The hotel where Takeishi Middle School rests is only ten minutes away from the Tokyo Gymnasium. Early in the morning, the Takeishi Middle School team members boarded the bus to the gymnasium.
There are a total of fifty-nine teams participating in the national competition, divided into four groups ABCD. At the same time, each group is divided into two groups for competition, each group has 7-8 teams.
Generally speaking, there will be two seed-level teams in a large group. The top eight teams in the past are usually the seed teams of this year. Often, these teams have byes in the first round of the competition. If the luck of the draw is poor, the average team will meet the seeded team after passing the first round.
However, Takeishi Middle School had better luck. In the second round, they did not meet the seeded team, but faced another team that participated in the first round.
In the second game, Takeishi Middle School faced a team from Kagawa Prefecture. The opponent was also entering the national competition for the first time and was not very famous.
However, when the players from Takeishi Middle School arrived at the venue, the stands were still full of spectators. However, most of these spectators are not here to watch competitions from schools like Takeishi Middle School. Today is the second day of the national competition. All the seeded teams have games today, and most people come to watch those teams play.
Takeshi's game is the second one today. Before them, their group will play a game first. The winning team will face Takeshi's group in the 16-to-8 game. Team.
So after arriving at the venue, Masayoshi Anzai led the team members to find a seat in the stands and sit down. In the stadium, there are two teams warming up.
Soon, Wu Dao was attracted by a handsome young man who was taking a layup on the court. Without him, it was just because Martial Arts looked at each other one more time among the vast crowd.
It was a handsome young man wearing a white No. 12 jersey. The young man had short short hair and fair skin. After the layup, he stood under the basket and passed the ball to his teammates. Every move he made faintly exuded composure. leadership qualities.
Because of the distance, Martial Arts couldn't quite estimate the opponent's height, but compared with the height of the opponent standing under the basket after a layup, he found that the opponent's height was around 175cm, which is considered high among junior high school teams. Medium level.
The reason why Martial Arts noticed the opponent among so many people was mainly because of the opponent's solid muscles.
It was obviously a junior high school match, but the No. 12 on the court had muscles that far exceeded those of his peers. The loose jersey couldn't cover the opponent's figure at all. Such physical conditions made Budo subconsciously think of Shinomiya Tano.
In junior high school, most players have a figure like Budo and Hisashi Mitsui, thin, with muscles but not obvious. Only a few strikers have exaggerated tendons, but they are also very few, so when Budo saw the white team No. 12, he immediately became interested in that person.
"Hey, Budo, what are you looking at?" Mitsui Hisashi was sitting next to Jinguji Budo. He noticed that Budo was staring at a person in the stadium. Following Budo's gaze, he didn't notice it. What's abnormal, so he asked in confusion.
"Xiao San, have you seen the white team's No. 12? Those muscles and figure seem to be Shinomiya No. 1, the smaller one."
"Do you know who that person is?"
Jinguji Budo pointed to the No. 12 of the white team on the court and asked Hisashi Mitsui next to him.
"Haha, have you noticed?"
"The white team is the seed team of our group, Hokkaido Iwamizu Middle School."
"Yanshui Middle School was ranked fourth in the country last year. The number 12, called Mu Shenyi, is Yanshui's starting guard."
"Last year he was only a freshman, averaging 16 points and 7 assists per game. He is an opponent that cannot be underestimated."
The person who answered the martial arts question was not Hisashi Mitsui, but the coach sitting on the other side of the martial arts, Masayoshi Anzai. It is his job as a coach to study opponents. He has studied all noteworthy opponents in Group C where Takeshi Middle School is located. Last year's fourth in the country, how could he not study it.
"Mu Shenyi? That fair-skinned boy is called Mu Shenyi?"
Jinguji Martial Arts asked in surprise, with a surprised expression on his face. He was too familiar with the name Mu Shenyi, but the young man passing the ball to his teammates under the basket really couldn't overlap with the middle-aged man in Wu Dao's mind.
This difference is really too big.
"What's the matter? What's all the fuss about? Do you know him?" Anxi Zhengyi glanced at Martial Arts, a little puzzled.
"Uh... I've heard about it before. It's the first time I've seen him. I didn't expect him to look like this." Wu Dao quickly shook his head and said perfunctorily, then leaned forward slightly and looked at the boy No. 12 of the white team carefully. .
"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it."
"This handsome boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes is actually the first repeater in SD. His skin is so fair, he must have not started surfing yet."
"I don't know how good my football skills are... If I play against the mistress..."
Jinguji Budo watched for a while and suddenly turned his head to look at Mitsui Shou, with a strong curiosity suddenly emerging in his heart.
In the past, when he visited SD's forum, he would always see people discussing whether Wu Kongsan could compete with Mu Shenyi. I don’t know what the situation will be like when the two of them face off in the senior year of high school, but now, Budo has the opportunity to see Mitsui Hisashi and Mu Shen face off against each other.
Of course, the premise is that Yanshui Middle School can win this game, and Takeshi Middle School can also win the next game. Only in this way can Takeishi have a chance to play against Yanshui.
"What are you looking at?" Mitsui Shou felt Wu Dao's gaze and turned his head and asked in confusion.
"Nothing, I just want to see who can win if you face off against No. 12."
Martial Arts grinned, his eyes filled with anticipation.
"Then there's no need to think about it? How could I lose?" Mitsui Shou curled his lips and said disdainfully. However, although he said this, his eyes were solemnly looking at the young man in the stadium, and he sat up slightly.
Mitsui Shou said that he could not lose, but in his heart he was obsessed with Mu Shenyi.
In the middle of the court, the referee had already walked to the center of the court and blew the whistle. The two teams returned to the rest area to make final adjustments, and then began to take their positions in the center circle at the referee's signal.
The opponent against Iwamizu Middle School was Serei Middle School in Tottori Prefecture. Like Takeishi, it was the first time this year to enter the national competition and passed the first round.
Junior high school basketball team members are relatively mobile. Generally speaking, in addition to the traditional strong basketball schools that consolidate the status of their teams through recruitment, most schools are stronger every year and weaker every year. Therefore, every year, there will be A new face entered the national competition.
Although there are many new teams entering the country, judging from previous years, the top eight teams in the country rarely change, and the established strong teams are getting stronger every year.
On the court, the players from Yanshui Middle School and Shirong Middle School were positioned in the center circle. At first glance, the average height of the players from Yanshui Middle School was much higher than that of the players from Shirong Middle School.
The two centers who jumped the ball in the middle circle, Yanshui's height was already over 190cm by visual inspection, but the boy who was playing against that player was only in his early 180s, which was obviously more than half a head shorter.
The game hasn't even started yet, but the morale of Shirong Middle School has already been suppressed.
“It wasn’t obvious during the warm-up, but once the two teams stood in the center circle, it was obvious.”
"Shirong's average height is too short. If there are no particularly strong players, this game will be over before it even begins."
Anxi Zhengyi clasped his hands on his chest and whispered, his expression full of sorrow.
He is not worried about Shirong Middle School, he is worried about his Wushi Middle School. Their opponent today is not strong, and Anzai Masayoshi has confidence in his team. But after victory, there is a high probability that you will encounter Yanshui Middle School.
In terms of average height, Takeishi is actually not as good as Iwashi. At least in the two positions of center and power forward, Takeishi definitely has no advantage.
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