On February 18, 2023, this was the fifth year that Xiamen University met Huaqiao University in the grassroots competition in Fujian division, at this time, 232 days have passed since Xiamen University lost to Ningbo University in the 24th CUBAL Southern district competition. In these 232 days, Xiamen University, unlike other teams, sent off retired and graduated players and started a new break-in. The protagonist of the script has not changed, and master tone is always trying to win and dare to fight, but the ups and downs of the plot seem to be much bigger than expected.

Written by: A Yu

[Midsummer]]

In July, Hainan, the 24th CUBAL Southern district competition.

This competition, which was supposed to be held in March, compressed the original conventional competition system arrangement. Without the promotion of the national competition from the Southeast Division to the play-off, the continuous and intensive schedule added a lot of tension to the Southern District race, as if the moist water vapor in the air in midsummer blurred the result ahead.

Ningbo University is a newly rising strong team in the Southeast Division. Xiamen university once won the Southeast King twice in the Southeast Division. Both sides have strong players and combinations. Who can win this game and enter the Southern District top four and the national top eight? There are also many discussions before the game.

“Glue” is the most suitable adjective to describe the whole game. In the first half, the attack of Ningbo University was very aggressive, but based on the defensive end, it turned the advantage of the defensive end into an offensive score. At the end of the half, Xiamen University still held a 4-point lead. In the second half, the two sides also played well. Until 28 seconds left in the last section, Xiamen University still took the lead with 62:58. However, what followed was Liu Lin’s three-pointer shot after the pass to Chen Siyu on three point line.

If the contest between the two sides before this makes the pressure of the game like before the rainstorm in the summer afternoon, then this three-point ball is a Thunder before the rainstorm, and the extra-time game is on the verge. The five-minute overtime match was like a summer rainstorm, which ended in a hurry before everyone had time to react. At the end of the overtime match, Xiamen University missed the killing and mending basket. The rainstorm stopped gradually, and the sunshine behind the clouds shone towards Ningbo University. The shadow is the disappointment and sadness of Xiamen University.

[Early Spring]]

In February, Fujian, the 25th CUBAL Fujian division grassroots competition.

This is the first time that Huaqiao University has fought.

In the 24th grass-roots competition, Xiamen University collapsed in the fourth quarter when facing overseas Chinese university on the road with a 6-point lead at home, and finally lost to overseas Chinese university, failed to win the champion of the grassroots competition. “Leaving the champion in Xiamen” may be the biggest wish of Xiamen University players before the game.

However, if you want to get back this champion, it is just like the bud that you want to break through the ground in spring. You need to go through thousands of obstacles. After the opening 2:0, Xiamen University never found a comfortable offensive tempo and state on the court. In the following five minutes, only one time was Wu Chao’s layup score, and the rest were free throws, at this time, the difference has reached 7:18. At the end of the first section, Wu Chao scored YILI three-point goals, reducing the original score difference of more than two digits to 10 points, but no one would have thought that this would be the only three-point goal Xiamen University had scored in this game.

If the first section is Bud thick soil that needs to be broken before breaking the soil, what the second section encounters may be soil mixed with gravel, making the road of breaking through obstacles more difficult. Jia Zol driving to the hoop failed, Liu Bowen 7.9 meters away three-point jump shot failed, wrong, 8 seconds violation: when the second half is over, Xiamen University still seems to be unable to find the state, it only got 3 points for nearly half a quarter, and the field goal percentage of the team was also very low. Both the offensive and defensive sides also made frequent mistakes. At 3 minutes 58 seconds, Zhang Renjie missed the three-point jump shot 6.9 meters away; At 3 minutes 55 seconds, Li Shida failed driving to the hoop. The time of the competition passed at 1 minute 1 second, but the Xiamen University we wanted to see never appeared.

In the first half, the team made a total of 8 shots in downtown, but only one hit. It may be hard for us to imagine that when this team brought the game into Canada with the magic three-point ball a year ago, and win at home. At the end of the first half, the words “mistake”, “poor hand feeling” and “no state” seemed to have already labeled the game, the state of Xiamen University made everyone watching this game sigh.

With a score of nearly 20 points, Xiamen University started the second half game. After the big score falling behind in the first half, the road of scoring must not be so easy, but Xiamen University in the third section has some confused competitive state compared with before, gradually start to find a relatively suitable offensive tempo, and reduce the score to 10 points when 3 minutes 30 seconds is left in the fourth quarter.

3 minutes 30 seconds, very, it can be said that there is an opportunity, or it can be said that it is very difficult. Of course, Xiamen University failed to rewrite the script this time, creating an ending of turning against the wind.

We will feel that it is a pity for Xiamen University-this is another failure of Xiamen University in the league after losing to Ningbo University in the southern district competition last year; But it is not a pity, this is only a grass-roots competition. For Xiamen University, this road is still very long, and they will never stop moving forward because of the failure of the grass-roots competition.

Or we can’t see the green buds breaking the ground in this game, but soon there will be warm wind and spring rain. Maybe in early April, we will see bud breaking the ground and growing up.

[Spring and summer]]

Looking back, Xiamen University’s Road in CUBAL can be called bumpy. In the partition competition, he once won two southeast kings, and then rushed into the top four of the country in the 22nd session and the 23rd session. The 24th session was blocked by Ningbo University at the gate of the top eight of the country; The 25th session, the grassroots competition once again lost to the old rival Huaqiao University. It is hard for us not to think that Xiamen University is always experiencing sad scripts in the league.

On the stage of the 23rd CUBAL, the national semi-final, Xiamen University faced the strong golden generation led by Tsinghua University, Li Yiyang and Qi Haotong at that time. Although in that competition, I couldn’t cross the mountain of Tsinghua University to the stage of the national finals, but I also handed over a satisfactory answer. At the end of the third quarter, Shao Siming formed a match with du Bochao in a familiar way. At the end of the fourth quarter, he sat on the player table with Li Yiyang and talked about something; Shao Siming was expected at that time, and some people once thought that he would be the answer to the outside line of Xiamen University after the golden generation left.

Now, in the 25th CUBAL Fujian grass-roots competition, the outside line of Xiamen University is not playing stably and lacks aggressive attack, which makes the outside world question the audio frequency; the seemingly powerful insider failed to save Xiamen University from fire and water. At the end of the grass-roots match, the camera was aimed at Li Yiyang and Zhuang in the audience. Perhaps in the face of such a unsatisfactory match, just like the lyrics-“young looking back, laughing, I am still not fast to follow”.

This season is also the last season of some players in Xiamen University. From the emergence of high school league matches and high expectations, to now, whether you choose to retire or enter a higher stage, they need to create a better ending for the script that seems sad at present.

[Tail note]]

Sadness cannot become the master tone of competitive sports after all. Behind the cruel reality, not only hard work and courage are needed, but also a good result is needed to draw a perfect end for the script. What kind of new chapter will Xiamen University present to us in the following competition? I think it is worth looking forward.