All-NCAA: Consolidated D1/D2/D3 universe

[Young Drachma]

I got the wild hair the other night to consolidate D1/D2/D3 into one universe. It works okay so far. I started the universe in 2014 and have simmed now to what will be the 2024-25 season.

It's hard to even know where to start in a universe like this. Outside of the first season, there haven't been any D2 or D3 teams winning national titles, the natural order is relatively staid.

All of the D1 conferences get autobids to the NCAAs, D2 and D3 don't which obviously raises the level of difficulty a bit for them.

NJIT was the only D1 independent left and I put them into America East, so Independents could stay a level 1 conference and it's comprised entirely of D2 and D3 schools.

I'm not even sure how to tackle this monster, because there's just SO MANY teams but...I think rather than try to do this like a traditional dynasty, I'll just issue various challenges and see how successful each of them tends to be.

I also used korme's coaches file to seed the game. John Wooden ended up coming back from the dead as an assistant for a few years, until I made him human and retired him for good.

Anyway, this might be a league where I constantly revisit. Mostly because I went through a half-decent amount of work to integrate them all and to see it work at all, I figure I have to do something with it.

So we'll see what challenges I come up with.

Stay tuned.

[Izulde]

I'd be interested in getting this universe file.

[Young Drachma]

I'd be interested in getting this universe file.

alldivisions_ncaa.zip (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?kka4qz2hs9292bf)

[Young Drachma]

Don't expect to sim quickly using this league. Even without box scores on, it doesn't move especially fast to get through the seasons with this many teams in tow. But it's sort of fun to see the non-conference matchups for good teams just because of the sheer number of teams.

There are like 1040-something teams, 99 conferences and 46 holiday/pre-season tournaments total to boot. Can't even decide what the hardest, yet most realistic way to play would be with THIS many teams. Still sorting that out.

[Izulde]

You know I'm insane enough to try running a Zeroed Out dynasty with this, right?

[Young Drachma]

The minor teams haven't caused too much havoc, which I'm okay with.


National Semifinals Champs

Season Bracket Team Bracket Team
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2024 West Texas Midwest Alabama
East St. Joseph's (ME) South Michigan
2023 West Providence Midwest Butler
East Missouri South UAB
2022 West Butler Midwest Michigan
East Old Dominion South UCLA
2021 West California Midwest Butler
East Ohio State South Old Dominion
2020 West Florida Midwest Wisconsin
East Duke South Villanova
2019 West Saint Mary's Midwest California
East Florida South Gonzaga
2018 West Northern Iowa Midwest Butler
East Duke South Baylor
2017 West Syracuse Midwest Wisconsin
East West Virginia South Georgetown
2016 West Kansas Midwest Miami
East UCLA South Duke
2015 West Texas Midwest Western Michigan
East Georgetown South Duke
2014 West Xavier Midwest Winona State
East Georgetown South Findlay

[Young Drachma]

ST. JOSEPH'S (ME) TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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2024 St. Joseph's (ME) 34 4 16 2 12 10 38 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
2023 St. Joseph's (ME) 12 17 6 12 736 771 25 No Postseason
2022 St. Joseph's (ME) 15 15 10 8 527 819 28 No Postseason
2021 St. Joseph's (ME) 12 18 8 10 776 920 29 No Postseason
2020 St. Joseph's (ME) 13 17 10 8 692 731 31 No Postseason
2019 St. Joseph's (ME) 21 11 12 6 255 358 31 No Postseason
2018 St. Joseph's (ME) 20 10 13 5 243 492 29 No Postseason
2017 St. Joseph's (ME) 25 7 14 4 97 212 26 No Postseason
2016 St. Joseph's (ME) 21 11 13 5 223 436 22 No Postseason
2015 St. Joseph's (ME) 23 9 15 3 208 411 18 No Postseason
2014 St. Joseph's (ME) 20 12 10 8 257 386 14 No Postseason


Sooo weird.

[Ramzavail]

Haha what

[britrock88]

This is solid!

[Young Drachma]

Champs so far:


NCAA Champs

Season Team Record Opponent Score
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2024 Texas Longhorns 32-6 St. Joseph's (ME) Monks 80-74
2023 Butler Bulldogs 39-1 UAB Blazers 94-69
2022 Michigan Wolverines 36-3 Butler Bulldogs 82-70
2021 California Golden Bears 32-7 Butler Bulldogs 84-59
2020 Villanova Wildcats 31-7 Wisconsin Badgers 79-71
2019 Saint Mary's Gaels 27-9 California Golden Bears 88-72
2018 Butler Bulldogs 36-3 Northern Iowa Panthers 62-37
2017 Syracuse Orange 34-5 Wisconsin Badgers 83-77
2016 Duke Blue Devils 34-5 UCLA Bruins 71-53
2015 Texas Longhorns 30-8 Georgetown Hoyas 71-65
2014 Winona State Warriors 32-6 Xavier Musketeers 63-54

[Young Drachma]

Butler and Brad Stevens are dominating the map.

