In order to save money, the Lingnan team had no idea of spending the night in Kyoto and took the Shinkansen back to Kanagawa Prefecture overnight.
This time in the national competition, both Lingnan and Xiangyang can be said to have returned with a full harvest.
If anyone is unhappy, it's probably Fujima.
Not being selected for the best team, Fujima believes that this is because his coach is holding him back. If he hadn't sat out for most of the game against Jimbo University, his data would not have been lowered. If so, there is a high chance of being selected for the best team.
As a result, the conflict between Fujima and Coach Xiangyang seems to have deepened.
Seeing this scene, Uozumi also tried to explain, but unfortunately Fujima seemed to have made up his mind and couldn't listen to the advice at all.
In this case, Yuzhu could only let it go and let it go.
The next morning, Uozumi and others finally returned to Lingnan High School.
At this moment, Lingnan University prepared a grand welcome ceremony for them.
As for the welcome method, I won’t list them one by one.
However, the Lingnan team also received a lot of benefits.
First, the school attaches increasing importance to the basketball team and indicates that it will increase investment in the basketball team, such as purchasing equipment and renovating venues.
Second, the principal provided a complete set of high-quality sports suits for all Lingnan's regular players, including jerseys, sneakers, wristbands, etc.
Third, different bonuses will be given based on different contributions to the team!
This bonus is divided into three levels in total. The first level is naturally coach Taoka and Uozumi; the second level is the remaining starting players, Okusan Yuma, Ikegami Ryoji and the team manager; the third level is the substitutes who have not played many games. and watercooler managers.
After returning home, Uozumi couldn't wait to open the envelope and start counting the money.
Two hundred thousand yen!
"As expected of a private school, it's quite generous!"
Two hundred thousand yen is already a lot, after all, Lingnan is only the top four in the country this time.
If he is the national champion, the prize money will definitely increase significantly, not to mention that there is still a winter competition this year.
If you count the entire team, the bonus payout this time is not a small amount.
The most important thing is that Lingnan University has many successful sports clubs, such as judo, baseball, football, tennis, etc.
Just the investment in various sports clubs every year is a huge amount.
After collecting the money, the fish stayed at home to rest for a day, and then resumed its usual rhythm of life.
Even though he led the team to the semi-finals in the country and became the truly No. 1 high school center in the country, Uozumi still did not slack off.
The reason is simple. He has never limited his sights to the small island country, but to the highest palace of basketball.
He must continue to work hard and convert his potential into strength as much as possible.
The McDonald's Asian Basketball Training Camp is an opportunity for him. If he performs well, it can increase his popularity and even have a chance to be spotted by American colleges and universities.
In addition, since Yuzhu has a data panel, it is impossible to be lazy.
Seeing your progress every day is a huge boost for anyone.
In the following days, Yuzhu spent time in the school gymnasium almost every day. He was like an ascetic, constantly squeezing his potential.
Uozumi's progress is undoubtedly visible to the naked eye, even his teammates can feel it.
While the teammates were surprised, they couldn't help but feel excited.
The stronger Yuzhu is, the greater the help to the Lingnan team will be.
Seeing Uozumi's progress, Ozawa Yusaku finally made up his mind.
"Yuzhu, I don't want to leave any regrets. I want to participate in this winter competition!"
Ozawa Yusaku's grades were not very good. He originally planned to quit the basketball team after the national competition and concentrate on preparing for the entrance examination.
Not only Yusaku Ozawa, but also several other senior players also have such concerns.
There is no way, the training intensity of the Lingnan team is there, especially the winter competition is still nearly half a year away.
For many people, basketball is not a necessity, they also need to consider the future.
"Then I'll stay too!"
"Count me in!"
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As soon as Ozawa Yusaku finished speaking, the other senior high school players also made their choices. None of the senior high school players wanted to quit the basketball club.
The reason is simple. They see the hope of winning the championship and don't want to hold the team back.
In addition, if the team wins the championship, it will also be an opportunity for them, which can be a bonus when they go to school.
However, given their strength, it is difficult for any famous basketball school to come forward to recruit them, including Yusaku Ozawa.
Although Yusaku Ozawa is strong and can be considered a top player, his physical fitness is there. When he goes to college, he will probably be ignored by everyone.
This is almost doomed!
