This game owns my soul.

[crques]

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Hey crques, what Roster are you gonna use?? Which team do you think you're gonna roll with??

I worked on a 2007 set and put countless hours into it and was pretty satisfied with the recruiting priorities and so forth. What I'm considering doing is starting out with that set and simming 3 or 4 seasons ahead and running a legacy with all or mostly generic recruited guys. I haven't decided who I'm using yet, but I think I'm going to use a small team in the Northeast and recruit the NY area.

[BoisePanther]

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I worked on a 2007 set and put countless hours into it and was pretty satisfied with the recruiting priorities and so forth. What I'm considering doing is starting out with that set and simming 3 or 4 seasons ahead and running a legacy with all or mostly generic recruited guys. I haven't decided who I'm using yet, but I think I'm going to use a small team in the Northeast and recruit the NY area.

Sounds cool, my dude...I liked using Saint Francis because of the whole NY area. So many good prospects.

I just messed with the create-a-play for HOURS last night. I find that to be really, really fun.

My only thing now is deciding on a team that I really want to stick with. But I'm torn because I'm waiting on these guys to finish up the 2011-12 Roster they're working on. Although it is kind've pointless seeing as they graduate. The real reason I'm waiting though is to see who is a bad team I can choose from once they do all the Rosters.

To the SC fan above, that's a cool story you've got, man...

[crques]

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Sounds cool, my dude...I liked using Saint Francis because of the whole NY area. So many good prospects.

I just messed with the create-a-play for HOURS last night. I find that to be really, really fun.

My only thing now is deciding on a team that I really want to stick with. But I'm torn because I'm waiting on these guys to finish up the 2011-12 Roster they're working on. Although it is kind've pointless seeing as they graduate. The real reason I'm waiting though is to see who is a bad team I can choose from once they do all the Rosters.

To the SC fan above, that's a cool story you've got, man...

Another thing that I enjoy doing is creating several prospects and following their career during my legacy. Very rarely do I ever land one of the guys that I create, but it is fun to watch their progress and even play against them if they end up on my schedule. The center recruits are always a little too big (7'1" - 7'2" are far too frequent), so normally I'll create 6 or 7 good centers that are about 6'9" or 6'10".

[BoisePanther]

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Another thing that I enjoy doing is creating several prospects and following their career during my legacy. Very rarely do I ever land one of the guys that I create, but it is fun to watch their progress and even play against them if they end up on my schedule. The center recruits are always a little too big (7'1" - 7'2" are far too frequent), so normally I'll create 6 or 7 good centers that are about 6'9" or 6'10".

That's cool, bro...maybe I can try that myself at some point.

[mistershadez]

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To the SC fan above, that's a cool story you've got, man...

Thanks...it took me a few seasons to learn how to coach fast and try to force tempo on the CPU. The bigger schools still make me pay but that's exactly how it should be.

I came very, very close to choosing Long Island before going with Bakersfield.

[dxdude2004]

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Thanks...it took me a few seasons to learn how to coach fast and try to force tempo on the CPU. The bigger schools still make me pay but that's exactly how it should be.

I came very, very close to choosing Long Island before going with Bakersfield.

I'm going to try your coaching style later when I get home from classes. I am a cpu vs. cpu type guy, so it should be interesting to see how the 2011-12 Purdue Boilermakers hold up with this style.

[KCClassic7807]

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By far the great franchise mode by far there was soooooooo much you can do in there, from the crazy looking recuits and names, to the weekly wrap-up, This game was really great, I continue to still play this too this day!

[dxdude2004]

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So I downloaded raider's 2011-12 rosters (using them for now until Deepball's are released), and I set up Purdue's schedule the best I could ( a few small games, couldn't do Puerto Rico Tip-off properly, it satisfies me though). I use Jukeman's sliders for cpu vs cpu.

SC guy, I think I found a post of yours at ncaastrategies, haha go figure. So I'm using that as my coach strategy now.

I watched my team play ten games before finding the previously mentioned link, and we are 10-0. All ten games had pretty high scoring, but nothing like LMU seeing as I am just now implementing the correct strategy for that. I don't the it'll be exactly the same in cpu vs cpu, but we'll see how it goes. The most points we have scored though are 89, and our largest margin of victory was an 81-41 win over Texas State in a tournament game. We'll see how this strategy works on the road @ Butler, and then we head back home to begin conference play against Michigan!

[dxdude2004]

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Watched some of the games, then decided to simulate the season so I could bring in some of my own recruits. We finished 18-11 after losing to Northwestern in our first Big Ten conference tournament game. We just barely managed to get into the NCAA tournament against Austin Peay. I simmed that game, which we lost. Heading into the new season, I picked up one AA, Mr B, 5*, and some 4 star guys. Overall, the team looks pretty weak still. Hopefully we can managed....

[Mos1ted]

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I went to two different Gamestops in my area after both showed they had the game instock online and the cases were on the shelves. I get to the counter at both Gamestops only to find that they don't have the game after all. Talk about disappointment LOL. And it was only $3 too. Oh well, I guess I'll keep searching. There's like 20 Gamestops spread throughout the region, so one of them has to at least have a copy.

[dxdude2004]

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I went to two different Gamestops in my area after both showed they had the game instock online and the cases were on the shelves. I get to the counter at both Gamestops only to find that they don't have the game after all. Talk about disappointment LOL. And it was only $3 too. Oh well, I guess I'll keep searching. There's like 20 Gamestops spread throughout the region, so one of them has to at least have a copy.

Good luck finding your copy.

This season is starting off rather poorly for Purdue. It's really obvious now how much Hummel meant for our team last year.... I have guys on the team now that need to work on shooting... alot. My highest overall is a 74...... But luckily I have some good 4* guys interested in me. If I can reel them in, that would sure help with building a team.

[BoisePanther]

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I went to two different Gamestops in my area after both showed they had the game instock online and the cases were on the shelves. I get to the counter at both Gamestops only to find that they don't have the game after all. Talk about disappointment LOL. And it was only $3 too. Oh well, I guess I'll keep searching. There's like 20 Gamestops spread throughout the region, so one of them has to at least have a copy.

You should've had the dudes at the one you went to check the other stores inventory for you so that you could know where to go and get it at, bro. It would save you a bunch of time.

[KG]

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This is STILL my favorite game of all-time.

If they resurrected this series I wouldn't be able to get my pre-order in fast enough.

[mistershadez]

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dxdude....in coaching the old LMU system, the first thing I do is find my three point shooters and set their 3pt shooting tendency at 99. Ironically enough, I run the Princeton offense to get more outside looks as long as I have a few bombers.

[dxdude2004]

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dxdude....in coaching the old LMU system, the first thing I do is find my three point shooters and set their 3pt shooting tendency at 99. Ironically enough, I run the Princeton offense to get more outside looks as long as I have a few bombers.

Yeah, I read your other post. I just don't want to change ratings haha. I find them shooting a good enough number of 3's for me at least right now. I mean, I don't care if each drive we hit a 3-pointer. As long as we are scoring on as many drives as possible and scoring more than the other team, I'm fine really haha. I guess the only issue I am having is that I don't have quite enough guys that can drain 3's at a consistent rate as I'm only in my second year.

EDIT: Also, the highest we've scored now is 92 in another tournament blowout game against Eastern Illinois. I'll think about changing up their tendencies though. I can imagine it would help a lot. It also gets interesting when the other team starts trying to trap my team, as if they're catching on to the fast break offense.