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[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by rtruesdell

Another question. I notice you can sim a game with the Team Control set either to "USER" Coach games or "CPU" Coach games. Is there a difference in how the game is simmed?

It seems obvious that the CPU coaches your team in either case, but I was wondering if perhaps in the "USER" mode the Game Plan settings you select are used, vs. perhaps in the CPU mode the CPU-selected settings are used. Or is it the same? Thanks in advance.

Not sure I understand your question. If the user is coaching the game, then doesn't the user-controlled coach (meaning you) make all the game decisions? If the computer is set, then doesn't the computer make all the decisions while coaching the game? Seems like they would be clearly different things. I am probably not understanding your question correctly.

[whomario]

i think he means the option on the hot seat. There it merely determines if the game will pause when you try to sim over a game (say you want to sim ahead a month)

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by whomario

i think he means the option on the hot seat. There it merely determines if the game will pause when you try to sim over a game (say you want to sim ahead a month)

Since he mentioned it was under the "Team Control" options I thought he meant the other ones, but who knows

[rtruesdell]

Yes, it's on the Hot Seat screen, listed under "Team Control" .

If you have it set there to USER coach games, if you "Sim Day" then it takes you to the screen to coach the game. I get that. BUT if you select "Sim Game", it will sim your game, even if you have the option set to human-coach the games.

My question is, if you click to sim game when "user" is set, is it any different than clicking the toggle over to "CPU" and then simming the day? For example, does the sim always follow your "Game Plan" settings regardless of "how" you sim the game? Or are there certain settings where it follows your Game Plan settings, and others where it "does its own thing" and sets them itself?

Here's a reason I'm asking... if I use the recommended settings for my team, the AI wants me to use a pretty high pace, and I think a more moderate pace fits my team better. I've played a couple of games out and simmed a few more. My team's possessions/game numbers when I look at the stats seems higher than what I'd expect for a "normal" pace (over 71 ppg). So I'm wondering if the AI selects its own pace when I sim, and so is actually ignoring my Game Plan settings. I don't know if this is even true... but if it is, I'm looking for a reason why it might, and the only thing I can see is if it perhaps is using an AI-recommended faster setting when I have it set to "CPU coach".

I hope that clarifies my question. Brian may be the only one who can answer it, unless I'm missing a place where it's mentioned somewhere. Thanks again.

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by rtruesdell

Yes, it's on the Hot Seat screen, listed under "Team Control" .

If you have it set there to USER coach games, if you "Sim Day" then it takes you to the screen to coach the game. I get that. BUT if you select "Sim Game", it will sim your game, even if you have the option set to human-coach the games.

My question is, if you click to sim game when "user" is set, is it any different than clicking the toggle over to "CPU" and then simming the day? For example, does the sim always follow your "Game Plan" settings regardless of "how" you sim the game? Or are there certain settings where it follows your Game Plan settings, and others where it "does its own thing" and sets them itself?

Here's a reason I'm asking... if I use the recommended settings for my team, the AI wants me to use a pretty high pace, and I think a more moderate pace fits my team better. I've played a couple of games out and simmed a few more. My team's possessions/game numbers when I look at the stats seems higher than what I'd expect for a "normal" pace (over 71 ppg). So I'm wondering if the AI selects its own pace when I sim, and so is actually ignoring my Game Plan settings. I don't know if this is even true... but if it is, I'm looking for a reason why it might, and the only thing I can see is if it perhaps is using an AI-recommended faster setting when I have it set to "CPU coach".

I hope that clarifies my question. Brian may be the only one who can answer it, unless I'm missing a place where it's mentioned somewhere. Thanks again.

Much clearer and your correct, Brian will likely need to explain

[rowech]

What's the lowest school you've been able to get to a title? A final four? How long did it take you?

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by rowech

What's the lowest school you've been able to get to a title? A final four? How long did it take you?

I personally haven't started my career yet, still filling my way around and simming results. However, your question sparked another feature request for me

On the conference tournament report screens for all the tournaments, would be great if a column would be added for prestige to show. This way we can track throughout history which teams were really long shots that ended up winning it all.

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by rowech

What's the lowest school you've been able to get to a title? A final four? How long did it take you?

