dev diary #72 | SimBBA Interface: Recruiting

[TuscanSota]

SimBBA Recruiting is a smaller version of the one we use for SimFBA. It’s stripped-down, but also has features that are native to this recruiting system.

 

What is NOT in SimBBA Recruiting:

• The Recruiting Efficiency Score system
  
• Affinities
  

 

For the 2022 Season, the Recruiting Efficiency Score system won’t be implemented. Neither will affinities. Part of this is due to the shorter amount of time we have in getting the season ready; the other part is because we want the SimBBA system to be different from that in SimCFB.

 

What is IN SimBBA Recruiting:

• Dynamic Thresholds
  
• Signing Status
  
• Performance-Based-Bonuses
  
• Regional Recruiting
  
• Smaller recruiting classes.
  

 

Weekly Format

Each week, teams have 50 points available that they are able to allocate to recruits. A team is allowed to allocate 0-20 points per recruit. There will be 14 weeks in recruiting.

 

Recruiting Class Size and Recruiting Duration

Before we go into the specific features, I want to go over the constraints of what makes SimBBA Recruiting different from SimCFB recruiting. The biggest one is recruiting class size. The maximum size a roster can be is 15 players. From there, the algorithm then calculates how many non-Senior players are on a team’s roster and subtracts it from 15. From there, a maximum value is set placing a Class size at 5.

 

Examples:

Team A has 13 players on roster and 10 of those players are not seniors or redshirt seniors. 15-10 = 5. Team A can recruit a max of five players in this cycle.

 

Team B has 13 players on roster, with 12 of those players not being seniors. 15-12 = 3. Team B has a maximum recruiting class size of 3.

 

Team C has 11 players on Roster, 8 of which are not seniors. 15 - 8 = 7. Because the max class size is set to 5, Team C can only recruit five players in this cycle.

 

Recruiting will also take place only in the regular season. Once the post-season has started, recruiting will be over and each class finalized.

 

Total Number of Recruits in a class

The number of recruits available will be based on the number of non-seniors currently existing in the pool, with a variance of +/- 30 croots. Once recruiting ends for any team that does not have a full class, there will be a cleanup section to cover all remaining unsigned recruits.

 

Dynamic Thresholds

In SimCFB Recruiting we use an algorithm to calculate when a recruit is likely to sign. It’s designed in a way that depending on the week and how many teams are competing (all teams within 50% of the points of the leader), a recruit can either sign early or on a weighted roll commit to any of the contending schools.

 

For SimBBA, we wanted to reflect the difference between a recruit depending on its star rating. The dynamic threshold system is a system that takes the threshold algorithm from SimCFB, and applies a varied weight for each recruit. Depending on the star rating of the recruit, that individual recruit will either sign earlier in the season or later.

 

By making the threshold dynamic upon the recruit, one can expect lower-tiered recruits to sign earlier, while higher tiered recruits (4*s and 5*s) are more susceptible to recruiting battles. With the shorter recruiting cycle, this will likely mean that higher-tiered players are more likely to sign later in the season, rather than earlier.

 

For 5 star players, a second modifier is used to up the curve a little bit in terms of points. This only applies to five star players.

 

Below is a list of thresholds based on the star rating:

 

 

	Minimum Threshold	Average Threshold	Max Threshold
5 (*****)	117	100	80
4 (****)	125	117	100
3 (***)	150	125	117
2 (**)	200	150	125
1 (*)	250	200	150

The higher the number, the better.

 

Signing Status

If a recruit doesn’t sign during a recruiting sync during the week, a status will be saved for the recruit stating how far along the recruit is in making their decision. This will give users a visual display of whether a recruit is “Not Ready to Make a Decision”, “Selectively Choosing”, “Ready to Sign”, or more.

 

Status Displays:

0-25% of threshold: “Not Ready”

25-50%: “Hearing Offers

50-75%: “Narrowing Down Offers”

76%-95%: “Finalizing Decisions”

95-99%: “Ready to Sign”

100%: “Signed”

 

 

Performance Based Bonuses

Because RES is not being used, we still want to offer bonus incentives based on previous year performance. Based on performance in a season, Coaches will be able to increase their max number of points allowed on a player. Based on how well a team performs in the season, the highest achieved bonus will be applied. None of these achievements will stack. Taken from the 2021 rules, here is a list of achievements attainable and the amount of bonus points that can be acquired to use per week. Because of the new system, we will not be applying last season's performances to this season.

 

 

Achievement	Max Bonus Points per Week
National Champion	3
Final 4	2
Elite 8	1
Wooden Award Winner	1
Conference Tourney Champion	1
Conference Regular Season Champion	1
NIT Champion	1

 

Regional Bonuses

From the 2021 Season,

 

If a recruit is from the state where your school is, you will receive a 10% bonus on all points spent on that recruit. If the recruit is in the same region where your school is, you will receive a 5% bonus on all points spent on that recruit. The bonuses do not stack. Partial points are always rounded down.

