Basketball: training, games and the SUAI team

I play basketball actively. About the SUAI university team, training and games of the 2024–2025 season.

Sports season · 2024–2025 season

Basketball in my life

I play basketball actively. Alongside studies, development and projects there is the court, training and games. I want to keep this part of my life on the site too: it also has preparation, teamwork and moments you remember for a long time.

In the 2024–2025 season I was on the SUAI men’s team.

A basketball game moment: a player in the white SUAI uniform defends against a player with the ball — Playing defence.

A moment on the basketball court: SUAI players in white and opponents in black — A moment from a game.

Training and games for the team

In autumn 2024 basketball came up regularly in my notes. On 15 November I mentioned a game for the team and training, on 18 November I captioned a sports album “love basketball”, and on 25 November I wrote again that I was going to the gym for a team game.

These notes kept the usual rhythm of sport: preparing between games, waiting for a match, photos from the court and impressions afterwards. On the court you have to notice your teammates, adjust in time and keep acting together after a bad moment. One good play becomes part of the whole game.

A game moment on the court with SUAI uniform number 13 — On the court in SUAI uniform number 13.

Me on the team bench in the white SUAI basketball uniform — On the team bench.

SUAI basketball players together on the team bench — With the team on the bench.

Preparing for an opponent and support from the stands

After the ETU–SUAI game I said that we had prepared seriously for the opponent, studied their game and managed to win.

We prepared well, took them apart and won.

I also thanked the fans for their support. This is an important part of team sport: the team plays on the court, and around it are people who care about the result and help keep the spirit up.

A name card for Grigoriy Zaitsev, SUAI, with a post-game comment and a game photo — My comment after the ETU–SUAI game.

A game that ended 56:54

In early March 2025 a 56:54 win stood out: it was decided at the very end.

A two-point gap conveys the tension of such a finish. Right up to the last moment, focus, decisions on the court and team interaction matter. That result stayed in my notes as an impression of a tight game.

The student season result

The SUAI men’s team finished the 2024–2025 season in fourth place in the second league of the ASB Championship, Saint Petersburg division.

I keep playing basketball. Next to the stories about products and research, the site will also have sports episodes like these, with the team and the emotions after a game.

SUAI teams’ season results.

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