, but it is not necessary. Those who are interested can search for it by themselves.

As for how Zuo Li knew so clearly, it was of course because Zuo Li had worked as a basketball assistant in a certain public high school in New York City before crossing, so he naturally knew a little about the entire public high school in New York City, and the collection of information couldn't be so one-sided as basketball.

But none of that matters, what matters is...

"Stuyvesant High School also has basketball?" Zuo Li definitely asked this question from the bottom of his heart, because he led his high school to play many high school league games in his previous life, but he had never met Stuyvesant College...

"Ahem, ahem, of course, but we have been playing in the state's second-tier league, so..." At this time, the man in the suit who had been silent all the way finally couldn't help speaking.

At this time, Zuo Li learned from Mr. Derek's introduction that this white man in a wrinkled suit turned out to be the vice principal of Stevenson High School. His name was Harry Wells, and he was in charge of sports.

"This, you know, our sports have not been very good..."

"Cough cough cough, I'm sorry, you continue." Zuo Li couldn't help coughing twice, almost couldn't hold back, who in New York doesn't know how good Stuyvesant is in studies, and how much he stretches his hips in sports, in New York Stuyvesant was an embarrassing B- in all high school athletics.

"We just changed the principal. Like you, she is also of yellow race. In addition to still attaching great importance to the quality of teaching, she also proposed to increase investment in sports. Rebuilding the basketball team is the most important part of it."

"So we want to invite you to join our basketball team!"

"Uh, but, don't you all have to pass the exam to get in?" Zuo Li scratched his head. Stuyvesant is notoriously difficult to pass the exam. About 26000 students sign up for the school's admissions exam every year, of which only about 800 Only 3% of students are admitted.

The test includes mathematics (word questions, computer) and Chinese (reading, logical reasoning, paragraph organization) ability tests. According to New York regulations, admission can only be obtained by taking part in competitive, objective, and academic exams. In a word , Those who entered were all absolute academic masters.

Although Zuo Li has good grades and a very smart head, he has always got A grades in the past few years, but it still takes some trouble to get in.

"We have already considered this, so we have a special quota. As long as you pass the baseline of our exam, we can specially recruit you to the school, and you will be provided with food and housing, and a scholarship!"

"That's it..." Zuo Li nodded, this condition is full of sincerity.

And this also makes sense. In the last life, I heard that Stuyvesant had changed to a Chinese principal, and the proportion of Chinese in the school was getting higher and higher. It turned out that it was in the past two years.

As for rebuilding the basketball team, it is not difficult to understand. New officials always want to make some achievements when they take office, but Stuyvesant's cultural achievements have always been top-notch. There are almost no ones that overwhelm it, so it is too difficult to improve from here.

Then sports is the best direction to start. After all, a poor foundation means that there is a lot of room for improvement.

Don't say that schools with good cultural performance don't care about their achievements in other fields. On the contrary, they all care about their own achievements in other fields.

A simple example, in addition to comparing studies, the annual rowing competition between Harvard and Yale has become the focus of competition. The rowing competition between the two sides has a history of more than 150 years. This event has also attracted the attention of people from all over the world. As for Stanford and Berkeley , have always fallen in love with each other for the sake of rugby results. In the United States, there are countless such examples.

And basketball performance has always been a sharp weapon for other schools to mock Stuyvesant High School. According to New Yorkers, Stuyvesant is considered a basketball desert.

In order to change this situation, Harry was entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Well, the main thing is to find talents, but obviously, this is not easy. After all, players who are good players have better choices. Lack of high school requirements, as for Stuyvesant High School's better education level, it is not very attractive to those who are determined to enter the professional team.

To be honest, even for Zuo Li, it was the same. Even if the conditions were acceptable, Zuo Li still hesitated.

Seeming to see Zuo Li's hesitation, Hibbert took the initiative to say to Harry: "Old man, we have already met the meeting, and the conditions have been stated. Give us three days to consider, because Zuo Li will sign a contract with AND1 tomorrow. We also need to talk about the contract."

Harry could only sigh helplessly when he heard this: "Okay, then three days, I will contact you again in three days, and you must give me an answer no matter what."

Harry left after speaking, and he didn't forget to buy the coffee order before he left. This must have done his homework, but judging from his expression, it was obvious that he had no hope for Zuo Li's joining.

"Hey, where else can I find this talent." Harry was very sad. The vice-principal in charge of sports was really Stuyvesant's most humble vice-principal.

And Zuo Li saw that Harry left, he didn't hide it anymore, and said directly: "Coach, my original plan was to apply for Oak Hill High School!"