books44 Chapter 230 National Competition Train
Chapter 230 National Competition Train
"Akagi! You guys from Shohoku are so motivated. I can hear your slogans from far away."
"Yuzhu! Are you taking this bus too?" "I'm afraid it's not just us. People from Hainan are coming too!" Yuzhu said with a pout.
On the platform, the Xiangbei players met the Ryonan and Kainan teams. The three teams from Kanagawa participating in the national competition gathered at the station. The players of the three teams greeted each other.
"Why can't I see Green Wind?" Qingtian found that the Green Wind team did not appear on the platform.
"Lufeng, they chartered a car to go to Hiroshima," Amu replied
"You know all this, you are worthy of being called Amu."
"No, Green Wind had a warm-up match with us before, and I only found out about it after the match," Amu explained.
Through chatting, I learned that Green Wind took the initiative to find the Hainan team to play a warm-up match during the preparation for the national competition. In fact, it is not difficult to understand Green Wind's intention. Basically, all the strong teams in Kanagawa have played against each other, and only Hainan is left. They also want to test what their own strength is.
"I heard you guys had a match with Shoyo Ryonan." Amu is really well-informed.
"Well, we won by 9 points, okay. The train is here, let's talk on board," Akagi replied modestly.
At this time, the bullet train entered Shin-Yokohama Station, slowly stopped on the platform, started slowly after a moment, and then quickly accelerated and left the station.
Although it was Sunday, the train was still relatively empty, so the three teams naturally sat together.
As usual, Takato Riki and Tanaka Shigeka insulted each other. This is a regular routine for these two "old enemies". They have been fighting for decades since their student days and have developed feelings for each other. Insulting each other is just their way of expressing their friendship.
Of course, they did not forget their business. After instructing their respective players on some precautions, they sat down next to Coach Anzai. The three coaches sat together and planned to exchange their opinions on the national competition. In terms of seniority, Coach Anzai, a former college basketball coach, was naturally the most experienced. However, Takato Riki of Hainan was the most experienced in leading a team to play in the national competition. As a team from the same county, he certainly would not be stingy in sharing some of his experience. On the other hand, Takato and Tiangang also discussed the matters of the Kanagawa United Team in the Autumn National Sports Meet with Coach Anzai.
As for the players of the three teams, they have already become close friends. Especially people like Amu, Mitsui, Akagi, Uozumi and Sendoh, they are old acquaintances. There are many topics to talk about when they meet, but the most talked about topics are still basketball-related. Especially in the past period of time, the three teams have done a lot of homework, and they are not stingy at this time, but generously exchanged information, verified each other, and supplemented each other, which is also a happy thing for everyone.
"Senior Amu, the group table for the national competition has been released." After getting on the bus, Oda Ryumasa of the Hainan team bought a basketball weekly.
"Hikoichi, Kiyota, you guys go buy a copy too." The captains of Ryonan and Shohoku also told the first-year students on the team to buy basketball magazines. After buying the magazines, the three teams flipped through them.
Akagi looked at it and laughed, "Yuzhu, you Ryonan are underestimated!"
Yu Zhu said indifferently: "This is the best. Then everyone will see whether we are a C-class team or not."
The magazine clearly contained the information, evaluations, and groupings of the 5 teams in the national competition. The teams were divided into five levels. Sanno, which had won three consecutive championships and seven championships in the past nine years, was an S-level team. The group stage adopted the principle of avoiding teams from the same prefecture. The three teams in Kanagawa had participated in the national competition for seventeen consecutive years. The runner-up last year and the semi-final team the year before, the Hainan team, were naturally an A-level team, and the Xiangbei team, which also entered the quarterfinals last year and became the champion of Kanagawa this year, also received the A-level title. Although the Ryonan team was tied with the Hainan team, they qualified for the national competition through the play-offs and enjoyed the "historical" treatment of Xiangbei - a C-level team. The Midorikaze team, which also entered the national competition at the same time, also received a C-level evaluation, which made the champion and runner-up of Kanagawa very dissatisfied. The team that was tied with us was only a C-level team?
