Chapter 322: The Xiangbei Team Returning Home to Fish
After the national quarterfinals are decided, all matches will be played at the Fukuoka Dome Gymnasium.
There were no surprises for the four seeded teams and they advanced to the quarterfinals.
The remaining four teams,They are Xiangbei、Darong School Park、Aihe College and Shenbao University Affiliate。
As for Fengyu University, they were eliminated in the third round and only won the top 16 seats in the country.
Although Fengyu's results in the national competition this year are not as good as last year's, this is under the premise that Fengyu's vitality is greatly damaged, and Coach Jinping can bring such Fengyu to the third round, which can be regarded as having some ability.
Today, the fourth round of competition will begin, which will determine the national top four.
The matchup is as follows: the first group of Hakata Business University Affiliated VS Jimbo University Affiliated Group, the second group Sanno Industry VS Xiangbei, the third group Lingnan VS Daei Gakuen, and the fourth group Xiangyang VS Aihe College.
Among them, the audience paid the most attention to the match of the fourth group, because Aihe Academy was once the top four team in the country, and its strength was not damaged.
At the same time, Aiwa Academy also has the 'Aichi Star' Stars, and Shoyo has Kenji Fujima, one of the 'Kanagawa Twin Heroes'.
As for the other Kanagawa duo, it is naturally not Makishiichi, but Yuzumi, which is the title given to the two by "Basketball Weekly" when Lingnan and Xiangyang both won the national semifinals in the national competition last summer.
However, in addition to the stars, the lineup of Aihe Academy is indeed inferior to the Xiangyang team, but the basketball is round, if the state of Aihe Academy is strong, it may not be able to beat the Xiangyang team.
This also has something to do with the fact that the Xiangyang team is not rated as an AA-level team, but only an A+ team.
"Basketball Weekly" commented that the Xiangyang team lineup is indeed enough to be AA, which is equivalent to the integration of the two teams, but their run-in time is too short, and the coach has changed, which is also the main reason why it is not rated as an AA team.
If it comes to the second half of the year, I'm afraid Basketball Weekly will rate it as an AA team.
As for the matches of the other three groups, the spectators were not optimistic at all.
In the first group, the Hakata Business University Affiliated is last year's double champion, and the Jimbo University Affiliated is still at a low ebb, and its strength has not yet recovered.
In the second group, Sanno Industry has been rated as an AA team for three consecutive years, while Xiangbei is only an A-level team, and it is the first time to enter the national competition.
The third group, the Lingnan team, needless to say, "Basketball Weekly" commented that as long as there are fish to live in, the Lingnan team will still be rated as an AA team even if it is still last year's lineup.
As for the opponent of the Lingnan team, Darong School, like the Xiangbei team, is just an A-level team.
Time passed slowly, and soon, the first group of matches was over.
There was no accident, and the affiliated company of Hakata Business University easily defeated the affiliated company of Shenbao University and successfully advanced to the top four in the country.
Next will be the turn of the second group, that is, the match between Sanno Industry and Xiangbei.
Probably the biggest attraction of this game is the duel between Mitsui and Zebei.
As soon as the game began, Zebei took the initiative to seek a match with Mitsui.
In terms of physical fitness and basketball skills, Zebei, who has been in contact with basketball since he was a child, is undoubtedly above Mitsui, but Mitsui has a perverted feel and flexible running skills, and he does not fall behind on the court.
Zebei is fast and fast, but he doesn't seem to have a deep understanding of running, and he is always easily thrown away by Mitsui to score, which makes him feel very uncomfortable, but he is helpless.
In this game, the pressure brought by Sanno Industries, as well as the strength of Zebei, made Mitsui show unprecedented fighting spirit and strong desire to score, and Zebei naturally did not want to be compared to Mitsui.
So the two began to score like crazy, leaving the audience cheering for them.
But the two of them are not machines after all, and there is always a time to rest.
The Xiangbei team is not without strong points, that is, Akagi Gangxian.
