A West Coast Story - College Hoops 2k8 Legacy

[RolePlayer]

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I think Jefferson is going to be huge for you next year. Good signing.

Dux on the other hand may never see the floor.

Yeah, I'm excited to have an elite shooter in my starting lineup this season. I'm going to be really interested in seeing how well he can move and get past defenders. I also thought we lost him so when he signed I was very happy.

Yeah, Dux was someone I took a flyer on and he doesn't appear to have D1 level talent. I'm going to redshirt him for the year and see how he develops.

Co-sign on Jefferson, that shooting ability is going to be great to lean on when the rest of the offense isn't quite up to par. That's a pretty nice 1-2 pairing with him and Parks.

Yeah, I'm excited for Jefferson. Parks is going to be very interesting, I could see him being a great offensive player day one or I could also see him being a bit of a project on the offensive end. No matter what, as someone who can knockdown an open three he will allow me to spread the floor in a way that wasn't possible before.

[RolePlayer]

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2009-10 NCAA Preseason Rankings

NCAA Hoops Rankings - Preseason Top 25 - Updated: Oct 25, 2009
RK	LW	TEAM (VOTES)	RECORD
1	--	Duke	--
2	--	Louisville	--
3	--	Tennessee	--
4	--	Kentucky	--
5	--	Florida	--
6	--	Texas	--
7	--	USC	--
8	--	California	--
9	--	Maryland	--
10	--	North Carolina	--
11	--	Gonzaga	--
12	--	Arizona	--
13	--	Connecticut	--
14	--	Syracuse	--
15	--	Michigan St.	--
16	--	Villanova	--
17	--	Mississippi St.	--
18	--	Georgetown	--
19	--	Ohio St.	--
20	--	Illinois	--
21	--	Alabama	--
22	--	Seton Hall	--
23	--	Michigan	--
24	--	Washington	--
25		La Salle	--

Duke Enters Season at Number One

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Over the past few weeks, basketballs have started to bounce at college gyms across the country and the sound of whistles blowing could be heard. The start of the college basketball season is almost underway.

At the top of this year's polls sits Duke. Duke is returning five starters from last season, which includes their leading scorer Brian Zoubek. Zoubek is a massive big man standing 7'1 and nearly 300lbs. Coach K felt that Jon Scheyer could be making a large leap this season after an impressive Summer. Duke went 25-11 last season and was eliminated early in the tournament but that returning core could propel them to a championship.

Speaking of the championship, the reigning national champions Kentucky were slotted at number four despite bringing back four starters. The Wildcats did lose Jodie Meeks who led the team in scoring last season. However, Alex Legion should be able to step into his shoes and replace some of that scoring. Patrick Patterson could also take on a larger role after having a solid tournament run last season.

The team that lost to Kentucky, UCONN is ranked 13th. UCONN lost star big man Hasheem Thabeet along with several other key players. Their backcourt of Jerome Dyson and Doug Wiggins is still in place. A new frontcourt led by two Seniors and freshman Dominick Reece will be asked to fill in the shoes of what was one of the best frontcourts in the country last season.

A team to watch is the Florida Gators, coached by Billy Donovan Florida is young but exciting. The Gators are returning all five starters from what was a tournament team last season. The Gator's only Senior is center Marreese Speights, the rest of the roster is primarily composed of underclassmen. One of the few upperclassmen, Chandler Parsons is going to be expected to step up this season. Florida is looking to add another national championship to it's name and will need Parson's to be a more efficient scorer.

Lastly, an interesting team to see in the top 25 is Michigan. The Wolverines haven't made the NCAA tournament in a decade. For a proud basketball program that made multiple final fours in the 90s, the 2000s haven't been friendly to them. Preseason voters like their experience, however. The Wolverines return four starters but also added top 50 prospect Mekel McCarthy to their team.

[RolePlayer]

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Moving forward each year I’m going to be adding 10 created recruits, the maximum allowed by the game, that are either future NBA players or college legends from that class irl. So for instance this years class contains Harrison Barnes and Kyrie. I think this will make things a bit more interesting as it’s always cool to see you’re playing against a young future nba star.

