College Basketball in NBA 2K16? Here's What We Know...

[bravesvolsfan]

My guess is they just have you play the final 4 or sweet 16

My guess as well. 2K will probably start you as a senior playing in a high school state championship game, then decide where you go to college, then have you play in the elite eight all the way to the National Championship. After that, you declare for the NBA Draft. The story begins...

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Hey King_B_Mack and Phreezy P, I've updated the story w/ credit. We ALWAYS give credit where credit is due.

Phreezy, if you can send me the video, I'll be sure to add it to the post. King_B_Mack, send me the original post where you found it. I can't seem to find the original.

23, you of all people should know we always give credit.

Haha of course..... I was ribbing Chris

Hence the CSI nickname Mike gave OS last year

[Steve_OS]

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LMAOOOOOOO

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My guess as well. 2K will probably start you as a senior playing in a high school state championship game, then decide where you go to college, then have you play in the elite eight all the way to the National Championship. After that, you declare for the NBA Draft. The story begins...

Would be DOPE man.... Id love a full tourney though myself. Not even sure thats possible but i can dream lol

[ggsimmonds]

So I think we will play some college games (tournament probably) but my bigger question:
Are the options for colleges to attend limited by those schools with the license?

I don't think they would have college jerseys on the cover if college gameplay was not present. At the very least I expect a handful of games, but I'm hoping for a season

[BA2929]

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Eh, it's very possible that that's exactly why they did it. It does seem unlikely to pay the prices for just that. Majority of those schools charge a 15% royalty rate for the use of their trademarks.

Here's a good article from 2013 which shows how much revenue certain schools made from appearing in NCAA football/basketball games back in 2012/13 and 2010 for basketball.

Spoiler

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/81020/is-ea-sports-revenue-worth-schools-risk

Also, here's an interesting quote on how EA came up with these figures:

Although none of the administrators were able to tell me the exact formula used by EA Sports to distribute revenue from the video games, they did tell me a school's ranking in the polls and appearances in either bowl games or March Madness play a role.

If I'm reading that correctly, it looks like 2k might be able to pay just a small fee for these schools and not a 15% royalty rate, depending on how much they're used in the games. However, I'm not a math nor a business person so I could be reading into this wrong.

[King_B_Mack]

Re: Could NBA 2K16 Feature Real Colleges? We Dissect...

Hey King_B_Mack and Phreezy P, I've updated the story w/ credit. We ALWAYS give credit where credit is due.

Phreezy, if you can send me the video, I'll be sure to add it to the post. King_B_Mack, send me the original post where you found it. I can't seem to find the original.

23, you of all people should know we always give credit.

Thanks Steve. Just trying to live up to the CSI OS moniker lol

Would be DOPE man.... Id love a full tourney though myself. Not even sure thats possible but i can dream lol

No doubt man. I don't think it's possible because I'm pretty sure the NCAA and some conferences as a whole decided to not make their licenses available for video games after the lawsuit, but as we can see schools on an individual basis can make deals. Without the full NCAA licensing, I don't know if a full tournament would have the same oomph to it. With how long it's been since we've had a college game though, I wouldn't even care lol

[Taer]

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The reason I think the college level involvement is limited is because if you were to play one or more years on the college level it would require made-up draft classes to become mandatory in MyCareer, or the Association modes.

Made up draft classes are barely tolerated as is; who'd enjoy playing without experiencing this year's draft-class as rookies at the appropriate time.

Sure, you can have a replay of last-year's college experience but not all the schools that relevant draftees come from are licensed.

Before anyone gets upset at what I wrote... this is all just my opinion and I've been wrong before and will be wrong again. So no worries.

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Thanks Steve. Just trying to live up to the CSI OS moniker lol




No doubt man. I don't think it's possible because I'm pretty sure the NCAA and some conferences as a whole decided to not make their licenses available for video games after the lawsuit, but as we can see schools on an individual basis can make deals. Without the full NCAA licensing, I don't know if a full tournament would have the same oomph to it. With how long it's been since we've had a college game though, I wouldn't even care lol

Its a start King... thats all im asking

[sactown_13]

Good work on all the research fellas. Here's to hoping my tarheels make it. Cheers

[J-Clutch1]

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I'm hoping that if they do end up including colleges, they include mine as well

[24ct]

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Using all that extra bread from VC to spend on all new licensing. Yay.

[WishListGOD 1 OF 2]

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Remember it says declare for the NBA draft meaning we can decide when to leave(?) if so were probably going to get to play at least more then one college game. Hopefully this means a draft combine (hopefully)

[redsox4evur]

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Remember it says declare for the NBA draft meaning we can decide when to leave(?) if so were probably going to get to play at least more then one college game. Hopefully this means a draft combine (hopefully)

Isn't there an achievement for 15 for signing your first 10 day contract?

[WishListGOD 1 OF 2]

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Isn't there an achievement for 15 for signing your first 10 day contract?

Umm i dont think there was, but there was an achievement for being dropped from an nba team after you 10 day contract.