College Hoops 2k8: A New Challenge

[Eaglesfan27]

Time to finally get this dynasty going. The 2 deep is a bit different as I'm using Roman Caesar's rosters, but all of the main players are the same. Let's get it going with recruiting...


We got 2 instant commits before the Hawaii game!

Kory Reid is a 4 star player who is the #1 QB in CA and the #4 overall in the nation. He is a 5'11 185 mobile QB with excellent mobility and a strong but inaccurate arm.

J.J Pearson is a 4 star player who is the #4 WR in the nation and top WR in Hawaii. He has tremendous acceleration and excellent hands, but needs a lot of work on his route running.

Now, it is time to put on a show against Hawaii.

[Eaglesfan27]

Oops. Wrong dynasty

[Eaglesfan27]

Time to try to get this dynasty going again (even though I love NBA 2k11, I miss college hoops.) I'm continuing where I left off, but I'm trying some new sliders that might up the challenge and realism a bit (although might be out of whack with the sim engine a bit.) They are from a very good poster on OS and are more defensively oriented than what I had.

[Eaglesfan27]

So much for defense. We are down 24-18 with 10 minutes to go in the 1st half as our star SF, Hehn, is in foul trouble.

A rough 1st half against a subpar Arizona team. We are down 45-34 as our shooting has been terrible.

Matthews leads us with 7 points and 3 assists.

Hehn playing much better in the 2nd half. He leads us with 11 points as we take a 53-52 lead with 11 minutes to go..

With 4:15 to go, Prillman fouls out. We are tied at 65. Our FR SG Grant leads us with 16 as he is having a very good game from outside.

Down 70-67, Grant misses an open 3 with 33 seconds left. We have to foul.

We lose the game 74-70.

Muhammad, their SG had 21 points on 6 of 13 shooting including 2 of 4 from the arc. He also had 4 assists to lead them in the win.

Grant led us with 16 points on 6 of 16 shooting.

Kilgore with 14 points on 5 of 14 shooting.

Matthews with 7 points and 5 assists.

Hehn with 11 points, 6 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 10.

Wolfe with 9 points, 8 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 3 of 4.

Moss with 7 points, 3 assists, and 1 block. He shot 2 of 3.


We finish the regular season 21-8. We will face Cal (14-17) in the 2nd round of the Pac-10 Tourney.

[gi]

Welcome back!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by gi

Welcome back!

Thanks!

[Eaglesfan27]

14 minutes to go in the half: We are tied at 8 as I rest Wolfe and Matthews.

9:50 to go: We are tied at 15. Moss playing well off the bench with 3 points and 2 assists.

5:30 - We are up 25-17 as our defense has been smothering.

At the end of the half, we are up 31-25.

Kou is keeping them in it with 12 points.

Matthews is the player of the half with 7 points and 2 assists.


14 minutes to go: Poor shooting to start the 2nd half. We are tied at 37. Grant into the game for his shooting.

9 minutes to go: Tied at 45 as I get rested starters back into the game.

2:33 - Tied at 56 before Hehn puts up 5 straight points. 61-56 lead.

They never get closer than that.

We win the game 70-61.

Prillman is the player of the game with 17 points, 7 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 6 of 12 and 4 of 4 from the line.

Matthews with 7 points, 5 assists, and 5 boards. He shot 2 of 10.

Kilgore with 10 points, 3 assists, and 3 steals. He shot 3 of 4.

Hehn with 14 points, 7 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 4 of 16.

Wolfe with 8 points and 10 boards. He shot 4 of 5.


Moss with 5 points and 3 assists.

Grant with 8 points, 3 assists, and 2 steals in 22 minutes.

Kou led them with 22 points. He is a heck of a scorer.

[Eaglesfan27]

We will play UCLA (15-14) in the Pac-10 Semi-Final. The Bruins are a talented team with a 92 rating (ours is 93.) They are very well balanced with their starting 5:

SR PH Rhet O'Hara is rated 84, SR SG Stewart Jack is rated 85, SR SF Jerrad Leach is rated 89, SR PF Taurance Diallo is rated 87. JR C Reggie Brickens is rated 85.

[Eaglesfan27]

17 minutes: Hehn is in foul trouble. We are tied at 7. Grant in at SG and Kilgore who has all 7 of our points slides to SF...

10 minutes: We are tied 22-22. Grant with a huge outburst to keep us in the game.

5 minutes: We are up 33-31. Grant with a breakout game...

