Chapter Seventy-Three: How to Play in the Lower Bracket

After more than two hours of fierce battles, the high school All-Star Game finally came to an end. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info voted through the relevant personnel to decide that the MVP of the high school All-Star Game was won by Ren Yan and gave him a trophy. As for the other players, just share the award and it's over.

The other teams didn't gain anything in this game, but they didn't lose anything. As far as the Chinese middle school is the weakest, the star of the house, Yun Feng, accidentally sprained it, and he had to rest for at least 5 days, so he couldn't participate in the first game of the losers' group.

"Don't run into those strong teams for the first time!" Li Hua prayed silently.

The next day, Yun Feng wrapped gauze around his ankles and limped to school. Now the ankle pain is not much pain, but I can't do any exercise, even jogging, otherwise the injury will be more serious.

After the boring class, Li Hua gathered them in the gymnasium again.

"Coach, can you find us at another time next time, I'm dying of hunger. Shaosa touched the belly of the hungry 'coo' and complained dissatisfiedly.

"It's like, I'm smart. Li Jie took out a loaf of bread from his pocket, took a bite and said, "Fortunately, I was prepared." ”

"Divide me a little. Shao Sa snatched the bread from Li Jie domineeringly, saying that it was a little, but when he bit it, most of it was gone.

"Grass, my bread!" shouted Li Jie.

"Have you two made enough trouble?" Li Hua's warm voice came.

"Alright. The two of them shouted in unison, and obediently ran to sit cross-legged.

When Li Hua's face improved, Wen Hao asked cautiously, "Coach, is there anything wrong with us?"

Li Hua habitually glanced at them, and then said, "The purpose of calling you here today is to tell you how to play in the lower bracket. ”

"How to play in the lower bracket?" Zhao Xin touched his head and said suspiciously: "Isn't the way the lower bracket play is the same as before, with an elimination system?"

Ling Hao echoed: "Yes, it was like this last year. ”

"Elimination system?" Wen Hao asked, "Excluding Thunderstorm Middle School, there are only 15 teams left, how can they be eliminated?"

"I don't understand. Zhao Xin smiled proudly and replied: "Before the start of each round, lots will be drawn, and a lucky team will be drawn to join the next round directly, so that the participating teams will become even." ”

"I'm grass, so if I'm lucky, I don't have to play a game, and I will go straight to the finals. Wen Hao shouted.

"It's not that easy. Inspirational Zhihao looked scheming and said: "This probability is too low, it can be said to be a rare occurrence in a hundred years." ”

Ignoring this group of people, Qin Yu said to Li Hua: "We all know these things, there is no need to say it again, since the coach called us here, it means that this year's game is different, right?"

"That's right. Li Hua nodded, it seemed that his decision to let Qin Yu be the manager of the basketball team was correct.

"What's that?" Ling Hao asked.

"The way of this year's competition is..." Li Hua paused for a moment, and only after arousing their curiosity did he speak: "The point system." ”

"Points system!" Zhao Xin shouted and asked, "What kind of point system?"

Li Hua still took out a blank piece of paper and explained in detail: "The way of the point system is to divide the 15 teams participating in the competition into three groups and a group of five teams. One team in each group plays against the other four teams in the group, and one point is added for one win, and no points are added or deducted for losing, so a team can only get a maximum of 4 points. And then"

Li Hua swallowed his saliva and continued: "Then the rankings will be arranged according to the scores, and see which team in the group has the highest score, and the two teams with the highest will be selected for the final round. ”

Ling Hao raised his hand and asked, "Then if there are teams in the three groups that get four points, won't there be three teams tied for the first place, then what will we do next? ”

"Of course not. Li Hua vetoed Ling Hao's speculation and said: "If there are really three teams tied for the first place, then the point system will still be used to compare." ”

"Poof!" Xu Zuoming 'vomited blood' and said, "It's a point system again." ”

"If you still add one point for one win, and don't deduct points for one loss, then it's possible that all three teams will only get one point, so what will you do after that?" Ling Hao continued to find fault.

Li Hua took the blank paper, quickly glanced at it, and said: "According to the above regulations, if this really happens, then add the second place in the points ranking, and then the four teams will play the knockout round." ”

"It's so annoying!" Ling Hao scratched his head irritably and said, "What if there is a team tied for second?"

"Where are so many contingencies!" Li Hua was also annoyed by these contingencies, and shouted: "If this really happens, then directly let the team that is tied for second draw lots to see who is lucky." Well, what questions do you guys have!"

"There's no coach. Seeing that Li Hua was angry, a group of people obediently shut up.

After a period of silence, Zhao Xin said cautiously: "This year's competition method is so complicated, and it feels more difficult. ”

"That's right. Li Hua agreed with Zhao Xin's words and said: "This year's competition method makes it much more difficult to qualify than before, and it is very unfavorable for strong teams like Longma Middle School. ”

"Why?" asked Li Jie.

"Because of the randomization group, there are a lot of possibilities. Li Hua gestured and said: "Longma Middle School is recognized as a strong player in the losers' group, but if he is divided into a group of strong teams, such as our Chinese Middle School, it is not easy for him to win all four games." ”

As soon as Ling Hao heard this, he immediately understood, and continued: "Then the other two groups are some weak teams, and one of them happens to have a good strength, winning four games in a row. In this way, because of the points, Ryoma Middle School will be ranked behind, and there will be no chance to participate in the finals. ”

"That's right. Li Hua nodded, "So the way the points system plays a big role in luck, in case you don't score well in the group, then you will be miserable." ”

"Damn!" Shao Sa was dissatisfied, and said: "Obviously, the strength is relatively strong, but in the end, it may not even be able to enter the finals." What kind of breaking the game, what are the organizers thinking, and why no team is protesting. ”

"Protest!?protest your sister!" Li Hua scolded: "This way of playing was proposed by those teams, and you still want them to protest." ”

"Team?" Li Jie was puzzled and asked, "Which team." ”

Xiao Ling guessed: "If I'm not mistaken, it should be those teams that are not very strong, because this way of playing is beneficial to them." And those strong teams must be opposed, but after all, there are not many strong teams, so the opposition is invalid, and this year it was decided to use the point system. ”

"It's a nuisance. Sausa still pouted dissatisfiedly.

"Alright. Li Hua clapped his hands and said, "No matter what he is, it's not a way, anyway, our Chinese middle school won't lose." ”

"That's right. The players shouted in unison: "The Chinese middle school is the strongest." ”

Li Hua smiled and said, "The competition the day after tomorrow will let them see the strength of our Chinese middle school." ”