NCAA Basketball 09 Impressions

[PhantomPain]

Do certain conferences, like the SEC, have more than one division? Like East and West?

[GSW]

Quote: Originally Posted by Behindshadows

She's hot and blonde....does it really matter what's shes talking about.. Actually they did, it pops up at the bottom of the screen sometimes...its random.

damn shes bad.

not super bad...

but shes bad.

[Stumbleweed]

Heh, her commentary is pretty rough... she puts emphasis on the wrong words and it cracks me up... like she doesn't read the commas correctly or something hah.

Just picked this up for $26.54 via GameFly. They're having a $10 off thing until December 1st -- combined that with my $5 coupon and the normal member discount and got myself a cheap-*** game that I really enjoy. I'm not in to college basketball enough to worry about the scheduling and the deeper parts of dynasty, so this is right up my alley. Just having a great time playing it.

[green94]

Can someone comment on the CPU's propensity to turn the ball over when you play a 2-3 zone. I've played the demo way too many times, and it seems this is an issue.

I saw the other thread and posted in there, but got no response.

[countryboy]

Quote: Originally Posted by green94

Can someone comment on the CPU's propensity to turn the ball over when you play a 2-3 zone. I've played the demo way too many times, and it seems this is an issue. I saw the other thread and posted in there, but got no response.

I don't see it. The most turnover's I've created in a game was vs South Alabama I forced them into 25 turnovers. Since then I've played Creighton(17 turnovers) and UNLV(11 turnovers)

Now granted, I don't play zone the entire game, but I press and trap after made baskets and play zone after each made basket, well at least attempt to. I play 2-3 trap, 3-2, and 1-3-1. Something that maybe I'm doing that others don't is that I switch to the player guarding the ball and I switch while the ball is being passed. Maybe its the cpu controlled players jumping the passing lanes, I don't know, but I have yet to see the outlandish turnover issue vs zone that people have experienced.

[Pared]

I just can't get into this game. Doesn't have the same "wow" factor I had with NBA Live. I like the more realistic shooting %'s and such though. That really kills Live for me.

If you compare this to the previous March Madness, I think you come away impressed.

If you compare it to what it should be for college basketball, I don't feel it's solid enough. There aren't enough team specific nuances for me and that's what makes college basketball so great.

[MBMavs20]

Pared, I have never played CH 2K8. Do the teams have their own personality? This was always the problem with Madden, and still is.

I was probably going to pick up both NCAA 2009 and CH 2K8. Why not have 2 college games to play. Should tie my over until MLB 09 in March.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by MBMavs20

Pared, I have never played CH 2K8. Do the teams have their own personality? This was always the problem with Madden, and still is. I was probably going to pick up both NCAA 2009 and CH 2K8. Why not have 2 college games to play. Should tie my over until MLB 09 in March.

Not really, there are no team sliders like in NBA2K8. You can use individual player edits (each player has a tendency rating for close shots, mid-range shots, 3PT and driving to the hoop) so you can get individual players to play pretty well. You can find awesome 07-08 rosters on here and 08-09 ones are in the works.

As far as whole teams though in terms of tempo, it's pretty much all the same. Playing Princeton won't feel different from playing UConn in terms of that, which is nice that NCAA 09 does this aspect very well. So it's kinda a trade off between the two games, in 2K8 you'll see Michael Beasley or OJ Mayo shooting 20+ shots every game. In NCAA 09, you'll see Wisconsin slowing things down all game and UNC pushing the ball like crazy.

I would definitely get 2K8 though, esp since it's so cheap these days, it is the best next-gen sports game out there and if you are new to it you will absolutely love it, I bet a 90% of the time you'll play 2K8 over 09. I'm really enjoying 09 so far but I'm sure I will still play my fair share of 2K8 this winter as well.