As they are about to face other strong teams from all over the country, the three teams from Kanagawa no longer have the strong sense of confrontation they had in the joint finals. Instead, they have a feeling of being united against a common enemy.
The grouping of the national competition has also changed greatly due to the change in the competition system. Xiangbei is in a group with Koigawa (C-level) from the host Hiroshima, Higashi Sakura (B-level) from Tokyo, and Gozeki (D-level) from Yamagata. Kainan is in a group with Mamiya Nishi from Iwate, Hamamori from Shizuoka, and Kitanosaka from Hyogo. Compared with the easy group stage schedule of Xiangbei and Kainan. Ryonan is slightly more difficult. It is grouped with the champion Changcheng High School (A-level) in Shizuoka. As for Chiba's Fufu and Saitama's Shitsuno Industry, they are just accompanying the prince to study. And the group of Midorikaze also has a strong A-level team like Luo'an University Affiliated School. The organizing committee's grouping is obviously to avoid the situation of strong teams colliding too early in the group stage. As long as the A-level team's strength is not damaged (last year's senior high school students graduated this year) and they perform normally, they will qualify from the group. A strong confrontation in the elimination match will increase the ratings and ticket revenue.
"Akagi, I heard that you fought against Changcheng High School last year. How strong are they?" Yuzhu asked
"Yuzhu, although Changcheng was one of the top eight teams last year, they are still quite strong. They had an offensive trident last year, but this year their point guard has graduated, and the offensive points will be concentrated in the hands of power forward Mikoshiba and outside player Yufune. Mikoshiba has more comprehensive skills. You have to pay attention. But with you in the interior, I don't think Mikoshiba can make much of a splash. Although Yufune is good at three-point shooting, you have a defensive stalwart like Ikegami in your Ryonan team, so it won't be a problem to limit him. Changcheng doesn't have any players who can defend Sendoh. So as long as you play normally, defeating Changcheng won't be a problem at all."
"Thank you, Akagi-san" Tanaoka Shigeichi expressed his gratitude for Akagi's introduction
"Although Luoan is strong, their inside players have all graduated this year, while Green Wind has two scoring masters, Rukawa Kaede and Mike. With the strength of our Kanagawa team, I think we can make it to the top 16," said Amu.
"This year, we will bring the championship trophy back to Kanagawa" Akagi (ambition)
"It's a pity that Kanagawa has never won the championship. This time you have to bring the championship trophy back to Kanagawa. Come on everyone." Gao Touri was also cheering for the team members
"come on"
"Anxi, long time no see" an old voice came
"Kitano?!" Anxi turned around and saw Kitano and the members of Touou's team.
"I heard your voices as soon as I got on the bus. The Kanagawa team is really motivated." As if seeing the doubt in Anzai's mind, Kitano continued, "Although I left Touou, I found that I couldn't let go of these kids, so I shamelessly returned to Touou as a technical consultant without any salary. After Minami and the others graduated, I left Touou. I hope to compete with you this year, Anzai."
"Oh, haha, 6 years ago, after you left Osaka University, we haven't fought each other since. I hope to meet you this year too."
When Mu Mu looked around, he saw harmony.
Nan Lie had a pleasant conversation with Mitsui and Ashen, who were also shooters, with a smile on his face.
The extremely ugly Itakura, another tall man Okawa, and the two short men of Ryonan, Miyagi Ryouta and Aida Hikoichi, gathered together and seemed to be demonstrating some passing technique.
Kishimoto, who had a small braid and looked very non-mainstream, walked up to Akagi and praised him, "Akagi-kun, you Shohoku are getting stronger and stronger. This year you even defeated Kainan. Congratulations. Last year I heard that your goal was to dominate the country. Although I don't want to admit it, you do have the strength to defeat Sannoh. Come on!"
Akagi responded in a deep voice: "You Touou are also very good. I have seen your schedule and it is very favorable. It will be easy to break through the group stage."
Past Osaka are Kobe and Okayama. These two counties are not very strong in basketball. A few students wearing team uniforms got on the train, but when they saw the entire Kanagawa team there, they turned around and went to other carriages.
The sweet voice of the announcer suddenly sounded on the radio.
We have finally arrived at the venue of this year's event, Hiroshima.