NCAA Basketball 09 Demo Release Date Confirmed

[TJdaSportsGuy]

Re: NCAA Basketball 09 Demo Release Date Confirmed

Well, I looked it up myself, and the demo will feature final-build gameplay and two current teams (Kentucky vs. Tennessee) and two classic teams ('79 Michigan State vs. '82 North Carolina).

I typed the team names in white, just in case you would rather be surprised.
I will say that it's a solid selection though. Great choice developers.

GameSpot: NCAA 09 Producers on Today's Podcast, Plus Hints at Fight Night 4

Of course if people have a black background, the white text shows up just fine for them, lol. Next time if you want to do something like that, use the spoiler tag.

[ehh]

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Of course if people have a black background, the white text shows up just fine for them, lol.

Or if people quote their message so it all shows up in the same text color.

That's a weird match up for the demo but whatever, I'll probably play the classic one the most.

[whittleboy615]

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Of course if people have a black background, the white text shows up just fine for them, lol. Next time if you want to do something like that, use the spoiler tag.

Or if people quote their message so it all shows up in the same text color.

That's a weird match up for the demo but whatever, I'll probably play the classic one the most.

Booo! :throws popcorn: That's a big SEC rivalry game. It's not weird at all. And yes, it was a rivalry before Tennessee's recent success began a few years ago.

[bases1616]

Magic vs Jordan will be fun matchup. The Kentucky-Tennessee matchup I don't understand. The Wildcats have not been good in years and the Vols were good for awhile last year and then tallied off.

[ehh]

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Magic vs Jordan will be fun matchup.

Esp rockin' their Chuck Taylors!

[poster]

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Jab, will the demo length be extended? Hopefully it is one long half. I remember hearing it would be the best demo ever released or something along those lines. I just can't get into 2 minute quarters.

[whittleboy615]

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I bet this was Bruce's doing. He probably sweet talked EA into giving the Vols all this pre-season, pre-release attention.

Magic vs Jordan will be fun matchup. The Kentucky-Tennessee matchup I don't understand. The Wildcats have not been good in years and the Vols were good for awhile last year and then tallied off.

Last year, Tennessee won the SEC regular season championship for the first time in 40 years, and then lost to Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen. It was a great season. Not spectacular, but still solid. Kentucky was a streaky team last year. They had their downs (losing to Gardner-Webb), but they also had their ups (beating Tennessee; making the Tournament).

Tennessee also has a high octane offense that EA can use to show off their new Game Tempo Control. Kentucky is a natural choice to play the Vols because they're their biggest rival, and they have a more balanced attack.

[HustlinOwl]

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[Brandwin]

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Should have used Baylor...=/

How long is the demo and how close to a final build is the demo?

Two things to look forward to next week, GoW 2 and a day before that, this demo.

[dahc]

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Kentucky will be very good this year. Patrick Patterson and Jodie Meeks are healthy.

I believe last years demo was UK vs. Louisville... right?

[jwn0303]

Kentucky will not be very good this year.. they will be decent.. PP is good.. Meeks is very very overrated

[PhantomPain]

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Kentucky will not be very good this year.. they will be decent.. PP is good.. Meeks is very very overrated

Meeks will likely (barring injuries) battle for scoring title in the SEC. But I have to admit, I love people's thoughts on UK right now. By january everyone will realize this team is better than anyone expected, but until then they will be surprising some folks.

BTW, how has anyone overrated Meeks? He was injured all of last year and pretty much isn't mentioned in any conversations (yet) for All-SEC (maybe 2nd or 3rd team at best) or any other potential awards.

Please tell me you will come back to this thread and admit you are wrong after you see Meeks this year. If by the end of the year he isn't averaging at least 16 ppg, I will come back and admit it myself. But to say he is "very very overrated" is so laughable. I love it!

EDIT: I forgot to mention something else. If you think that Patrick Patterson is just "good" then you either don't follow college basketball or have limited knowledge in it.

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Great News... thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to buying this game

[Marino]

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Its obviously Albany vs. MTSU.

I will try it out and see if it is worth the purchase.

[jwn0303]

Re: NCAA Basketball 09 Demo Release Date Confirmed

Meeks will likely (barring injuries) battle for scoring title in the SEC. But I have to admit, I love people's thoughts on UK right now. By january everyone will realize this team is better than anyone expected, but until then they will be surprising some folks.

BTW, how has anyone overrated Meeks? He was injured all of last year and pretty much isn't mentioned in any conversations (yet) for All-SEC (maybe 2nd or 3rd team at best) or any other potential awards.

Please tell me you will come back to this thread and admit you are wrong after you see Meeks this year. If by the end of the year he isn't averaging at least 16 ppg, I will come back and admit it myself. But to say he is "very very overrated" is so laughable. I love it!

EDIT: I forgot to mention something else. If you think that Patrick Patterson is just "good" then you either don't follow college basketball or have limited knowledge in it.

i didn't mean any disrespect to PP.. he's a hell of a player.. but meeks plain and simply isn't..