collegesportsfanms
09-23-2017, 12:56 PM
As if I don't have enough projects going on, aside from my 2 FBCB Interactive Dynasties, my DICE Baseball 2011 Tournament, and some involving What If sports that are unfinished, I'm going to add another one to the mix. The good thing about this one is that I can have the games playing in the background while I'm doing something else.
I just recently purchased NBA 2K18, and all 30 of the current NBA franchises have an All-Time Team in the game. So I thought, what a neat little idea to do a little tournament to find out where all the teams rank amongst each other. So here's the deal, we have 30 franchises, and they'll be split just like they are in the regular NBA. No changes. 2 conferences, 6 divisions total, 5 teams per division.
Each team will play every other team in their division twice, once home and once away (1 team in each division will have a bye in a given week). That makes 8 games per team. Then, we'll do some cross division match-ups for the next the weeks, in which the 3 divisions in each conference will play each other, top team in 1 division plays top team in another division and so on, to give each team 2 more games, making a total of 10. Then we'll get into the playoffs and placing rounds.
There it will become cross-conference. For the playoffs, it'll be just like the actual NBA. 8 teams from each division advance. The 3 division winners will be the top 3 seeds in each division, next best 5 teams will be seeds 4-8. Tiebreaker will be Point Differential. Top seed in the Eastern Conference will take on 8th seed in the Western Conference and so on. Winners advance, losers are eliminated from championship contention but will then be placed in a consolation bracket for final placing. All 30 teams will get a place from 1st place to 30th place. All series will be best of 3, with the higher seed always having home court advantage, meaning they'll get the 1st game and the 3rd game (if necessary game) at home. If we have matching seeds (which could happen later in the tournament if the top team in the east plays the top team in the west or something, then the overall record and point differential will decide home court advantage.
As for the teams that don't make it, teams 9-15 in their conference, well they will play for places 17-30. The 15th place team in the east will play the 15th place team in the west, and so on. Same home court rules applies, but here, it will have to be best record, with point differential as a tiebreaker. 15th place teams battle for 29th and 30th place overall, 14th place teams battle for 27th and 28th overall and so on.
For some of the franchises like the OKC Thunder, they'll have players not only from the Thunder but also the Seattle Supersonics. Before I have each team play a game, I'll post their all-time roster that NBA 2K18 is using. I have looked, and it is usually a mix of current and former players. Lots of all-stars. The 3 favorites in my mind have to be the Bulls, Celtics, and Lakers, but that's why the games are played. In this case it'll be CPU vs. CPU. I will just enjoying watching and/or listening to the games in the background while I do something else. Anybody totally confused, or have questions or concerns? If so, address them now. Should be a fun project, I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out with me having no control over any of the teams.
I just recently purchased NBA 2K18, and all 30 of the current NBA franchises have an All-Time Team in the game. So I thought, what a neat little idea to do a little tournament to find out where all the teams rank amongst each other. So here's the deal, we have 30 franchises, and they'll be split just like they are in the regular NBA. No changes. 2 conferences, 6 divisions total, 5 teams per division.
Each team will play every other team in their division twice, once home and once away (1 team in each division will have a bye in a given week). That makes 8 games per team. Then, we'll do some cross division match-ups for the next the weeks, in which the 3 divisions in each conference will play each other, top team in 1 division plays top team in another division and so on, to give each team 2 more games, making a total of 10. Then we'll get into the playoffs and placing rounds.
There it will become cross-conference. For the playoffs, it'll be just like the actual NBA. 8 teams from each division advance. The 3 division winners will be the top 3 seeds in each division, next best 5 teams will be seeds 4-8. Tiebreaker will be Point Differential. Top seed in the Eastern Conference will take on 8th seed in the Western Conference and so on. Winners advance, losers are eliminated from championship contention but will then be placed in a consolation bracket for final placing. All 30 teams will get a place from 1st place to 30th place. All series will be best of 3, with the higher seed always having home court advantage, meaning they'll get the 1st game and the 3rd game (if necessary game) at home. If we have matching seeds (which could happen later in the tournament if the top team in the east plays the top team in the west or something, then the overall record and point differential will decide home court advantage.
As for the teams that don't make it, teams 9-15 in their conference, well they will play for places 17-30. The 15th place team in the east will play the 15th place team in the west, and so on. Same home court rules applies, but here, it will have to be best record, with point differential as a tiebreaker. 15th place teams battle for 29th and 30th place overall, 14th place teams battle for 27th and 28th overall and so on.
For some of the franchises like the OKC Thunder, they'll have players not only from the Thunder but also the Seattle Supersonics. Before I have each team play a game, I'll post their all-time roster that NBA 2K18 is using. I have looked, and it is usually a mix of current and former players. Lots of all-stars. The 3 favorites in my mind have to be the Bulls, Celtics, and Lakers, but that's why the games are played. In this case it'll be CPU vs. CPU. I will just enjoying watching and/or listening to the games in the background while I do something else. Anybody totally confused, or have questions or concerns? If so, address them now. Should be a fun project, I'm looking forward to seeing how it plays out with me having no control over any of the teams.