Halftime: We lead 41-37. Grant with 16 points and 5 assists. Great game for the freshman guard.

15 minutes: We lead 49-44. Grant is being double teamed now.

10 minutes: We lead 60-55. Hehn with a good 2nd half..

5 minutes: We lead 71-69. I have 4 starters with 4 fouls. Grant is starting to score again after the stopped double teaming him.

Grant with a big 3 to give us a 5 point lead..

Kilgore with an open 17 footer set up by a good pass from Hehn. That gives us 76-73 lead with 1 minute left...

Kilgore with a steal!

Matthews draws a foul and hits both FT's!

We make our FT's down the stretchand they never get closer than 5.

We win 83-78.

Grant is the player of the game with 26 points, 9 assists, 4 boards, and 2 steals. He shot 8 of 16.

Jack led them with 21 points. Diallo with 16.

Matthews with 10 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals for us. He shot 2 of 8.

Kilgore with 17 points, 7 boards, 1 steal, and 2 blocks. He shot 7 of 13.

Hehn with 8 points, 3 boards, and 3 assists in only 18 minutes (due to his foul trouble.)

Prillan with 6 points and 6 boards. He shot 3 of 3.

Wolfe with 10 points, 5 boards, and a block. He shot 4 of 6.

Moss with 4 points, 1 board, 1 steal, 1 assist, and 1 block.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Pac-10 Championship Game will be against Stanford (21-9.)

They are also rated 92, like UCLA. However, they have much better interior players:

RS JR C Deng Lennon is 7'1 265 and rated 89 overall. He is averaging 15 ppg and 7.5 rpg.

SR PF Alfred Jeanpierre is 6'9 260 and is rated 84 overll. He can shoot the 3 and make interior shots. He is averaging 15 ppg and 6.2 rpg.

SR SG Steveroy Matheus is 6'6 196 and is rated 89 verall. He's averaging 7.2 ppg and 3.9 rpg.

SF Dusty Conroy can mix it up inside and outside at 6'10 240. He's a JR with a great understanding of the game. He's averaging 8 ppg and 3 apg.

SF C.B. Bower is a sophomore who is 6'8 230 and rated 83 overall. He's their best 3 point shooter. He's averaging 8 ppg in limited minutes.

SO Nevil Mason is 6'11 275 and is rated 80 overall. He's averaging 3 ppg and 1 rpg in limited minutes.

PF Earnest Gabler is 6'9 230 and is rated 79 overall. He's averaging 3.5 ppg in limited minutes.

FR PG Beau Lucas runs the show for them now. He is 6'3 190 and is rated 79 overall. He's a great athletic penetrator. He's averaging 7 ppg and 5.3 apg.

Should be a tough game.

[Eaglesfan27]

15:00 - We are tied at 4 as both teams are playing tough D.

14:00 Lucas picks up his 2nd foul and has to sit.

Conroy comes in and puts up 5 quick points.

11:00 - Matthews has his 2nd foul and will sit. We are down 16-8.

5:00 - Hehn with a nice few minutes keeping us in it. We are down 24-17.

We are down 28-24 at the half. Hehn with 9 points, 2 boards, and a block to keep us in it.

Bower with 9 points leads them.


15:30 - Matthews gets his 4th foul and will have to sit. We are down 32-28.

10:00 - Hehn is tiring and their lead is growing. We are down 42-34.

5:55 - Matthews fouls out. we are down 53-40.

We can't stop Lennon who had a HUGE 2nd half.

We lose 67-55. Lennon with 24 points and 10 boards. Bower with 16 points.

Hehn led us with 15 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks.

Grant with 11 points and 3 assists off the bench.


Time for Selection Sunday...

[Eaglesfan27]

The #1 Seeds are:

Baylor (28-5), Mississippi State (28-5), Xavier (30-3), BYU (28-3)


Interesting Match-ups in the East:

#4 Siena (31-3) vs #13 Miami (OH) (23-9)

#6 USC (23-9) vs #11 Arkansas (19-11)

#3 Washington (22-7) vs #14 Coastal Carolina


Interesting Games in the South:

#6 Boston College (20-10) vs #11 Vanderbilt (17-11)

#7 Texas (20-8) vs #10 W. Kentucky (22-6)


Interesting Games in the Mid-West

#8 UConn (21-11) vs #9 Ole Miss (22-12)

#5 Kansas (23-10) vs #12 Butler (23-8)


Interesting West Games:

#8 FSU (23-10) vs #9 Nebraska (22-12)

#5 Rutgers (25-7) vs #12 Georgia State (26-6)

#6 Pepperdine (25-8) vs #11 Stanford (wow 22-9)

#7 Villanova (22-11) vs #10 Arizona State (21-10)

Big 12 with 8 teams, ACC and Big East with 6, SEC and Big Ten with 5, Pac-10 with 4, A-10 with 3, WCC, MWC, C-USA, and Sun Belt with 2 each.

