In the United States, no matter how the NBA develops, how many games there are every year, how many honors, money and status players can get, and college basketball have an extremely strong position, which can be seen from the crazy March every year.

Even when the NCAA national competition has not yet begun and schools are playing in district leagues and cross-district challenges, the fanaticism of a college game is no less than that of ordinary NBA games, and is even more popular than some bad teams vs bad teams.

Gan Guoyang still remembers that he played his first game at Gonzaga University, but he went to Los Angeles to play a warm-up match with UCLA. The scene was filled with UCLA students, and the golden and pink ocean is still unforgettable to him.

Not to mention the NCAA Finals that set a record in 1984.

We rushed to Nottdam last night to rest for a night. The next day, Gan Guoyang and his group went to Notre Dame University to watch the game between the two teams. The game was held at 3 pm.

When I arrived at the Notre Dame stadium, the long-lost feeling came again, which was different from the grand momentum of the NCAA Finals. This kind of medium-sized gymnasium was full of students and fans in uniform dress. The stadium was clean and neat, without billboards, cameras, and crowds of reporters. This was a simple basketball game.

The arrival of Gan Guoyang also caused quite a stir. No one, the hottest star in the league, will take the time to run so far to watch a college game, and many fans come forward to find Gan Guoyang to sign.

But soon, the protagonist in the stadium became the players of the University of Central Maryland and Notre Dame, and Gan Guoyang's arrival was just a small episode.

The game progress was so fast that Gan Guoyang was a little uncomfortable now. The 40-minute game was divided into the first and second half. The referee did not whistle many times, and there was no official timeout in the game. Both sides played very smoothly.

Relatively speaking, the University of Maryland has an advantage in strength, but Notre Dame has the home court, and the fans cheered and shouted, even Gan Guoyang and Parkson Cort were infected and started to make waves with the fans.

The exciting thing about college basketball is that they play authentic team basketball. In 1986, college basketball also introduced rules that restrict offensive time, so the game became more compact and beautiful.

Gan Guoyang and Paxson came this time mainly to see the core small forward of the University of Maryland, Ren Baias.

"Horse" Ren Baias won the ACC (Atlantic League) best player last season, and the game has been halfway through this season. With Ren Baias' performance, he is likely to win this honor again - this is what Jordan did in 1983 and 1984.

"Wow! The speed is so fast. If he enters the NBA, you will be like passing the big road in the early morning. Isn't it Jim?" Gan Guoyang looked at Baiyas and passed the defender with one step, breaking into the inside and making a layup before the two closed the double-team.

At this time, the game was at a critical moment, and Notre Dame was still two points behind Maryland. Baias's breakthrough also gave the team a reassurance.

"Don't learn from Bird's words. He is indeed very likely to participate in the draft next year. It is said that when he first entered college, Jordan was not his opponent."

"Stop kidding, he is not as good as Jordan, but he is indeed a good guy, but he is a little lazy on the court, and I don't like it." Gan Guoyang looked at the situation on the court, Notre Dame relied on active frontcourt rebounds to score a goal under the basket, and Baiyas stood outside and watched for a long time, but he didn't rush inside and snatch it.

“Genius always have some privileges.”

“The more privileges, the more you have to do and the greater your responsibilities.”

In the end, the University of Maryland was even stronger, defeating Notre Dame University by 77:73 and 4 points away. Baiyas scored a game-high 28 points and scored 10 points in the last 5 minutes, becoming the most dazzling star in the game.

There was no post-match press conference, and no large number of reporters rushed to log in. The game ended, as if the movie ended, and the fans left one after another, but it seemed that everyone was not sad, and they were very happy in groups of three or three.

This is the charm of basketball. Even if the result is not so perfect, the whole process is enough to make people happy.

After the game, Gan Guoyang and the other two went to the locker rooms of the two teams together. The college students on both sides were very enthusiastic. They discovered Gan Guoyang during the game on the court, and many of them claimed that they were fans of Gan Guoyang.

However, Gan Guoyang mainly wants to see Lun Baiyas, who is the most dazzling star in this game. Although his enthusiasm on the defensive end is not so outstanding, he is really talented and extremely impactful. His playing style seems to be quite advanced in Gan Guoyang's opinion. His position is between a small forward and a power forward. His speed is faster than an average power forward and his physique is stronger than a small forward. This is completely the standard for a 21st world forward player.

