Chapter 80: On the eve of the national competition

As soon as the two teams got off the train, they took a taxi straight to the accommodation prepared by the organizers.

There is no way, if the organizer does not even reimburse the accommodation fee, there will be a few teams that will play the national competition with peace of mind, especially a private school like Xiangbei. After all, a team has 12 players, plus coaches and managers, and the stadium is often located in the center of the city, which is not a small expense.

The longer the time drags on, the more manpower and material resources the organizer spends, so no matter which team has to play a showdown every day, until the final champion is decided.

Lingnan and Hainan, two teams from Kanagawa, are also in one place, and they are joined by teams from other prefectures, including Toyotama High School.

As soon as he saw Toyotama High School, Ikegami felt that it was obviously different from his impression, mainly because of the happiness between the players and coaches of Toyotama High School, and this coach was Coach Kitano.

This Kitano coach can be said to be the meritorious coach of the Toyotama High School basketball team, and single-handedly created the foundation of the run-and-gun tactics for the Toyotama High School basketball team. Not only that, but he also led Toyotama High School to dominate the Osaka division for many years, becoming a frequent visitor to the national competition and a well-known strong team in the country.

It's just that due to the fact that he has been in the quarterfinals of the national competition for many years, the management of Toyotama High School has gradually lost confidence in Coach Kitano's tactics. In the end, Coach Kitano was fired, of course, this is not a matter of later story.

The current Fengyu High School, on the surface, does not have the unscrupulous means of the future generations for victory, but the players in the team all look relatively simple. Only Ikegami knew in his heart that as long as Coach Kitano was forced to resign, the Toyotama High School basketball team would change dramatically and become a team of bad boys that other teams talked about.

Chishang didn't have any intention of going up to talk, not to mention the shallow words, and the relationship between the two sides was a group opponent. He knew in his heart that if Lingnan won Fengyu, the Liangzi of both sides might be married, because Fengyu High School might not even be able to get the top eight at that time, and it would be common sense for Coach Kitano to resign at that time.

The reason for this feeling is mainly based on the format of the group, and the second group has a total of 15 teams from different parts of the country. Among them, as a seeded team, Aihe Academy not only has a bye, but the number is naturally 1. As the top eight last year, Fengyu High School naturally has to be separated from Aihe Academy, and it is divided into the lower half of the district, numbered 8. As for Lingnan, it is 12.

In other words, if everything goes according to normal, Lingnan will compete with Fengyu High School for a place in the quarterfinals of the national competition on the third day.

Although Lingnan has become famous in Kanagawa Prefecture, he even played two overtimes with Hainan in the joint finals. But even so, where would the bureaucrats of the organizers of the national competition have the heart to watch the video of the competition, what they want to watch is very simple, that is, the champions and runners-up of each county, nothing more.

The team of Yilingnan, like Xiangbei two years later, did not receive the attention it deserved. However, unlike the tragic Xiangbei, the group form in Lingnan is much better than the death group in Xiangbei.

In addition to the better grouping, in addition, Lingnan's evaluation in the basketball weekly is at least higher than that of Xiangbei two years later, and at least it has also got a B+, perhaps because Lingnan has some fame in Kanagawa in recent years, plus Lian Ke Xiangyang and Wuli, there is such an evaluation.

However, compared to Lingnan's B+ evaluation, Toyotama High School, which is the champion of Osaka this year, has a higher evaluation than Lingnan and has reached an A level. As for the seeded team in the second group, Aihe Academy, the evaluation is also A.

Among all the teams, there is only one team whose evaluation is above this evaluation, and that is - Sanno Industry, this university has received the only AA rating.

"You're free in the morning, but you have to gather here at noon, and then we'll have to go to the gym with the other teams and then start the first round tomorrow, remember?"

In a large room, Shigeichi Taoka was still meticulous and explained the matter.

"Yes, Coach!" Ikegami and the other players were a little excited when they heard that they could move freely, after all, it was their first time in Tokyo, and this place was more prosperous than Kanagawa.

"Disband!"

Ikegami returns to his own room, which can accommodate four people, in addition to Ikegami, there are also Uozumi, Yusaku Ozawa, and Asahi Ken Matsushita.

"Ikegami, what is there to see in this basketball weekly?" asked Yusaku Ozawa as he put away his luggage as he turned his head to Ikegami, who was looking at the basketball weekly with relish.

"Captain, this basketball weekly not only has the grouping form of each group in the national competition, but also the player information of many participating colleges and universities, and there is also your information in it. ”

Ikegami didn't look up, just said a few words, then moved a few times, leaning on the bed in the most comfortable position to watch.

"What, there is player information, is there any mine?"

Without waiting for Ozawa Yusaku to speak, Yuzumi immediately rushed to Ikegami and opened his mouth to ask.

"Yes!"

"Then let me see!" Yuzhu was a little anxious, don't look at his tall and big, but after all, he was only a 15-year-old boy.

And Yusaku Ozawa also came to Ikegami at this time and stretched out his hand, the meaning was very obvious.

"Well, take your time! Isn't it just a basketball weekly!"

Ikegami squinted at Uozumi and Yusaku Ozawa, and threw the basketball weekly in his hand to them, anyway, he had read all the player information he was interested in.

In the basketball weekly, the Lingnan team only included the information of Ikegami, Yusaku Ozawa and Yuzumi, as well as the profile of Coach Takaka.

Player evaluations are straightforward and break down a player's abilities, including physical attributes, techniques, evaluations, and characteristics.

These abilities are divided into top, first-class, second-rate and third-rate levels, of course, even if they are at the same level, there will be a slight difference.

In Ikegami's opinion, although the player evaluation in the basketball weekly is not completely accurate, it is almost the same, at least he feels that the evaluation of himself is not bad.

Among them, Ikegami's various physical qualities such as strength, speed, and physical strength have basically received a first-class evaluation, and in terms of technology, mid-range shooting, three-point shooting and passing have reached the top, and they are also the only two college basketball players with three top in this year's national competition, and the other is the current ace of Sanno Industries.

And in the final comment of the player, there is a sentence: "Being able to bring a team in the top eight of last year's county competition to this point seriously threatens Hainan's king status, you can't ask him for more, the MVP of the county competition is well deserved!"

"I don't know which reporter wrote it, you know me so well!" Ikegami reclined on the bed, but his heart was constantly slandering. In this way, whether the other opponents believe it or not, they must not be on guard immediately, so that he will not be able to play the role of a surprise soldier.

However, for him, there is no need for strange soldiers, because at this level, it is undoubtedly extremely difficult to knock people down. Rather than that, it's better to squeeze hard to win.

"Ikegami, do you want to go out for a walk together?" At this time, Matsushita Xujian, who was doing nothing on the side, couldn't help but ask Ikegami.

"Okay!" Ikegami readily agreed, this was his first time in Tokyo, so he naturally wanted to see it, not to mention that he had been training for a long time, and he had to relax, only the combination of work and rest was king, otherwise his body would soon collapse.

"I'll go too!"

Yusaku Ozawa and Yusu also read their respective evaluations in the basketball weekly at this time, and when they saw that the two were going out, they hurriedly followed immediately, and they both wanted to go out to see the world and see what the differences between Tokyo and Kanagawa were.