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The [Teiko basketball
club](http://kurokonobasuke.wikia.com/wiki/Teik%C5%8D_Junior_High) in _Kuroko
no Basket_ is described as an incredibly strong team with over 100 members
that won the championship three times in a row.

However, only 6 in the main roster and 2 of their senpai(s) are actually shown
and mentioned in the whole anime. The other 92+ players were never mentioned
and are literally useless. They also affected the basketball in middle school,
where they themselves got more and more bored and their enemies gave up before
even playing.

So I'm wondering why would 92+ players even join the basketball club when they
obviously have no chance to play in a real match?


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Why does the Teiko basketball club have over 100 members?


I'm not sure how this works in Japan, but I could imagine that the school has
multiple teams for different age groups.

Maybe they couldn't get into the main basketball team, and play in a lower or
younger team.


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The second/third string in Teiko play matches against weaker schools. In one
of the OVAs (Tip Off) Kise (when he first joined) and Kuroko help the second
string in an exibition match.

Also, first years and even second years would not usually make first string
right away in a bigger school, but they still need training so that they can
possibly join later.

They could just have joined to play/practise basketball. Remember that it's a
**club** not just a team. I doubt that anyone would even attempt to join if
they had to make first string. It's pretty clear playing in matches is a
privilge for most people, not an expected outcome.


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If it's anything like when I was in school (which isn't too long ago):

  * There may be age-limited leagues.

When I was in my first year, there were leagues that only allowed first year
players to compete.

  * There may be multi-tiered leagues

Much like soccer, there could be an A-league, B-league, C-league, etc.
Generally our school would put one team in each league - according with skill
of course.

  * Players join for the fun of it, rather than the competition

I had a short stint at playing volleyball and really enjoyed it - I didn't
want to play it competitively though, and that's the attitude a good few
others might have too

  * There's still the opportunity to get in the lead team with enough time and effort.

If there's no _real_ games to be played by the other players, there's still
the opportunity to get on the team that plays. Anime sports rosters don't
change that much, but if a coach sees one player who is really good but isn't
playing - they'll probably bring them onto the team.


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