There is a precedent for NBA players to contact college players in advance. Johnson, a magician who was famous all over the United States, met Dr. J, a super popular balloon star in the ABA-NBA early on, and under the leadership of Irving, he saw the NBA locker room for the first time, strengthening his determination to end his studies early and enter the NBA to become a professional player.

Like the magician, Baiyas also has a bright smile. At the same time, he speaks well and has a star-like appearance, which allows him to have a great time talking to Gan Guoyang soon.

Gan Guoyang told Baias a lot of interesting stories about the NBA and some knowledge about the team's internal operations. Other players in the locker room were a little fascinated by the NBA after hearing this. University of Maryland coach Rydersell had to remind Gan Guoyang not to say too much about this, which would make his players unwilling to stay in school.

In any case, this was a good contact. Gan Guoyang also invited students from both sides of the team to the best restaurant in Nottdam to have a big meal.

Since there was still a game the next day, the three of them did not stop in Nottdam for any more and rushed back to Indianapolis overnight. At this time, the other Trail Blazers players had already left Indiana and returned to Portland in the morning.

Gan Guoyang and Paxson seemed very excited along the way. To be honest, the players' lives during the league may not be much better than those white-collar workers. They spend endless games, a lot of time on transportation, half of their days have to live in hotels, and the work pressure is actually very huge.

The advantage is that they make a lot of money and have a lot of money. Moreover, in the 1980s, the salary of players has not reached the point where they make money for others in a year, especially ordinary players.

So just going to college to have fun with the students, Gan Guoyang felt very happy. Anyway, he is not the kind of guy who likes to go to places of music and sex, and his daily life is really boring.

Among the three, only Corte seemed a little silent, and on the way back, he was a little silent.

"Hey Steve, what's wrong? Are you sulking for not having fans asking you for autographs? Don't do this, come and sign me an autograph, Mr. Colt! Your recent performance is amazing!" Gan Guoyang looked at Colt without saying a word, took out a small notebook from his pocket and went forward to tease him.

After experiencing drug abuse incidents, under the "strict surveillance" of Gan Guoyang, Cort finally got rid of the temptation of marijuana and returned to the right track.

Some time ago, Colt performed well in the game. In the game against Boston, he contributed 22 points and 5 assists, and in the game against the Warriors, he scored another 26 points and 5 assists.

Recently, with Valentine's injury, Colter became the starting point guard, and his performance became more stable and reliable. He came from behind in the competition with Porter and ran to the leading position.

Hearing Gan Guoyang's words, Corte looked at Gan Guoyang with a dead eye, ignored him, and said, "I mean, in their team, I mean, there are people taking drugs in the University of Maryland."

"What?" Gan Guoyang felt like he had heard it wrong.

"Of course, I haven't seen anyone taking drugs... But I've smoked marijuana, and I know the state of people smoking marijuana, or taking other drugs, and the smell on their bodies. I can feel that there must be someone taking drugs in them, and there are more than one." Cort said with a serious face.

Gan Guoyang knew that since Colter got rid of marijuana, he had also had a deep awakening and learned that drugs - even soft drugs like marijuana, have caused great harm to people, especially for professional athletes.

"There are indeed more and more drug users nowadays. This is not a good phenomenon. Sooner or later, it will harm the entire league. Fortunately, no one in our team takes drugs." Paxson said on the side.

When Colt couldn't help but blush when he heard Paxson say that no one on the Trail Blazers was taking drugs, he couldn't help but blush. Fortunately, his face was dark and he couldn't tell at all.

When Gan Guoyang heard about taking drugs, some memories emerged in his mind.

In his impression, in the mid-to-late 1980s, a player in the NBA did die due to overdose, which eventually led to a drug storm in the league.

But Gan Guoyang really had no impression of who this person was and when he was selected into the NBA. He just knew about it.

"Len Baias?Len Baias? It seems a bit like him. Could it be him?" Gan Guoyang recited the name of Lun Baias. The more he read it, the more he felt that this seemed to be the player who died of drug abuse.

Gan Guoyang's feeling is right. Lun Baiyas was the one who died of a heart attack during a cocaine use after the 1986 draft.
Chapter completed!