I want to be a superstar.

After playing an NCAA "non-league game" against Duke University, the University of Washington's next game is a home game against Western Kentucky University.

The NCAA's "non-league games" can be compared to the NBA's preseason games, except that the NCAA's "non-league games" are official games, and the data statistics are valid.

Meanwhile, in the NCAA "non-league games," the opponents and venues are all decided by the teams themselves.

Generally speaking, when a strong team plays against a weak team, the weak team will travel to the home stadium of the strong team to challenge them.

The University of Washington and Duke University will play an "outside league" game, with the University of Washington visiting and the University of North Carolina hosting.

The reason for this rule is not to discriminate against weak teams, but rather because many weak teams are willing to be invited by strong teams because there is an appearance fee!

Moreover, the appearance fee is not low.

Many weaker teams in the NCAA place great importance on these appearance fees.

Furthermore, even if a strong team wants to play at a weaker team's home stadium, the weaker team simply can't afford it.

Therefore, during the two-month "off-league" phase of the NCAA season, weaker teams love to challenge stronger teams, as it allows them to earn money and gain attention.

The University of Washington's non-conference schedule for this year was largely determined in the years before and last.

At that time, the University of Washington also had Nate Robinson, so it was an absolute powerhouse team.

The first game was an away game against Duke, a clash of titans that revealed the team's problems.

The next step is to spend money to hire those weaker teams to correct the problems.

This was the idea behind the University of Washington's scheduling at the time.

Things are different now that we've defeated Duke.

The University of Washington did not have any issues that needed to be addressed after their last game.

Furthermore, having defeated Duke University, the University of Washington is now highly sought after by the weaker teams that have been invited to the tournament.

The University of Washington massacred Duke University, making the University of Washington rich overnight and envied by many.

Everyone wants to be the next University of Washington!

Defeating the University of Washington would garner the biggest attention in the entire United States!

The University of Washington's second game was against Western Kentucky.

A typical bottom-feeder team in the NCAA.

In previous years, Western Kentucky University would have just gone through the motions, made their money, and then moved on to the home court of another strong team to continue making money.

"Mr. Romar, Western Kentucky is playing quite aggressively, putting a lot of pressure on Yes and Brandon's defense."

"These kinds of games are also more valuable for reference. Washington and Simmons are better than Bobby Jones and Brockman in this situation."

After the game against Duke University came out of nowhere, Romar knew that Yes would be the focus of attention, and Western Kentucky's intentions in this game were very obvious.

Whether they defeat the University of Washington or defend against Yes and Roy, they will become the focus of the entire United States.

In this game, the intensity of West Kentucky's defense against Yes was incomparable to that of Redick's defense against Yes.

Fortunately, the University of Washington has a deep bench.

Romar realized that Bobby Jones and Brockman's offensive capabilities were average.

After realizing that they were not enough to relieve Yesroy's defensive pressure, they decisively used Simmons and Washington, who could shoot but were relatively short, slow, and fat.

Western Kentucky's decisive move in this game gave the Washington Fab Five more time to play together.

This ignited the greatest enthusiasm among the Seattle fans at the scene.

Fueled by the frenzied cheers and encouragement of Seattle fans, the University of Washington defeated Western Kentucky 87-70.

Western Kentucky played a very tough defensive game against Yes, and Yes's shooting touch was also average tonight, with his highest shooting touch rating only reaching 67.

但在华盛顿和西蒙斯两大门板的默契掩护下和罗伊康罗伊的无私支持下，这场比赛叶斯还是19投9中，三分球15中7外加罚球7罚5中，砍下了30分5个篮板5次助攻。

Yes's stats in this game were far worse than when he played Duke.

But the NBA scouts who came to watch the game were still satisfied.

"This was a high-intensity game. Western Kentucky has limited strength, but they are very tenacious. Yes's ball handling ability is very experienced. He didn't force shots when the opportunity wasn't good. His maturity is amazing!"

"Yes doesn't act like an 18-year-old player; his use of various techniques is more like that of a veteran who has played professional basketball for many years!"

"However, some of his playing habits are still immature. In this game, he jumped and passed a lot, and he didn't like too much physical contact, which was a waste of his physical talent. With Yes's speed, he could have torn a team like Western Kentucky apart!"

"These are minor issues. He's different from Redick. Redick's talent is so obvious that you can see his future at a glance. Yes's future isn't in the NCAA. These problems can be left to NBA coaches to work on slowly. Maybe those NBA coaches will prefer Yes even with his flaws!"

"After this game, Yes's NBA draft prospects remain unchanged, with a five-star rating for attention and a four-and-a-half-star rating for potential!"

"I second that!"

"agree!"

"Agreed!"

