First, the magazine in Kishimoto's hand is not completely authoritative. At least the details of many teams have not been investigated realistically. In the introduction of Xiangbei, only Akagi Takenori is mentioned as a good center, which is very consistent with Karasawa Kazuo's view of Shenze Sport University, and Karasawa Kazuo has never personally watched Xiangbei's game in Kanagawa Prefecture. Even if you are the coach of the strongest university basketball team in China, it is normal to be mistaken, let alone a magazine!
Second, it is directly related to Inoue Takehiko's decision to finish Slam Dunk ahead of schedule. From the score data, it can be seen that the strength of the three teams, namely, Xiangbei, Hainan and Lingnan, is not much different, while Hainan is Grade A. Even though Xiangbei was rated as Grade C in the national competition for the first time, some of them were underestimated. From the first day's schedule, we can find that teams with a little strength beat their opponents in the first round. If it is assumed that Xiangbei is Grade B, it will not be assigned to the signing position of such a fishbone team. The first round of playing A-level Yu Feng is obviously for training.
However, Inoue Takehiko designed this way, but brought A-level Yu Feng to northern Hunan for training. It is obviously the best choice to draw only two games with A-level team over AA-level team! Third, the protagonist's counterattack skills commonly used in comics. Before the national competition, Xiangbei was not optimistic, but in the end it was able to beat the strongest Shanwang industry in the country, which surprised everyone. This design makes the audience look more enjoyable, as if people expect the just side to win in the end. Imagine giving northern Hunan an A-level and then assigning it to a reasonable position.
Then northern Hunan has become the object of some weak teams' challenges, which does not conform to the logic of warm-blooded animation. Fourth, the magazine's introduction to northern Hunan is "to see if they can perform unexpectedly, with the goal of breaking through in the first battle!" But the goal of Xiangbei is to dominate the whole country, but people don't care about you. Although it can keep pace with Hainan, Xiangbei participated in the national competition for the first time. Competition experience is obviously more important for the national competition system. Therefore, the C-level evaluation is not completely incomprehensible.