This is my school's record since I took over in 2003 (both in game years, and real life years!):

NORTHWESTERN STATE TEAM PERFORMANCE

Season Team W L CW CL Rank RPI PRS Result
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2020 Northwestern State 35 4 14 4 2 1 100 NCAA Champion
2019 Northwestern State 26 8 13 5 23 29 100 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
2018 Northwestern State 33 2 16 0 1 2 100 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2017 Northwestern State 33 5 13 3 3 3 100 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
2016 Northwestern State 32 7 10 6 1 3 97 NCAA Champion
2015 Northwestern State 34 4 14 2 5 2 89 Loss in NCAA Final Four
2014 Northwestern State 33 4 16 2 9 2 83 Loss in NCAA Championship Game
2013 Northwestern State 33 4 18 0 19 14 77 NCAA Champion
2012 Northwestern State 25 8 14 4 26 24 66 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
2011 Northwestern State 23 12 13 5 46 40 61 NIT 4th Place
2010 Northwestern State 19 12 12 4 91 104 57 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
2009 Northwestern State 30 4 16 0 19 15 54 Loss in NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2008 Northwestern State 28 5 15 1 26 23 48 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
2007 Northwestern State 27 5 19 1 35 35 41 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 2
2006 Northwestern State 23 8 17 3 58 59 36 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
2005 Northwestern State 21 10 14 6 65 66 30 Loss in NCAA Tourney Round 1
2004 Northwestern State 20 11 16 4 82 94 24 Loss in NIT Preliminary Round
2003 Northwestern State 23 8 16 4 73 92 19 Loss in NIT Round 1

[rtruesdell]

Wow, Groundhog, stunningly impressive rise in 10 years! I wonder if the same will be possible in the newer version of the game.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by rtruesdell

Another question. I notice you can sim a game with the Team Control set either to "USER" Coach games or "CPU" Coach games. Is there a difference in how the game is simmed?

It seems obvious that the CPU coaches your team in either case, but I was wondering if perhaps in the "USER" mode the Game Plan settings you select are used, vs. perhaps in the CPU mode the CPU-selected settings are used. Or is it the same? Thanks in advance.

The best way to describe CPU/USER here is it is the default for whether or not you want to watch your game with the option to make coaching changes. If the CPU is coaching at any point it does so using the settings you have selected on your depth chart and gameplan. If you want to watch/coach your games by default you should set it to user. The specific sim game/coach game options when the game is highlighted will override this choice.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by rtruesdell

I have another question. I noticed coaching in-game that individual defense matchups are set, and that there is a "pressure" option... low, normal, high defensive pressure for each player. Can that be manually set prior to simming a game? Or does the AI set those dynamically when you sim, with no pre-game human input allowed?

The AI handles this during the game.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by whomario

Can i advocate for player game logs again ? That´s one i really miss compared to the DDS games

Can you explain exactly what you are looking for here? I can't say I've ever had a DDS game on my computer . Is it just the option to list the player performance by game?

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by nZane

I just found something very odd, using the latest patch (2.1.18). If you go to edit the default league and use either the next or previous buttons to change teams, the conference of the team you were just on changes; specifically, it moves down the conference list by one. I reinstalled the game and can confirm that this does not happen using the default installer from GDS, so something must have been introduced in a later patch. I can also confirm that in order to fix the issue, you have to select the conference that's one up in the list of the one you want and then click exit.

EDIT: Actually, it looks like anything you do in the editor causes the conference to change. I edited the prestige of Indiana, clicked exit, and the conference changed on me.

Yeah, something got messed up with the editors in that build but it should be working for the next one.

[SlyBelle1]

Another minor consistency item. I just noticed at the bottom of the screen you can click on the various portions of the task bar and it will take you to the corresponding screen. That is nice. However, it looks like only some of the bar items are mapped that way. For instance, you click on the various standings buttons and it takes you to the standings screen. You click on the approval button, takes you to AD. All makes sense. However, when you click on the depth or roster button, it does nothing. To be consistent, shouldn't they take you to the roster and depth chart screens? Same thing with budget. If you click on that probably should also take you to the AD screen.

[Comey]

One thing I'd love to see is, in the Tournament Championships section, the team who lost the National Championship. You see the champion, and by going to another screen, who made the Final Four that year...but you don't see who lost in the title game unless you go to that team's history page. It's a bit cumbersome.

Lastly, would there be any way to add in the Final Top 25 ranking from each season?

[SlyBelle1]

Few questions.

