Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

[Knickerbocker91]

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Villanova and Duquesne fans are still trying to get their money back on tickets spent to watch those massacres.

[pfeifere1]

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Two major beat-downs! Looking good heading into your final four matchup. This HAS to be your best team. You've done a fantastic job creating a team to your style of play as well as creating a very big lineup. Bravo. Now you just have to finish the job!

Good luck!

[superjames1992]

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Villanova and Duquesne fans are still trying to get their money back on tickets spent to watch those massacres.

LOL, yep. Two small teams playing bad zone defense... Duquesne ran into real trouble because their bigs got into foul trouble and they only had one backup PF... They had a guard in at PF a few times.

Two major beat-downs! Looking good heading into your final four matchup. This HAS to be your best team. You've done a fantastic job creating a team to your style of play as well as creating a very big lineup. Bravo. Now you just have to finish the job!

Good luck!

Yes, thank you! It is indeed the best team I've had. Just think if D.C. Montgomery had come back, too! I've never had a team that could shoot the ball so well while at the same time having the presence to pound it inside in the paint. It's hard to guard everything.

My only knock on this team is the lack of depth at the guard position, but I can run a four-man rotation at the PG/SG/SF positions with Trammell/Joiner/Summers/Woodards all basically getting starters' minutes (though these games as of late have been blowouts, so I've emptied the bench for half of the second half).

[cabra1]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

Go Duke.

And WVU of course.

[superjames1992]

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Go Duke.

And WVU of course.

Heh, well, we will meet up in the Final.

[superjames1992]

vs.
(5) Texas Tech (25-11) vs. (1) West Virginia (35-2)
Alamo Dome
San Antonio, TX
NCAA Tournament - National Semifinals
April 1st, 2028

After losing in the national semifinal the past two seasons, top-seeded West Virginia (35-2) is headed to the title game on Monday! Tonight, the Mountaineers blew out Texas Tech 95-48 to advance to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Game, where they will face off against fellow #1-seed Duke.

Tonight in San Antonio, the Red Raiders (25-11) had no chance. As in past games, the Mountaineers emerged early and showed that they were going to take control of the game. It was another fine shooting night for the Mountaineers, but tonight they also locked it down defensively, holding the Red Raiders to just 30% on field goals and 21% from beyond the arc.

It was sweet revenge for West Virginia, as these two teams matched up against one another in last year's Final Four, where Texas Tech defeated the Mountaineers 71-66 and won the National Championship over Boston College.

The Red Raiders' severe lack of size was also glaringly on display as the Mountaineers embarrassed Texas Tech in the rebounding category, where they held a 47-17 advantage.

Tre Welch led WVU with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Nile Stevenson added 17 points, five rebounds, and two blocks while Deno Woodards ended with 11 points, five rebounds, and three assists. Waitari Trammell totaled 10 points, six assists, and three steals while Fred Joiner came off the bench to add 20 points, three rebounds, and three steals.

Lucas Kent was Texas Tech's only double-digit scorer. He scored 10 points.

#1-seeded Duke knocked off fellow #1 seed North Carolina 101-94 in tonight's other semifinal matchup. The Blue Deveils have been hot in this tournament, but their lack of size may cost them in Monday night's championship match against the Mountaineers. WVU is likely to be a heavy favorite.

Texas Tech Red Raiders vs. West Virginia Mountaineers
Apr 1, 2028	1ST	2ND	SCORE
#5 Texas Tech (25-11)	21	27	48
#1 West Virginia (35-2)	51	44	95

Texas Tech Red Raiders
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
T. Attaway	33	1-12	1-9	1-2	0	7	2	0	5	4
R. Bennett	31	3-14	1-3	1-2	2	2	1	1	2	8
L. Kent	31	5-11	0-3	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	10
N. Matela	26	1-1	0-0	2-2	3	1	2	1	4	4
M. Christian	19	1-2	0-0	2-2	6	1	3	1	0	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Patrick	17	2-8	1-2	2-2	1	0	1	0	1	7
A. Castillo	6	1-3	1-2	0-0	3	0	0	0	1	3
C. McBridle	14	0-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	1	0	1	2
J. Garnett	13	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	0	2
L. Al-Sayyad	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	2
Y. Morgan	4	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	2
G. Sandoval	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		17-56	4-19	10-12	17	12	11	4	16	48

