MKnight82 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Howard Bison Season Preview Preseason Rankings Media Poll Unranked Coaches Poll Unranked Conference Prediction 4th Recruiting Outlook Budget 152 points Scholarships 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Year 5 Roster Starters Name OVR YEAR Height C Grant Wiggins 72 SR 6'11" PF Cameron Owens 78 SO 7'0" PF Bonzi Wilkins 76 SO 6'7" SG Sam Lawrence 78 SR 6'4" SG Mark Lowe 73 FR 6'3" Bench PF Bobby Royal 76 SR 6'10" SG Miguel Staley 73 JR 6'2" SF Eric Middleton 69 JR 6'9" PG Tyson Abrams 67 FR 6'0" C Clement Lucas 71 JR 7'0" PG Tim Gaskins 67 SO 6'2" SF Doug Durham 66 FR 6'7" PG Mark Dumont 56 SR 6'2" C Kevin Fisher 53 JR 6'9" C Tyson Stanley 50 SO 6'7" Wiggins is back in the starting lineup. I'm going to try Bonzi at SF. Rookie SG Lowe will start at PG because I don't really have a better option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 RECRUITING BOARD - YEAR 5 Player Position Player Type State Star OFF DEF Height Weight National Rank Positional Rank Interest Andy Palmer PG Passer Scorer NC *** B B+ 6'2" 178 175 31 Highest Bobby Ware PG Passer Scorer NH *** C B- 6'5" 178 188 33 Highest Andy Thurman PF Complete Post FL *** C B- 6'10" 226 193 41 Highest Pete Mann SG Passer Scorer VA ** B+ B 6'1" 180 542 111 Highest Travis Manson SF Passer Scorer ME ** D- A- 6'7" 213 833 202 Highest Palmer, Ware and Thurman are all really good prospects. Either Palmer or Ware should finally fix my PG problem. At 6'10" Thurman can fill either spot down low. I'll probably just target those 3 and save a scholarship for offseason recruiting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 SCHOOL OVERVIEW - YEAR 5 Team Prestige ** School Pride **** Conference Titles 3 National Titles 0 Facilities Weight Room 4 Practice Gym 0 Study Hall 1 Injuries Clinic 0 Fan Support School Band 6 Student Section 6 Crowd 6 Cheerleaders 6 School pride went up again to 4, whatever that means. I got weight room maxed out, and upgraded study hall by 1. BTW, the Facilities do this: Weight Room: Strength, Speed, Quickness (+1 for each upgrade) Practice Gym: 3PT Ability, FG Ability, FT Ability, Ball Ability (+1 for each upgrade) Study Hall: Off Ability, DEF Ability, Discipline (+1 for each upgrade) Injuries Clinic: Hardiness, Fatigue (+1 for each upgrade) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winitall Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, MKnight82 said: RECRUITING BOARD - YEAR 5 Player Position Player Type State Star OFF DEF Height Weight National Rank Positional Rank Interest Andy Palmer PG Passer Scorer NC *** B B+ 6'2" 178 175 31 Highest Bobby Ware PG Passer Scorer NH *** C B- 6'5" 178 188 33 Highest Andy Thurman PF Complete Post FL *** C B- 6'10" 226 193 41 Highest Pete Mann SG Passer Scorer VA ** B+ B 6'1" 180 542 111 Highest Travis Manson SF Passer Scorer ME ** D- A- 6'7" 213 833 202 Highest Palmer, Ware and Thurman are all really good prospects. Either Palmer or Ware should finally fix my PG problem. At 6'10" Thurman can fill either spot down low. I'll probably just target those 3 and save a scholarship for offseason recruiting. Have never played the game but have been following your thread. Have you been focusing on OFF/DEF guys at all? Not sure if it makes a huge difference but it seems like a lot of the guys you have been targeting have been DEF heavy. I think Lowe has been the only really OFF heavy guy that you've targeted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, winitall said: Have never played the game but have been following your thread. Have you been focusing on OFF/DEF guys at all? Not sure if it makes a huge difference but it seems like a lot of the guys you have been targeting have been DEF heavy. I think Lowe has been the only really OFF heavy guy that you've targeted. I've basically just been taking what I can get. Even this year those are the only three 3 star players interested in my school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winitall Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, MKnight82 said: I've basically just been taking what I can get. Even this year those are the only three 3 star players interested in my school. That's fair haha. Any way you can look up Ryan Bassey from last recruiting cycle and see his current ratings? Having never played I'm just curious to get a feel for what the difference in grades mean and since he seems to really match up with Durham I thought it would be an interesting comparison. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 21 hours ago, winitall said: That's fair haha. Any way you can look up Ryan Bassey from last recruiting cycle and see his current ratings? Having never played I'm just curious to get a feel for what the difference in grades mean and since he seems to really match up with Durham I thought it would be an interesting comparison. Sorry but I wouldn't know how to find him. There's no search for player feature and there are like 300 team rosters in the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 END OF REGULAR SEASON - YEAR 5 Final record was 21-9 (which is 2 more wins than last year), with a 12-4 in conference record. Yet I finished 5th in the conference (out of 14), which is a step back from last year's 4th. Must have been a strong year for the A10. I finished with an RPI of 102, down 20 spots from last year. IN CONFERENCE STATS/RANKINGS PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Turnovers Fouls FG% 3PT% 81.4 - 5th 34.7 - 3rd 17.0 - 5th 6.0 - 5th 8.5 - 2nd 425 - 9th 558 - 14th 47.2 - 4th 38.0 - 7th Stats were up pretty much across the board. TOP STAT PERFORMERS - YEAR 5 PPG RPG APG SPG BPG SG S Lawrence - 17.9 C G Wiggins - 8.8 SG S Lawrence - 4.5 SG S Lawrence - 1.0 PF C Owens - 1.9 PF C Owens - 17.7 PF B Royal - 5.8 SG M Stanley - 4.0 PF B Wilkins - 0.9 PF B Wilkins - 1.5 SG M Lowe - 12.4 PF C Owens - 5.7 SG M Lowe - 3.5 C G Wiggins - 0.8 C G Wiggins - 1.1 Lawrence led the team in scoring again. Wiggins helped in rebounding but wasn't anything special. Its surprising Owens rebound numbers arent better. Starting Lowe at PG obviously didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT - YEAR 5 I beat Rhode Island 98-56 in the First Round. I beat Saint Joseph's 81-69 in the Quarter Finals. I beat Massachusetts 81-51 in the Semi Finals. But I lost 69-83 to Xavier in the Conference Finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 NCAA TOURNAMENT SELECTION SHOW 5 years in and still haven't made the dance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Senior PF Brett Kruse from Oklahoma State won player of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 NCAA TOURNAMENT The Final Four was #1 Oklahoma State vs #5 Stanford, and #2 Indiana vs #3 North Carolina. Stanford beat North Carolina 84-72 in the National Title Game. Stanford won a basketball title? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 PLAYERS LEAVING C Grant Wiggins, 73 OVR, Graduating SG Sam Lawrence, 79 OVR, Graduating PF Bobby Royal, 77 OVR, Graduating SF Doug Durham, 68 OVR, Transferring So the game doesn't keep career stats, which is a real bummer cause I wanted to do writeups of my graduating players I actually recruited. Sam Lawrence has been my best player for a few years, he will be remembered as my first solid player. Doug Durham transferring just continues my issues at SF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKnight82 Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) OFFSEASON RECRUITING I was able to sign 3 star 6'10" SF Vince Harrell in offseason recruiting, a big get! Edited July 1, 2020 by MKnight82 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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