The Bulgarian Brothers – A College Hoops 2K8 & NBA 2K20 Dynasty

[RMJH4]

Yess!! looking forward to another season!

[kibaxx7]

Hell yes, great to see the Brothers back!

[studbucket]

Quote: Originally Posted by RolePlayer

ITS BACK!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by RMJH4

Yess!! looking forward to another season!

Quote: Originally Posted by spiderxx7

Hell yes, great to see the Brothers back!

You all are awesome, thank you. I thought I might just slip under the radar.

Life has been way busy for me the last year, and the little time I've had for video games has been often used playing WoW with my wife or kids. Finally decided to start carving out time for this again. I love it. I'll probably be slow rolling things out, but hopefully not 8-months-off slow

[studbucket]

The Inside Scoop is based on TheDominator273's awesome spreadsheet to add random events to your MyLeague.

As we’re into the 2^nd month of the NBA season, we’ve started to see some players step up and improve their game, which may change what these teams do as we head toward the trade deadline.

T.J. Warren is a sharpshooter
T.J. Warren has been good for several years now, but he has really stepped up his outside shooting this season, becoming a dangerous weapon for the Pacers.

Londrick Helms shows defensive wisdom
The Celtics didn’t have high hopes for the 30^th overall pick out of Wisconsin, but were hoping that the 6’11 rookie could grow into something good for them. One thing they didn’t expect was the lateral quickness he showed, effectively guarding people smaller than him. With his good three point shooting and length, he may be an asset for the future.

[Careless Whisper]

Great to have this back, nice win over Bobby Mo in your return!

[studbucket]

Quote: Originally Posted by Careless Whisper

Great to have this back, nice win over Bobby Mo in your return!

Ha, it took me a second as I was like "who in the world is Bobby Mo? Did I give someone a nickname?"

Not being from Pittsburgh myself, is that something people call Robert Morris University?

[studbucket]

There have been a handful of conference games so far, but those have been outliers. It’s today that conference play begins in earnest, with almost every single game played from here on out taking place between teams in the same conference. While St. Francis were expected to be respectable, Northern Colorado is expected to be awful, having lost a lot of production from graduation and replacing it with the streaky freshman Taron Guy.

With 12 games played, how are the projections holding up?

Standings
Once again, both brothers find themselves in 4^th place heading into conference play. Though 4^th in the NEC is much better than the moribund Big Sky, which is hurting after losing a lot of talent this last year. The Red Flash are about where we expect them to be, but the Bears are doing great. Expected to be cellar dwellers, anything near the middle of the pack will be great for them.

Northeast Conference
School	Wins	Losses	%
Quinnipiac	7	5	.583
Fairleigh Dickinson	8	6	.571
Wagner	7	6	.538
St. Francis (PA)	7	7	.500
Mount St. Mary’s	6	6	.500
Central Connecticut	5	5	.500
Monmouth	6	7	.461
Long Island	5	8	.384
Robert Morris	4	9	.307
Sacred Heart	3	10	.230
St. Francis (NY)	1	9	.100

Big Sky
School	Wins	Losses	%
Northern Arizona	9	5	.642
Weber State	6	6	.500
Idaho State	6	9	.400
Northern Colorado	5	8	.384
Montana	3	7	.300
Sacramento State	3	8	.272
Montana State	3	9	.250
Eastern Washington	1	8	.111
Portland State	1	10	.090

Leaders
With Maarty Pinkalla graduated, the scoring crown is available for the taking in the Big Sky, and Leon McDaniel has stepped up to lead Sacramento State. Brandon North of Northern Colorado is just behind him at 16.8 ppg. St. Francis won’t be leading the NEC in scoring, but they have a 3-way tie for their leading scorer, with Muhamed Payne, Tobias Roberson, and Casey Tyler all averaging 11.1 ppg.

Oggy and the Bears don’t have anyone leading the Big Sky, but Dinko has 2 things to be proud of:

• The Red Flash are tops in the NEC with 12.9 assists per game.
• Muhamed Payne leading conf in rebounds (8.5) as an undersized 4.

Category	Northeast	Big Sky
Best offense (PPG)	Quinnipiac (73.3)	Northern Arizona (73.2)
Best defense (PPG)	Central Connecticut (66.1)	Idaho State (66.8)
Best differential	Quinnipiac (3.5)	Sacramento State (1.2)
Rebounds per game	Wagner (31.8)	Sacramento State (32.7)
Assists per game	St. Francis PA (12.9)	Northern Arizona (15.6)

Category	Northeast	Big Sky
Scoring	Perry Lamkin, PG, FDU (16.7)	Leon McDaniel, SG, CSUS (17.8)
Rebounds	Muhamed Payne, SF, SFPA (8.5)	Laurie Galloway, C, NAU (9.9)
Assists	Bracey Alvarado, PG, MSM (4.9)	Karl Lloyd, PG, NAU (4.9)
Steals	Pierre Carbaugh, SF, WAG (2.2)	R. Watkins, PG, PRST (2.0)
Blocks	Tamsir Grady, C, MSM (2.2)	Archie Moran, PF, EWU (1.9)
FG%	Luol Bigby, SF, SH (63.8%)	Deno Fuller, C, CSUS (65.0%)
3P%	Cyrus Callans, PG, RMU (53.3%)	Wil Darag, SG, IDST (60.0%)

[studbucket]

It’s the first day of a new year, and the Red Flash are sitting at 7-7, which is a pretty good spot for them as conference play kicks off in earnest. Over the Christmas break they went 1-1, beating Holy Cross behind Muhamed Payne’s 24 points, and lost a nail-biter to Penn that saw them up 7 at half, but ultimately losing by 2. Coach Dinko will want more from Tobias Roberson this game, as he’s gone 2-10 from deep the last two games. Sharpshooter Casey Tyler is day-to-day with a quad strain, but should suit up.

Fairleigh Dickinson looks tough this year. They were average last regular season but won the conference tourney and have reigning NEC Freshman of the Year Toree Arnold (7.6 ppg). However, Senior PG Perry Lamkin (16.7 ppg) is far more of a concern for Kostadin and team, as well as the outside shooting of Rich Meyers and Kevis Duggins. FDU is 8-6 and will be looking to improve upon that at home.

The first half was very tight as the teams traded buckets early on. The Red Flash’s efforts to get the ball down low were thwarted by the much strong FDU, not allowing Keita to have any impact. St. Francis couldn’t make any deep shots, but were holding the Knights to tough shots as well. With just a few minutes left in the first half, the game was 18-17.

And then it all fell apart. In the last 2-3 minutes of the first half and the first 2-3 of the second, St. Francis completely fell apart and found themselves down 40-23. The Knights were hitting all their outside shots, and St. Francis left them open regularly. Star point guard Perry Lamkin had an off shooting night (1-9 from three), but he had 11 assists as he regularly found his wing players for open looks.

In the second half, Muhamed Payne got to the basket regularly for buckets, but it didn’t mean much as his team couldn’t stop anyone and nobody else was regularly scoring. In the end, the 71-60 score was flattering, as they were roundly outclassed for most of the night.

FDU’s freshman small forward Daymond Salazar was their MVP, going 6-6 from the field and 3-3 from the line to finish with 18 points. He’s going to be a problem for years to come.

Around the NCAA

• Top-ranked Memphis is no longer undefeated as they fell to lowly (4-6) Winthrop by a score of 64-56.
• That leaves us with 4 remaining undefeated teams: #2 Michigan State (12-0), #4 Villanova (11-0), #5 Tennessee (11-0), #12 Georgia (9-0).