Could NBA 2K16 be Implementing College Hoops?

[Sinner]

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I would think yes. I thought from the jump when Mike Wang mentioned the two words that were giving the engineers fits, that college was what he was getting at. Made the most sense honestly given the undertaking it would be trying to get all the differences between the two levels in the game. The shot clock, the tempos, the foul outs, the rules, the 3 point line. It could totally not be what he was talking about this whole time, but the evidence definitely says something else.


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Cool but IMO if they are going to allow players to come from College to NBA it would be better and more realistic if they handled the draft like they do when you choose to draft all the NBA players and customize your league. (Hope I explained that right)

They have to allow rookies for this up coming year to be drafted to any team. If I leave college the same time as Towns, Okafor, Russell etc and I am considered the #1 pick the T'Wolves decide to pick me Towns needs to still be on the board and possibly going to the Lakers and so forth.

[king_brandon_23]

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Did DR say who the 10+ teams are?

The teams are Arizona, Arizona State, Connecticut, Georgetown, Kansas, Louisville, Michigan, Texas, UCLA, Villanova and Wisconsin

Source: http://www.sbnation.com/college-bask...-2k-sports-nba

[Junior Moe]

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I hope people can see the big picture and realize that the return of any playable college basketball would be a great start and not meltdown if their favorite team isn't in the mix. There has been no college hoops at all from 2K for going on 8 years. 8 YEARS.

This!! I'm all in because it's a sign that 2K is at least thinking about college ball. Even if a full fledged CH never materializes. Like you said, it has been 8 years since the vaunted CH2k8. And there have been lawsuits out the wazoo with regards to the NCAA and player likeness. I honestly thought that we wouldn't see colleges represented in a game until a few years AFTER the lawsuits are settled and a new model emerges. I truly appreciate the effort and what it could mean down the line.

[Junior Moe]

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Even though if true I hope it ends up being more thank 10 that would still be very good news to me. Now the thing is will there be rule changes for college and will they have different commentary for college in playing those games.

If we are able to play games in college, I'm sure 2K would tweak the rules and courts. On the commentary note, they do have Clark Kellogg (just makes too much sense) and the voice in the MyCareer commercials sound very much like Dan or Peter (not sure which one) from NFL2K. A man can dream, a man can dream...

[Ward13]

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10 teams is quite alright with me! Sure you may or may not see your favorite university listed but just knowing we'll have ANY college team at our disposal is a GIANT step in the right direction. I'm sure as soon as we get the full scoop on how these 10 teams will be implemented within the game some of those minor problems some have with only having 10 teams will quickly turn into praise and gratitude for what 2K has done to even get these teams in the game. Lets just wait and see what's lies ahead of us, this could be epic!!!

[WishListGOD 1 OF 2]

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There are simply no negatives to this. With college basketball in the game the bar has already been raised and if its fleshed out properly no doubt it will raise it even higher. 2k is very progressive(sometimes slowly) and this will only get better with time, my only wish is that highschool can stick around and become more integrated very advanced scouting.

[BA2929]

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I agree that it's a step in the right direction and I glad that colleges will be back in at least some form. With that said, I'd be lying if this doesn't scare the hell out of me. Some of my favorite features and games have been yanked away from me in the past due to legal issues... And if this somehow backfires and we lose created draft classes I'm going to have a come apart.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. Created draft classes are just that: user created. There's no way anyone can sue 2k for something a user created. That's like Joel Embiid suing 2k after he created himself in the game while he was at KU.

[King_B_Mack]

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Just want to point out that it is 11 teams confirmed through those CLC listings. I wouldn't expect 2K or any company for that matter that was going through the process of doing this to include an uneven number of teams though. Just seems like it would make sense to go with an even number. So with Davidson being on Steph's cover, seems they would be the 12th team to even those numbers out. Taking a closer look at the Anthony Davis cover now, seems like Kentucky is indeed a no go for the game.



Photo of Anthony Davis cutting down the net after the Kentucky National Championship victory. Notice the "2012 NCAA Men's" wording just above the "National Champions" wording. Now notice the University of Kentucky logo just above that.



Now observe the same spots on the shirt. Missing a few things right? Would line up with the missing North Carolina stuff on the MJ cover and the lack of licensing on CLC too. Thanks for the high-res image Steve!!

EDIT: Just caught the missing NCAA Basketball wording on the ladder in the 2K cover as well. Pictures really are worth a thousand words.

[JJFurr29]

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I don't think they'd just have those 10-11 schools unless you had the option to create the school you wanna go to if not one of them. Seems extremely limited to have just 10 out of about 350ish none of which include Duke, UK or Unc

[thedream2k16]

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There are simply no negatives to this. With college basketball in the game the bar has already been raised and if its fleshed out properly no doubt it will raise it even higher. 2k is very progressive(sometimes slowly) and this will only get better with time, my only wish is that highschool can stick around and become more integrated very advanced scouting.

huge chance its for mycareer only. Guys here will cry if that happens

[lakers24]

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I was only expecting maybe a fictional final four with created schools like the HS playoffs in NCAA Football so i'll take this. Also, I'm confused as to who would think this would be fully in any other mode besides MyCareer as that is where this makes the most sense. I understand people want what we used to have in a college game and then have guys go into the draft from there, but how and why would you have a fully fleshed out college season with only 10 schools?

[23]

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I was only expecting maybe a fictional final four with created schools like the HS playoffs in NCAA Football so i'll take this. Also, I'm confused as to who would think this would be fully in any other mode besides MyCareer as that is where this makes the most sense. I understand people want what we used to have in a college game and then have guys go into the draft from there, but how and why would you have a fully fleshed out college season with only 10 schools?

Makes sense to me too for My League

[Wildcats302]

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Just want to point out that it is 11 teams confirmed through those CLC listings. I wouldn't expect 2K or any company for that matter that was going through the process of doing this to include an uneven number of teams though. Just seems like it would make sense to go with an even number. So with Davidson being on Steph's cover, seems they would be the 12th team to even those numbers out. Taking a closer look at the Anthony Davis cover now, seems like Kentucky is indeed a no go for the game.



Photo of Anthony Davis cutting down the net after the Kentucky National Championship victory. Notice the "2012 NCAA Men's" wording just above the "National Champions" wording. Now notice the University of Kentucky logo just above that.



Now observe the same spots on the shirt. Missing a few things right? Would line up with the missing North Carolina stuff on the MJ cover and the lack of licensing on CLC too. Thanks for the high-res image Steve!!

EDIT: Just caught the missing NCAA Basketball wording on the ladder in the 2K cover as well. Pictures really are worth a thousand words.

That's a very good find. Stinks that UK is not in the game...I've never tried MyPlayer and being able to start at UK in some capacity would have been cool. That said, I suppose I can do a Michigan or a Texas (I do not "care" for a lot of the other teams on that list that are included lol), and see how it is though regardless.

It is still a positive step in the right direction.

[strawberryshortcake]

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Just random thoughts to myself.

If it's limited to only a handful of schools, why doesn't 2k simply create generic schools using all the colors of spectrum. Throw colored darts on the map of the United States. If it lands in DC with a purple dart, create a collegiate team "purple." or whatevers..

or throw all 50 states in a bucket along with 50 colors in a bucket. Grab one state, grab one color. Boom. There you go. A college team.... or whatevers.

[MikeGSW]

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So its probably just my career and most likely just playing through the elite eight? Or possibly sweet 16? That would make sense.