When I found out about this site and the college basketball dynasty I was excited. However, I set 0-16 and apalled at what a joke and how unrealistic this is is. I have been a high school basketball coach for 7 years a college coach for one and this stinks. Eventually you luck out and win one. Just saying I won't be renewing for a second season, I am getting shelled and it aint even close. Please somebody give me some info on why I suck so bad.

IQ plays a big part of the game. Your team is trained up to play motion, yet you're playing fastbreak. If you switch your gameplan to motion you'll start winning games.

it would also help if you stopped shooting so many 3's and didn't seemingly set your entire starting 5 to Tired on stamina.  I'm seeing a lot of deep orange and red in those stamina boxes, and that's a sure recipe for failure.  Set your guys to Fairly Fresh, back off on the 3's, and use your bench.  The combo of fastbreak + FCP absolutely requires at least an 11-man rotation, but you're playing your starters wayyy too long and they're getting tired and missing shots and turning it over.

It also looks like you are always playing at 0 for your defensive setting. Try looking at how much the opponent shoots from 3 point range and vary it some between +3 and -3. Also, close to 50% of your shots are coming from 3 point range, which is too many. Most teams are between 20% and about 35% or so. It also looks like you are giving your freshman Center twice as many minutes as your much more experienced Center.

Also the 1 player you recruited is losing points in rebounding and low post...why? You need to adjust his practice minutes to be growing in his core areas.

The blatant truth is you are doing this to yourself for all of the reasons listed above and more. The running a different offense than your team knows is a HUGE factor. Take some time to read the FAQ and player guides, read the guides on the forum on how to have success and ask questions. I promise the game is not a random lucky process, you are not the first new person to feel frustrated.

Yes, you do love the 3's. LOL    Even your freshmen center, with a PER rating of 13, is firing them up.  Not surprising that he's made 3 of 26.

Some  coaches find that the  Fastbreak/Press combination is difficult in this game, especially at DIII.  Look at the top rated teams and see what combination  they use most often.  You lose 9 seniors so you can start afresh next season, or transfer to a different school.   In case you hadn't read it, you can only recruit 6 freshmen. If you fill the entire roster, you'll need some JUCOs or transfers.  Freshmen are typically awful until their IQ's are in the B- to C range so expect to lose alot of games again next season.  By the end of the year, they'll be much improved.

FInally, the more basketball knowledge you have, the worse this game will seem to you. It's like watching a movie the day after you've read  the great book it was based on.  The movie may be enjoyable but it'll never be the same as the book.

I've also sent you a sitemail

With a 9 senior superclass, if you just run the right sets and make a few simple tweaks as mentioned above then that team should be steamrolling opponents.

Next season though... that one's gonna be rough.

like mjp said, you have to have your freshman center practicing more minutes in the areas that matter most to him.  he can't afford to be losing rebounding points while gaining passing with a rating of 4.  even if he is red (low potential) in rebounding, give him more practice minutes (i say at least 10) until you get an email from your assistant coach telling you he is done growing in that category.  same with defense...this helps all players and some coaches see it as the most important rating.  hit those practice minutes hard until they are maxed out

Posted by brandonmckay on 5/25/2012 10:32:00 PM (view original):
When I found out about this site and the college basketball dynasty I was excited. However, I set 0-16 and apalled at what a joke and how unrealistic this is is. I have been a high school basketball coach for 7 years a college coach for one and this stinks. Eventually you luck out and win one. Just saying I won't be renewing for a second season, I am getting shelled and it aint even close. Please somebody give me some info on why I suck so bad.

Bet you have teaching skills and patience since you are a coach. You need apply your student skills for this game and learn as to how and why outcomes are determined. I thought the game sucked my first season at 2-25 but asked questions and got a mentor and I might still suck as a coach but my teams are gradually improving like yours can do if you take the right approach to the game. There are fantastic coaches in this game and by site mails seem to be good guys that like helping others. Give the game a chance and good luck.

