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Could NBA 2K16 be Implementing College Hoops?

12:45 AM - June 8, 2015 by DustinT

Spike Lee is going to take NBA 2K16 to another level with his inclusion in the game’s MyCareer story mode. Story is everything, after all.

My Career is going to follow the world of your player (Ronnie 2K has confirmed “Frequent Vibrations” is not your only option) as he continues his hoops journey in high school. That sounds great, but what’s the real underlying question here? NBA rules state that a player cannot jump straight to the pros.

All three of the covers released for 2K16 feature the star from their college days: Steph Curry at Davidson, Anthony Davis at Kentucky and James Harden at Arizona State. Could college hoops, after eight years and one console generation, be returning to the PlayStation and Xbox?

There’s also the potential of walking in Emmanuel Mudiay’s footsteps, and playing overseas after high school.

Either way, with the option to play overseas or choosing the length of your college career, simulation would be taken to the next step for sure. And Spike Lee is definitely the kind of guy that could make this happen.

Here’s to College Hoops. I hope.

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# 41 ScoobySnax @ 06/10/15 05:38 PM

It'd be nice if they just gave us a game full of John Doe's and let us edit the rosters afterwards. That should alleviate all of the "player likeness" issues, but maybe it's not that simple.

# 42 Junior Moe @ 06/10/15 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ScoobySnax


	It'd be nice if they just gave us a game full of John Doe's and let us edit the rosters afterwards. That should alleviate all of the "player likeness" issues, but maybe it's not that simple.

Yeah, that has been my thinking with regards to college games. License the the schools, conferences, etc. and then release the game with a completely fictional roster. Sorta like Blitz: The League, I still remember Ron Mexico. That way it's an authentic collegiate game with the schools we love, just with fictional (not similar in anyway to current players) players. It seems so simple, so that leads me to believe that there's more to it that we just don't understand.

# 43 Pokes404 @ 06/10/15 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Junior Moe


	Yeah, that has been my thinking with regards to college games. License the the schools, conferences, etc. and then release the game with a completely fictional roster. Sorta like Blitz: The League, I still remember Ron Mexico. That way it's an authentic collegiate game with the schools we love, just with fictional (not similar in anyway to current players) players. It seems so simple, so that leads me to believe that there's more to it that we just don't understand.

Something like that could work within NBA 2K because it's part of a larger game. As for the college games themselves, I think their fear is that the games won't sell as well with completely fictional rosters. I also want to say that the EA Locker, or any other system of allowing roster transfers, was still going to open 2K/EA to player likeness lawsuits. Basically, by providing a framework for allowing realistic rosters to be easily transferred (fully knowing that people would create rosters based on the real players and easily share them), they weren't going to be able to get around use of player likeness. I'm not positive on that aspect though.

College games already don't move copies the same way as professional games do. Couple that with fictional rosters driving some people away, there just isn't the money in it to justify the development/licensing costs.

That being said ... I really hope someone gets this stuff figured out because I miss the college games. Well, a couple of them at least.

# 44 Junior Moe @ 06/10/15 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Pokes404


	Something like that could work within NBA 2K because it's part of a larger game. As for the college games themselves, I think their fear is that the games won't sell as well with completely fictional rosters. I also want to say that the EA Locker, or any other system of allowing roster transfers, was still going to open 2K/EA to player likeness lawsuits. Basically, by providing a framework for allowing realistic rosters to be easily transferred (fully knowing that people would create rosters based on the real players and easily share them), they weren't going to be able to get around use of player likeness. I'm not positive on that aspect though. College games already don't move copies the same way as professional games do. Couple that with fictional rosters driving some people away, there just isn't the money in it to justify the development/licensing costs. That being said ... I really hope someone gets this stuff figured out because I miss the college games. Well, a couple of them at least.

Yeah, I get that and I do think that the fictional players route would definitely turn many people off. There may be an edit player option but there will be no way of sharing them, at least not through the game itself for obvious reasons. But I do believe (at least hope) that the rise of "MyCareer", "MyTeam" (using NBA players during their college tenures like NCAA Football) and modes like "The Park" potentially open up the game to new fans and revenue. Like you, I hope something materializes because I'm salivating at the prospect of College anything on the XB1 and PS4.

# 45 cowboy_kmoney @ 06/10/15 11:50 PM

We at lease wish on a College Hoops game frm 2k seeing that are the best at what they do all Around. So I hope 2k gets the Licence to bring back the game Because they have more fans now then ever.

