"Coach, what do you think of the school's prospects this season? Are you worried about losing the top two spots?"

Three days before the opening game, Gustic held a regular press conference before the new season in the school gymnasium.

As a traditional powerhouse, North Carolina has lost its two stars Carter and Jamison this season, but the school's attention has not diminished at all.

These days, there are more and more news about Maryland and North Carolina. In the old society, it is impossible for the two teams to eat at the same table.

However, the strength shown by the University of Maryland in the previous warm-up games earned them recognition. The personal performances of Francis and Li Ang were also very amazing.

What is the concept of Francis' performance of averaging 20 points per game in the NCAA?

For comparison, Carter averaged only 15.6 points per game last season, and Jamison averaged 22.10 points per game.

And these two were both ranked in the top ten of the draft.

Although the warm-up games can certainly not be compared with the official games, although Li Ang is already a sophomore and Francis is already a junior, although the level of players' draft picks is not a simple and crude comparison of data.

But the performance of these two people still makes people think about it.

North Carolina is undoubtedly the best stepping stone for these two potential rising stars to take off.

This showdown between new forces and fallen nobles is always a favorite drama for reporters and fans.

"The University of Maryland is very good. Well, the boxing opening show between Leon and Francis was even more attractive. It was so cool." Gustic replied with a mocking tone.

In his opinion, those two college students were very naive. North Carolina, with its well-established system, could not be defeated by people like them.

This is not a wild field!

So he went on to add:

"However, the basketball game is not about whose opening performance is cooler. My players will do their best. As for whether they can keep the top two positions, we will know when the opening game starts."

Gustic was angry from the bottom of his heart that reporters were discussing North Carolina and Maryland together.

In terms of players' individual abilities, Gustic admitted that Leon and Francis may be more talented.

But basketball, especially college basketball, is never a one-man game.

After North Carolina's several warm-up games this year, German Ademola Okulaya, who averaged the highest scoring average, only averaged 13.9 points per game.

Even in the NCAA environment, this kind of scoring performance is not amazing.

But four of North Carolina's top five players can average double figures in points per game. This is North Carolina's style this year.

Gustic needs to use the ultimate team and extremely tight interior defense to fill the vacancies left by Jamison and Carter.

In the days when Li Ang and Francis were smashing frames one after another, and the training hall was filled with the sound of hammering every day, three days passed very quickly.

The night before the opening game of the new season, Francis went to bed early, while Li Ang lay on the bed and opened the system interface.

Sure enough, the dungeon mission has been refreshed. In addition to the currently unavailable Barkley 2.0 dungeon, there is a new option.

"At the beginning of the new season, a copy will be unlocked based on the host's current abilities - a copy of Charles Oakley University.

Dungeon mission: Break all doubts and contempt like the old oak tree did, and move towards the first round!

Mission goal: average a 16-10 double-double per game this season, and cannot lose in fights (if there are no conflicts this season, the mission will automatically fail)."

Li Ang looked at the mission description and suddenly felt a little unresponsive.

Does it seem like something strange has gotten in?

God can't lose a fight with his horse, what the hell is this!?

Can you tell me how your basketball system comes up with such a task?

Old hooligan: Yes, why is there such a strange mission as 16 10? Just arrange for him to fight. Carrying a ball is completely redundant!

After confirming that he had read it correctly, Li Ang could only say that this copy of Oakley was too real.

Putting it this way, if there is a copy of Bird in the future, will there be an additional task that requires you to beep and not overturn?

If there is a copy of Chamberlain, wouldn't it be...

Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk!

Li Ang is really speechless. I persuade Li Tianwang with my virtue and never do such illegal things. What do you want me to do for this task? I don't know how to fight!

Huh? Why do you feel like you have heard this before?

However, even if you fail to complete the fighting mission, as long as you complete the other two, the progress of the dungeon can still reach over 50%, and you can get some rewards.

Thinking this way, Li Ang felt more relieved.

After reading the copy of the new season, Li Ang also closed his eyes with peace of mind.

Finally, in early November, when the NBA was still far away from the start of the season, the ACC League regular season opener, which was broadcast live across the United States, officially started!

In the school, the fans have created an extremely enthusiastic atmosphere for the game.

