Hi guys, I'm just beginning my second season as Nazareth College in D3 in the Knight World and I have a few queries about recruiting.
In my first season I wasted all of my scouting money really quickly and unnecessarily. I scouted my state (New York) as well as lots of the surrounding states, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and International for D1, D2 and D3. Then I arranged my own camp and did an assistant search for 50 players. I also didn't scrutinise the players in my recruiting pool enough and brought too many of them up to Level 2 or Level 3 scouting. Eventually I had to recruit with only one player at Level 4. However, I managed to 'save' it and recruited two D1 rated recruits:
- a Junior year point guard from Juco with 58 athleticism, 60 speed, 8 rebounding, 48 defense, 1 shot blocking, 1 low post, 74 perimeter, 53 ball handling, 42 passing, 76 work ethic, 67 stamina, 63 durability and B for free shooting. (Offense IQ = D-, Defense IQ = D-)
- a Freshman center out of high school with 56 athleticism, 20 speed, 69 rebounding, 46 defense, 64 shot blocking, 33 low post, 1 perimeter, 29 ball handling, 42 passing, 44 work ethic, 68 stamina, 38 durability and a C- for FT shooting. (Offense IQ = D-, Defense IQ = D-)
How good were these two pick-ups? How should I develop them? And how could I best utilise them in my game plan?
This season, I've used up all my scouting money very quickly again, but I'd like to think justifiably so because I've put a lot of time scrutinising players and making decisions. This time I scouted my state of New York again as well as surrounding states, but less of the surrounding states than before. I also scouted Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and International as they're 'underscouted'. But I only scouted these regions at D1 and D2, rather than D3. We also held our own camp. I have 20 players in my recruiting pool with the blue icon next to them now. Half of them are American and have been scouted to Level 4, and the other half are internationals and have been scouted to level 2 or 3. All of them are D1 recruits. How well would you say I have used my $20,000 of scouting money?
I have 3 openings and want to recruit a Guard who's a good scorer, an all-rounder to play Small Forward and a scorer with strong defense to play at Power Forward (but perhaps isn't athletic enough to play as a SF), as I have a good rebounder and shot blocker in the Center who I recruited last season, so I want someone to complement him with. I have 80 attention points and a $4,000 recruiting budget to achieve this with. How would you use those attention points and recruiting money?
Apart from one 3* star recruit international SF, no one I've scouted comes close to the type of player I've been looking for ratings-wise from a Small Forward. How realistic is it for a D3 team to sign a star recruit? Surely if they're an international it should be easier due to less demand, right?
Many thanks in advance for your help!