There will be a weird gap where there will be two years without any created players since this is the first offseason I did it.

[studbucket]

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LaSalle in the top 25 is a surprise as well.

Moving forward each year I’m going to be adding 10 created recruits, the maximum allowed by the game, that are either future NBA players or college legends from that class irl. So for instance this years class contains Harrison Barnes and Kyrie. I think this will make things a bit more interesting as it’s always cool to see you’re playing against a young future nba star.

There will be a weird gap where there will be two years without any created players since this is the first offseason I did it.

it will be interesting to see if ISU can keep Barnes at home, or if he'll go to a major program like UNC or KU again.

[georgiafan]

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Always good to nab some shooting so Jefferson should be a hit

[RolePlayer]

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Always good to nab some shooting so Jefferson should be a hit

Yeah, hopefully, I have the next JJ Reddick or Jimmer.

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UC Davis 2009-10 Season Preview

UC Davis Primed for Success

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Last season, UC Davis made major leaps in their second year under Keon Reid. At the start of the season, many fans were calling for Reid to be fired but by season's end, the Aggies had their first winning division-1 season in their program's history.

In the offseason, they signed Donnie Parks and Niemer Jefferson two highly touted recruits. These two additions along with the improvements of players like Todd Lowenthal, Dedrick Watson, and Jimmie Harris will make the Aggies one of the most talented teams in the Big West.

The major question mark hanging over UC Davis will be how do they replace Vince Oliver? Oliver averaged 18ppg last season and was the Big West player of the year. Replacing that kind of production won't be easy. Dedrick Watson was second on the team in scoring last season averaging 12ppg. However, it doesn't seem likely that Watson would be able to step up to that level of responsibility. The Aggies will most likely have to rely on scoring by committee and finding the hot hand.

Off the bench, UC Davis lost some talent. The graduations of Nate Clark and David Carter leave a hole that will need to be filled. Freshman guard Raymond Sims will likely be asked to play a bit of both positions. This could also lead to Jimmie Harris playing more shooting guard as well.

During the out-of-conference schedule, the Aggies will be traveling up and down the west coast. Facing off against teams like Arizona State, Fresno State, USC, and others. They should be expected to be competitive in most of their out-of-conference schedule.

UC Davis 2009-10 Roster:

• D.Parks PF FR. 6’6 216lbs (75 Ovr)
• J. Harris SF SO. 6’6 235lbs (73 Ovr)
• N. Jefferson SG FR. 6’2 200lbs (73 Ovr)
• D. Watson C SO. 6’11 225lbs (68 Ovr)
• L. Youmans C Fr. 6’11 220lbs (68 Ovr)
• T. Lowerthall PG JR. 6’5 210lbs (67 Ovr)
• J.Harden SF JR. 6’8 225lbs (64 Ovr)
• R.Sims PG FR. 6’3 180lbs (63 Ovr)
• D. Calegari PF SR. 6’9 230lbs (58 Ovr)
• C.Portz PF SR. 6’7 205lbs (56 Ovr)
• S.Daniel SF SO. 6’5 210lbs (55 Ovr)
  
  Redshirts:
• J.Dunn SF Fr. 6’5 190lbs (56 Ovr)
• E.Dux SG 6’4 190lbs (54 Ovr)

[studbucket]

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Will you start twin towers of Watson and Youmans? Will Jefferson be your 1, or you going with Lowerthall as the starter there?

[marshdaddy]

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Excited for this group. Impressed with the recruiting class you nabbed, those are huge signings.

[R1zzo23]

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Between my class last night (sorry professor!) and this morning, I was able to read through the entire thread. This is some good stuff, man!

Question: after your PS3 debacle at the start, how did you re-create the two recruits you had originally signed on your new save file if it was still a closed legacy?

Reading through that season, you hit some serious skids on the offensive end of the floor for sure, but that's to be expected with a lower level program. The inconsistency of their play can be so infuriating at times.

