Chapter 255: The Top Eight
When I arrived in Nagasaki, I gathered as usual.
Since the Hakata Business University won the national championship last year, this time the representative of Hakata spoke on behalf of the national players, but unfortunately, it received only a small amount of applause.
There's no way, who made Hakata win the championship last year is a bit big, and this year's speech is not a graduated Nobisuke, but a newcomer who didn't have much playing time last year.
Hakata's style of play has led to the fact that there are only senior players who can play, and last year there were five third-year players who started the game, and everything was based on teamwork. Even the talented Nobisuke only started in the second year, not to mention other Hakata players.
The day after the usual teams were assembled, the national tournament finally began in full swing in Nagasaki.
Lingnan is one of the seeded teams and has the right to a first-round bye.
After a bye in the first round, the two opponents he met in the back were no threat to Lingnan, and they surrendered in less than half time and easily advanced to the national quarterfinals.
The other strong teams are not much different, except for Hakata, of course.
Hakata met the Aihe Academy led by Zhuxingda, although this year's Aihe Academy only won the runner-up in the county competition, but its strength was no worse than last year.
It's just that compared to the affiliated Hakata University of Commerce, Aihe College is inevitably a little weaker, and it will inevitably swallow the bitter fruit of defeat in the end.
However, Hakata is not comfortable, after all, the strength of Aiwa Academy is there, which causes Hakata's five starters to play until the end, and their physical fitness will inevitably be affected.
Although Xiangbei is playing a national tournament for the first time, the strength of the players on the books has the starting level of the top four, and it is the same as Lingnan, and it is easy to win the top eight seats. And Xiangbei's next opponent is the defending champion - affiliated with Hakata Business University.
In the case of one competition a day, the top eight in the country were divided in just three days, which were Hakata, Xiangbei, Lingnan, Mingpeng, Hainan, Fengyu, Sanwang and Darong College.
Wow!
At one of Nagasaki's gymnasiums, the crowd is so high that you won't find any seats to spare. There's no way, who let there be a game in Lingnan here.
The shadow of the famous tree, Chishang has long been known throughout the country at this time, and his fame is much higher than Zebei in SD. Many of these viewers came to watch and wanted to have a glimpse of the pond.
Although most of the audience is an audience that supports Lingnan, there are obviously a lot of people who support Mingpeng Industry, to be precise, they support Mori Chongkuan.
In the first three games, Mingtomo Industry easily defeated the opponent with a big score, and the biggest contributor was undoubtedly Mori Shigekuan.
In three games, Mori Shigekan averaged 37 points, 19 rebounds and 6 blocks per game, and the statistics were quite conspicuous, and his domineering slam dunk was really eye-catching.
"I won't say anything superfluous, the first task in this game is to limit the opponent's No. 15, and now I will announce today's starting lineup!"
On the Lingnan bench, Coach Tian Gang swept over the Lingnan players standing in a row one by one, and continued: "Center Naito, big forward Ikegami, small forward Guan Ping, guard off-road and point guard Uekusa! ”
In addition to dealing with Mingpeng Industry, Coach Tian Gang ruled out an alternative lineup, and in addition to being used to deal with Mingpeng Industry, the most important thing is to save physical strength to meet tomorrow's opponent.
Although the strength of Daei Academy is good, tomorrow Lingnan's opponent will only be Sanno Industry.
"Yes, coach!" Coach Tian Gang has absolute authority in the Lingnan team, and the Lingnan players will not object at all, not to mention that appropriate adjustments are conducive to the later games.
On the other side, the industrial bench of famous friends!
Looking at the players standing in front of him, Coach Matsumoto frowned, this game is definitely a tough battle for Mingpeng Industry, to be precise, it is more than lucky.
Because, the other party is Lingnan!
After the first two years of national competitions, he is well aware of the terrible Lingnan, especially the core of the other party. Not only has he completely surpassed the level of high school, but even if he enters college now, the title of the first point guard will only belong to him!
In Coach Matsumoto's view, this year's Lingnan has reached the peak of previous years, whether it is the strength of the players, team cooperation or momentum, it has reached the peak of previous years. He would rather meet the King of the Mountain or Hakata than meet Lingnan at his peak!
"If you think about winning Lingnan, you can only rely on Ah Kuan!" Coach Matsumoto let go of his clenched fists and his eyes fell on his most outstanding disciple.
The previous games all proved the strength and insolvence of Mori Shigekuan's strength, but in the face of Lingnan, Coach Matsumoto always felt a little bottomless.
That's right, it's bottomless!
Mori Chongkuan has never encountered a decent inside line before, and the strength of Aiwa Academy is indeed strong, but the inside line is only a second-rate level. And Lingnan is different, their two inside lines have all proved their strength!
"The starting lineup remains the same, try to pass the ball to Ah Kuan in the game! I won't say anything more, we are facing Lingnan this time, a stronger team than Aihe Academy!"
Except for Mori Shigekuan, the rest of the players are full of seriousness, and as a team that often gets the entrance ticket for national competitions, the Mingpeng industrial players are very aware of Lingnan's strength.
As for Mori Chongkuan, he had only heard of Lingnan in the past two days, but his usual self-confidence made him a little disapproving.
"Let's all go and warm up!"
When the Mingtomo Industrial players began to warm up, Coach Matsumoto took out a piece of paper from his arms, which recorded the data of the Lingnan players.
Uozide Jun: Center, 204 cm tall, 95 kg!
Tetsuya Naito: Power forward, 198 cm tall, 110 kg!
Ryoji Ikegami: Point guard, 197 cm tall, 98 kg!
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Seeing these basic data, after comparing the data of 199 cm and 100 kilograms, Coach Matsumoto really didn't have any confidence in his heart. One is a headache, but there are three in Lingnan!
Especially Mori Chongkuan is only in the first grade, and the other party is an old fritter.
Mingtomo Industry is a single-core team, and once Mori Shigekuan is restricted, the strength to be exerted is only the strength of the national top eight at most.
Bang dang!
Compared with the blandness of Lingnan, the warm-up of Mingpeng Industry was obviously more eye-catching, and with a loud bang, Mori Zhong hung high on the basket, and only released the basket after a few seconds.
Mori Shigekuan's gaze fell on Lingnan's player, and it was obvious that he finally realized that Lingnan was not simple.
It didn't take long for the warm-up to end, and the starters from both sides started playing.
As soon as he saw the starting lineup sent by Lingnan, Coach Matsumoto was not only not relaxed, but shocked.
As the coach of Mori Shigekuan, he knows better than anyone the advantages and disadvantages of Mori Shigekuan! Mori Shigekuan is very strong, but in the face of Naito + Ikegami's inside blockade, how to play at his full level.
――PS: The main reason why I want to leave a certain point is that a certain point blocked my three authors' novels for no reason, except for this one that still exists, the remaining five have all disappeared, making me look like a rookie author. For many authors, seeing their hard work blocked for no reason, how can they continue to stay here. As for going to Fly/Lu, it's all because the next book is an online game version of Pokemon (Pokémon) (Pokemon)!