Chapter 113 Revenge

Clearly, Barnes was unconvinced after being killed by Tang Tian's buzzer-beater. He hoped to face Walker, Tang Tian, and them again next year, and then take revenge.

Williams laughed when he heard this.

Barnes' mentality had been restricting his ceiling. Although he lost this game, it might be a good thing for his prized disciple.

"Tang, I saw Butler at the scene." After the celebration in the locker room ended, Walker said to Tang Tian as they walked towards the press conference.

"Butler?"

"Jimmy Butler." Walker nodded.

Marquette University had been eliminated in the first round. Butler should have returned to Milwaukee long ago. It was a bit of a surprise to see him here.

"Also, Tang, you should come up with a celebration move," Walker continued.

"Celebration move?"

"Yeah, a buzzer-beater, what a stimulating thing, not having a celebration move is just a waste." Walker had a look of regret on his face.

"I can try it next time." Tang Tian thought for a moment and nodded.

There was a trace of emotion in his heart after his buzzer-beater, but it was obviously much calmer than young people like Walker.

But after Walker said that, he really wanted to try it. People get younger as they live.

When they arrived at the press conference site, North Carolina's press conference had just ended. Barnes didn't seem too frustrated when he came out, but he looked at them several times.

"Let's go in." After seeing that the people from North Carolina had left, Calhoun turned around and said to Tang Tian and Walker.

The atmosphere suddenly became relaxed as the people from UConn entered the press conference venue.

There was nothing happier than beating North Carolina in Charlotte to advance to the Elite Eight.

"A great game needs a great opponent, our opponent played very well, Kemba, Tang, Jeremy, they also played very well, this was a wonderful game, luckily we won the game in the end." Calhoun was in a great mood, and at this moment he even started praising North Carolina.

"Kemba, why did you choose to pass the ball at the last moment?" The reporter asked a question that everyone was concerned about. Tang Tian's buzzer-beater was very exciting, but Walker had scored 33 points tonight. In that situation, most people would have chosen to shoot themselves.

Walker had expected the reporter to ask this question. The reason why he passed the ball was simple, because he knew Tang Tian was there, and he trusted Tang Tian.

But that answer was a bit too boring, and it didn't fit the atmosphere after winning against North Carolina at all.

"Um... when I was still at Rice High School, I was the captain of the team, and my coach told me more than once that I had to stand up at critical moments and hit those key shots, so I've always been doing that."

Walker's answer made the reporters below a little confused. What Walker meant was that he should have shot himself at the last moment, right?

"But this time in the tournament I'm not the captain, Tang is our captain, so for the last attack, I chose to give the ball to the captain."

"Pfft!"

The reporters below burst into laughter after hearing this.

This answer was really too creative.

Tang Tian was also stunned after hearing this. Walker was probably a Peak spokesperson!

(Note: I just found out that many people don't know this meme. This is a magical Peak advertisement from 2011. Don't shoot at critical moments, give the ball to the captain...)

"Tang, we found out that you ate cake again during the game, and with Walker." After asking some serious questions, the reporters below couldn't help but become playful again.

"Yes, the game was very intense, and we consumed a lot of energy, luckily the cake was delicious." Tang Tian replied.

His words immediately caused another burst of laughter below. After these two games, the word cake was probably inseparable from Tang Tian in this tournament.

"Barnes said he will stay in school for another year. He said he hopes you and Walker can stay and fight for another year. What do you think about this?" A reporter continued to ask.

After the reporter asked this question, Walker and Calhoun looked at each other, obviously they didn't know this news before.

Tang Tian didn't seem very surprised. Barnes was originally only supposed to be drafted in 2012, and now he was killed by his buzzer-beater, so he was definitely not willing to accept it.

"Our current focus is on the next round of the game, we will not consider these things now." He replied directly.

You Barnes lost and are unwilling to accept it and want revenge, but I still have to play the game, I don't have time to consider this.

His plan was definitely to participate in the draft this year. After all, making money in the NCAA was too restricted. Staying here for another year was a waste of time.

And what he said was also the truth, he just wanted to help UConn win the championship with all his heart, so that he could have a good pick and participate in the draft with Walker.

"But you can tell Barnes that we will win against Duke for him, so he doesn't have to worry." Tang Tian continued.

Tang Tian's words immediately caused a commotion among the reporters below.

North Carolina and Duke were arch-rivals in the same city. Barnes definitely wanted to defeat Duke the most. Tang Tian was now eliminating you and then replacing you to defeat your arch-rival, directly getting a double kill!

After a day of rest, at the same Bank of America Stadium, the game between Kansas University and the University of Texas began.

The University of Texas didn't have any NBA-level players. They had relied on their tenacious defense to upset their way to the Sweet Sixteen since the start of the tournament. They were a real dark horse team, very much like Butler University in the previous tournament.

However, in the eyes of most people, the University of Texas's dark horse journey was basically over, because their opponent was Kansas, with the Morris brothers in charge.

The UConn players all appeared on the sidelines to watch the game. The winner between the two teams would be their opponent in the Western Conference Finals.

As expected by the outside world, Kansas quickly took the upper hand after the start of the game. The Morris brothers were outstanding in strength, and fired continuously inside and outside, giving the University of Texas a 10-0 run at the start, directly forcing their opponent to call a timeout.

"Tang, it seems you were right, Kansas is indeed stronger than North Carolina." Walker couldn't help but sigh after watching this.

UConn only had one Tang Tian, but they had two Morrises. If they really played, Tang Tian would defend this Morris, and no one would be able to defend that Morris, and vice versa.

UConn had few people who could play, which was actually very fatal. The game against North Carolina was because of this that they were tied in the second half and eventually overtaken.

Tang Tian nodded, he was already thinking about what tactics to use to limit the performance of the Morris brothers.

Defense wasn't just one-on-one defense, zone defense and limiting the catch would also work.

But just when Tang Tian was thinking, the situation on the court suddenly changed drastically.

The University of Texas switched to a 2-3 zone defense and began to fully protect the penalty area.

At this time, Kansas's weakness was also exposed. Their forwards and even inside players were very strong, but their outside players were much worse in comparison.

Josh Selby and Tyshawn Taylor were both NBA-level players, but they were both second-round talents, and they hadn't fully grown up yet. As they played, the University of Texas tied the score.

Then, as they played, in the incredible eyes of everyone at the scene, University of Texas guard McKannon's lucky floater bounced on the rim a few times and went in, killing Kansas with a buzzer-beater...