After the first game of the regular season, the Cowboys' performance did not disappoint the fans.

Counting the previous four warm-up games, this is already the Cowboys' fifth victory this season.

Before the game against the Buffaloes, people were still a little worried that the numbers of Tony Allen and Wayne would decline due to the increased intensity of the game.

But the result was that their data was barely affected at all!

Tony Allen's score once again exceeded the 30 mark. If he continues to perform like this, he may become the first player in the history of Oklahoma State University to score over 1,000 points in just two seasons.

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Although the best junior college-to-undergraduate player is already in his senior year, his ranking in draft predictions is still improving by leaps and bounds.

Of course, what surprised fans the most in this game was not Tony Allen, but Wayne, who had all-around statistics!

24 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks. In the NCAA, such comprehensive statistics are quite difficult to obtain.

The NCAA game itself is shorter than the NBA, plus the attack time of one round is 35 seconds.

Therefore, the number of rounds in a game is much less than in the NBA.

With a limited number of rounds, the statistics of college players are often not as exaggerated as those of NBA players.

But under these extremely harsh conditions, Wayne managed to record close to a triple-double.

This is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement.

The day after the game, when Wayne woke up early in the morning and went to get a newspaper from the dormitory door to read, he just stayed there.

Because the front page of the "Oklahoma Post" printed the photo of Wayne and Tony Allen chatting happily on the bench yesterday.

Above the photo, the headline has these words written in eye-catching bold fonts.

"Winning by 23 points! Russia and Russia have won consecutive victories. Will the Big 12 Conference be dominated?"

"The Oklahoma Post" is the best-selling newspaper in Russia. In this era when the Internet is not developed and mobile phones cannot read news at will, Russian residents buy a copy of "The Oklahoma Post" almost every day.

Newspaper to learn about the news.

In other words, at this moment, at least half of the people in Oklahoma are like Wayne, holding the newspaper and getting to know the two basketball stars in the photo.

Oklahoma State University is a traditional strong team, so college basketball is very popular in this state.

This means that Wayne and Tony Allen, who performed well, have now become basketball stars that everyone in Oklahoma knows.

When he first saw this report, Wayne was only surprised for a while, but he quickly came back to his senses.

After all, this isn't the first time he's been in the newspapers here, it's just the first time he's been on the front page.

But when Wayne went to train in the afternoon, he discovered that things were far from as simple as he imagined.

"This..." Wayne was stunned when he walked to the door of Gallagher-Elba Arena.

Wrong go?

No, this is indeed the place where I sweat every day.

So can anyone explain why so many people gathered in front of the arena today?

"It's Wei, he's here!"

"Oh my God, it's really him. He's taller than he looks in the newspaper!"

"He's the Yao Ming of Oklahoma!"

"No, the students here call him Rain Man from Oklahoma."

Before Wayne could react, he saw a group of enthusiastic fans rushing towards him.

What is certain is that most of the people in this group are not students at Oklahoma State University, and many of them look to be in their thirties or even older.

But they still gathered on campus just to see the two Russian stars who appeared in the newspaper.

After being surrounded by a group of people, Wayne was a little at a loss.

In this life... no, I have never encountered such a situation in these two lives.

Some fans held up Ohio State commemorative T-shirts to give Wayne's autograph, and some leaned over to take photos with Wayne.

There were even a few Chinese students who frantically shouted affectionate titles like "Brother Wei" in Chinese.

But this title sounds a bit strange to Wayne...why?

Does this mean that he is long-lasting on the basketball court?

Surrounded by the crowd, for a moment, Wayne even felt like an NBA star.

After finally getting rid of the fans and entering the arena, Wayne breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked back at the fans outside the stadium, but they still didn't want to leave.

So...is this my earliest fan base?

Speaking of which, since there are indeed a large number of people in the United States who have received college education, and the population mobility between cities is high, most people's sense of belonging to universities even exceeds their sense of belonging to cities.

This is completely different from China.

Because of this, the NCAA has a popularity comparable to that of professional leagues.

As long as someone graduates from this school, no matter which city he goes to work or settle down in the future, he will always be a fan of his alma mater's basketball team.

After Wayne waved to the fans, he was about to walk to the locker room. At this time, he happened to bump into Tony Allen walking in from the other end.

"Wei, are you stuck in traffic too?"

"Yes, otherwise do you think you are the only one who is so popular?"

"It's crazy, it never happened like this last season."

"Because last season we weren't strong enough to make the headlines of the best-selling newspaper in the state. Did you see what the newspaper said about us?" Wayne looked at Tony Allen and raised his fist.

"Russian Shuangshao! I like this name."

Tony gave Wayne a light fist bump knowingly, and then walked side by side to the locker room.

Eddie Sutton stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window of his office, looking at the crowds of fans outside the arena, smiling with great relief.

Sutton Sr. is not surprised at all by the popularity of Wayne and Tony Allen.

Because at this time, Russia really needs one or two basketball heroes to cheer up the sad basketball atmosphere in recent years.

All this stems from an accident in 2001.

In January 2001, on the way back to Stillwater after the Cowboys played an away game, one of the three charter flights crashed due to a snowstorm.

This accident directly resulted in the death of all 10 people including players, trainers, commentators, team managers, and student assistants!

This incident brought a huge blow to the entire school and even the entire continent, and the entire basketball atmosphere was immersed in sadness.

However, since there were no basketball stars from the University of Ohio in the following years, the morale of the fans was as sluggish as the team.

It was not until this year that the emergence of Wayne and Tony Allen gave the city new hope and a new role model.

Russia needs basketball stars so much now. It has never been so urgently needed.

Fans throughout Russia were very eager to have a new spiritual pillar after that incident.

After waiting for two and a half years, they finally had Wayne and Tony.

So, when they saw these two basketball stars in the newspaper, all the Russian fans near Stillwater City gathered together.

Because their appearance means that the history of basketball in Russia is about to open a bright new chapter.

The darkest and saddest page has passed.

Wayne and Tony not only brought victory to the fans, but also brought light to the city and the entire state.

Moreover, the experience of Wayne and Tony Allen is America's favorite "diaosi counterattack" drama.

One is a junior college player, and the other is a former substitute.

These two little people persevered step by step and became big stars. What a perfect Hollywood script.

This is like hitting the old beauty’s G-spot.

They deserve to be famous now.

Thinking of this, Sutton sat back on the office chair and leaned back very relaxedly.

This season, everything is going really well.

In this special context, if Wayne and Tony Allen can lead the team to achieve breakthrough results...

So no matter how they develop in the NBA in the future, their historical status in Russia is unshakable!

Sutton realized that he was coaching possibly two of the greatest players in Russian history.

Of course, Sutton will also do his best to lay a solid foundation for Wayne and Tony Allen to enter the NBA.

As a college basketball coach, in addition to leading his team to win, the most important thing is to know how to train young players.

Old Sutton couldn't help clenching his fists.

He felt like he had regained the feeling he had in 1995.
To be continued...