I've won it twice now in my Career Legacy. I won it around 2025 at Stanford and then again around year 2054 at Kentucky.
The Stanford title was practically put in my lap as all the #1 seeds were upset at some point by other teams. I never had to beat a truly great team in the whole tournament.
The Kentucky title was EARNED. I had to beat two #1 seeds and a #2 along the way. I beat #1 Illinois in the championship game. They had won 3 straight titles before that. I topped it off with my best recruiting class ever. I got the #1, #12, and #13 players in the country. They all were rated 90 or higher, with the #1 guy rated 96!!
Winning the championship does a lot for your recruiting. The #1 guy I got had 100 interest BEFORE I even started recruiting him!! Now, a couple of seasons later, I don't have a single player rated less than 86 on my team.
Oh, and my career record is like 1200-350. When I started this Career, my goal was to see if, and how long it would take, I could break Dean's career win record, to become the WINNINGEST coach of all-time (note: I didn't say BEST, I said winningest
). At this point, the only things I keep playing for are to see how many years you can play in Legacy mode and the only other jobs I'll take are my dream jobs at UNC or Kansas. Kansas won't be happening because they are a perennial power in my Legacy, but UNC has fallen off the map in the past 20 years, so I keep waiting for an offer to go there.
Oh, one thing I've seen is that job offers don't ALWAYS come every 3 years. I've gotten offers probably 4 out of the past 5 seasons. It seems to have alot to do with how much success you're having and if you're having it at the highest levels of competition.