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Last night Nippon U21 delivered a definitive victory over lowly Vietnam U21 by a score of 143-97. This victory places the team in third place at the conclusion of the first round and will advance to play 5 more games in the second round starting next week. Other qualifiers from our group were China (1st), Hong Kong (2nd), and Prathet Thai (4th).

The star of the game was Mitsuo Shibukji (Sapporo Fighters) who co-led in points (21), co-led in rebounds (11) and led in assists (6). This was his first game at the PF position, sliding over from SF since Omori was not feeling well (gameshape). And to think the Shibukji is only 20, can't wait to see what he will do next season.

Of note in this game is that seven different players scored in double digits. All are worth mentioning: Shibukji mentioned above, Usami Matsumura (Kotets) 21 points, Tadahiro Nakanishi (Bakinman) 20 pts, Takahiko Okada (工研人-Taiwan) 17 pts, Masatomo Saiki (Mythical Man-Mouth) 15pts, Norio Funaki (Yokozuna) 15pts, Shinya Umari (Kotets) 14 pts. Nakanishi also was co-leader in rebounding with 11.

We now await the draw for the next stage in the competition. Now that all the rif-raf have been sorted out of the contest evey game going forward will be tough. We'll do our best to make you all proud of the team.

がんばります

Season 16 SENIOR NIGHT


Since we are already eliminated from advancing any further I am declaring the last game of the season as SENIOR NIGHT.

All Seniors (21 year olds) will be fetured in tonights game and will get playing time. I thought this would be a good way to give one last thank you to the graduating players and their managers.

I'll start building the roster for Season 17 in the next week or so.

Throw your hat in the ring next season Wolph, then you can run it.

You've probably noticed a number of players added and dropped on the U21 roster. That's me taking advantage of the offseason window to see where some players are at without having to take the enthusiasm hit. I think I've got most of the information I need now and I will be deciding how we should inest the roster spots in the next couple days. I'll make another posting when I'm finished.

Thanks,
Coach Taiyo

This is merely a perspective of a new manager, but perhaps information before rather than after would help people understand what's occurring.

Last edited by malice at 7/27/2011 9:35:39 AM

I have completed making the selections for the core of the team this year and have sent out communications to each of the owners. We still have 5 free roster spots and I plan to use those to invest in the future of U21 and NT. I am looking to add some 19 year olds that have strong or at least solid potential and have shown a good focus on development already. I have found that the players I invest in early end up developing to be the strongest.

I will be contacting some target players' onwers in the coming days to confirm their interst and focus on development. Following, I will also be contacting the top new draftees to let them know of our interest in their players and to get them focused on a good development plan.

There are a numer of B-mails to send so please be patient with me. I do have a regular Job and family as well.

If you'd like to contact me directly about your player please feel free to send me a note.

Taiyo

Ouch... I would have thought we would beat Macau...

Look at the depth of their talent compared to ours. They look very strong this season. I can only speculate on how they are accomplishing with the limited size of their country.