1) Under the coaches option, there is a screen called mentors. Not sure I exactly understand what that means. Does it mean you were an assistant for another coach at some point?

2) Why can't you see the mentor and past assistant options for retired coaches on the coaches screen? All the other options are there. It would be great to see what kind of people the great coaches were associated with over time.

3) On the coaches screen, there is a bonus point button. What does it do? I have never seen it active. How do you know when it is active? Do you get an email or some kind of notification?

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by Comey

One thing I'd love to see is, in the Tournament Championships section, the team who lost the National Championship. You see the champion, and by going to another screen, who made the Final Four that year...but you don't see who lost in the title game unless you go to that team's history page. It's a bit cumbersome.

Lastly, would there be any way to add in the Final Top 25 ranking from each season?

Yep, I recommended the same thing a few posts back. You can also see the boxscore for that championship game by clicking on the score and then you can see the team. Still an extra mouse click and like you I would like to see that added. I would also like to see the presitge of the two teams playing in the championship to see if any lowe prestige schools ever make it. It would be interesting.

[Comey]

Ah, okay. I didn't know you could access the boxscore.

And sorry for the redundancy; I just got home from a miserable end to a poker tourney.

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by Comey

Ah, okay. I didn't know you could access the boxscore.

And sorry for the redundancy; I just got home from a miserable end to a poker tourney.

No problem at all. More people that ask for it, maybe the better chance we have

[henry296]

I just finished my third season and all three years the NCAA champ was a 4th seed or higher. While I can't check exactly since the brackets aren't saved, I think maybe 1 or 2 #1 seeds made the final four. I think history says about 30-40% of #1 seeds make the final four.

It just seems the results might be a just a bit too random. I coach all my games and it seems sometimes either my team or the other can't miss at shoot over 55% or other times the other team is in the bonus in less than 5 minutes.

Otherwise, I'm having lots of fun... just made my first tourney. All 5 starters will return although I graduated by top 3 reserves and haven't had deep recruiting classes. Usually 1 good player and a couple of scrubs.

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by henry296

I just finished my third season and all three years the NCAA champ was a 4th seed or higher. While I can't check exactly since the brackets aren't saved, I think maybe 1 or 2 #1 seeds made the final four. I think history says about 30-40% of #1 seeds make the final four.

It just seems the results might be a just a bit too random. I coach all my games and it seems sometimes either my team or the other can't miss at shoot over 55% or other times the other team is in the bonus in less than 5 minutes.

Otherwise, I'm having lots of fun... just made my first tourney. All 5 starters will return although I graduated by top 3 reserves and haven't had deep recruiting classes. Usually 1 good player and a couple of scrubs.

That is a good point about seeding. Hard to tell though like you said without having the seeding tracked with history. That would be kind of nice too to see over the course of history the seeds of the winners and runner-ups.

[muns]

If anyone is looking for a league to play in or to get in on the ground floor of a new league, we just opened up the doors to the FBBCA over on the fast break forums.

Fast Break Basketball Forum • View forum - Fast Break Basketball's College Association

Feel free to stop on over and check us out.

There is a huge history (already simmed 100 years) so people can look at all that before deciding on anything.

The league website site is below

FBBCA

[Groundhog]

Originally Posted by rtruesdell

Wow, Groundhog, stunningly impressive rise in 10 years! I wonder if the same will be possible in the newer version of the game.

It would be much, much harder. I've made a few attempts at quick-sim careers in the new version, and haven't had nearly the same success.

[rtruesdell]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

The AI handles this during the game.

Perhaps a general "Defensive Pressure" option could be added to the GamePlan? Doesn't have to be position by position, but maybe something like "Sag", "Normal", and "Aggressive" for the team overall. Then the AI would tend to follow this as a general rule (while still making the tweaks by position).

Or does the "Trap" setting essentially do this?

Thanks in advance for the feedback, Brian. I'm really enjoying the game and like so many others, I'm super-impressed by the level of support you provide.

Rod

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by SlyBelle1

That is a good point about seeding. Hard to tell though like you said without having the seeding tracked with history. That would be kind of nice too to see over the course of history the seeds of the winners and runner-ups.

While I have definitely seen some Final Fours with lower-seeded teams in the many seasons I've simmed, it's a lot more frequent that #1 and #2 seeds are present from what I've observed.

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

While I have definitely seen some Final Fours with lower-seeded teams in the many seasons I've simmed, it's a lot more frequent that #1 and #2 seeds are present from what I've observed.

