Chapter Fifteen Begins

  Saturday, November 11th, 1995, 4:00 p.m. The entire Wake Forest team had gathered in the training hall, today will be the first game of the new season for Wake Forest, and their opponent is ACC powerhouse Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets led by Stephon Marbury and Matt Harpring.

  The game was played at Wake Forest's home stadium as the defending ACC champion, with Georgia Tech visiting. The nine-team ACC league plays a 32-game double round-robin schedule before March, with the top four teams advancing to the postseason tournament to determine the final champion.

  Zhuang Fei attaches great importance to this game. The match starts at 6:00, and the team gathers at 3:00. At 4:00, they set out to adapt to the venue. Although it's a home game, Zhuang Fei doesn't dare to be careless. In addition, Zhuang Fei also used the team search function extravagantly once.

  Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

  Team size: 12 people

  Team Shooting Percentage: 64

  Team Attacking Ability: 72

  Team Defensive Ability: 61

  Team Physical Gifts: 66

  Team Chemistry: 47

  Coach ability bonus: 10%

  Team Ability Evaluation: 67

  Team Potential Level: A-

  Team Report: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are a lottery-bound team far from playoff contention, with some excellent players but not enough to make them competitive in the NBA. They have a unique perimeter game but lack interior strength, and they also possess the potential to become an NBA playoff contender.

  When Zhuang Fei first saw the team report, he couldn't believe it. This was even worse than Virginia Tech. After the friendly match against Kansas, due to the large margin of defeat, in his own imagined world, the ability of NCAA top teams should be at least above 70. Looking at Kansas, they almost turned Virginia Tech into a sieve, but the contrast with Georgia Tech was too great. Virginia Tech's current team ability has reached 76, which is 9 points higher than Georgia Tech. Not only that, but also in terms of shooting ability, attacking ability, defensive ability, and physical talent, all these items are superior. Of course, in terms of team cohesion, Virginia Tech currently only has 38, and the coach's bonus is only 1%. However, if NCAA top teams were all at the level of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Zhuang Fei would feel tremendous pressure. This was a completely overwhelming advantage in terms of strength. If Virginia Tech still couldn't achieve good results this year, Zhuang Fei might not be able to forgive himself.

  The ace player of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, known as "the strongest sixth grader in the world", Mabrey's ability was already known to Zhuang Fei more than four months ago. He had even dug him up before, although he has made progress now, but it is still not earth-shattering.

  Stephen Marbury, 19 years old, Height: 1.88m, Position: PG, Shooting: 64, Attack: 83, Defense: 62, Physical Talent: 80, Ability Score: 80, Potential Level: A

  Also, Matt Harpring's ability has reached 70, and his shooting, offense, defense, and physical talent are all above 60. He is a very comprehensive player like James Posey.

  Apart from these two, the team's scoring guard Drubar has a rating of 60, and this player's potential is only C. The Dynasty Scout Report says that his ability has already reached its peak and there is no room for development.

  This game looks at the two teams' strength on paper, and Vicksen Lin has an overwhelming advantage.

  Zhuang Fei looked around the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, which was almost full at just 5 pm. This is a venue that can hold over 14,000 people! As someone who used to play in the CBA, seeing this thriving scene of American NCAA basketball still left him incredulous.

  "Is that Rick Barry?" Zhuang Fei asked from the media seats at the south stand.

  Mark Allen looked at Zhuang Fei in surprise and said, "Yes, he is the live guest for today's game. This game is the opening match of the ACC League and will be broadcast live across the United States."

  "Live broadcast across the entire country?!" Zhuang Fei was shocked, he didn't know at all.

  "I'm telling you, Zhang, you should pay attention to other teams' news from time to time, instead of locking yourself in the office all day," Mark Allen said with a wry smile. "I suppose you don't know that Drew Barry, the shooting guard for Georgia Tech, is Rick Barry's son either."

  Zhuang Fei was left with nothing but a wry smile this time, just like Mark Allen.

  Although Zhuang Fei was not very familiar with these off-court news, it did not prevent him from understanding the strength of Georgia Tech University. His dynasty system allowed him to know how strong each team was without leaving home, and it was accurate and reliable, more reliable than scouts like Bill Lange, but the premise is that you have enough dynasty points.

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  "Rick, who do you think will win this game, Vicksburg or Georgia Tech?"

  This game was broadcast live nationwide by CBS, who also brought in NBA legend Rick Barry.

  "Georgia Tech," Rick Barry said without hesitation.

  "Is it because of Drew?"

  "No, not all, in the warm-up match before the start of the season, Wake Forest lost to Cornell by more than 20 points, and Cornell lost to Georgia Tech by 10 points. It's clear that Georgia Tech is stronger. As far as I know, the head coach of Wake Forest is not very good. Wake Forest played very badly in that game against Cornell. Of course, due to Tim Duncan, the inside line will be a huge challenge for Georgia Tech. With Marbury, Hardaway, and Dru, this three-man outside line is probably one of the best in the NCAA," said Rick Barry confidently.

  The commentator who was explaining with Barry also nodded in agreement, which is also his view.

  "I heard that Steven had a verbal argument with head coach Bobby Cremins the other day, will this affect the game?"

  "I'm not very clear about this matter, but they are all top professional players and coaches. I think it should be more of a business dispute. In the past, I also had disputes with my teammates and coaches, but our ultimate goal was always consistent," said Rick Barry disapprovingly.

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  The starting lineup for this game is: Duncan, Green, Carter, Szebiak, Ragabell, and Posy remains on the bench. Before the game, Zhu Fei's instructions to the team were just one sentence: Guys, showtime!

  As the referee's hand threw the basketball into the air, the enthusiasm of the on-site audience was thoroughly released. The originally noisy venue suddenly became unified with cheers, and Vicksburg vs Georgia Tech began.

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