Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

At 7:40 on the third day, all the members of the Kanagawa team had gathered at the station and took the Shinkansen to Chiba.

After getting on the train, Murasakibara told Kiyota to buy the latest version of "Basketball Weekly" to see if the grouping of this National Games has been announced.

"Oh, come and see, the groups have been announced." Murasakibara flipped a few pages and hurriedly called his teammates. Upon hearing this, Yuzhu, Amu and others also hurried over to watch.

As for the team strength level, Basketball Weekly gave the Kanagawa team, which consists of Shohoku, Kainan, Ryonan, Shoyo, and Midorikaze, an A-level rating. In addition, the Aichi Prefecture team, which is mainly composed of Aiwa Academy, also received an A-level rating, and even the Osaka team, which is composed of Toyoma High School and Daiei Academy, also received an A-level rating. The Akita team, which is composed entirely of Sanno players, received an A+ rating, ranking first among all teams.

"Damn. Are you kidding me? Sanno is higher level than us?" Mitsui was extremely upset. He wondered if the magazine editor had lost his brain, as the defeated opponent could still be so rampant. What's more, Shohoku was the champion of the national competition.

"Haha, after all, they have been the national champions for many years. Although they didn't win the championship this time, they are still the runner-up after all, and they defeated our Kanagawa Midorikaze and Ryonan teams," Coach Anzai analyzed.

"The ranking of Basketball Weekly has never been reliable. Everyone still remembers that Ryonan was only ranked C in the national competition." Maki Shinichi did not give a direct answer, but directly denied the authority of this ranking.

"That's right, that's right." Everyone laughed after hearing this, and the previous unhappiness was instantly swept away.

"According to the previous competition system, the 47 teams will be divided into eight groups AH for the group stage. Except for the first group with 5 teams, the other groups will have 1 teams. The number one seed, which is last year's champion team, will be assigned to the first group, which is a privilege for the defending champion. The top two teams in each group will advance and then proceed to the knockout stage. The knockout stage system is: A2-B1, B2-A2,... H1-G. We in Kanagawa are in Group E, and our opponents in the group stage are Kumamoto Prefecture, Ishikawa Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture, Niigata Prefecture and the Hokkaido team." Mugure looked at the magazine and introduced to everyone.

"The opponents in the group stage are nothing to worry about," said Amu after listening to Mu Mu's introduction.

"Who will be our potential opponent in the knockout round?" asked Xiandao.

"Our opponents will be the teams in Group F. The strong teams in Group F are Tokyo and Osaka. We will most likely face the Tokyo team," Mugure read the magazine and replied.

"Tokyo is actually similar to our Kanagawa, as it is also composed of multiple teams. However, there is a big gap between the strength of their players and ours, and the running-in period is not long. We will have no problem winning. As for our opponent in the quarterfinals, Osaka team. We must not be careless," said Coach Anzai.

"That's right, Osaka's Toyotama and Daiei Academy are both strong teams with the strength to be among the top eight in the country, so we should not take them lightly." Takato and Coach Tianoka nodded.

"Anxi, you are still so cautious. It seems that I have no chance to take advantage of your carelessness." A voice came

"Kitano?!" Anxi looked back at him, a little surprised. Kitano appeared behind him, along with Nan Lie and Tsuchiya.

"Anxi, I read the report. I didn't expect that you would become the coach of Kanagawa again this time. But it's not surprising. After all, you led the team to win the national championship. Nothing can stop you from being the coach except poor health. In the national competition, I only served as a technical consultant to guide Toyotama, and this time I was hired by the Sports Association as the head coach of Osaka. We two brothers finally have the opportunity to compete as head coaches again. You Kanagawa are very strong, and your personnel configuration makes me envious, but we in Osaka are not pushovers. See you on the court."

"Come on, Kitano, we, the Kanagawa team, will be the winner," Coach Anzai responded

"My biggest regret this year is that I didn't play against your Kanagawa team. I didn't expect that the Autumn National Games would make up for my regret. Please give me your guidance." Osaka's captain Tsuchiya took the initiative to greet the Kanagawa team.

"We are also looking forward to fighting with you," Mugure responded, "You are the only one left, Tsuchiya, I have fought with the others," Mugure said secretly in his heart

The appearance of the Osaka team was just a minor incident, and the Kanagawa team arrived at Chiba, the venue of the National Sports Games, relatively smoothly. They took the bus arranged by the organizing committee to the hotel where they were staying, and everyone rested in their assigned rooms. When everything came to an end, it was almost lunch time.

At 2 p.m., all teams had assembled for the opening ceremony, and the powerful Kanagawa team attracted the attention of its opponents.

"It's so high..." everyone exclaimed in unison.

Uozhu and Akagi whose heights are over or reach 200cm, Hanagata who is over 195cm, Mike, Sakuragi and Sendoh who are 190cm and above!

"So handsome!" Some crazy fans looked at Kanagawa Mumu, Fujima, Mitsui, Katsumi, Rukawa Kaede and other handsome guys with their eyes turned into hearts.

In addition to the height, Kanagawa's personnel configuration also made the surrounding opponents tremble with fear:

The starting five of the newly crowned national champion Xiangbei, the trident of the national third place Ryonan, the former champion of Kanagawa, the regular visitor to the semi-finals Kainan, last year's quarter-finalist Shoyo, and the core players of Midorikaze who entered the national competition and the knockout round shortly after the school was founded.

On paper, this combination is even stronger than Sanwang...

The chairman of the organizing committee of the competition came on stage and spoke a lot of nonsense such as "friendship first, competition second", and then the athlete representatives came on stage to take the oath.

As the champion of last year's autumn national sports, the Akita team, which consists of Sanno as its only team, sent a representative, who was naturally the third-year captain, Kazunari Fukatsu.

However, judging from the looks of the athletes below, it was obvious that this athlete representative was not very convincing—at least the Kanagawa team was not convinced!

Especially since Shohoku defeated Sannoh in the national competition not long ago, not only Shohoku, but also the entire Kanagawa team has a domineering attitude that no one else can beat you. Sannoh? Akita? Shohoku can beat you independently the first time, and the stronger Kanagawa team has the ability to beat you the second time.

Every player in Kanagawa's starting lineup thinks so!

As for other opponents, except for the Fukuoka team where the former runner-up Hakata Sho is located, the Aichi team with Aichi Stars and Little Giants, and the Osaka team with Toyotama and Daiei combined, the rest... are not worth worrying about!

Even these three teams may hardly pose a threat to Kanagawa or Akita.

The tone of this autumn national tournament has been basically set: Kanagawa and Akita will compete against each other, and the rest of the teams are here to accompany the two princes in their studies!

The Kanagawa team has often been seeded due to its outstanding performance over the years, and this year is no exception. As one of the top four teams last year, it was assigned to one of the groups in the lower half.

This also means that the Kanagawa team will not meet the Akita team until the last round.

In this way, the happiest people will naturally be the audience and the organizing committee, because the most exciting and intense competition will likely be staged on the last day!

After the opening ceremony, there was only one match today, the opening match between the defending champion Akita team and the Aomori team. It was a uneventful match. Sanno's three main players Ohkawada, Fukatsu and Zebei only played for 10 minutes before going off the court to rest. In the end, Akita won 94:28. After this match, the seeded teams will appear one after another on the second day!