Thanks for the info. I would defintely like to see the seeds on the history report since it would make it easier to notice trends over history. If I saw a bunch of 1 and 2 teams listed all the time, that would be concerning

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by SlyBelle1

Thanks for the info. I would defintely like to see the seeds on the history report since it would make it easier to notice trends over history. If I saw a bunch of 1 and 2 teams listed all the time, that would be concerning

Yeah, it would be great to track that info. My impression is that the variability is pretty accurate - some years there are mostly (or all) high seeds, some years a lot of low seeds, most years a reasonable mix. I'm pretty impressed at the variability overall.

Same with individual game outcomes - there's definitely room in the sim for upsets, which is maddening when you're the one getting upset and encouraging when you're the one doing the upsetting.

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

Yeah, it would be great to track that info. My impression is that the variability is pretty accurate - some years there are mostly (or all) high seeds, some years a lot of low seeds, most years a reasonable mix. I'm pretty impressed at the variability overall.

Same with individual game outcomes - there's definitely room in the sim for upsets, which is maddening when you're the one getting upset and encouraging when you're the one doing the upsetting.

That is good to hear. So far, I have mostly just done fast simming to see how things turned out and have to agree, things look good. I am hoping after Brian releases the next update, I will finally have the time to start my career with a fresh new version.

Just in case Brian happens to drop by, any eta on the next update and any hints as to what it might include

[dawgfan]

I'm going to try the 2.1.18 update and see if it fixes it, but I've been getting a number of "run-time error 360, object already loaded" crashes with the 2.1.17 .exe.

[HeavyReign]

Originally Posted by dawgfan

I'm going to try the 2.1.18 update and see if it fixes it, but I've been getting a number of "run-time error 360, object already loaded" crashes with the 2.1.17 .exe.

Not likely. What seems to cause it?

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by HeavyReign

Not likely. What seems to cause it?

I wish I had taken notes so I could give you specific repro steps. I'm pretty sure it has just been clicking between screens - having one screen open, then going to the menu to open another screen.

Pretty sure the last one I had was when I had the recruiting screen open, then I clicked on the roster link in the main menu. If I run into one again, I'll try to remember to write down the repro steps.

[Comey]

Okay, I'm going to share something fun.

Indiana State, going into the MVC tournament, was 14-15. They started 0-4, and only had three wins against teams with winning records in the regular season (two against 17-14 Creighton); in fact, everyone in the MVC was weak (or deep, depending on how you look at it; Bradley won the regular season at 11-7 in-conference, 20-13 overall).

Anyway, the Sycamores entered the conference tournament tied for second at 10-8, but took the #4 seed. They beat three other mediocre teams and got into the NCAA tournament, as a #15 seed facing 27-5 Arizona.

The early exit expected was put on hold, as they upended the Wildcats 71-64. After beating #7 seed St. John's 88-81, they got to face fellow shocker, #14 Butler, in the Sweet Sixteen. ISU held off a late charge to advance to the Elite Eight, beating the Bulldogs 62-61. Their reward for such stellar hot play?

Top seed Michigan State.

That's right. It's Michigan State vs Indiana State.

I just thought that was cool.

Two of the brackets are chalk; the other is a 2-vs-4 matchup. Honestly, there are two games I wouldn't mind watching here: MSU/ISU and Virginia Tech vs. preseason #1 Mississippi State (a #1/#2 spot). MSU and Wake Forest (preseason #2) are both #2 seeds, and both could easily have been #1 seeds. It will be fun to watch it play out.

[whomario]

Just had the best season yet with the new game only to see it end very disapointingly, loosing to a very beatable Richmond team in the Elite Eight ... Had my team play exactly the way i want and had a great season offensively despite starting 2 guys at PG and SF that were under 10 (on the 20 scale) for 3 point shooting.
Here´s the season Info :

#5 SAN FRANCISCO  TEAM INFO

Current Performance
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Team Prestige:        65   Record Vs 1-50:      7-3   Poll Rank:            #6   
Season Record:      32-4   Record Vs 51-100:    8-1   RPI Rank:             #5   
Conference Record:  16-2   Record Vs 101-200:   9-0 
Home Record:        14-0   Record Vs 200+:      8-0 


