After such a long period of training, David's offensive ability at the basket has reached the 80-point level, which is enough to defeat all NCAA inside players.

"Since you have offensive ability, why don't you use it in the game?" Jiang Dongbing asked.

Because the Panthers were much stronger than their opponents and did not need David to show offensive firepower on the court. In addition, it was difficult to communicate with David, so Jiang Dongbing never forced David to attack.

To this day, after thirty-one games of the regular season, David has not even scored a single goal in a sports game, and his scoring average of about two points per game all comes from free throws.

"I've already stolen most of Jackson's rebound data, and I don't want to score any more points." David said with a ashamed expression.

Jiang Dongbing patted his forehead. David's brain circuit gave him a headache.

"Kid, how can this be called grabbing? You are a center, and rebounding is what you should do." Jiang Dongbing said helplessly.

Having said that, Jiang Dongbing also knew that David was actually right.

When David is unable to appear due to concentration on the game, the rebounding data of Jackson and others will directly soar. Their rebounding ability is not weak, and it is enough to defeat most opponents.

David's thinking was very delicate, and he probably gave up the attack in order to allow Jackson and others to score more points.

Although David is special, under the influence of Jackson, other players are very friendly to David, which is why David is willing to give up offense for them.

Jiang Dongbing sighed, "David, why are you so eager to sign up for the draft?"

"I want my mother to live a good life as soon as possible." David gave a rather simple reason.

In order to take care of David, Robin followed David after he transferred to the University of Pittsburgh and found two handyman jobs in Pittsburgh. Life was naturally extremely difficult.

Many players come from single families, and most of them depend on their mothers. There are not a few players like David who participated in the draft in advance for their mothers.

Although participating in the election early may cause your ranking to drop, as long as you are selected, you can still make an extremely considerable income.

Mark Blount of the University of Pittsburgh, the 54th overall pick in the 1997 draft, was the senior of Jackson and others. He received a salary of US$320,000 in his first year.

About 40% of the population in the United States cannot afford $400 in cash. You can imagine what the concept of $320,000 is.

With David's current situation, he certainly shouldn't expect to be drafted too high, but being selected is a sure thing. With a salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars, Robin will undoubtedly feel a lot more relaxed.

Jiang Dongbing nodded, "In that case, let's show off your offensive strength in the next national championships."

"You just heard that Byron, Lamar and Ron are not participating in the draft, so you don't have to worry about dividing their scoring data."

"As for Stephen, what he lacks now is not data, but to prove that he has the potential to become a qualified leader and the cornerstone of a team."

"How to prove this potential? It is naturally to unite teammates, improve teammates, and lead the team to achieve impressive results."

"If you can show your offensive firepower in the next national championship, it will definitely be a good thing for Stephen."

Jiang Dongbing's words are not false. Most of the players that a team holding the No. 1 pick will choose are not ordinary stars, but a suitable cornerstone for building the team.

Some players have good personal abilities, but are just cancerous and mess up the atmosphere in the team's locker room. Such players are obviously not suitable to be the No. 1 pick.

David nodded thoughtfully.

Jiang Dongbing couldn't help but look forward to it, and he didn't know what kind of performance David would perform in the next national championship.

In the previous regular season, David's performance was amazing enough, but due to insufficient playing time and no scoring, he received far less attention than Jackson and Davis.

…

In late February, the Big East Conference again played the league championship game with the eight teams with the best record this season. It was roughly similar to the NBA playoffs. The eight teams competed for the league championship, because the champion will have direct promotion.

Qualification for the National Championship.

The Pittsburgh Panthers easily won the championship again without encountering any resistance.

After the league championship game is over, the exciting Black March of the year has arrived.

There are a total of thirty-two divisions in the first-level league, similar to the Big East Conference. The first place in each division is automatically qualified to participate in the national championship. As the champion of the Big East Conference, the Pittsburgh Panthers are definitely eligible to participate.

There are a total of sixty-eight teams participating in the national championship. Excluding the thirty-two championship teams, the remaining thirty-six places are determined by the management committee.

At this time, top leagues like the Big East Conference have an advantage. Because the average strength of the league is strong, even teams that fail to win the championship or even fail to make the top three will still have the opportunity to participate in the national championship.

Sixty-eight teams were finally selected and divided equally into four divisions: East, West, South, Central and West, with seventeen teams in each division.

Next, the two weakest teams in each division will play a game called the "Final Four". The winner will go on to compete in the national championship, and the loser will naturally go home.

After the final four games were played, there were only sixteen teams left in the four major divisions, which were the top sixty-four teams in the national championship.

The Pittsburgh Panthers were naturally assigned to the Eastern Division, and because of their undefeated record, they naturally got the No. 1 seed.

The good news is that one of the two main venues for this year's Eastern Division games is set up in Pittsburgh, and Jiang Dongbing and others have the home court advantage.

"No, no!"

"The Kansas Jayhawks are the ninth seed, and we may meet them in the second round!" Jackson was overjoyed after seeing the seed rankings in the Eastern Division.

According to the competition system, the first round matches in each major area are the No. 1 seed against the No. 16 seed, the No. 2 seed against the No. 15 seed, and so on.

The ninth-seeded Kansas Jayhawks will face the eighth-seeded team.

The winner will advance to the next round, which means if the Kansas Jayhawks can defeat the eighth seed, their opponent in the second round will be the Pittsburgh Panthers!

This undoubtedly surprised the Panthers. Although Jiang Dongbing verbally retaliated against Jayhawk last time and even made a bet with Jayhawk, he never had the pleasure of brutally beating Jayhawk with his own hands in front of fans across the United States.

"Don't be too happy. It's hard to say whether the Jayhawks can pass the first round."

"No matter if they can't pass the first round, if they don't pass the first round, they will be humiliated and sent to grandma's house. If they meet us after the first round, it will be even more painful for them. They are completely finished in this national championship."

"You're right, Jayhawk is really doomed this time, and is in a dilemma!"

"Do you think it was arranged this way by the management committee? I feel that the Jayhawks are not strong enough to only get the ninth seed."

The players were talking a lot. Of course they also wanted to meet the Jayhawks in the national championship and beat the opponent well, but they also knew very well that whether they could meet the Jayhawks would really depend on their luck.
Chapter completed!