Under Akagi's offensive, Nobe Shohiro was suppressed, but Akagi was not a fish, and the fight was a little harder.
As for the other three points in Xiangbei, they were naturally suppressed by Shanwang Industry, and there was no temper at all.
Under the defense of Kazunari Fukatsu, Miyagi directly became the role of dribbling the ball through the half.
Iwata Sanqiu was directly lost, and was abused by Okawada Fancy Dog, Okawada will have too many skills and too many miscellaneous, and his physical fitness is far above him, and it is common sense to be abused.
On the contrary, Mu Twilight is a little better, and occasionally he can pull cold through running, which is also related to Minoru Matsumoto's not very good state.
Originally, after Kaede Kaega graduated, Minoru Matsumoto thought that his spring was coming, not to mention becoming the ace of the team, how could he get an outside core.
As a result, Zebei is here!
Zebei was naturally happy with Minoru Matsumoto, and in the intra-team competition, he suppressed Minoru Matsumoto with a relatively relaxed attitude.
Although Minoru Matsumoto was not completely suppressed by Zebei like Rukawa Kaede in the plot year, he didn't have much power to fight back.
This is not to say that Minoru Matsumoto's strength is above Rukawa Kaede, but Zebei has not yet reached its peak and is still in a period of rapid growth, otherwise Minoru Matsumoto is afraid that he will follow in the footsteps of Rukawa Kaede.
It's just that Coach Domoto and Zebei's father are still friends, which directly caused Minoru Matsumoto to lose his thoughts, and it's no wonder that he can be in a good mood.
When it came to the national competition, Minoru Matsumoto found that his ball possession had significantly decreased, and it was not as good as last year.
The reason is simple, one ball is simply not enough to score.
Nobe Shohiro and Fukatsu Kazunari are okay to say, the former is a rebounding idiot, and the latter has not a high desire to attack.
The other three are different, whether it is Sawabei, Oekita or Minoru Matsumoto, they all have a high desire to attack and can only use their maximum power when they have the ball in hand.
Zebei has unlimited firing rights, and Okawada is the core of the inside line, which also makes Minoru Matsumoto's share of the ball less than the other two.
That's it, and it seems that Coach Domoto has been interested in putting a full-time defensive perimeter player in the starting lineup lately, hoping that Minoru Matsumoto will be the team's sixth man and avoid wasting offensive firepower.
In this way, Minoru Matsumoto's situation can be imagined.
Due to his poor form, his performance has naturally suffered, especially his self-confidence.
Mentality is very important for an attacking type of player.
Before you know it, time passes slowly.
When there were more than four minutes left before the end of the game, unexpectedly, Sanno Industry did not open up much of a point difference, and the Xiangbei team was stunned to temporarily hang the score with the combination of Mitsui and Akagi.
It was also at this time that the situation changed abruptly, because Sanno Industry sacrificed a full-court tight defense.
Although the Xiangbei team has also experienced the full-court pressing of the Hainan team, the two are not at the same level in terms of intensity.
During this period, Coach Anthy kept adjusting and wanted to break the press, but perhaps because of old age and physical decline, he never had a way in.
After all, it was a problem with the team's lineup, Miyagi's lack of game experience and limited ability to read the game, so he did not play his role.
Mitsui and Akagi, on the other hand, are the key targets of Sanno Industries, and under the tight defense, they often can't even touch the ball, and the offense and defense are out of position.
As a result, Xiangbei collapsed.
This feels like Hainan in the original book, with 4 minutes and 13 seconds left in the second half, Hainan University is only 10 points behind Sanno Industry; And when the game ended, Hainan University lost the game by 30 points.
In other words, in this short period of 4 minutes and 13 seconds, the whole team affiliated to Hainan University was scored a full 20 more points by the opponent.
Xiangbei was not much better, and when the game was over, it still couldn't escape the fate of defeat and loss, so it ended the first national competition.
(End of chapter)