Team Stats         CR  NR  Opp. Stats         CR  NR  Margin             CR  NR  
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Points       86,5   2   2  Points       71,4   5 237  Points       15,0   2   5  
O.Reb        10,7   9 215  O.Reb        11,5   5 208  O.Reb        -0,8   7 230  
D.Reb        22,9   6 230  D.Reb        20,7   1  16  D.Reb         2,3   2  37  
Rebounds     33,6   7 234  Rebounds     32,1   2  48  Rebounds      1,5   4 100  
Assists      22,4   1   1  Assists      13,3   4 213  Assists       9,1   1   1  
Steals        7,6   1  12  Steals        4,6   2  28  Steals        3,0   1   9  
Blocks        2,1   7 251  Blocks        3,2   5 225  Blocks       -1,1   7 278  
Turnovers    11,7   2  11  Turnovers    16,7   1   8  Turnovers    -5,0   1   7  
Fouls        19,9   9 283  Fouls        19,3   2  98  Fouls         0,6   7 230  
FG%          ,527   1   1  FG%          ,450   7 266  FG%          ,077   2   3  
FT%          ,779   3  24  FT%          ,698   1  24  FT%          ,081   1   3  
3P%          ,400   2  11  3P%          ,334   4 115  3P%          ,066   1  11  
PPS          1,43   1   1  PPS          1,29   7 264  PPS          ,143   2  16  
Adj. FG%     ,576   1   1  Adj. FG%     ,507   7 266  Adj. FG%     ,069   2   7 

Just to add to the "can 1 or 2 star guys be stars" : a 2 star center as my main scoring threat. The guy can´t do anything but is a 19/20 inside scorer with 9 JPS and 9 handle, resulted in 20 PPG on 55%, 75% from the line and a 1,50 PPS on a 65 Prestige WCC team. Had him as my lone key player, scoring focus inside with only 4 for 3 pointers.
Propably the most surprising player i ever had in all my time playing the original game and the 2nd version.
Only recruited him because i missed out on everybody else, had still 3 scholarships in march and figured a guy scoring 38 a game in high school should at least be able to score some against undersized teams. Played sparingly as a freshman, than my 2 starting big men entered the draft for some reason and i just tried him out.

overall i found that having a guy that can score inside (even if he does little else) and a great playmaker (even if he does little else) is allready half the blueprint to a good team.

Here´s his profile after his sophomore season :

 PLAYER DETAILS

 #23 C Antonio Bergman - San Francisco - Sophomore
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 Height:       7-0
 Weight:       280
 High School:  Perryton High School
 Hometown:     Perryton, TX
 
 Attributes:
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 Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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 Current:    19   9   9   0   8   8   5   5   3  10   7   8   4  20   6  16
    2014:    17   9   8   0   7   7   4   4   3   9   7   8   4  20   6  14
    2013:    15   8   8   0   7   7   4   4   3   9   7   7   3  17   6   9
 Potential:   A   C   C   F   D   C   D   D   F   C   C   C                

 Health:      Good                                           
 Scholarship: Yes
 Status:      Active Roster                                  
 Academics:   5
 
 Stat Averages:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   2014  14   2 11,4  5,2  0,4  1,6  0,7  0,5  1,43  0,1  0,1  1,8
   2015  36  36 27,7 20,1  1,2  4,4  1,1  1,5  0,76  0,5  0,5  3,0
 Career  50  38 23,1 16,0  1,0  3,6  1,0  1,2  0,76  0,4  0,4  2,7

 Shooting Averages:
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 Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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   2014  2,3  3,9  ,582  0,6  0,9  ,692  0,0  0,0  .000 1,33  2,79
   2015  7,8 13,5  ,579  4,5  6,2  ,725  0,0  0,0  .000 1,49 11,06
 Career  6,3 10,8  ,579  3,4  4,7  ,723  0,0  0,0  .000 1,47  8,74
 
 Stat Totals:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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   2014  14   2  159   73    6   22   10    7    2    1   25
   2015  36  36  998  725   42  157   41   54   18   18  108
 Career  50  38 1157  798   48  179   51   61   20   19  133

 Shooting Totals
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 Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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   2014   32   55    9   13    0    0   39
   2015  282  487  161  222    0    0  398
 Career  314  542  170  235    0    0  437
 
 Career Highs:
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 Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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 Season     43    5   11    4    2    2    4   15   23   13   14    0    0
 Career     43    5   11    4    2    2    4   15   23   13   14    0    0
 
