Legends Start Somewhere
A College Hoops 2K8 Coaching Legacy
Welcome to my College Hoops 2k8 Coaching Legacy! This is my first time venturing into the Basketball Dynasty section as I am usually found hanging out in the Football Dynasty land. Now that hoops season is in full swing, I am entrenched in all that is College Basketball. This legacy is going to be a tad difference than most of the other pieces of art you find on here. I really enjoy playing every single game & I tend to burn myself out if I have to do recaps and write ups after I fire up the box for an hour or two. What I focus on is the big picture... I am talking about National Champions, National Players of the Year, Mid-Major Players of the Year, All-Americans, Conference Champions, Conference Players of the Year, my own Coaching Record, Conference Record, guys I have recruited, Season Stats, etc. I will be posting a series of "Headquarters" which will house the necessary stats I intend to follow. Following these headline posts will just be posts I make from time to time detailing how things are going or how I am feeling. I will sometimes post updates after a couple of games played or a quick offseason synopsis. I am currently in Year 3, so I have accumulated two season's worth of info so far & have added it to the headline posts. I hope you all enjoy. Below are some things I have answered to give you an idea of what my legacy looks like in game.
Who am I starting with & why?
I have decided to start my legacy with the University of California Riverside Highlanders. It's ironic how popular of a choice this team is on these forums & in this game as I didn't even know people liked them until after I had started using them (yes, I am that dude telling you he listened to the popular radio song years ago, haha!). UC Riverside is a bad team from top to bottom in a conference that really has not done much since, well, ever. Nonetheless, the Big West is nestled in one of the most talent rich states in the country & there is no shortage of players we can go after, so that makes it a ton of fun. Without a true PG, SF, or C, the UCR roster is pretty dang thin.
House Rules? Difficulty? Do I play games? Roster Pack?
I run 13 minute halves & play every single second of them. I am a big time stats junkie & even having one simulated game keeps me up at night. I play on All-American (I believe that's the difficulty...it is whatever is second highest) with no other slider adjustments. I have found my game scores to be very reasonable, mostly in the 60's and 70's, occasionally in the 90+ range when I am playing a very high tempo team or facing a Top 25 Power team. I have even had some defensive grinders in the 50's, so I feel it's very well balanced. I try to not use any set plays because I feel like I have to work harder to move the ball around and generate open looks. I will sometimes try and steal inbound passes, I am just being honest. I have computer generated player names instead of downloading a roster pack. This unfortunately takes all the coaching names out of the game, so I will not be following what coaches do.
History starts NOW
This is a common thing to all the dynasties I run. What I mean by this is that I will not recall what Duke did in 2000 or what happened in the Big West in 2012. I view the starting point in my legacy as the starting point in history. I WILL, however, still consider blue bloods to be blue bloods & recognize conferences that aren't very good. Just because a lower tier conference has a couple teams in the Big Dance doesn't make them a new Power Conference, get the gist?
Last, but not least
At the end of the day, this is a video game & I am going to let it be the animal it wants to be. If the game wants a Mid-Major to recruit a Top 3 class ten years in a row, I'll let it. If I go undefeated a couple times in a row, I am not going to worry about it. I love watching how things turn out over time and I always say this "The impossible is just reality that has not yet happened". Hope you all enjoy, I know I will.
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