Regardless of height or physical fitness, they are always important factors restricting the growth of players.
However, Yuzhu was relieved that the senior players did not quit the basketball club.
Even if his strength can be improved, basketball is a team sport after all. Without the assistance of excellent teammates, no matter how strong he is, he will still have certain limitations. The biggest constraint is physical strength.
It is not difficult for the current Yuzhu to get 40 or 50 points in a game, but if there are more, it will be difficult.
In short, he cannot score all the points by himself. He also needs the support of excellent teammates, not to mention that his opponents are not weak.
In the same hard training, time passes slowly.
Soon, half a month passed.
On this day, Uozumi did not go to school for training, but came to the Kanagawa Prefectural Gymnasium.
Yesterday, he was entrusted by Coach Tagang to temporarily replace Coach Tagang as a judge for the county junior high school competition.
Well, Coach Tian Gang once again became a judge for the county junior high school competition. In order to find good talents, he is very enthusiastic about becoming a judge.
It's just that he happened to be out on business today, so in the end he had to leave the matter to Yuzhu.
Although Uozumi's qualifications are far inferior to those of Coach Taoka, his reputation in Kanagawa Prefecture is far higher than that of Coach Taoka, especially among middle school students.
After all, he is also the No. 1 high school center in the country, and he is also a single-core player who leads the team to the top four in the country. Many people even think that Yuzhu is qualified to compete for the honor of the No. 1 high school student in the country.
It's just that Uozumi has only experienced one national competition, and has never won the MVP of the national competition, and Kashima Maple Shuang's performance is almost as good as Uozumi, which means that the reputation of being the number one high school student in the country is not very high.
Even so, if it were Kanagawa Prefecture alone, he could be said to be the most famous high school player, and he was definitely qualified to replace Coach Taoka as a temporary judge for a prefectural junior high school competition.
What I have to say here is that the county junior high school competition is also divided into summer competition and winter competition, and now it is the summer competition.
The difference is that junior high school competitions do not need to go through national competitions.
Not long after, Uozumi arrived at the county gymnasium.
There were only a few spectators sitting in the gymnasium. Normally, junior high school competitions are not very popular, and the popularity is usually only high in the finals.
Under the guidance of the staff, Yuzhu came to the edge of the court and appeared at the judges' table.
For the first time, he saw a familiar figure.
"Coach Anzai!"
Uozumi hurriedly said hello. At this time, Coach Anxi was as usual, almost squeezing the chair to its full capacity.
"Oh haha, it turns out it's a fish house!"
As soon as he saw Uozumi, Coach Anzai obviously became serious. He seemed to be very interested in Uozumi.
"I heard Coach Taoka say that you will replace him as the judge of this game."
"Yes!"
After finishing speaking, Yuzhu sat on the chair next to Coach Anxi.
The two started talking, and the topic revolved around basketball.
"Uozumi, I have seen the video of your competition in the national competition. I have to say that you have completely transcended the category of high school students.
Unexpectedly, you have only been exposed to basketball for four short months, and you have grown to this point. I am afraid that genius is your limit.
I have to say that you are the most improved player and one of the strongest centers I have ever seen. "
When talking about the strongest center, coach Anzai had memories in his eyes, and he thought of Tanizawa Ryuji.
He believes that Uozumi is not necessarily Tanizawa Ryuji's opponent.
However, in terms of the speed of progress alone, Uozumi is obviously still ahead of Tanizawa Ryuji.
Ryuji Tanizawa was a basketball genius discovered by Coach Anzai when he was coaching the college basketball club. He was only 19 years old at the time. Coach Anzai commented that he was more agile than expected, and he was a freshman in college who he had high hopes for.
It's a pity that coach Anzai at that time had the title of white-haired devil. He was known for his strict coaching, but he was not as tough yet soft as coach Taoka.
In addition, Tanizawa Ryuji always believes that the team exists for him, not that he exists for the team.
Therefore, Tanizawa Ryuji really couldn't stand Coach Anzai's overly strict coaching style, thinking that there was no room for him to perform here, and his talent would eventually be wiped out if this continued.
As a result, Tanizawa Ryuji had the idea of leaving the college team.
Eventually he got on a plane to the United States.
Five years after Ryuji Tanizawa left, Coach Anzai read the news of his death in the newspaper.