# 46 Trackball @ 06/12/15 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by 2K15 PC


	Please stop putting all this time and money into MyPlayer story. We really don't care about it. Really.

We don't.

But unfortunately, the majority of buyers do.

# 47 8KB24 @ 06/13/15 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 2K15 PC


	Please stop putting all this time and money into MyPlayer story. We really don't care about it. Really.

Please talk for yourself.

# 48 RyanLaFalce @ 06/13/15 09:01 AM

Hopefully we'll find out at E3!

# 49 eko718 @ 06/13/15 09:12 AM

Also consider that the college involved(if there is one) could be fictional, ie: "Big State" in "He Got Game". College implementation does not necessarily mean NCAA license.

# 50 redsox4evur @ 06/13/15 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Pokes404


	I also want to say that the EA Locker, or any other system of allowing roster transfers, was still going to open 2K/EA to player likeness lawsuits. Basically, by providing a framework for allowing realistic rosters to be easily transferred (fully knowing that people would create rosters based on the real players and easily share them), they weren't going to be able to get around use of player likeness. I'm not positive on that aspect though.

That can't be true because 2k/EA would have removed this feature from every game moving forward. And it was in 2K15 last year.

# 51 Yuss @ 06/13/15 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by redsox4evur


	That can't be true because 2k/EA would have removed this feature from every game moving forward. And it was in 2K15 last year.

Yeah you can find plenty of draft classes in NBA 2K with real players likeness in it. The lawsuits against the NCAA hasn't changed that, 2K still lets you share and create draft classes with real NCAA players.

I've seen some people use the potential player likeness lawsuit issue as an excuse as to why Madden does not have custom draft classes.

# 52 Taer @ 06/13/15 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by da206gamer


	When was the last time Spike Lee made a memorable movie????

The Kobe and Reggie Miller stories are both pretty good and related directly to what we know so far about this story-line.

Spike Lee's writing ability is something I don't question; when basketball is the subject matter you combine his passion with something he does well.

# 53 Junior Moe @ 06/13/15 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by redsox4evur


	That can't be true because 2k/EA would have removed this feature from every game moving forward. And it was in 2K15 last year.

I think it was meant in the context of a collegiate game. In college games it was used as a work around to getting the real players names in game. The avatars were pretty accurate physically, they just didn't have the names. Roster Share just completed the process. Pro games already have the real player and such. I think that's the difference.

# 54 midwestking100 @ 06/13/15 02:19 PM

I hope so because if thats the case court editor could make a return ala college hoops 2k8

# 55 xvhhj @ 06/14/15 11:23 AM

would we have heard about this though?

# 56 dwayne12345 @ 06/14/15 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by redsox4evur


	That can't be true because 2k/EA would have removed this feature from every game moving forward. And it was in 2K15 last year.

Yea community creations don't follow those guidelines because they are amateur creations and not sold. It's why we can share draft classes with college athletes. The problem was when the company sold games with the visual likenesses of the college players pre placed in it.

However having the school itself represented in the game is not an issue since the 'school' is not amateur and can except payment/endorsements and sign contracts.

# 57 videlsports @ 06/14/15 03:12 PM

That's the next big thing. If they put College Hoops in with 2k16.... Man Id pay 80 for that thang. easy

# 58 cowboy_kmoney @ 06/14/15 04:27 PM

Man two games in one would do it. They would go Togather but put out the College Hoops first then the digital NBA and b able to move College Coaches up to the pros and Vise versa. Draft Classes would b Krazy and having rach player that goes pro stats and award history shows up in scouting.

# 59 Sinner @ 06/14/15 08:09 PM

I would love for this to happen, would be to good to be true which probably means there is no way this would happen.

For the sake of wishing let's say they did have some college basketball like league before you go to the NBA..(we all know the trouble with games and NCAA)...let's say they didn't use college teams we know and love and just made up a set number of teams. Would you guys still like that route?

# 60 jfsolo @ 06/14/15 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinner


	I would love for this to happen, would be to good to be true which probably means there is no way this would happen. For the sake of wishing let's say they did have some college basketball like league before you go to the NBA..(we all know the trouble with games and NCAA)...let's say they didn't use college teams we know and love and just made up a set number of teams. Would you guys still like that route?

I would 100% be OK with fictitious teams, though I know that a lot of guys would lose their minds.

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