The city of Bethesda in February was very cold. From the 3rd floor of the inpatient department, you can only see a snowy world. The winter all look lifeless and lifeless, including the ward where Morris lives.

Morris has been taken back to his hometown by his parents, Bethesda, a small town in Maryland. The March Crazy Championship is about to start. Although the regular season is not over yet, the possibility of the Tornado team being selected for the competition is very high. Now the Tornado team is only one win behind the University of Kansas, which is ranked No. 1. But that has nothing to do with Morris. He is now a person who cannot even be independent of the most basic living.

"In order to restore the Achilles tendon to its best state, it will take two months to walk with a crutch. It takes six to eight months to walk independently without a crutch. I think it will take more than ten months to return to the basketball court. Of course, this can only be done when the recovery is smooth." The doctor in Bethesda answered Morris and Ricard. If Morris wants to play basketball, at least it will have to wait until after 10 years.

There are indeed hospitals in the United States that can do better than this, but only professional athletes can afford that level of treatment. Although Iowa State University agreed to Ricard's application and was willing to pay the Morris family a certain amount of medical expenses every month, how much is it willing to pay for student players?

The environment outside was dead, and Morris's black eyes were like stagnant water.

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The enthusiasm of the Tornado players is getting lower and lower, and the shadow of injuries is overwhelming the hearts of every player. This does not mean that they are lazy when training, but that the atmosphere in the entire gym is very depressing and heavy.

In such an atmosphere, the team played three more games, winning and losing two. If the Tornado team could not even hold on to the second place and let such a decline show, it is really hard to say whether they can enter the March Crazy Championship. Because except for the league champions that can automatically become popular, whether all other teams can enter the March Crazy game depends on the performance of the season and the committee will select the participating teams based on factors such as results, league strength and weakness. The Big Twelve League is not a very strong league, so there may not be too many places to be selected.

Ricard could no longer bear it. Morris was injured and he would not be better than anyone here, but the fall of his teammates could not be an excuse for these guys to give up on themselves!

"You are just a bunch of crappy people!" During the daily training, Ricard, who was sitting on the court and pondering, cursed without warning. Even Divac, who was guiding Anjie and Asakin next to him, was startled and jumped.

Everyone in the gymnasium stared at Ricard.

"If any of you were injured and Morris was still here, he would definitely put in ten times your efforts to win the game instead of his quit teammates. In order to play, he even accepted the difficult punishment I proposed without hesitation. I know that he could stay in the end was the result of your joint efforts, but the person who had the courage to take on this challenge was Morris! If it were someone else that day, he might have given up! You are disappointing the fans, let ourselves down, and let Morris, who is still lying on the hospital bed!" Ricard's face turned red with anger.

"Morris was injured not to see you cowards lead the team to failure! The reason why he was injured was because Morris wanted to send us all to March Crazy! Let us whirlwind on the national stage! Now you are going to use victory to inspire Morris! Instead of waiting for Morris to support the crutch to inspire you!" Ricard was not the first time he had a temper in the gym, but he had never been as excited as he was now.

"Everyone train well! The boss is right. We can't let that boy Morris watch our jokes on the hospital bed!" Mike Taylor is undoubtedly the captain of the locker room now. Apart from the coach, the players are most convinced by him. Not only because of Taylor's good performance on the court, but also because he has leadership skills that others do not have.

After Ricard's scolding, the players' training attitude gradually became serious. The Tornado team can be said to be well controlled by Ricard's head coach. The players didn't know what to do for two days.

While the coach can fully control the team, he can maintain a harmonious relationship with the players. As a rookie college coach, Ricard has done a very good job in this point.

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On February 5, in the penultimate game of the Big 12 regular season, the Iowa State University Tornados hosted the Ohio State University Orange Cowboys at home. If this game wins, they will be on par with the No. 1 Kansas Predators, and then decide the final winner in the final game. The temperature in the winter is very cold, but the Big 12 games continue to heat up.

Angel took out a jersey from Morris' cabinet in the locker room and immediately put it on his body and tried it.

"Well, it's a bit tight, I don't think it's exposed." Anjie waved his arms and tried the tightness. Although Anjie was thinner, his height and shoulder width were higher than Morris's jersey, so Morris's jersey was still a little tighter on Anjie.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Mike Taylor wrote something on his white lining vest with a marker.

"Of course, do this in front of the entire stadium and in front of the camera." Anjie put his jersey outside the Morris jersey, which fit very well. If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that he's wearing two layers.

