Perhaps the coolest thing I've seen on Twitter, somebody is using NCAA 2k8 to simulate an epic tournament with some of the greatest college basketball teams from 1980 to present.
Some rules:
1) Limit of one team per school.
2) Some Cinderellas were added to make it feel like a true NCAA tournament. This isn't a best of the best, per se.
Of note, 2003 Marquette is a 9 seed vs the 8 seed 2021 Gonzaga in the West bracket.
First round results and recaps will be posted, starting Tuesday. To see the full bracket and recaps for the play-in games, check out this link:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498302161234665477?t=Apv-0qD-vTlknEfxqTthYQ&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498302161234665477?t=Apv-0qD-vTlknEfxqTthYQ&s=19)
I still do this every year (with current rosters) we need a new ncaa basketball game.
Just go watch 2003 final four- vs unbeaten Kentucky. No simulation. Just team basketball and d wade. Hey Justin you can jump and make money in the nba or in gleageball or go overseas. But you can't replace the experience of winning in college bb. Justin knows that. He's watched this video a thousand times. Just watch d wade. Justin will stay and he will do great things. D was a Junior. Is JL there yet? I'm just challenging him to push himself more, not say "I'm good enough already to move on." Give me one more year.
That is an awesome Twitter thread. Nice to realize there are WAY crazier fan bases out there
Also, smoke more weed oilcan
Carl-- hey Carl?!!! I'd take your advice, but I can't hear you. The goldarn smoke alarms are going off in my dorm. My folks are go to be "pretty upset" if I get kicked out of here. Hey, I told 'em I didn't want to be any part of this. AHEM
Four games posted and we have our first major upset:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498668833443299333?t=WyvrnzWe5oGX2rHSz9lU2w&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498668833443299333?t=WyvrnzWe5oGX2rHSz9lU2w&s=19)
Quote from: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on March 01, 2022, 09:30:22 AM
Four games posted and we have our first major upset:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498668833443299333?t=WyvrnzWe5oGX2rHSz9lU2w&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498668833443299333?t=WyvrnzWe5oGX2rHSz9lU2w&s=19)
Loved the Georgia Tech teams of that era, was a huge Kenny Anderson fan. Loved Scott and Oliver, too.
Now the bottom of the south bracket, including virtual Shaka taking on the Florida repeat champs:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498681368334774280?t=OI-nrA5Ec2yVvF3e6JQxYA&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498681368334774280?t=OI-nrA5Ec2yVvF3e6JQxYA&s=19)
Top half of the East bracket:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498724343467151376?s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498724343467151376?s=19)
Bottom of the East bracket:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498746790409027585?t=_7fCTUk1eCc9la-hzKmCyw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1498746790409027585?t=_7fCTUk1eCc9la-hzKmCyw&s=19)
Top of the Midwest bracket:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499043682070237187?t=OkyKK-AEHPTmhgCEeRMt-Q&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499043682070237187?t=OkyKK-AEHPTmhgCEeRMt-Q&s=19)
WhatIfSports has an option to play games from NCAA teams.
I think they have all D1 teams back through 2000, but only a few hundred teams prior to 2000.
Allows you to set a depth chart and assign maximum minutes to each player.
However you can't control the distribution of shots each player takes.
https://www.whatifsports.com/ncaab/default.asp#top
I believe you need an account to use their Dream Team option, which allows creating rosters using any players from the available teams. ie.. put DWade on the 2021 team.
A few years back I created a 10-team league using the BigEast players from 2006-2015.
screen shots
https://ibb.co/rf8VqS0
Wrapping up the Midwest:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499073008471846921?t=sDhf_NovKXFRMtwq5KZxAw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499073008471846921?t=sDhf_NovKXFRMtwq5KZxAw&s=19)
I've only done a few games on What If Sports. A fun site.
Top of the West, including 2003 Marquette:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499105693181399044?t=CnEPpNaBE-gtxSWyInqPtA&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499105693181399044?t=CnEPpNaBE-gtxSWyInqPtA&s=19)
Quote from: Juan Anderson's Mixtape on March 02, 2022, 01:46:04 PM
Top of the West, including 2003 Marquette:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499105693181399044?t=CnEPpNaBE-gtxSWyInqPtA&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499105693181399044?t=CnEPpNaBE-gtxSWyInqPtA&s=19)
(https://media3.giphy.com/media/3oD3YqPwr89pI4mnsc/200w.webp?cid=ecf05e475mffvpwtnntjzv1o6tfnujaj7170f0viz6d23c4e&rid=200w.webp&ct=g)
Closing out the West and the 1st round:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499124653767507974?t=dM46CQYr2KGd33U1n30p0w&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499124653767507974?t=dM46CQYr2KGd33U1n30p0w&s=19)
2 round begins with two games in the East.