At that time, Tanizawa Ryuji was only 24 years old!
Coach Anzai stood in front of his grave, and Tanizawa Ryuji's mother gave him a letter from four years ago.
In the letter, Tanizawa Ryuji discovered that in the United States, teams never exist for individuals. Moreover, it is impossible to improve your own skills without good basic training. When he arrived in the United States, he realized that he had missed the most precious treasure in his life.
Due to his guilt, Ryuji Tanizawa became the eternal pain in the heart of coach Anzai, and he changed from a white-haired ghost to a white-haired Buddha.
In the end, Coach Anzai quietly left the college basketball world and went to Shohoku High School to retire.
Faced with the praise from Coach Anzai, Uozumi seemed very humble and began to have a wild conversation with Coach Anzai.
"Uozumi-senpai!"
Suddenly, someone from the audience at the back called him.
Uozumi turned around and saw to his surprise that it was Mito Yohei and the "Idiot Trio".
"Hey, Yangping, why are you here?"
Wow~
Before Mito Yohei could answer, at this moment, the audience cheered.
It turns out that two teams have already entered the stadium.
Yuzhu subconsciously turned his head to look at one of the teams. When he saw the figure of a player, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"Hey, Rukawa Kaede!"
Uozumi didn't expect to meet Rukawa Kaede here, which meant that this was a game for Tomigaoka Middle School.
He subconsciously looked at the electronic screen and was startled again.
On one side is Tomigaoka Middle School, and on the other side is Wako Middle School!
What a coincidence!
Uozumi couldn't help but look at the Wako Middle School team. This was completely his subconscious behavior, but he didn't think Sakuragi Hanamichi would be here.
Then, he saw a red-haired boy, who else could it be but Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Damn it, what's going on?
How did Sakuragi Hanamichi become a member of the Wako Middle School basketball team? Are you sure you didn't just pick up basketball in high school?
"Looks like the butterfly effect!"
Uozumi reacted quickly, and he understood that this was probably his intervention, which caused Sakuragi Hanamichi to contact the basketball in advance.
While Uozumi was thinking, Rukawa Kaede walked towards him.
Rukawa Kaede obviously also saw Uozumi. After all, Uozumi was the center of attention no matter where he went due to his huge size.
"senior!"
Rukawa Kaede stood in front of Yuzumi, with a rare expression of excitement on his paralyzed face.
"Rukawa Kaede, I didn't expect such a coincidence!"
While Uozumi was talking, Sakuragi Hanamichi finally spotted Uozumi in the Wako Middle School team. He was very fast and appeared in front of Uozumi in the blink of an eye, and then he made a 'foot brake'.
"Uozumi-senpai!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked very excited, he didn't expect to meet Uozumi here again.
"It turns out to be Sakuragi! Sakuragi, how long have you been playing basketball now?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi calculated it carefully and said, "About a month!"
One month!
Uozumi seemed to remember something. One month ago, wasn't it the time when he saved Sakuragi's father.
At the same time, he remembered that his basketball was left at Sakuragi's house.
If nothing else, Sakuragi Hanamichi's exposure to basketball was probably related to that basketball.
"It's been a month, I didn't expect you to persist!"
Uozumi couldn't help but show an incredulous expression. With Sakuragi Hanamichi's nature, how could he normally persist for a month? There must be something wrong.
"Uozumi-senpai, Sakuragi practices basketball just to chase girls!"
Suddenly, Gao Gongwang's voice sounded.
I see!
Uozumi finally saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi was still practicing basketball just to chase girls.
"In more than a month, I don't know what stage Sakuragi Hanamichi has reached?"
Uozumi secretly thought, with Sakuragi Hanamichi's exaggerated progress speed, as long as the coach is willing to guide him, he may have reached a certain level.
Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't refute, he looked left and right subconsciously, as if he was looking for something.
If nothing unexpected happens, Sakuragi Hanamichi is probably looking for a girl he likes. I don’t know if Sakuragi Hanamichi will still be able to complete the record of 50 broken relationships after playing basketball in advance.
At this time, Rukawa Kaede suddenly said: "Senior, after the game is over, I hope you can give me a chance to challenge you!"
After finishing speaking, Rukawa Kaede rarely bowed, hoping that Uozumi would agree to his request.