Banners cheering for the basketball team were hung all over the campus, and the campus was full of fans wearing dark red University of Maryland T-shirts.

Avery and Nicole also wore T-shirts to cheer for the team and followed the flow of people towards Colefield Arena.

"Isn't it lively? Let's have some fun!" Avery said, raising Nicole's hand and cheering along with the crowd around her.

NCAA fans are often more crazy and passionate than NBA fans.

Nicole looked at the revelers around her, some of whom even had red paint on their faces.

She has learned painting and music since she was a child and listened to her parents. She has never experienced such wild scenes.

Because it was broadcast live across the United States, many reporters naturally walked into the campus and randomly interviewed fans on campus.

Su Junyang also arrived at the scene today. There is no NBA to report on now, so he applied to follow and report on Li Ang's game.

It was also his first time to experience the NCAA in person, and it was very refreshing to see the fans so excited.

So, he caught a female fan wearing an AC short skirt and interviewed her.

"Hello, do you think the Terrapins can win tonight?"

"Of course, I fucked those Madfak guys from North Carolina, yeah!" Although she is a female fan, this girl is not reserved at all.

"Uh... So, do you know Li Ang? The Chinese player from the Terrapins."

Su Junyang was looking forward to the answer to this question. He wanted to know what foreign students thought of Li Ang, a good boy.

"Of course I know him. He previously pushed the famous Lamar Odom to the ground and rubbed him. People say he is the wildest man in the Terrapins.

If Li Ang can still win today, I am willing to reward him well!" After saying that, the fan blinked meaningfully.

"Ah... cut off this part and don't allow it to be broadcast!" Su Junyang quickly turned around and blocked the camera. Everyone was dumbfounded.

Your reward sounds unfair!

Damn it, this is a high-end university after all, but the female students are rewarded with Madfak every bite. Are all the college students in the Mi Li family playing so hard now?

Domestic public support: Nonsense! College students just read books on the subway!

"I'll go, did you see anything going on outside when you came to the arena today? They all came to see us!"

In the Terrapins locker room, Francis was restless.

Li Ang is relatively calm. To be honest, he won't be surprised no matter how enthusiastic the NCAA fans are.

In his previous life, Li Ang once saw a news story. It was said that after Cornell University won a game one year, a female fan was so happy that she took off her clothes to celebrate on the spot and let the strangers around her take advantage of her.

This kind of thing happens every year in the NCAA, there is nothing they can't do.

At this time, Gary Williams and assistant coach Ron Sr. pushed open the door and walked into the locker room. Gary clapped his hands vigorously.

"Okay, are you almost ready? The committee arranged for us to play North Carolina in the opening game. Everyone knows what it means. This is the beginning of our overthrow of the old dynasty!

Last season, we lost to North Carolina twice, and they didn't even look at us. But this year, we will never allow them to run wild on our territory, leave!"

Gary Williams yelled loudly, and the players who were emotionally aroused also loudly echoed: "Elbow!"

When he walked to the exit of the players' tunnel, Li Ang found that Ao Pang was still shaking.

"Relax Obina, I don't care whether North Carolina has Haywood or Okuraya inside. But in my mind, you have always been the best center in the ACC.

If you are so old and you let your hands and feet go, they won't be able to bear it!"

Li Ang raised his head slightly and looked at Obina.

The registered heights of both of them are 2.06 meters. Don't ask why Li Ang raised his head slightly to look into Obina's eyes.

As we all know, 2.06 meters is different between different people.

After saying that, Li Ang squeezed Obinna's shoulders to let him relax.

Obina was a little confused. Since she was a child, Obina was a Nigerian immigrant, and she was fat and unpleasant, so she didn't have many friends.

Being introverted, he has always been very unconfident. Most fat people actually have some inferiority complex.

This was the first time someone other than his parents had said something like "Aoao needle stick" to him, and the first time someone had praised him so generously.

Moreover, in Obina's view, social people like Li Ang have always been outspoken and would never say comforting words.

He must think from the bottom of his heart that I am great!

So, Obina turned his head and held Li Ang's hand on his shoulder: "Don't worry Li, I won't back down!"
To be continued...