To recruit effectively, you have to manage your money effectively, especially at the DIII level. With a $3k limit per scholarship, you don't have much room to window shop. I'd scout the best 2-3 recruits within your 360 for each scholly, and decide who you're going for after the first cycle. With the lack of human coaches, you're not going to have many undecided recruits that you can pick up cheap, and you can only just barely fill a class with recruits you can take from SIMs with the cash available, and ONLY if you jump on them hard right from the start. You'll have to use cheap recruiting tactics as much as possible, so be aware of which recruits you can offer a FR/SO start or playing time right from the start. My goal is to not spend ANYTHING other than an AC scout on any recruit I don't end up signing.Once your vision is high enough to see good undecided recruits, you can sign them for ~$1k, and that frees up $$$ for battles or going for guys outside your 360. If you're up against a human coach, always be aware of what your advantages and disadvantages are. The most important is distance, but look at how many schollies the other guy has (more scollies = more cash), your relative reputations, backup status for you and the other guy, recent success of each team, etc. NEVER battle a guy who has ANY significant advantage; odds are that you will lose the recruit and all the money you put into him.At DIII, lose a battle and you're likely to let your AC finish out your class.