Chapter 31 The County Competition Begins
Time passed slowly and soon the 17th came.
This day is also the day when the county competition schedule is announced, and the official competition will be held on the 19th, which is the day after tomorrow.
In other words, from the beginning of the game to now, each team only has more than half a month to prepare.
This is also the reason why very few first-year players become the team's starters. In such a short period of time, the first-year players are still unable to integrate into the team, and their cooperation with their teammates is unfamiliar.
Unless the individual is very strong, it is difficult for first-year players to get a chance to start.
During this period of time, the Lingnan team has been maintaining high-intensity training, and coach Tian Gang’s scoldings are endless, making the players miserable.
This directly caused many first-year students who had just joined the team to quit the team because they could not stand the hard and boring training.
Coach Tianoka did not retain them, which is related to their talent and strength.
In the opinion of coach Taoka, among this group of freshmen, only Uozumi and Ikegami have the value of training.
Yuzhu's training is still very hard. Not only has his personal ability been improved to a certain extent, but his inside skills have also been further improved.
Name: Uozumi·Jun
Age:16
Height:200cm
Wingspan:209cm
Weight:90kg
physical fitness
Strength: 98/100, Speed: 71/80, Jump: 65/73, Physical fitness: 87/91, Flexibility: 57/60
offensive skills
Close shot: 82/85, mid-range shot: 45/68, three-point shot: 14/52, ball control: 59/66, organization: 52/78, post-up play: 86/93
defensive skills
Individual defense: 85/93, assist defense: 66/73, rebounds: 94/96, steals: 60/68, blocks: 96/99
Allocable potential points: 0
In more than half a month, Yuzhu's strength has improved a lot.
Now Uozumi can be said to be truly among the top centers and already has the strength to compete for the top center in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Under the influence of Yuzhu, many key players also joined the team for additional training.
This also makes Coach Taoka feel very gratified. He believes that as long as his luck is not too bad, he has a good chance of getting a spot in the top four in Kanagawa Prefecture and hopes to get a ticket to the national competition.
In order to improve teamwork, there will be an intra-team competition every two days. Occasionally, I will also use my personal connections to play friendly matches with other universities.
This also makes the Lingnan players more compatible!
On this day, the schedule for the county competition was officially released.
Looking at the schedule in his hand, Coach Tianoka didn't know what to say.
Judging from the schedule, before entering the semi-finals, the Lingnan team does not need to compete with Hainan and Xiangyang, but it does not encounter the weakest player in last year's semi-finals, Jin Jiuwu.
Tsukutake is a traditional strong team, but its strength is much inferior to the other three teams.
If it were Tsukutake, Coach Taoka would probably laugh out of his dreams, because this means that Lingnan has great hope of winning the semi-finals.
Unfortunately, if Lingnan team wants to enter the joint finals, it must pass Buri University.
Buri is at its peak this year, not as 'weak' as it was two years later.
Led by the Watanabe brothers, Buri High School is recognized as the strongest inside team in Kanagawa Prefecture, not much inferior to Hainan and Shoyang.
In last year's county competition, Buri High School almost defeated Xiangyang, but unfortunately, it fell short by one move.
This year, the Watanabe brothers have become more mature and their strength is more outstanding than last year.
Of course, Xiangyang has also been strengthened, that is, they got Kenji Fujima, one of the future Kanagawa heroes!
For Lingnan, this schedule can only be considered good or bad.
"I didn't expect that our first opponent would be Miuradai, which was the top 16 team in last year's prefectural competition. Miuradai is not weak and is our traditional strong team in Kanagawa. Everyone must pay attention to this opponent and never underestimate it."
Coach Tian Gang couldn't help but frowned. Unexpectedly, Lingnan's first opponent would meet Miuradai.
Coach Taoka has a certain understanding of Miuradai, and at the same time he has resentment towards Miuradai.
Because, Coach Taoka tried to recruit Kengo Murasame during the spring break, but unfortunately Miuradai got there first.
"Yes, coach!"
The players shouted one after another with great momentum.
Coach Taoka began to analyze the information about Miuradai and said to Uozumi: "The core of Miuradai is third-year student Yano Shinichi, who is a center. Uozumi, are you confident in defeating him?"
"have!"
Uozumi is full of confidence. Now that he has the qualifications to compete for the top center in Kanagawa Prefecture, how can he not be confident?
In the following time, Coach Taoka continued to analyze Miuradai.
However, most of the information he collected came from last year's county competition.
"It would be great if there was a professional intelligence collector!"
During the analysis, Coach Tianoka couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied.
There is no doubt about the importance of data. The more complete the opponent team's data is, the better it can be targeted.
In order to better prepare for the game the day after tomorrow, Coach Taoka significantly reduced the training intensity, and at the same time tried his best to investigate Miuradai's information and arrange tactics.
As the top eight teams in last year's county competition, the Lingnan team is no different from ordinary teams in terms of competition system. It is not like the top four teams who have three byes and directly compete for a place in the joint finals.
Soon, the time came two days later.
This day is also the time when the first round of the county competition begins.
Among them, the Lingnan team's game is scheduled for 9 a.m.
Under the leadership of coach Tian Gang, the Lingnan team entered the basketball gym early.
This is a small basketball stadium with not many spectators.
Maybe it was the first round, or maybe it was because Lingnan and Miura Terrace were not very famous. In short, there were not many viewers at the scene, and students from the two schools accounted for a large proportion.
Coach Tagoka did not dare to underestimate Miuradai, so he sent out what he considered to be the strongest starting lineup, namely Uozumi, Tooyoshi Inoue, Oribe Sasaki, Yusaku Ozawa and Asahi Ken Matsushita.
On the other side, Miuradai also sent out its starting lineup.
Uozumi's eyes are mainly focused on the tallest player in Miuradai, who is the core of Miuradai - Shinichi Yano.
Yano Shinichi is 193 centimeters tall and 84 kilograms tall. Like Uozumi and Akagi, he is a traditional center.
In addition, first-year Kengo Murasame is also in the starting lineup, and his position is small forward.
Miuradai's starting players are quite tall. Except for the point guard, the other four positions are all over 180 centimeters. The overall height is not much different from Lingnan.
"so high!"
"I'm afraid it's not two meters long!"
…
When Uozumi was warming up, the eyes of the audience, Miuradai players and coaches were subconsciously focused on Uozumi.
Swish~swish~swish~
During the warm-up period, Yuzhu did not dunk, but began to use hook shots in various positions. His touch was relatively hot, and he kept throwing the ball into the basket.
The hook has become Yuzhu's regular weapon, which can effectively reduce his physical loss.
Chapter completed!