A week blurred together into one long, exhausting stretch of days, between basketball, lust, and deep thoughts.
Three more tournament matches came and went, each one drawing a bigger crowd than the last.
Alex learned to find the perfect balance between dominant and believable, adjusting his speed and power just enough to look like a gifted athlete rather than something inhuman.
He let himself get bumped, missed a shot here and there, and let the games look competitive before closing them out.
The campus slowly turned its attention toward the team that had gone from a winless joke to the biggest underdog of the tournament.
The attention was relentless, with students stopping him on the walkways and in the cafeteria to shake his hand or take photos. At some point, he felt more like a celebrity.
Even the Captain Dane's livestream followers tripled overnight as the campus group chat exploded with clips of his plays, attracting people outside their university.
