After the national top eight are determined, all games will be concentrated at the Fukuoka Dome.
There were no surprises among the four seeded teams and they successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
The remaining four teams are Shohoku, Daiei Academy, Aiwa Academy and Jinbo University Affiliated.
As for Toyotama High School, they were eliminated in the third round and only got a spot in the top 16 in the country.
Although Toyotama's performance in the national competition this year was not as good as last year, this was because Toyotama's vitality was severely damaged. Coach Jinping was able to bring Toyotama like this to the third round, which is considered to be somewhat capable.
Today, the fourth round of competition will begin, which will determine the top four in the country.
The matchups are as follows: the first group is Hakata Shōda University Affiliated VS Jimbo University Affiliated, the second group Sanno Industry VS Shohoku, the third group Reinan VS Daiei Academy, the fourth group Shoyo VS Aiwa Academy.
Among them, the audience is most concerned about the match of the fourth group, because Aihe Academy was once the top four team in the country and its strength has not been compromised.
At the same time, Aiwa Academy also has the 'Aichi Star' Morohoshi Dai, and Shoyo has Kenji Fujima, one of the 'Kanagawa Two Heroes'.
As for the other Kanagawa duo, it is naturally not Shinichi Maki, but Uozumi. This is the title given to them by Basketball Weekly when Reinnan and Shoyo both achieved national semi-finals in the national competition last summer.
However, except for Morohoshi University, Aiwa Academy's lineup is indeed not as good as the Shoyang team, but basketball is round. If Aiwa Academy is in good shape, it may not be impossible to defeat the Shoyang team.
This is also related to the fact that the Xiangyang team has not been rated as an AA team, only an A+ team.
"Basketball Weekly" commented this way. The Xiangyang team's lineup is indeed good enough to reach the AA level, which is equivalent to the integration of two teams. However, their running-in time is too short and they have changed coaches. This is why they have not been rated as an AA football team. The main reason for the team.
If it gets to the second half of the year, I'm afraid "Basketball Weekly" will rate it as an AA team.
As for the competitions of the other three groups, the audience is not optimistic at all.
In the first group, Hakata Shougang University Affiliated was the two-time champion last year, while Jimbo University Affiliated is still at a low point and its strength has not yet recovered.
In the second group, Sanno Industries has been rated as an AA team for three consecutive years, while Shohoku is only an A-level team, and it is the first time they have entered the national competition. Regardless of lineup, teamwork, or competition experience, they are all at a disadvantage. The result can be Just imagine.
Needless to say, the third group is the Lingnan team. "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 still has the same lineup as last year.
As for the Lingnan team's opponent, Daiei Academy, like the Shohoku team, it is only an A-level team.
Time passed slowly, and soon, the first group's game ended.
No surprise, Hakata Shougang University Affiliated easily defeated Jimbo University Affiliated and successfully advanced to the top four in the country.
Next it will be the second group's turn, that is, the match between Sanno Industrial and Shohoku.
The biggest highlight of this game is probably the showdown between Mitsui and Zebei.
As soon as the game started, Zebei took the initiative to seek a matchup with Mitsui.
In terms of physical fitness and basketball skills, Zebei, who has been exposed to basketball since he was a child, is undoubtedly superior to Mitsui. However, Mitsui has an abnormal touch and flexible running skills, and he does not fall behind in the field.
Zebei is very fast, but he doesn't seem to have a deep understanding of running positions. He is always easily thrown away by Mitsui to score, which makes him feel very uncomfortable, but there is nothing he can do about it.
In this game, the pressure brought by Sanno Industries and Zebei's strength allowed Mitsui to show unprecedented fighting spirit and strong desire to score. Zebei naturally did not want to be compared with Mitsui.
So the two began to score wildly, making the audience cheer for them.
But after all, the two of them are not machines, and they always have time to rest.
It’s not that the Shohoku team has no strong point, that is Takenori Akagi.
Under Akagi's offensive, Nobe Masahiro was suppressed, but Akagi was not a fisherman, so the fight was a little harder.
As for the other three points in Xiangbei, they were naturally suppressed by Sanno Industry and had no temper at all.
Under the defense of Fukatsu Kazunari, Miyagi directly became the role of dribbling the ball through the half court.
Miaki Iwata was immediately lost. He was tortured in a fancy way by Ogata. Ogada knew too many and complex techniques, and his physical fitness was far superior to him, so it was normal for him to be abused.
On the contrary, Mugure is a little better, and can occasionally take advantage of the situation through movement. This is also related to Matsumoto Minoru's not very good condition.
Originally, after Kashima MapleShuang graduated, Minoru Matsumoto thought that his spring was coming. Not to mention becoming the ace of the team, he could also become a core outside player.
As a result, Zebei is here!
Zebei is naturally very happy to see Matsumoto Minoru. In the intra-team competition, he suppressed Matsumoto Minoru in a relatively relaxed manner.
Although Matsumoto Minoru was not as completely suppressed by Zebei as Rukawa Kaede in the plot year, he didn't have much power to fight back.
This is not to say that Matsumoto Minoru is stronger than Rukawa Kaede, but that Zebei has not yet reached his peak and is still in a period of rapid growth, otherwise Matsumoto Minoru may follow in Rukawa Kaede's footsteps.
However, coach Domoto and Zebei's father were still good friends, which directly caused Matsumoto Minoru to lose his thoughts. It's strange that he was in a good mood.
When it came to the national competition, Minoru Matsumoto found that his possession of the ball was significantly reduced, not as good as last year.
The reason is simple, one ball is simply not enough points.
It's okay to say that Nobe Masahiro and Fukatsu Kazunari are good, but the former is a rebounder and the latter doesn't have much desire to attack.
The other three are different. No matter Sawabei, Ohda or Minoru Matsumoto, they all have a high desire to attack, and they can only exert their greatest power when they have the ball in their hands.
Zebei has unlimited firing rights, and Ohda is the core inside, which also makes Matsumoto Minoru's proportion of the ball less than the other two.
That's all. Recently, coach Domoto seems to be interested in letting a full-time defensive outside player enter the starting lineup. He hopes that Minoru Matsumoto will serve as the team's sixth man to avoid wasting offensive firepower.
As a result, Matsumoto Minoru's situation can be imagined.
Due to his poor condition, his performance was naturally affected, especially his self-confidence.
For an offensive player, mentality is very important.
Unconsciously, time passed slowly.
With more than four minutes left before the end of the game, unexpectedly, Sanno Industries did not open up much of a point difference. The Shohoku team was stunned to use the combination of Mitsui and Akagi to temporarily hang the score.
It was also at this time that the situation suddenly changed, because Sanno Industrial launched a full-court press defense.
Although the Xiangbei team has also experienced the full-court press of the Hainan team, the two are not at the same level in terms of intensity.
During this period, coach Anxi continued to adjust, trying to break the press, but perhaps due to old age and physical weakness, he was never able to break through.
After all, it is still a problem with the team's lineup. Miyagi's lack of game experience and limited ability to read the game did not play his role.
Mitsui and Akagi are the key targets of Sanno Industries. 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 work. With 4 minutes and 13 seconds left in the second half, Hainan University was only 10 points behind Sanno Industrial; and when the game ended, Hainan University lost by 30 points. Lost the game.
In other words, in this short period of 4 minutes and 13 seconds, the whole team affiliated with Hainan University was scored by the opponent by 20 points.
Xiangbei was not much better. By the time the game was over, they still couldn't escape the fate of a huge defeat, thus ending their first trip to the national competition.
(End of chapter)
