I am new to HD. I took over Northland in D3. I was wondering like if there were guidelines out there for a good player. Also, what should i do with my game planning. I currently have no idea what works. If someone could help me, that would be great. 

To start off, you want to go to the "Help" dropdown tab at the top of the Home page and read the Players Guide, the Hoops 101, and the FAQ.

As far as recruiting, for overall Player Ratings, shoot for players between 400 and 480 for D111, play it safe and keep it between 420/430 and 450/460. For each of the positions, the "Core" ratings change. For guards you'll want speed, ball handling, and passing primarily and athleticism and defense secondly. For bigmen (PF/C) you;ll want Athleticism, Rebounding, and Low Post primarily, and Defense secondly.

Also remember to be patient and don't try and over do to early and spend all your money in the first or second day. You'll have 4 and a half days to recruit. The first day is the half day, and signings start on day 3. When signings start, some D11 players will drop down to D111 and you'll want money left to go after them.

A lot of it is trial and error, so you'll just have to do and figure out what works and what doesn't. Good Luck and any other questions feel free to sitemail me.

how do you know if/when a player from DII drops down and ends up in the DIII list?

i read from other forums that it is all patience. they will show up the last day of signing recruits.

incorrect, they can start dropping down on the first day of signings (which is day 3 in the recruiting cycle) and others will continue to drop until, and through, the last day of recruiting (day 5).

ohh sorry bout that, thanks for the correction

Just saw this thread.  I hope you had fun recruiting.  

courtmagic - decent advice, but did you really tell him to look at overall rating?

My advice, don't pay any attention to overall ratings whatsoever.  Many recruits with sub-400 overall ratings are better than guys with 450+ overall ratings.

Feel free to sitemail me if you have questions - I'm not on as much as I used to be but I'll try to respond as best I can.