Just then, the other players who went out to warm up had just returned.

"What are you two doing in the locker room secretly?" Anthony had never seen these two guys go back to the locker room early when they were warming up.

"Nothing, nothing." An Jie waved his hand with a smile.

"Okay guys!"

Hearing this voice, the players immediately sat in their seats, and they knew that Ricard was about to appear in the locker room.

"Time flies so fast, the penultimate game of the regular season is everyone. We have entered the circle of the NCAA Crazy March Championship with only one foot, but we may be pushed out at any time. Our goal is still only 1, win!" Ricard said and started writing his name on the whiteboard.

"Costa Cuffus! Angel, another powerful opponent, you still remember what you said a few days ago!"

"Of course, let me leave it to me." An Jie was ready to say that there were quite a few excellent centers playing in the Big 12th League. However, after the baptism of the NCAA regular season and the teachings of Divac for several months, An Jie is now full of confidence when facing any opponent. Before entering the league, he weighed less than yioo kilograms, and he has now increased to yio 8 kilograms. Although he is still not as heavy as others, his progress has never been interrupted. The strength of his upper and lower limbs has also been greatly improved through continuous training. Ricard did not misunderstand this shy big man who played in the wild court. His level of hard work and progress are very surprising.

Of course, this does not mean that Anjie can easily defeat today's opponent Kufus. If Anjie is the dark horse that has emerged this season, then Kufus is a star center who has become famous in high school.

Like Angeli, Kufus is not an American, but comes from Greece, the origin of the Olympics, but Kufus came to this country of basketball in high school.

This gentle boy beat all sides in the American high school league and scored a big double-double. This experience is very similar to Anjie's experience in NCAA. So far, Kufus averaged 4.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and yi.8 blocks per game. Although the average data is not as good as Anjie's yi8.2 points and yi.yi rebounds, this is because Kufus' state suddenly declined when he reached half of the regular season, which lowered his data too much. However, no one knows when this big tall man will recover his courage, so no one dares to underestimate him.

At the beginning of the season, Kufus was considered the top ten players in this year's nBa draft. However, for some reason, he suddenly played poorly in the half of the regular season, which also led to his team losing hope of entering the March Crazy. However, in the last few games, Kufus and Ohio State both improved, and at this critical moment, the Tornados met them.

"The shooting percentage is 65.6, and the three-point shooting percentage is as high as 42.9! Kufus is an opponent with a larger shooting range than you! Don't let him shoot, I will send Asakin and you to form a double center lineup. When Kufus goes out, I want you to follow him without hesitation, so the inside will be safe and leave it to Asakin to protect!" Ricard said and looked at Anjie. This kid has never disappointed him, and hopes that he will be the same today.

"I will stick to my opponent like Anthony Ben." Anjie patted Ben on the shoulder where he was sitting next to him.

"Listen, maybe you will become negative and sad about Morris' misfortune, but have you ever thought about how uncomfortable Morris himself is! I really hope you can help him realize this crazy March dream and bring the team to the top 64 in the country. This is the greatest reward for your efforts! Tell Morris that his efforts are not in vain! Come on the court!" Ricardyi pushed open the door to the locker room, and the noise in the court immediately came in.

Anjie looked at the two-layer jersey he wore, and felt that his whole body was full of strength. On the jersey, underneath Anjie's name was Morris, and they were still fighting side by side on the court.

"Let's go Morris, it's time for us to play." Anjie lowered his head and kissed the two jerseys on his body, allowing Taylor, who was leading the way, and the other players rushed out of the player channel.

Morris watched the live broadcast on TV on the hospital bed, and the picture was showing his teammates coming out of the player channel. He hoped that he could also be in that team and on the court. Now his teammates formed a circle on the court, which was a ceremony for mutual encouragement before the game, but now Morris could only lie in the hospital and stay out of the matter.

He wanted to turn off the TV to escape reality, but he was unable to press the turn off button on the TV remote control for a long time. This is a team he regarded as a family, and the players on the court are all his brothers! How could he abandon them at this critical moment! Morris simply threw the remote control next to him and stared at the TV screen silently.

"Show well, only if we win will we have the chance to present this gift to Morris." Before both sides jumped the ball, Taylor touched Anjie with his elbow.

"No one can stop us today." An Jieyi changed his usual modest tone. After hammering his chest twice, he walked towards the middle circle with two layers of jerseys.
Chapter completed!