Two interesting real-life coaching people. Shaka Smart is a top coach, but stuck at VCU where the A10 isn't doing them any favours.



COACH DETAILS

Shaka Smart - Head Coach - VCU
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Age: 46
High School: Oregon High School
Hometown: Madison, WI
Alma Mater: Kenyon

Current Level: 12
Career Record: 328 - 179

Recruiting: A-
Scouting: A+
Offense: A
Defense: A-


Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2024 VCU Head Coach 18 12 9 7 No Postseason
2023 VCU Head Coach 24 12 9 7 Loss in NIT Round 2
2022 VCU Head Coach 20 12 10 6 Loss in NIT Round 2
2021 VCU Head Coach 17 15 7 9 No Postseason
2020 VCU Head Coach 13 16 8 8 No Postseason
2019 VCU Head Coach 28 7 12 4 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2018 VCU Head Coach 21 14 8 8 Loss in NCAA Round 1
2017 VCU Head Coach 23 12 9 7 NIT 4th Place
2016 VCU Head Coach 13 19 6 10 No Postseason
2015 VCU Head Coach 18 14 8 8 No Postseason
2014 VCU Head Coach 22 10 10 6 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2014 Hired by VCU (Head Coach)




Meanwhile, Dunk City Andy Enfield got fired at USC and has spent two years as an assistant at Georgetown.



COACH DETAILS

Andy Enfield - Coaching Assistant - Georgetown
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Age: 54
High School: Shippensburg High School
Hometown: Shippensburg, PA
Alma Mater: Johns Hopkins

Current Level: 9
Career Record: 220 - 145
Salary: $140,846

Recruiting: C
Scouting: A-
Offense: A+
Defense: C

Coaching History:
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Season Team Position W L CW CL Postseason
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2024 Georgetown Assistant 24 10 9 3 Loss in NCAA Elite Eight
2023 Georgetown Assistant 29 5 9 3 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2022 Southern California Head Coach 17 15 8 10 No Postseason
2021 Southern California Head Coach 17 15 7 11 No Postseason
2020 Southern California Head Coach 25 12 9 9 NIT 3rd Place
2019 Southern California Head Coach 19 13 8 10 No Postseason
2018 Southern California Head Coach 25 11 10 8 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2017 Southern California Head Coach 19 15 8 10 No Postseason
2016 Southern California Head Coach 19 13 8 10 No Postseason
2015 Southern California Head Coach 21 10 10 8 No Postseason
2014 Southern California Head Coach 17 14 7 11 No Postseason

Awards & Achievements:
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Season Award
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No awards won.

Job Movement:
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Season Move
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2023 Hired by Georgetown (Assistant Coach)
2023 Fired by Southern California
2014 Hired by Southern California (Head Coach)




I think I'd like possibly do a challenge with one or both of them taking over programs and seeing how those programs do with either at the helm. Another possible scenario I'm imagining is me taking over a super-level program and trying to bolster them into top prestige class.

But with this many teams and this much parity, the scenarios are endless, really. The NIT is still the NIT, but the CIT and CBI are the D2 and D3 tournaments respectively.

[Young Drachma]

Pitt-Johnstown is the highest rated school not in a D1 conference. They play in the Pennsylvania State Athetlic Conference. Here's how they've done so far:


PITTSBURGH-JOHNSTOWN TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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2024 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 22 9 15 3 187 308 54 No Postseason
2023 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 25 7 15 3 43 50 56 Loss in NCAA Round of 32
2022 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 34 4 18 0 11 19 52 NIT Champion
2021 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 29 7 15 3 35 34 51 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2020 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 27 9 12 6 42 37 45 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2019 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 28 6 14 4 42 56 39 Loss in NIT Round 2
2018 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 21 11 12 6 66 62 40 Loss in NIT Round 1
2017 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 22 11 12 6 63 58 43 Loss in NIT Round 1
2016 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 23 10 13 5 92 83 47 Loss in NIT Round 1
2015 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 17 13 11 7 344 307 51 No Postseason
2014 Pittsburgh-Johnstown 10 18 6 12 824 550 58 No Postseason

[Young Drachma]

I think we're going to send Enfield to Rutgers. The game never fired Mike Rice, Jr., so we'll do that now. I have no idea where to send Shaka. VCU is a 78 prestige school. I could put them in a better league or I can move Shaka someplace and see if he can handle the big time.

