The Number One Seed of the Division! March Madness, About to Explode!

"See you at the top!"

This single sentence from Li Fei became the core theme of the hype leading up to March Madness.

The NCAA even featured this line from Li Fei on their publications.

Li Fei had elevated his individual stats by two full tiers during the playoffs.

Going from an average of 37.8 points, 18.8 rebounds, 8.8 blocks, and 2.5 steals.

He soared directly to an average of 49 points, 22 rebounds, 8 blocks, and 3 steals.

This was a signal.

Li Fei was using his actions to declare to the entire world.

The Li Fei in March Madness would be completely different!

Seemingly stunned by his performance in the playoffs, major sports media outlets—whether they had previously favored him or not—all moved Li Fei's draft stock up.

In the latest draft projections, over half of the media outlets now considered Li Fei the favorite to be the number one overall pick in the 1994 draft.

After nearly a full season of hard work.

Li Fei had finally shattered the prejudices in people's minds and become the true frontrunner for the top pick.

United States, UC Berkeley.

In Dorm 206.

"Li, even though your projections for the number one pick have crossed 50%,"

Jason Kidd said to Li Fei, "I still think that in the 1994 draft,"

"You are the chosen one, and the only one!"

"There is no one who is a better candidate for the top pick than you, and that includes me."

"Because I feel that even your playoff performance wasn't your full strength."

In Jason Kidd's view.

Even though Li Fei was averaging nearly 50+20+8 in the playoffs, this still wasn't his 100% state.

After all, there really wasn't a single decent center in the Pac-12 Conference.

"I understand what you mean, Jason."

Li Fei cracked his neck, filled with anticipation for the upcoming March Madness: "There will be many outstanding interior players in March Madness!"

"I will also strike with full force during March Madness!"

After chatting with Jason Kidd for a while, Li Fei went to the bathroom.

With the shower water running over him and the song "Good Luck" playing on his MP3, the humid space was truly the perfect place to open a system reward.

After winning the regular-season championship, the first phase of the system's mission was complete, and there was currently a "Skill Pack" waiting to be claimed.

With March Madness fast approaching, it was necessary for him to boost his strength before it began.

[Ding... You are opening the Skill Pack.]

In the system space, light swirled.

That familiar, rustic brown treasure chest rose from the void, and after a violent tremor, the lid popped open.

Before the card even appeared, a red glow from inside the chest illuminated the entire space.

"Red again? It wouldn't be another skill from Yao, would it..."

Li Fei waited with nervous anticipation.

Once the card fully materialized, Li Fei finally saw the icon on it.

"Not a skill from Yao."

"This is..."

"The Dream, Olajuwon!"

[Ding... Congratulations on obtaining the Skill Pack.]

[Dream Shake]

"Holy crap!"

Hearing the system's voice, Li Fei couldn't help but gasp sharply.

Although this was an interior skill, running counter to the guard skills he had been yearning for.

This was, after all, the legendary Dream Shake of Olajuwon!

How many people dreamed of mastering this technique?

The reason Olajuwon was able to become the head of the four great centers of the early era, possessing an offensive ability that everyone envied, was largely due to his low-post footwork—so much so that the name "The Dream" eventually became synonymous with the Dream Shake.

Mentioning The Dream was synonymous with the Dream Shake.

Even after he retired, Olajuwon made a fortune by starting a second career teaching the Dream Shake. It was rumored that a single session of Olajuwon's footwork training cost as much as 100,000 USD, with the full course costing hundreds of thousands. Even Yao, Anthony, James, and Kobe had all been his students.

Although Yao complained after the class that it was too expensive, saying that The Dream's Dream Shake training was just so-so and consisted only of basic footwork—just that The Dream had better physical attributes and more solid footwork—it was undeniably true that The Dream's Dream Shake was in a league of its own for interior players.

Li Fei had actually doubted whether The Dream was necessarily better than Scola in terms of pure footwork technique, or if he was truly stronger than Kevin McHale.

Was he necessarily better than Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant?

Not necessarily.

But when it came to using the Dream Shake "combined with physical talent," The Dream was undoubtedly the best.

"Olajuwon is the player who best combines the Dream Shake with physical talent, but if you replaced Olajuwon with me..."

"The same level of footwork combined with my physical talent, I think it would be even more awesome!"

Li Fei narrowed his eyes: "And if you add Yao's Straight-arm hook shot..."

Just imagine it.

A taller, more agile, longer-armed Olajuwon using the Dream Shake.

And for the final finish, pairing it with Yao's Straight-arm hook shot.

Emmm...

Li Fei even felt that.

Although there was no absolute guarantee regarding the shooting percentage at the moment.

This silky little combo alone would be enough to go toe-to-toe with the Four Centers.

Looking at the ultimate mission of his college career in the system space.

[Lead the University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears to win the March Madness championship]

[Mission Reward: Bronze Badge]

Li Fei was even more eager for this Bronze Badge.

A few days later, the finals of the major conference leagues concluded one after another.

With the birth of the 31 league champions, 31 teams punched their tickets directly to March Madness.

Before the wild card spots were announced, the various NCAA regions first selected the number one seed teams from these 31 squads.

March Madness consists of four regions: East, West, South, and Midwest.

Each region has 16 teams, deciding the regional champion through single-elimination games, and eventually, the four regional champions become the "Final Four" to compete for the national championship.

The number one seed teams for each major region were as follows.

East: University of California, Berkeley Golden Bears.

West: University of North Carolina Tar Heels.

South: Temple Owls.

Midwest: Michigan Wolverines.

Of course, besides these teams.

The Duke Blue Devils, who had won two titles in the last three years, were eyeing the trophy under the leadership of Grant Hill.

Clemson University, led by Sharone Wright, had only lost one game in their conference league.

The Connecticut Huskies, with the duo of Marshall and Ray Allen, were confident they could shoot down anyone.

The blood-pumping March Madness was about to explode!!