"Let him introduce himself," Calhoun said, moving the microphone to Tang Tian.

This was Tang Tian's first appearance in public, and it was an opportunity for him.

"My name is Tang Tian, you can call me Tang, or Tian, but don't call me Tiantang, that means 'heaven' in Chinese, and you know that's not a very good word."

Tang Tian's words immediately drew laughter from the reporters below.

Calhoun smiled too.

He had been worried that Tang Tian would be too nervous to speak, but he didn't expect his self-introduction to be so humorous, so his worries were completely unnecessary.

"During the game, some people said you were the team's ball boy, is that true?" a reporter asked.

The question was a bit sensitive, and the other reporters all looked at him.

"I used to be, but two months ago Coach Calhoun recruited me into the team, and now I'm a formal member of the school team," Tang Tian replied calmly. He had faced too many of these kinds of situations in his previous life, and he was quite comfortable dealing with them.

"But we didn't see you on the school's website," the reporter pointed out.

The school's website only features players on scholarship, which is customary, and the reporter's words clearly had an underlying meaning.

Calhoun was about to take the microphone to block the reporter's question.

"I'm the team's secret weapon, if I was on there, we might not have won tonight's game," Tang Tian said with a smile.

His words drew another burst of laughter from the reporters below the stage.

That was a witty answer.

Calhoun couldn't help but turn his head and take another look at Tang Tian. He had a feeling that this 18-year-old was as calm and composed at the press conference as he was?

"Just kidding, I just joined the team not long ago, it's normal for the website not to be updated in time," Tang Tian continued.

His words were neither arrogant nor humble, and the reporter was left speechless.

"Coach, what was the key to the team's win tonight?" After asking Tang Tian, the second reporter pointed to Calhoun.

"Defense. The opponent scored 39 points in the first half, but only 22 points in the entire second half. Tang brought energy to us on the defensive end, and we also played team-oriented defense." Calhoun had expected the reporter to ask this and answered very fluently.

After he finished speaking, the reporters aimed their cameras at Tang Tian and snapped away.

Calhoun had singled out Tang Tian's name, which showed that he was very satisfied with his performance!

The reporters asked a few more questions.

After they finished asking Calhoun, they turned their attention to Walker.

"26 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, what made you have such an outstanding performance tonight?"

"I know the team needs me to score, needs me to perform on the offensive end, and I've been doing that. I've always wanted to lead the team to win, whether it's tonight, tomorrow night, or any other night, I feel the same way," Walker replied seriously, which was also his attitude towards the game.

"Your performance in the previous games was indeed just as outstanding, but the team won tonight," the reporter interjected.

"Yes, like the coach said, we did a good job on defense tonight. Tang brought energy to us on the defensive end, and he also inspired us. Yes, he was the key to the team's victory tonight," Walker said with a smile.

Walker also mentioned Tang Tian!

And said he was the key to the team's victory!

Another burst of flashbulbs went off.

It was easy to imagine that Tang Tian's name would appear in the most conspicuous position in the major newspapers after the game.

After the press conference, Tang Tian and Walker went to the locker room to shower.

The teammates hadn't left yet, and when they saw them come back, they shouted and yelled. Napier, who was outgoing, even rushed over and gave Tang Tian a princess carry.

The locker room was full of laughter, a stark contrast to the cloudy atmosphere in the training hall before.

In basketball, winning is always the most effective way to solve problems.

After leaving the locker room, Tang Tian didn't go back to the dormitory immediately, but ran around the stadium a dozen times.

In the past two months, in addition to training with the team, he had been training his physical fitness according to his own methods.

Although he now possessed the system's basketball skills, he couldn't unleash the full power of his skills without physical fitness.

Although there was a game today, it was still necessary to do some extra training.

After he finished running, he wiped off his sweat and walked back to the dormitory through the now-silent campus.

However, as soon as he entered the dormitory, he was greeted by an ear-piercing scream from his roommates.

"Tang, you're on the school team? Why didn't you tell me earlier!"

"Tang, you defended Butler so well, how did you do it?"

"Tang, you're back so late, did you go on a date with some girl?"

...

"Shhh, keep it down, it's late, everyone else is asleep," Tang Tian made a silent gesture.

Hearing what he said, the roommates turned around and closed the door, then continued to ask in a low voice.

Tang Tian then began to answer.

"I couldn't even get on the court before, wouldn't it be embarrassing if you knew I was on the school team?"

"It's like I'm not handsome when I'm not defending Butler."

"Dates don't exist, I'll never go on a date in my life, I'm interested in just getting a room."

...

"..."

Tang Tian's answer made his roommates sweat. They suddenly realized that Tang Tian was much more humorous and witty today than before.

"Okay, I'm just kidding with you guys. Butler wasn't feeling well tonight, I can't be too complacent, so I went to the playground and ran a dozen laps to recognize myself. Look, I'm still sweating, I have to take another shower."

Tang Tian said with a smile, then went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.

"Tch~"

His words immediately drew a burst of disdain from his roommates.

"Wow, a girl added me on Instagram! I'm finally going to end my single life!" While he was taking a shower, Tang Tian heard his roommate shout outside.

He was speechless. Americans really have low standards, they like to shout and scream in the middle of the night, and they don't listen when you tell them to stop.

"Um, he's asking me for Tang's contact information..."

"Haha~"

"Shhh, my girlfriend is calling, be quiet."

The only roommate with a girlfriend spoke up, and the dormitory suddenly became much quieter.

"Damn it!"

After a dozen minutes, he came back from the balcony cursing.

"What's wrong?"

"My girlfriend is asking me for Tang's contact information!"

"Haha!" A chorus of pig-slaughtering laughter.

...

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh in the bathroom.

He had been a coach for a lifetime in his previous life and had never experienced how players lived. Now that he was on campus, he realized that being a basketball player was so interesting, especially the basketball atmosphere of the NCAA. It was really a very good experience.