West Virginia Mountaineers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
W. Trammell	24	4-7	2-4	0-0	1	6	3	0	0	10
L. Summers	17	0-1	0-1	0-0	5	2	3	1	4	0
D. Woodards	22	4-7	2-2	1-1	5	3	0	1	1	11
N. Stevenson	23	7-14	1-1	2-3	5	2	1	2	3	17
T. Welch	25	8-11	0-0	5-7	12	1	2	1	0	21
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
F. Joiner	29	8-13	3-5	1-1	3	1	3	0	1	20
H. Olson	11	2-3	0-0	2-2	2	2	1	0	0	6
O. Palmer	9	3-5	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	2	6
B. Dux	13	1-1	0-0	0-2	3	1	1	1	2	2
D. Cox	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2
R. Peterson	16	0-5	0-4	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0
S. Coly	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		38-70	8-17	11-16	47	20	14	7	13	95

[superjames1992]

2028 NCAA TOURNAMENT RESULTS - FINAL FOUR

SEMIFINALS SCORES
#1 West Virginia 95, #5 Texas Tech 48
#1 Duke 101, #1 North Carolina 94

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MATCHUP
#1 West Virginia vs. #1 Duke

[pfeifere1]

Re: Coaching Legacy of James Frizzell (CH 2K8)

First off, congrats on making it to the NCAA Championship game and second of all, that Duke-UNC final 4 matchup must have had all te makings of an instant classic!

Good luck against the Dukies!!!

[grismosw]

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The suspense is killing me!

[baccVols]

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The suspense is killing me!

why didnt you stay up and watch it last night then? it was On ESPN at 9

[superjames1992]

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First off, congrats on making it to the NCAA Championship game and second of all, that Duke-UNC final 4 matchup must have had all te makings of an instant classic!

Good luck against the Dukies!!!

Yep, should be fun. Frankly, Duke is a great matchup for me, though. They don't have much size, so I will probably beat them pretty decently, IMO.

The suspense is killing me!

I'll post it tonight.

why didnt you stay up and watch it last night then? it was On ESPN at 9

I've definitely got some slider changes on tap for next season. I've done some testing and I think I'm going to do three things:

1.) Switch to All-American. MOP gets a little funky sometimes, IMO, but All-Conference seems to be getting easier.
2.) This is probably the most important of all. I will lower all of my shooting sliders by one point.
3.) Turn down the CPU's drive tendency from 100 to 60. This will hopefully result in slower-paced games.

[Number999]

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I've only been following intently fairly recently but damn man all I gotta say is you represent the dream creation of most franchisers! The dedication and ability to keep up to date posting after so long is incredible, REALLY hope you conquered Duke!

[baccVols]

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He won..or wouldnt be making slider changes

[grismosw]

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Seems like he's been playing on freshman these last few games! All kidding as it's been an impressive tournament run!

[superjames1992]

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I've only been following intently fairly recently but damn man all I gotta say is you represent the dream creation of most franchisers! The dedication and ability to keep up to date posting after so long is incredible, REALLY hope you conquered Duke!

Thank you. I think the key is just not doing more than you're willing to do. Early on, I didn't put a lot of content into the updates, but I've put more in as I went along. I'm afraid that if I put all I put into the updates now I would have flamed out early on. It's also a testament to this legacy mode that I've really had no desire to restart all these years later. I should hit 600 wins next season, which will be nice. 1000 wins is in sight (sort of)!

He won..or wouldnt be making slider changes

Perhaps.

The problem has really been two-fold in this tournament. Not only was Texas Tech, for example, a really small team, but they also only had one backup as a forward and he was an SF. They had a PG covering my PF during a large portion of the game, for goodness' sake. I hope that's not something I see more of in the future and was just a one-off "lucky draw".

Seems like he's been playing on freshman these last few games! All kidding as it's been an impressive tournament run!

Yeah, I know. I had to go back and check the gameplay settings a few times.

It kind of sucks because it's not even really fun when you're up so much so early... hence the changes.