Teams that just missed out: Providence (21-12), Saint Louis (21-10), Rhode Island (20-12), Oregon State (20-11), and Tennessee (19-12)

[Eaglesfan27]

Matthews with a quick start to the game. He has 6 points and we lead 10-4 as they call time with 16 minutes left..

10:45 - We lead 14-9 as we bring in Grant off the bench for Kilgore and Grundy for Prillman.

Grant with a quick 3 to make his presence felt.

5 minutes left - We lead 23-21 as Prillman and Kilgore return. Matthews, Wolfe, and Hehn get some rest. Moss into the game as well.

Halftime: We lead 33-25. Prillman leads us with 10 points and 4 boards.

12:30 - Our lead is 43-40. I rest Hehn who is playing well but is now tired.

6:30 - I bring back all of my starters. We lead 48-47.

2:30 - Our shooting has been ice cold. We are down 52-50.

Their star G, Washburn, hits a pair of 3's and we are in trouble.

Kilgore responds with 5 quick points.

Down 58-55 with 1:20 to go...

Washburn with another 3. Ouch!

Kilgore misses a 3.

We have to foul.

Hehn with another 3. We are down 63-58 and time is running out.

We foul. They hit 1. Hehn misses a 3.

We are done. We are upset 65-60.


Hehn led us with 13 points, 10 boards, and 3 assists. However, he shot 6 of 20.

Prillman with 12 points and 8 boards. He shot 6 of 13.

Kilgore with 11 points. Matthews with 8 points and 6 assists. Grant with 5 points on 2 of 12 shooting.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Sweet 16:

#9 Texas Tech beat #1 Baylor 82-75 to advance in the East where they will face #5 Cincinnati.

#3 Washington beat #11 Arkansas 75-68 to advance. They will face #2 Wisconsin.


In the West:

#8 FSU beat #1 BYU to advance to face #4 Houston.

#10 Arizona State beat #2 Texas AM to face #11 Stanford who knocked off #3 San Diego State convincingly, 85-44.


In the South:

#8 Ohio State beat #1 Mississippi State 78-77 to advance where they will face #12 S. Illinois who beat Clemson 70-69 on a last second shot.

#6 Boston College beat #3 Pitt to advance. They will face #10 W. Kentucky who upset Georgia Tech 84-82.



In the Mid-West:

#8 UConn beat #1 Xavier 82-79. They will face #4 North Carolina State who handled Butler.

#3 Michigan will face #7 Iowa State who beat #2 San Diego.

[Eaglesfan27]

The Final 4:

Cincinatti won 2 games convincingly to come out of the East including a 87-57 drubbing of Wisconsin in the Eastern Bracket Final.

#11 Stanford (still not sure why #11) won both games very convincingly to advance to the Final 4 including 88-44 drubbing of FSU.

Boston College squeaked by Western Kentucky and Ohio State in 1 point games to advance from the South.

North Carolina State won both games convincingly including 100-60 win over Iowa State to advance from the Midwest...

[Eaglesfan27]

Boston College squeaks by North Carolina State 75-73.

Stanford crushes Cincinatti 85-58.

Boston College with a last second shot.. and the win 72-71 over Stanford!! They were a SR laden team without any super stars, but they had 8 very good players who were all seniors and played well together.


Georgia State's C Tracey Bullicer won Player of the Year with a 25.6 ppg, 11.4 rpg, and 2.2 bpg. He was also Mid-Major Player of the Year and is rated 92 overall.

Stanford's Deshaun Rand won Coach of the Year.

Bullicer won Big Man of the Year.

Washington's SG Maynard Whithers won Freshman of the Year. The 6'4 214 pound SG averaged 12.1 ppg and 3.4 apg.

My PG Dainmon Matthews with 10 ppg and 5.4 apg was 1st team Freshman All-American.

Oregon State's C Nehemiah Carney won Player of the Year with 19.9 ppg, 8.1 rpg, and 2.0 bpg average.

Whithers won Freshman of the Year in the conference.

Hehn was named Pac-10 1st Team with a 15.7 ppg and 5.8 rpg average.