 Awards & Acheivements:
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 Season   Award
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 All      Player of the Game: 11
 2013     High School: Rated ** and #782 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 2015     1st Team All-Conference (West Coast Conference)

a couple other reflecting on what type of guys i go after :

1)My starting PG that couldn´t shoot worth a lick but was a magical passer and lightning quick (which i guess is the reason for his high FG%) :

 PLAYER DETAILS

 #0 PG Mark Whitfield - San Francisco - Senior
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 Height:       6-0
 Weight:       193
 High School:  
 Hometown:     Cranbrook, Canada
 
 Attributes:
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 Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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 Current:     4   6  12   8  15  20  11   8   8  16   9   4  20   6  10  20
    2014:     4   5  11   7  13  19  10   7   7  14   9   4  20   6  10  20
    2013:     3   5  10   7  12  18  10   7   7  13   8   4  20   6  10  18
    2012:     3   5  10   7  11  16  10   6   7  12   8   4  20   6   9  17
    2011:     3   5   9   6  10  14   9   6   7  10   7   4  19   5   9  14
 Potential:   F   D   C   D   B   A   C   C   D   B   C   D                

 Health:      Good                                           
 Scholarship: Yes
 Status:      Active Roster                                  
 Academics:   14
 
 Stat Averages:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   2012  32   1  8,3  1,9  0,3  0,6  1,3  0,6  2,00  0,4  0,1  0,8
   2013  36   0 10,9  2,0  0,4  1,4  2,5  0,6  3,91  0,4  0,0  1,2
   2014  36  36 29,2  7,5  1,5  3,1  6,4  1,6  4,09  1,5  0,1  2,0
   2015  36  36 29,8  7,6  1,6  4,6  7,8  1,4  5,47  1,5  0,1  2,2
 Career 140  73 19,9  4,8  1,0  2,5  4,6  1,1  5,47  1,0  0,1  1,6

 Shooting Averages:
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 Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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   2012  0,7  1,9  ,367  0,4  0,5  ,765  0,2  0,6  ,263 1,03  0,75
   2013  0,6  1,6  ,362  0,8  0,9  ,794  0,1  0,5  ,176 1,24  2,64
   2014  2,9  5,6  ,510  1,4  1,9  ,750  0,4  1,3  ,283 1,34 10,86
   2015  3,0  6,0  ,495  1,2  1,5  ,796  0,4  1,5  ,278 1,26 11,28
 Career  1,8  3,8  ,472  1,0  1,2  ,775  0,3  1,0  ,265 1,26  6,54
 
 Stat Totals:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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   2012  32   1  267   62    9   19   40   20   13    3   26
   2013  36   0  393   72   16   49   90   23   14    1   42
   2014  36  36 1052  270   53  112  229   56   53    4   73
   2015  36  36 1072  272   59  167  279   51   55    2   80
 Career 140  73 2784  676  137  347  638  150  135   10  221

 Shooting Totals
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 Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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   2012   22   60   13   17    5   19   24
   2013   21   58   27   34    3   17   95
   2014  103  202   51   68   13   46  391
   2015  107  216   43   54   15   54  406
 Career  253  536  134  173   36  136  916
 
 Career Highs:
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 Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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 Season     19    7   13   16    4    1    4    7   13    6    6    2    5
 Career     19    7   13   16    5    1    4    7   13    6    8    2    5
 
 Awards & Acheivements:
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 Season   Award
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 All      Player of the Game: 7
 2011     High School: Rated *** and #366 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 2014     1st Team All-Conference (West Coast Conference)

2) an all around SG/SF that couldn´t shoot from deep but was very efficient elsewhere, good defender and passer :

 PLAYER DETAILS

 #52 SF Herschel Daniels - San Francisco - Senior
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 Height:       6-3
 Weight:       211
 High School:  Quincy Senior High School
 Hometown:     Quincy, CA
 
 Attributes:
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 Type       INS JPS FTS 3PS HND PAS ORB DRB PSD PRD STL BLK QKN STR JMP STA
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 Current:     6  19  13   9   8  16  10   8   7  16  15   7  17  10  14  17
    2014:     5  18  13   9   7  14   9   8   6  14  14   6  17  10  14  15
    2013:     5  18  12   9   7  12   8   7   6  13  13   6  17  10  14  14
    2012:     4  17  12   9   6  11   7   7   6  12  12   6  17   9  13  13
    2011:     4  16  12   9   6  10   7   7   6  12  11   6  17   9  13  12
    2010:     4  16  11   8   6   9   6   6   5  10  10   5  16   8  13  10
 Potential:   D   A   C   D   C   B   C   C   C   B   B   D                

