NCAA Basketball 09 Impressions

[scdb12]

go irish you only have a certain amount of scholarships so when they are grayed out it is because you dont have anymore scholarships to give out.

[GO IRISH]

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thats what i thought at first i have offered 3 players and it shows i have 5 scholorships so to me it shows i have 2 more to hand out

[racerx]

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No one is mentioning this but it's something that really bothered me in the demo. Are all made jumpshots nothing but net? In the demo I never saw a made jumpshot go in with any variety. They were all swished. Is this something that has changed on the retail version. The demo reminded me of Doube Dribble when it came to making jumpshots and how they all were swished.

Crques,
I have seen a few hit the rim then roll around and go in, but the majority are swishes. I have yet to see one bank off the backboard though.

[dbrandon]

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I thought I read somewhere early on that there didn't seem to be many fouls. Has anyone tried a slider adjustment and if so, are there more realistic fouls? Do you see charges as well as blocking fouls? Shooting fouls? Over the back? What about reaching in?

With sliders turned up all the way you or the cpu could easily foul out. I have had to turn a few of them down. You can find a level you're happy with I'm sure. This has always been a BIG issue for me and EA has some sliders that work well for a change IMO.

[dbrandon]

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Shooting fouls work great, I upped it too much the first time I tested it and there were a ton of whistles.



Max out OFF reb for human and CPU and zero out DEF rebound for both sides as well. I was able to get four offensive rebounds in one possession last night.

Thanks will do.

[scdb12]

go irish-also you could of used all your points or you might not have did the right steps in order to offer that kid a scholarship. Once you do certain tasks it will open up another. Under the tasks it lists the prerequistes for what needs to be done in order for you to unlock a scholarship.

[sportdan30]

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I played ten minute halves last night and had a total of six offensive rebounds. I was using Cole Aldrich from KU on defense to rebound. The CPU had around the same amount. I'm very happy with that amount at this time.

I've yet to miss from the free throw line, nor has the CPU. I'm hoping it's not similar to 2K where the CPU team shooting the free throws has a high probability to get the rebound off the miss. That used to drive me crazy!

Anyone think it's possible that a patch can address the names of the CPU players being shown on the court? I'd like to have an idea who I'm guarding and who has the hot hand. I played Davidson very briefly, but was easily able to pick out Curry. However, when I played against Mizzou, I had no idea who I was guarding at the time.

Is there a way after a made shot by the CPU, to quickly get the ball up the court? It's a minor gripe, but there are times I like to push the ball up the court quickly and perhaps catch the CPU napping. What I am finding is that the guard bringing the ball up the court is calling out plays, and even if I push on the right trigger to try and speed up, the game doesn't allow me to. I'm sure those of you who use UNC would be rather annoyed by this.

[crques]

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Crques,
I have seen a few hit the rim then roll around and go in, but the majority are swishes. I have yet to see one bank off the backboard though.

Thanks. I never saw that in the demo so I was just wondering. I'm sure it doesn't bother most people but you would think that a PS3 game would have a variety of made shots. It just makes the game better and more realistic.

[GO IRISH]

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Thanks for that do you know what steps i have to take to open up a schorlorship and one more question if you dont mind if you run out of recruiting point are you out for good or can you earn them back

[K_rob11]

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Anyone think it's possible that a patch can address the names of the CPU players being shown on the court? I'd like to have an idea who I'm guarding and who has the hot hand. I played Davidson very briefly, but was easily able to pick out Curry. However, when I played against Mizzou, I had no idea who I was guarding at the time.

I really hate this. It was one of my main complaints in MM08. This combined with the lack of stat overlays or mention by the commentators of a hot/cold player really keeps me guessing most of the game. I really wish they would have done a better job with this. CH 2k8 has really spoiled me.

[sportdan30]

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I agree K_rob, however Nessler does point out the player who has the hot hand in his commnetary. Generally, it's after a made basket by the CPU player. Last night, Curry hit three in a row and immediately they made a comment that's he's got the hot hand and everything should go through him.

But, there's no excuse not to have the player's names under them.

[mattpu01]

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Thanks for that do you know what steps i have to take to open up a schorlorship and one more question if you dont mind if you run out of recruiting point are you out for good or can you earn them back

I had the same question. Iwas just messing around with recruiting last night and used all my points the first day of the season...I thought it would be like Football and I would get points the next week too. Is this not the case. How does recruiting work? If this isn't the place to ask, I'm sorry.

[K_rob11]

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I agree K_rob, however Nessler does point out the player who has the hot hand in his commnetary. Generally, it's after a made basket by the CPU player. Last night, Curry hit three in a row and immediately they made a comment that's he's got the hot hand and everything should go through him.

But, there's no excuse not to have the player's names under them.

Do they say his name (or number) or do they just say, "he's" got the hot hand? Because if thats the case, I might not even know who just shot the ball and I would have to stop the game, go to replay and see who Nessler is talking about.

[scdb12]

go irish-it should tell you I dont know off-hand. Yeah the Dynasty points are for the season. If you have a good season though you will earn a lot of points. Focus on winning all of you AD challenges and doing all of the recruiting task that the AD wants you to do.

NCAA FOOTBALL 09 is $49.99 at TARGET!!!!!!!

[sportdan30]

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Do they say his name (or number) or do they just say, "he's" got the hot hand? Because if thats the case, I might not even know who just shot the ball and I would have to stop the game, go to replay and see who Nessler is talking about.

Well, I haven't uploaded any rosters as of yet. But from what I hear, unfortunately they do not call out player's name from the other team. Heck, I'm not even sure they call your player's name either. Someone said the PA announcer does announce the name, but how often can you really make out what the PA announcer is saying? It's not a game breaker for me, but I can understand how others would be put off by it.

It's little things like this that have me shaking my head. Why they feel it's not important to call the players name during game play is disturbing. My thinking is that they only had a limited time with Nessler and Vitale and so they went with game play commentary instead.