Since the start of this NCAA season, University of Washington head coach Romar has felt very fortunate.

Fortunately, the team had Yes, which made the University of Washington, and him, an ordinary NCAA head coach, the focus of the entire United States.

At the University of Washington games, the most anticipated part for TV viewers and fans is Yes's various fancy shooting warm-up shots before the game.

And Yes's final shot from the center circle before the end of each half.

Although none of these center-court shots went in, it didn't stop the fans in the arena and the TV viewers from exclaiming in surprise.

Yes's fighting style is so novel!

Besides being grateful for Yes, Romar was also grateful that the other two members of the Seattle Fab Five, Anthony Washington and Dean Simmons, had continued to train for the past two years after he dropped them.

Otherwise, facing the heavily guarded defense against Roy and Yes, he might really have no one available and be unable to resolve such a difficulty.

It wouldn't be like it is now, leading the University of Washington to a 7-game winning streak throughout November.

After defeating Duke, the University of Washington went on a six-game winning streak.

Despite facing stronger defensive pressure in these six matches, Yes's performance was still commendable.

Throughout the seven games in November, Yes averaged 34 points, 5.1 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game.

His average of 34 points per game has temporarily placed him at the top of the NCAA scoring list, two points ahead of Adam Morris, who is ranked second and is known as "Little Bird".

Adam Morris is a five-star player in terms of both attention and potential, and is considered one of the top talents by NBA scouts!

Getting scouts to rate you as a five-star potential player isn't easy.

Yes's performance of dominating weaker opponents throughout November was perfect, but his potential remained unchanged at four and a half stars.

With a potential of four and a half stars and a predicted ranking of seventh, there's no guarantee he'll be seventh or even a lottery pick.

Lotto teams need players like him and will prioritize selecting him.

But if a lottery team doesn't need a player like him, he might fall out of the lottery.

Five-star potential is different. Five-star potential means that a team will choose a player even if they don't need him. Such a player can support the rebuilding of an NBA team.

To become a five-star potential rookie, Yes needs more than just stats; he also needs to demonstrate greater talent.

What he's shown now isn't enough!

On December 3, 2005, the University of Washington hosted the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

UCSB and UCLA are sister schools. UCLA is a powerhouse, while UCSB, though not a powerhouse in the NCAA, is not exactly a pushover either.

However, besides Yes's various shooting practices before the game, there was another highlight on the sidelines.

"That's Yao and TMC from the Houston Rockets, right?!"

"Tomorrow, Seattle is playing the Pacers at home. Yao and TMC are here specifically for Yes!"

When Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady arrived, Yes naturally noticed them as well.

Those two tall men in the front row, he's not blind.

Moreover, Yao Ming is his idol, and he's from Shanghai!

"Yao, your compatriot seems very arrogant. He didn't even come over to greet us when he saw us."

Seeing his idol, Yes felt conflicted.

He had wanted to meet Yao Ming for a long time, but when he actually met Yao Ming, he didn't know how to greet him.

How to be friends?

He didn't have many friends, and the way he met Roy Webster and the others couldn't be replicated.

Moreover, given their status, wouldn't it be too disrespectful to greet them as friends?

How do fans treat their idols?

How do fans greet their idols?

Also, I haven't gone over to say hello for so long, will that make Yao Ming unhappy?

Yao Ming is definitely unhappy with me now. If I go over and say hello again, will he look down on me?

Am I going to be disliked by Yao Ming from now on?!

What should we do?!

What should I do?

So annoying!

"Oh, Yao, your compatriot is really interesting. Instead of shooting from the center circle, he's running."

"It's very interesting."

Yao Ming laughed somewhat awkwardly.

Does my fellow villager have social anxiety?

This reminded him of Yi Jianlian, no, his situation might be even more serious than Yi Jianlian's.

Because he was special from a young age and had little interaction with his peers, he gradually developed social difficulties as he grew up.

Yes is very annoyed. UCSB feels innocent, they really didn't think they had offended Yes, but they still got beaten up by Yes!

Yes vented all his frustration and annoyance at being disliked by Yao Ming on UCSB.

The University of Washington defeated UCSB 91-72 at home.

叶斯全场比赛20投10中，三分球17投8中，外加罚球8中7，全场轰下了35分的高分！

Ye Si's performance in this game was so impressive that Yao Ming, who was watching from the sidelines, was also full of admiration!

Having spent so much time in the US, he certainly knows that UCSB isn't a strong team, but it's not a pushover either.

Yes's performance in this match showed that he was stronger than his long-time national team partner Liu Wei!

And it's much stronger!

Yes, national team, defender!

The combination of these words ignited Yao Ming's passion!

"TMC, shall I go and say hello?"