You guys roared back and got hot at the right time for the conference tournament. After taking a 10-point loss to Pacific it must have felt great to get some payback in the tournament. Pouring in 51 in the 2nd half on the Tigers, I can't imagine how hot your guys got.

Not only can you take solace in the improvement in the win-loss column but Oliver taking home Player of the Year honors is a nice boost as well. Count that in your coaching trophy case!!!

The recruiting class looks pretty good and I think the transfers leaving your program will be a blessing as it allowed you to grab some new recruits that will actually play for you. Between the last class and this one, you guys are young and on the rise.

I love the idea of adding 10 recruits every season based on that year's real life recruiting class. I was poking around the hex editing thread hoping that there was a way to edit recruits in legacy because I wanted to edit a few of them to real life recruits but that's not the case. I may do the same thing and use the 10 created recruits in mine to add some flavor as well.

Keep up the grind! I'll be following!

[RolePlayer]

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it will be interesting to see if ISU can keep Barnes at home, or if he'll go to a major program like UNC or KU again.

Right now I'm a few weeks in, ISU and Iowa are both not in the running for Barnes. Who seems to be leaning towards playing at Kentucky or Texas. Iowa is a close second in the running for Doug McDermott who might be the better long-term acquisition since I attempted to design him to be a 4-year player.

Will you start twin towers of Watson and Youmans? Will Jefferson be your 1, or you going with Lowerthall as the starter there?

I'm going to be running Lowenthal, Jefferson, Harris, Parks, Watson as my five. Youmans is pretty poorly rated offensively but is solid on the defensive end, whereas Watson is the opposite. So there may be some games Youmans gets more pt depending on the situation but there will also be plenty of twin towers lines ups.

Excited for this group. Impressed with the recruiting class you nabbed, those are huge signings.

Thanks, it should be a fun season, Jefferson was really fun to play with in the midnight madness scrimmage. Parks I'm still trying to figure out.

Between my class last night (sorry professor!) and this morning, I was able to read through the entire thread. This is some good stuff, man!

Question: after your PS3 debacle at the start, how did you re-create the two recruits you had originally signed on your new save file if it was still a closed legacy?

Reading through that season, you hit some serious skids on the offensive end of the floor for sure, but that's to be expected with a lower level program. The inconsistency of their play can be so infuriating at times.

You guys roared back and got hot at the right time for the conference tournament. After taking a 10-point loss to Pacific it must have felt great to get some payback in the tournament. Pouring in 51 in the 2nd half on the Tigers, I can't imagine how hot your guys got.

Not only can you take solace in the improvement in the win-loss column but Oliver taking home Player of the Year honors is a nice boost as well. Count that in your coaching trophy case!!!

The recruiting class looks pretty good and I think the transfers leaving your program will be a blessing as it allowed you to grab some new recruits that will actually play for you. Between the last class and this one, you guys are young and on the rise.

I love the idea of adding 10 recruits every season based on that year's real life recruiting class. I was poking around the hex editing thread hoping that there was a way to edit recruits in legacy because I wanted to edit a few of them to real life recruits but that's not the case. I may do the same thing and use the 10 created recruits in mine to add some flavor as well.

Keep up the grind! I'll be following!

Fun, to have a college professor commenting on my thread when I'm currently a college student.

So when my old ps3 died, since the team was so bad I had already taken a sneak peek to find out what the overalls of Harris/Watson were. So when I bought my new ps3, I just recreated them but put them on the bench. Then there is a workaround to doing a closed legacy with a 70+ overall team, where you put the best 2-3 players on the bench in the roster file so it doesn't raise the teams overall.

The end of the season felt good, the in-conference losing streak I went through was incredibly frustrating. So when we got into the tournament and lit Pacific up in the second half it was one of my favorite moments ever on this game.

Yeah, I think it'll make it following the national recruiting interesting. I probably won't try to recruit any of the real-life players while I'm at UC Davis but once I'm at a bigger school it'd be cool to see a familiar name on the team.