Check out my Iba resume. I feel your pain.

This game takes time to learn. I quit after my third season because it was so frustrating (even though I'd won 26 games). I kept reading and learning, and I came back and have been better.

Get a mentor. Many on these forums would be glad to help you learn and answer any questions you have. I had one in my early going and now have two others, and it's been a huge help.

Posted by alblack56 on 5/26/2012 7:40:00 AM (view original):
Yes, you do love the 3's. LOL    Even your freshmen center, with a PER rating of 13, is firing them up.  Not surprising that he's made 3 of 26.

Some  coaches find that the  Fastbreak/Press combination is difficult in this game, especially at DIII.  Look at the top rated teams and see what combination  they use most often.  You lose 9 seniors so you can start afresh next season, or transfer to a different school.   In case you hadn't read it, you can only recruit 6 freshmen. If you fill the entire roster, you'll need some JUCOs or transfers.  Freshmen are typically awful until their IQ's are in the B- to C range so expect to lose alot of games again next season.  By the end of the year, they'll be much improved.

FInally, the more basketball knowledge you have, the worse this game will seem to you. It's like watching a movie the day after you've read  the great book it was based on.  The movie may be enjoyable but it'll never be the same as the book.

I've also sent you a sitemail

You can win with the fastbreak/press at d3 - you just need to constantly be thinking about depth and your depth chart in recruiting.   Juco's and transfers can be your friend if they have the right O/D combo that lets you fill in an empty spot in your depth chart and keep capable players at every position.  You have to think much harder about your backups capacity THIS YEAR than you do with other combos.

Posted by stinenavy on 5/25/2012 10:39:00 PM (view original):
IQ plays a big part of the game. Your team is trained up to play motion, yet you're playing fastbreak. If you switch your gameplan to motion you'll start winning games.

+1 - a classic example of what not to do in this game.

The  team is still using fastbreak and the coach  hasn't opened my sitemail..  I hope he was just out of town for the weekend but I suspect he's already quit the game. 

Thanks for the help and suggestions.....I will try to put them to use.

had u played motion and pressed, ur team would have been a NT team.  with 9 seniors i would have kept the offense they know and then year 2, move to the offense you want to play.

sobo, wren and parker should be ur only 3 pt shooters.
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in real life if a guy was shooting a low percentage like sobo, you would give him a lower distro.  its about balancing ur players, based on performance.   sometimes if a good player is in a shooting slump let him be the 6th man and play against poorer defenders.

chilton is a 75 low post,, shooting over 61 percent, shouldnt he be getting the ball more ?

in basketball u want ur point guard to have an assist to turnover ratio of 1.5 or better, just like in real life if you are not acheiving that you need to conisder slowing ur tempo down.  ur point guards have more turnovers than assist, they cant handle the change to fast break (an offense they dont know) and an uptempo offense, with the fatigue factor.

u need to be checking ur practice plan every other day and see where you need ur players to fit in next year so they compliment eachother.

ur getting killed on the boards, commander is an inside enforcer that you should be using more (defense-rebound-athlete) boost he gives ur team.

wren is a 75-75 ball handle, pass, there is no reason adjustments cant be made(offense-tempo-distro)  so he is 2 to 1 for assist-turnover.

i would really be putting ur whole team on fairly fresh for rotating for fatigue,(then if you have 1 or 2 standouts give them getting tired) even stephen preswood is a serviceable player as a senior who can rebound and block shots, why play tired players when you have alot of serviceable players on ur roster.

ur giving up .478 defense fg percentage and ur top 2 defenders rarley see the floor (commander . pickel)

i would never start trussel over commander.  starters have to compliment eachother, defensive specialist can start if ur lacking on defense, move a scorer to the bench.  too many players on the court at the same time doing hte same thing dilute their abilities and you need players on the court at the same time that compliment eachother.