Thread: PS3 Users: Anyone Want to Get an 09 Roster going?
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ehh 03:25 PM 07-30-2008

Originally Posted by whittleboy615:
Your freshman ranking system is a good idea. Should we use Rivals for the star rankings?

We are also going to need to coordinate overall team rankings. I think we should try to agree on a Top 25, and go from there. I don't think many good preseason previews are out yet, but here are a few that I found.

ESPN - Tar Heels will be overwhelming favorites to win it all - Men's College Basketball

The Halfcourt Trap Preseason Top 10

CollegeHoops.net - 2008-09 College Basketball Preview

I used Scout.com for all incoming freshman because they also list strengths and weaknesses for most Top 150 players instead of just slapping a "star" ranking on them.

I'm having trouble finding a nice balance that won't cause fans of certain teams to cry foul if their incoming freshman are rated too low.

For example, I just finished up my rough draft for Louisville and 4-star recruits Terrance Jennings and Jared Swopshire are only 71's. They're rated this low because from all the scouting reports I've gathered both are pretty one dimensional players at this point in time - Jennings is a beanpole athlete who's a great shotblocker and defender but is as raw as they come on the offensive end. Apparently Swopshire is very weak and can't drive to the hole at all but has a great pull-up/mid-range game and is a pretty good three-point shooter.

Meanwhile, I have Gates from Cinncy (4-star) at 76 and Miles from UConn (also 4-star) at 74 overall. I'd like to keep all 4-stars at 73 and over like I said so I suppose I can make a few tweaks to get the the L'Ville guys into that range.

As for the overall rankings or Top 25, what I would suggest doing is creating the beta version of the rosters and listing out our Top 25 based on teams' overall ranking in the game. More than any year in a long time, the preseason Polls are going to vary greatly from publication to publication. I mean, I've seen UConn as high as #2 and as low as #15. I've seen Pitt as high as #1 and as low as #16.

It's going to be tough to please everyone, perhaps when we release each version would should just slap a disclaimer on it that this is our best effort and feel free to edit incoming freshman to your hearts content if you think we slighted or overrated a certain freshman.

I'm hoping to complete the Big East by tomorrow afternoon/evening. [Reply]