[RolePlayer]

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Team Stats: Team Comparison

Bulldogs Steady in win Over UC Davis
November 7th, 2009

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Fresno -- The Aggies started their 2009 campaign Friday night against Fresno State. UC Davis is coming into the season with a lot of hype, with many experts predicting them to win the Big West. Fresno State is coming off a four point loss to Pepperdine Wednesday night. The Bulldogs are trying to get back to the NCAA tournament after missing it last season.

The Aggies got ahead early out the gate. Todd Lowenthal led the way scoring four points and dishing two dimes to be involved in every part of UC Davis's eight-point run to start the game.

Fresno State switched their defense to a 2-3 zone however, they started to bait some of UC Davis's more mediocre shooters like Jimmie Harris into taking multiple threes. Meanwhile, on offense, Bryan Harvey and Slyvester Seay were able to get inside. Eventually tying the game back up.

UC Davis freshman Niemer Jefferson started out hot in his first collegiate game, going 4-4 in the first half for 11pts. Off the bench, Raymond Sims performed well in his first game too. Jimmy Jagla had a counter for Fresno state however, the sophomore point guard had one respond by hitting several contested mid-range shots. Along with dishing it down to the Bulldog's bigs.

UC Davis began to play sloppy, however, throwing the ball away several times and missing easy shots. This allowed Fresno State to take a six-point lead in by halftime.

UC Davis Stats:

Fresno St. Stats:

After halftime, UC Davis looked in the paint towards Dedrick Watson. Watson was able to hit a variety of post fadeaway and mid-range shots to get UC Davis back in the game.

Things continued to go back and forth until around the five-minute mark. Going down the stretch it was clear that UC Davis as a young team didn't have the chemistry yet to close it out. The Aggies struggled to find offense, Jefferson who was perfect in the first half couldn't make a shot.

Donnie Parks UC Davis's highly touted freshman power forward struggled. With three turnovers in the final five minutes. Parks couldn't get to his usual spots on offense and forced several bad shots. The Aggies continued to funnel the ball to Watson in the final two minutes but his offense wasn't enough.

Jimmy Jagla nearly went shot for shot with Watson and when he didn't get open, he found the open man. Not giving UC Davis any chance to get back into the game.

[studbucket]

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I forgot McDermott was at Ames with Barnes. That HS team was nuts.


Is Jefferson your only good shooter? Or anyone else that can help you beat a 2-3 zone?

[R1zzo23]

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Fun, to have a college professor commenting on my thread when I'm currently a college student.

So when my old ps3 died, since the team was so bad I had already taken a sneak peek to find out what the overalls of Harris/Watson were. So when I bought my new ps3, I just recreated them but put them on the bench. Then there is a workaround to doing a closed legacy with a 70+ overall team, where you put the best 2-3 players on the bench in the roster file so it doesn't raise the teams overall.

The end of the season felt good, the in-conference losing streak I went through was incredibly frustrating. So when we got into the tournament and lit Pacific up in the second half it was one of my favorite moments ever on this game.

Yeah, I think it'll make it following the national recruiting interesting. I probably won't try to recruit any of the real-life players while I'm at UC Davis but once I'm at a bigger school it'd be cool to see a familiar name on the team.

Oh no, I am not the professor lol. I was sitting in a 3-hour Zoom call and was just reading through your thread lol.

As a Texas fan, here's to hoping Barnes signs with the Longhorns!!!

Completely forgot about that closed legacy work around. Glad you could make it work out for you!

I struggle to focus on anything outside of my own team and conference as well so those 10 star recruits would definitely help pique my interest elsewhere.

Glad I found this thread and can't wait to see where the next season takes UC Davis!

[R1zzo23]

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For a very young team, you can't be too upset about a 10-point loss against a better team. Tough to see Parks struggle as much as he did but it was his first collegiate game. Hopefully the consistency will come over time. Have to be pleased with what you saw from Jefferson though!