Matthews was 2nd team.


The good news is that the only player we lost this year was Hehn who decided to go Pro early and forego his final year.

I get offered a bunch of jobs including Baylor, Cal, Texas Tech, and Washington State. I turn them all down.


No transfers in or out of our team...

Recruiting time...

[Eaglesfan27]

Bryant Echols, our #6 target a great PG from Camden NJ, signed with Fordham.

R.J Farley, our #1 target signed with LaSalle as he wanted to remain close to his home in NYC.

Tristan Lucas, our #7 target signed with his home team, Texas.

Our #2 target Calum Rivers signed with Colorado.

Our #3 target Perry Lhota signed with USC!! Lhota is a 6'4 193 pound SG who can shoot really well according to our staff. He is also an athletic player who handles the ball well. He is from Los Angeles. He is 4 stars and is rated 59th overall. He averaged 14 ppg, 6.4 apg, 3.6 rpg, and 2.3 spg this past year.

#5 target Angelo Truscott signed with Mississippi.

[Eaglesfan27]

The one player left on the board I want is a 6'7 210 pound SG named Billy Duhon from Charlotte, NC. We only have 2 scholarships and he is the only other HS SR I'm focused on...

Duhon signs with Rutgers instead. Disappointing. Still, we got a nice SG to compliment our bench as I plan on Grant starting next year...

I scout intensively a few weeks, and find a player that I like who is slipped through the cracks of other teams despite being highly ranked...

We sign 4 star F Juan Pablo Pressley from Greensboro, NC. He is 6'7 220 and prefers to play PF but has the athleticism to play either the 3 or 4. He is fast, has great hops, dunking ability, and is a good passer. He is very strong for his size. He averaged 14.4 ppg, 10.3 rpg, 2.9 apg, and 1.8 bpg last year. He is ranked 50th in the nation and is a 4 star player.

That completes our class of 2.


Texas Tech with 3 5 stars has the top class.

FSU, Kansas, North Carolina State, San Diego State, Cincinnati, North Western, UCLA, and Michigan, Mississippi State, and Texas A&M round out the top 10.

Now, for a quick look at the roster:

[Eaglesfan27]

SR SF Devon Kilgore will start at his natural position, SF. He is 6'9 223 and is rated 91 overall. He can shoot, he is very fast for a SF, and he has a good handle. He is a very good defender to boot.

SR PF Allan Wolfe will start at PF. He is 6'8 270 and is rated 89 overall. He has a strong inside game and should be a good shooter as well s a very good rebounder.

JR C Rylan Prillman is now 6'11 244 and is rated 84 overall. He is a decent shooter for a big man and can rebound very well.

SO SG Edmund Grant will start at SG. He is 6'3 180 and is rated 82 overall. He's our best 3 point shooter and is a capable ball handler.

SO PG Dainmon Matthews will start at PG. He's 6'1 200 and is a good shooter who has excellent speed but just average first step. He is a very good handler and passer. He is rated 82 overall.


SR Connally Moss will be our most versatile man off the bench and will play a bit of everywhere. He has grown into 6'10 260 and hs SG skills. He can pass, run, rebound, and play decent defense. He is rated 83 overall.

SO J.S. Grundy is our first big off the bench. He is 6'11 263 and is rated 79 overall. He has the potential to become a dominant inside score. He is a solid rebounder.

FR PF Juan Pablo Pressley has impressed in our midnight debut. He is now 6'8 230 and is rated 77 overall. He has excellent spped for a big man, greathops, and can dunk. He's also a decent 3 point shooter for a big and he can guard the perimeter credibly.

FR SG Perry Lhota is everything we hoped when we signed him. He's our 2nd best 3 point shooter and could be our best soon. He is money when open. He has decent speed and can pass the ball well. Defense is a question. Rated 76 overall and is 6'4 195.

RS FR SG J.W. Knight is 6'5 212 and is rated 75 overall. Good athleticism.

Walkon RS SO Jeffrey Blankenship is 6'10 239 and is rated 75 overall. Decent rebounder.

Walk-on RS SO SF Ibrahim Sylla from Africa is 6'5 215 and rated 73 overall. Excellent athleticism.

Walk On SO C Uche Adeife from Nigeria is 7'3 270 and rated 71 overall. Can provide intimidation against bigger centers. Solid hands for a big man.

Walk On SR PF Anil Lalugba is 6'8 280 and is rated 70 overall.


We will have 6 scholarships to give out next year....