 Health:      Good                                           
 Scholarship: Yes
 Status:      Active Roster                                  
 Academics:   13
 
 Stat Averages:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS  ORE  REB  AST   TO   A/T  STL  BLK   PF
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   2012  32   1 14,6  5,3  0,6  1,8  1,3  0,9  1,38  0,8  0,1  1,3
   2013  35   1  9,0  4,5  0,7  1,6  1,4  0,7  1,85  0,6  0,1  0,6
   2014  36  36 25,0 10,6  1,1  3,3  3,4  2,6  1,31  1,1  0,1  2,2
   2015  36  36 24,6 10,4  1,6  3,8  3,8  2,1  1,81  1,4  0,2  2,7
 Career 139  74 18,5  7,8  1,0  2,7  2,5  1,6  1,81  1,0  0,2  1,7

 Shooting Averages:
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 Season  FGM  FGA   FG%  FTM  FTA   FT%  3PM  3PA   3P%  PPS   +/-
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   2012  1,8  3,9  ,468  1,1  1,4  ,761  0,5  1,5  ,347 1,35  1,56
   2013  1,6  2,8  ,577  1,0  1,3  ,773  0,3  0,7  ,385 1,61  4,46
   2014  4,1  7,4  ,551  1,5  1,9  ,786  0,9  2,1  ,434 1,43 11,19
   2015  4,2  8,0  ,528  1,3  1,7  ,800  0,7  2,0  ,333 1,31  8,64
 Career  3,0  5,6  ,532  1,2  1,6  ,782  0,6  1,6  ,377 1,40  6,62
 
 Stat Totals:
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 Season   G  GS  MIN  PTS OREB  REB  AST   TO  STL  BLK   PF
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   2012  32   1  468  168   20   59   40   29   24    4   43
   2013  35   1  316  156   23   56   48   26   20    4   21
   2014  36  36  900  380   40  119  123   94   41    5   79
   2015  36  36  885  376   58  135  136   75   51    8   98
 Career 139  74 2569 1080  141  369  347  224  136   21  241

 Shooting Totals
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 Season  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA  +/-
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   2012   58  124   35   46   17   49   50
   2013   56   97   34   44   10   26  156
   2014  146  265   55   70   33   76  403
   2015  152  288   48   60   24   72  311
 Career  412  774  172  220   84  223  920
 
 Career Highs:
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 Type      Pts OReb  Reb  Ast  Stl  Blk   TO  FGM  FGA  FTM  FTA  3PM  3PA
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 Season     19    5    9   11    4    1    6    9   16    6    6    3    5
 Career     20    5   10   11    4    1    6    9   16    6    6    4    5
 
 Awards & Acheivements:
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 Season   Award
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 All      Player of the Game: 7
 2010     High School: Rated *** and #174 overall by the FBCB scouting service.
 2012     Freshman All-Conference (West Coast Conference)
 2015     1st Team All-Conference (West Coast Conference)

[whomario]

Unfortunately now i loose 3 rotation guys and will have just 10 scholarship players after reaching too much and ending up only filling 3 of 6 available spots ...

[Young Drachma]

Originally Posted by Comey

Okay, I'm going to share something fun.

Indiana State, going into the MVC tournament, was 14-15. They started 0-4, and only had three wins against teams with winning records in the regular season (two against 17-14 Creighton); in fact, everyone in the MVC was weak (or deep, depending on how you look at it; Bradley won the regular season at 11-7 in-conference, 20-13 overall).

Anyway, the Sycamores entered the conference tournament tied for second at 10-8, but took the #4 seed. They beat three other mediocre teams and got into the NCAA tournament, as a #15 seed facing 27-5 Arizona.

The early exit expected was put on hold, as they upended the Wildcats 71-64. After beating #7 seed St. John's 88-81, they got to face fellow shocker, #14 Butler, in the Sweet Sixteen. ISU held off a late charge to advance to the Elite Eight, beating the Bulldogs 62-61. Their reward for such stellar hot play?

Top seed Michigan State.