[DavidCorperial]

Could place him at UCONN, another highly skilled coach at a smaller school, just like Jim Calhoun.

[Young Drachma]

Good call on UConn.

They fired Kevin Ollie four seasons ago (he's now an assistant at Gonzaga) and Tommy Amaker took over for him and in four years, he's got a Sweet 16 appearance and nothing else to show for it. (He left Harvard for Quinnipiac) So it seems like it'd be a good idea to drop Amaker from the label, I doubt they'd tolerate that sort of relative futility in 3 out of 4 years post-Calhoun.

So we'll put Shaka at UConn and see how that goes for him.

[Young Drachma]

As you can imagine, Bubble Watch when there are over 1000 schools is sort of insane.

Given the sheer number of schools, even regular season champions out of most leagues will often go without a post-season appearance of any kind because there just aren't enough spots.

Look at these tournament resumes, as we are two days from Selection Sunday:


OVERALL BUBBLE WATCH

Team Record RPI vs. 1-50 vs. 51-100 vs. 101-200 vs. 200+ SOS Projected
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Winona State 24-6 .582 (49) 0-0 1-1 2-2 21-3 391 In
Mount St. Mary 26-5 .604 (21) 0-0 0-0 3-0 23-5 383 In
St. Cloud 24-6 .579 (55) 0-1 1-0 1-2 22-3 534 In
Massachusetts Coll. 26-5 .591 (34) 0-0 0-0 1-1 25-4 485 In
Western Michigan 21-10 .594 (28) 2-4 1-1 4-2 14-3 52 In
Iona 23-9 .579 (53) 1-0 4-3 4-1 14-5 210 In
Rochester Tech 26-5 .591 (32) 0-0 0-0 0-0 26-5 342 In
DePaul 19-11 .583 (47) 2-5 2-1 3-2 12-3 21 In
George Fox 24-7 .592 (30) 0-2 0-0 7-0 17-5 157 Out
Grand Valley State 25-7 .585 (45) 0-0 3-0 1-1 21-6 354 Out
Cincinnati 22-7 .572 (69) 1-1 6-2 1-2 13-2 229 Out
VCU 21-10 .573 (65) 3-7 1-0 2-2 14-1 83 Out
George Mason 21-9 .582 (50) 1-5 1-0 0-0 19-4 131 Out
Prairie View A&M 22-9 .582 (48) 1-2 0-1 4-1 17-5 155 Out
Lake Erie 22-10 .577 (59) 1-3 0-0 0-2 21-5 129 Out

[Young Drachma]

For bad schools, the D3/CIT tournament is still the holy grail.


D3 Champs

Season Team Record Opponent Score
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2025 Lenoir-Rhyne Bears 29-7 LeMoyne-Owen Magicians 79-71
2024 Catholic Cardinals 27-8 North Park Vikings 77-59
2023 Columbus State Cougars 27-9 York (PA) Spartans 72-55
2022 Capital Crusaders 27-8 Stillman Tigers 72-66
2021 Humboldt State Jacks 26-10 Texas-Dallas Comets 84-76
2020 Widener Pride 25-10 Whittier Poets 62-43
2019 Findlay Oilers 28-8 Missouri Southern Tigers 85-57
2018 C.W. Post Pioneers 28-9 Bowie State Bulldogs 79-72
2017 Florida Southern Mocs 24-12 New Mexico Highlands Cowboys 67-66
2016 Colorado Christian Cougars 29-7 Crown Storm 66-53
2015 Clark Atlanta Panthers 23-13 Texas-Dallas Comets 69-58
2014 Augusta State Jaguars 32-5 BYU-Hawai'i Seasiders 48-47

[Young Drachma]

UConn and Shaka went 17-14 in year 1. Enfield went 19-14 at Rutgers.

[Young Drachma]

So I finally settled on creating two schools in Vermont. The College of Windham is located in Southern Vermont in Brattleboro. Saint Anne's University is in Grand Isle County in North Hero.

They're rivals.

I took the two highest rated coaches without jobs and stuck them onto those programs.

I think rather than the normal storyline of -- guy takes over team, guy coaches team and wins with team and so forth -- I wanted to do a storyline where it's just a team that's not even in a conference, not that good, in a state with no natural recruiting advantage and in a university with a bazillion teams.

I just wanted to see them develop, play the storylines out and see if something sticks. It just feels more real to me, in that way.

I'm going to sim the first four years and then we'll pick up the story in Year 5.