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499388929262432256?t=rXeg6k1g7FfCRzFcaouy3g&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499388929262432256?t=rXeg6k1g7FfCRzFcaouy3g&s=19)
The East Sweet 16 is set.
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499411051443539978?t=_gGpQjOGKnRWPyMptu_Kbw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499411051443539978?t=_gGpQjOGKnRWPyMptu_Kbw&s=19)
Onto the South:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499444392251297796?t=rgQKBLyspdu0lkFBgB2Bjw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499444392251297796?t=rgQKBLyspdu0lkFBgB2Bjw&s=19)
Wrapping up the South:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499476692242518029?t=lTTxWpVZzTsoEMcoVeWt6A&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499476692242518029?t=lTTxWpVZzTsoEMcoVeWt6A&s=19)
A couple down to the wire finishes in the Midwest:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499751775892561924?t=rO5OwThq9fz2E3ADceksbg&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499751775892561924?t=rO5OwThq9fz2E3ADceksbg&s=19)
More Midwest action:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499787698248241157?t=C9vYPOvT7jSdtc49-KtNNQ&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499787698248241157?t=C9vYPOvT7jSdtc49-KtNNQ&s=19)
West part 1:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499820257007050754?t=YFtn_UhVS8hG1y8I3oeQSA&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499820257007050754?t=YFtn_UhVS8hG1y8I3oeQSA&s=19)
I do find this whole thing very entertaining and love reading about it.
But are you the guy who created this? You sure love to post every update
West part 2:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499835046873767939?t=dKb5m7baoKK5F3oSOqnI4w&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1499835046873767939?t=dKb5m7baoKK5F3oSOqnI4w&s=19)
Quote from: jesmu84 on March 04, 2022, 02:04:50 PM
I do find this whole thing very entertaining and love reading about it.
But are you the guy who created this? You sure love to post every update
LOL
No, I did not create it. Merely posting the update links since some people that want to follow along may not have a twitter account.
East Sweet 16 action:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500838353431932934?t=onzfOPWRAJBuihze-FPG7g&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500838353431932934?t=onzfOPWRAJBuihze-FPG7g&s=19)
Midwest Sweet 16:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500873854964617219?t=J1jmgHFIoS1EdQdzsnLlOw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500873854964617219?t=J1jmgHFIoS1EdQdzsnLlOw&s=19)
Halftime highlight from UNLV vs Houston:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500862226973999110?t=0pB5S_XMcfyGyhwOPA9Saw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500862226973999110?t=0pB5S_XMcfyGyhwOPA9Saw&s=19)
West Sweet 16:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500915110520528904?t=czet9J6NPyJpol5InsYlYA&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500915110520528904?t=czet9J6NPyJpol5InsYlYA&s=19)
South Sweet 16:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500927771366899715?t=84g-2cDsKai24Q__SHl3SQ&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1500927771366899715?t=84g-2cDsKai24Q__SHl3SQ&s=19)
East Regional Final:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501226564931170308?t=wuVYszyfOXSIH4ARMUZ-uw&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501226564931170308?t=wuVYszyfOXSIH4ARMUZ-uw&s=19)
West Regional Final:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501244776947109896?t=Y6B_2Q1x6h3SPh0sK-dpJg&s=19 (https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501244776947109896?t=Y6B_2Q1x6h3SPh0sK-dpJg&s=19)
South Regional Final:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501261652741738503?t=0bUNWfyMVxqdf_7msGLPUw&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501261652741738503?t=0bUNWfyMVxqdf_7msGLPUw&s=19)
Midwest Regional Final:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501296823608225798?t=25YGonzt__yZ32Axg709fA&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1501296823608225798?t=25YGonzt__yZ32Axg709fA&s=19)
'91 UNLV vs '96 Kentucky:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1502275223432970242?t=GFCtIYCcbOZepN3_N7lcaw&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1502275223432970242?t=GFCtIYCcbOZepN3_N7lcaw&s=19)
'08 Kansasvs '07 Florida:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1502284516278378502?t=8Vv4FNuW1xIlWliYB0cefQ&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1502284516278378502?t=8Vv4FNuW1xIlWliYB0cefQ&s=19)
Title game:
https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1502302662968201218?t=wtHwu7XImba5huv1JR0cyw&s=19
(https://twitter.com/EastBreese/status/1502302662968201218?t=wtHwu7XImba5huv1JR0cyw&s=19)