That's right. It's Michigan State vs Indiana State.

I just thought that was cool.

Two of the brackets are chalk; the other is a 2-vs-4 matchup. Honestly, there are two games I wouldn't mind watching here: MSU/ISU and Virginia Tech vs. preseason #1 Mississippi State (a #1/#2 spot). MSU and Wake Forest (preseason #2) are both #2 seeds, and both could easily have been #1 seeds. It will be fun to watch it play out.

That's really neat.

[Comey]

A couple of seasons after we had the major upsets I spoke about a few posts back, I have the chalkiest tournament I've ever seen. There are two 1-2-3-4 brackets, with the other two being 1-2-3-5. There was only one seed lower than 9 to make it out of the first round.

I dig the variety. I think I'm going to try to do a small Cinderella dynasty, where I don't take a team, but monitor the low seeds and how they do each season.

EDIT: Of course, I write the chalk up, and then watch three #1s lose in the Sweet Sixteen.

[britrock88]

In continuing to do some historical research, I've found a 3-team conference that played a 4-game schedule throughout the 50s -- the Western New York Little Three Conference, naturally!

[murrayyyyy]

I'm not sure if anyone has asked this before but why does the CPU have timeouts set to 6 straight points by the opponent? It seems odd to me that I can be down 5-0 to start a game, hit 2 three pointers and the CPU takes a frantic timeout 2 minutes into the game. Is there any way to adjust this code in the game to maybe a 10 point run instead of a 6 point run? Or am I the only one who gets bugged by this?

[britrock88]

Maybe the momentum-stopping timeouts could be customizable for human teams. I like 3 made field goals, myself.

It also never made a lot of sense when the 6th point was scored at the front end of 2 FTs, the shooter missed the 2nd FT, and my team took a timeout after grabbing the rebound.

[rjolley]

That is a bit too global. Going from up 5-0 to down 6-5 is not really a need for a timeout. Going from up 55-50 to down 56-55 with a minute left could be.

[britrock88]

With 2.1.18, under the Current League editor, none of the assignments I make to team's divisions (from the Teams page) stick.

[Passacaglia]

So I'm tinkering with the demo -- I saw a color guide when I first started, but can't find it anymore. What do the colors mean? If it matters, I'm talking about recruiting, right after I evaluated each recruit.

[murrayyyyy]

The problem was I was playing a game the other day and the CPU team had burned all it's timeouts with 3 mins left in the first half. That would never happen in "real life". Did I keep the starters in too long? Maybe but screw Columbia.

[SlyBelle1]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

So I'm tinkering with the demo -- I saw a color guide when I first started, but can't find it anymore. What do the colors mean? If it matters, I'm talking about recruiting, right after I evaluated each recruit.

Can't remember off me head, but if you look in your email in the game when it first starts, there is a detailed email that explains it all.

[britrock88]

Blue is best, red is worst; left side is current ability, right side is talent/potential. They are fairly rough indicators, though.

[Groundhog]

Red / Orange / Yellow / Green / Blue

(worst to best)

[muns]

Blue-All American Candidate
Green-Starter/ Mid Major All Conference
Yellow- Bench/ Mid Major Starter
Orange- Bench/ Low Prestige Starter
Red-Warm Body

[Passacaglia]

thx doods -- now for the next question, when I close my laptop, I hear a chime sound, then when I reopen it, the game is no longer open. My power options are set such that when I close it, it's supposed to do nothing.

[dawgfan]

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

So I'm tinkering with the demo -- I saw a color guide when I first started, but can't find it anymore. What do the colors mean? If it matters, I'm talking about recruiting, right after I evaluated each recruit.

Colors are explained above; it should also be noted that, while recruiting, you are getting an approximation of their abilities as filtered through the "scouting" rating of your head coach and your head scout. So, similar to FOF, the accuracy of your scouting report on recruits is based on how good you and your head scout are at scouting.

Once players are on your roster, you are shown their true abilities, so you can start to get a sense of how far off your scouting can be if you are starting off with lower prestige schools and low-paid assistants with mediocre (or worse) scouting ratings.

[OldGiants]

Originally Posted by murrayyyyy

The problem was I was playing a game the other day and the CPU team had burned all it's timeouts with 3 mins left in the first half. That would never happen in "real life". Did I keep the starters in too long? Maybe but screw Columbia.

Obviously you never saw Pete Gillen coach a game.