Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

A day later, the two rushed to Ohio to interview at Allston High School.

This time, Zhuang Yu felt completely different from the previous time at Rochester High School. After arriving at school, the person who came out to pick them up was not the basketball team coach, nor an assistant. He was not a member of the basketball team at all, but just a staff member of the school responsible for international student affairs.

It seems that they don't regard Zhuang Yu as a sports student, or they don't pay much attention to Zhuang Yu as a sports student.

Later experiences also convinced Zhuang Yu that the other party just didn't value him.

After taking the written test, a basketball team assistant coach arrived belatedly and was not very enthusiastic. He just brought Zhuang Yu to the arena and did a simple physical test, and his attitude was very perfunctory.

Even though Zhuang Yu's body statistics were very good, the opponent always had a poker face and an indifferent attitude.

Also, the physical test does not include a skill test.

Because the head coach is away, he is just a trainer. He said that there is no need to conduct a skills test when the head coach is away. The trial training is over after the physical test is completed.

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The trainer left after that, not even sending the two to the principal's office, but just letting them go by themselves. His attitude was clear.

Compared to the trainer's attitude, the school principal's attitude is actually better.

Because Zhuang Yu's written test results came out and they were very good.

As the principal of Rochester High School said, even if Zhuang Yu doesn't play basketball and just comes to study abroad, it will be fine based on his grades.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the interview ended.

There is no clear answer, just let them go back and wait. If the admission application is approved, an offer will be sent to him by email.

Zhuang Yu still couldn't figure it out until he left Allston High School.

"Are you wondering why the other party has such an attitude? It's completely different from before at Rochester High School." Zhou Zhiming asked.

"Yeah." Zhuang Yu frowned slightly, "I feel like the other party...how should I put it, doesn't seem to be sincere."

Zhou Zhiming explained: "Actually, I had expected it before coming here. Allston High School and Rochester High School are different."

Oh?

Zhuang Yu listened carefully.

"First of all, Allston High School is a public high school. Compared with private high schools like Rochester, the attitude towards international students is different." Zhou Zhiming said: "Secondly, Allston High School is mainly academic-oriented. Sports are not valued that much, or the resources invested are limited, and there are not many historical achievements. You can feel the process from the opponent's arena."

Zhuang Yu suddenly realized and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

I still can't feel this. The head coach of the basketball team didn't show up. I don't know if there is something really going on or if I'm just too lazy to deal with it.

"Uncle Zhou." Zhuang Yu said: "So, Allston High School can basically be excluded?"

Zhou Zhiming thought for a while and said, "I think the other party may still send you an offer, but I definitely don't recommend you come here."

Zhuang Yu said: "I don't like it here either."

.......

After the interviews at the two high schools ended, Zhuang Yu and Zhou Zhiming continued to the next stop, which was followed by interviews at the two universities.

One is Bryant University and the other is Vail University.

The first thing I went to was Bryant University. The process was similar to going to a high school for an interview. It was also a written test, an interview, and then a basketball tryout.

However, unlike high school, Bryant University is obviously larger and has more students. In addition, the emphasis on the basketball team is also different.

There were only two people participating in the trial training at Rochester High School before, the head coach John, and the assistant coach and trainer Hank.

But there were more than a dozen people in the basketball hall of Bryant University.

"These are the team's staff, coaches, assistants, trainers, heads of the school's basketball department, etc..." Zhou Zhiming patted Zhuang Yu, "There is definitely no comparison between the high school basketball team and the university. , not to mention that Bryant University is still an NCAA Division I team, so relax, don’t be nervous, and just perform normally."

"Yeah." Zhuang Yu responded.

Although Bryant University cannot compare with Duke, North Carolina, and Kentucky, the Northeastern Conference is far inferior to the Big East Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Big Ten Conference, Big 12 Conference, and Atlantic Coast Conference.

But after all, it is an NCAA first-level league, and their basketball team is by no means comparable to some high school teams.

In fact, not all the team's staff are present today.

You must know that an NCAA team may have a dozen or so coaching staff, and some teams may even have more than 20 coaching staff, not counting other staff members.

It’s so exaggerated!

After coming to Bryant University, Zhuang Yu finally understood what Zhou Zhiming and Coach Ike were thinking - there was really no way those high school teams could compare with others!

The emphasis and investment in the basketball team is not on the same level.

This is actually not surprising. After all, the influence and commercial value of the NCAA cannot be compared to that of the NSAA. It is said that the current commercial value of the NCAA is approaching tens of billions of dollars. Although not as good as the NBA, it is already very exaggerated.

Unlike the NBA, NCAA players are not paid, which saves the NCAA a lot of salary.

This part of the money is taken by the school.

Now that you have taken the money, you have to invest it in sports construction, such as purchasing sports facilities, hiring a professional coaching team, logistics team, operations team, medical team, etc.......

The better the sports performance of an NCAA school, the more sports dividends it receives from the association, and the greater the investment and emphasis on the team.

Why is it important?

Of course it’s because you can make money!

"Zhuang Yu, it's your turn."

An assistant coach came over and shouted.

Zhuang Yu was not the only one participating in the trial today. Zhuang Yu noticed that there were two black players and one white player, making a total of four with him.

However, what made Zhuang Yu feel uncomfortable was that when the two black players were trying out, they were surrounded by several staff members, some guiding and recording, as well as the team coach, assistant coach, trainer, and head of the basketball department. Wait and watch.

But when it was his turn to try out, there was only one staff member who didn't know what position he held. It was definitely not the head of the basketball department, nor a coach or assistant.

Because those people were still discussing the physical test data of two black players.

Zhou Zhiming couldn't help but frown, and walked up to ask the staff: "Can you do it alone?"

The staff member waved his hand: "Don't affect my work."

After saying that, he stopped talking to Zhou Zhiming and just signaled Zhuang Yu to prepare for the physical test. There was no unnecessary words in the whole process. Only when he saw Zhuang Yu's physical test data, his eyes showed a hint of surprise, but he quickly recovered and continued the formulaic test. .

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When the trial training ended, the staff told Zhuang Yu that he could leave and go back to wait for notification.

On the other side, the two black players were still there, surrounded by people who looked like the heads of the school's basketball department, coaches, assistants, etc., and they looked like they were having a great time talking to each other.

Although the attitude of the staff during the entire trial training process was not perfunctory, Zhuang Yu felt something for the first time, and that was discrimination!