 

There are 7 regions: Pacific, Southwest, Plains, Midwest, Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast. The state of which your school resides will be available on your team’s profile on the Team Board and Recruiting Overview pages (once they’re available). The regions are illustrated in the image below. There are no state or regional bonuses for 5-star recruits or for international recruits.

 

International Recruits

Recruits from outside the United States will also be available. At this time there are no bonuses that will apply for international recruits.

 

What happens when you’ve reached your Class Size?

Any scholarships allocated on a player will be revoked. The user won’t be able to save their board, nor will they be able to add players or throw scholarships onto more players.

 

 

AI Teams

AI teams will be part of recruiting for this season. They will be putting points on the same players that we will be, and will also have bonuses from the previous season if applicable. There are a few constraints, however.

 

• An AI team will not be able to add a five-star player or a 4 star player onto their boards, unless they meet the blue blood quality as outlined below.
  
• An AI team can only put 0-15 points onto a recruit.
  
• At the start of the season, an algorithm will be run to place recruits onto an AI team’s board. The maximum count for an AI team will be 30 recruits.
  
• The logic as it stands right now is that an AI team will have a base 25% chance of adding a croot onto their board.
  

 

These constraints allow an emphasis on user teams being able to recruit top-talent without having to worry about losing a recruit to an AI team. It does keep AI teams competitive, and allows them to focus on building an average class; that way, in the near future if a user wants to take up an AI team, the team picked at best will be average and not a poorly rated team.

 

The main takeaway for AI teams is that each team will be different based on two key values: The AI Behavior and the AI Quality.

 

AI Behavior is how the AI team will behave in allocating points in recruiting. AI Quality is how a team will behave in adding recruits onto their board.

 

AI Behaviors

There will be three behaviors that AI teams can have: Aggressive, Normal, and Conservative.

 

Aggressive: An AI team will focus on putting 10-15 points onto a recruit where applicable.

 

Normal: An AI team will focus on putting 6-12 points onto a recruit where applicable.

 

Conservative: An AI team will focus on putting 0-10 points on a recruit where applicable.

 

AI Qualities

There are six qualities of which an AI team can have: Blue Blood, Offensive, Defensive, Average, Cinderella, and Bottom-Feeder

 

Blue Blood: An AI team will have a 50% chance of adding a four star player to their board. This is the only quality that allows an AI team to pick a 4-star recruit.

 

Offensive: An AI team will have a 50% chance of adding a recruit that prioritizes offensive stats.

 

Defensive: An AI team will have a 50% chance of adding a recruit that prioritizes defensive stats.

 

Average: An AI Team will not prioritize a recruit by attribute, potential, or star value when adding to a board.

 

Cinderella: An AI team will have a 50% chance of adding a recruit that has a high potential value regardless of stats.

 

Bottom-Feeder: An AI team will look at two star and one star players to add to their board.

 

Below is the list of all teams in the league, along with their set AI Behaviors and Qualities. This also includes user teams. If you see your team on this list, disregard because the AI section does not apply for user teams.

 

 

 

Team	AI Behavior	AI Quality
Air Force	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Akron	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Alabama	Normal	Average
Appalachian State	Normal	Defensive
Arizona	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Arizona State	Normal	Average
Arkansas	Normal	Offensive
Arkansas State	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Army	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Auburn	Conservative	Average
Ball State	Normal	Average
Baylor	Aggressive	Offensive
Boise State	Normal	Average
Boston College	Normal	Average
Bowling Green	Normal	Average
Buffalo	Conservative	Average
BYU	Normal	Average
California	Normal	Average
Central Michigan	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Charlotte	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Cincinnati	Normal	Defensive
Clemson	Normal	Average
Coastal Carolina	Normal	Average
Colorado	Normal	Average
Colorado State	Normal	Average
Duke	Aggressive	Blue Blood
East Carolina	Normal	Average
Eastern Michigan	Normal	Defensive
FIU	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Florida	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Florida Atlantic	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Florida State	Normal	Average
Fresno State	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Georgia	Normal	Average
Georgia Southern	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Georgia State	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Georgia Tech	Normal	Average
Hawaii	Normal	Average
Houston	Aggressive	Cinderella
Illinois	Conservative	Defensive
Indiana	Normal	Blue Blood
Iowa	Normal	Offensive
Iowa State	Normal	Offensive
Kansas	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Kansas State	Normal	Defensive
Kent State	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Kentucky	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Liberty	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Louisiana	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Louisiana Monroe	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Louisiana Tech	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Louisville	Aggressive	Blue Blood
LSU	Normal	Average
Marshall	Normal	Defensive
Maryland	Normal	Offensive
Memphis	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Miami (FL)	Normal	Offensive
Miami (OH)	Normal	Offensive
Michigan	Normal	Defensive
Michigan State	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Middle Tennessee	Normal	Average
Minnesota	Normal	Defensive
Mississippi State	Normal	Offensive
Missouri	Normal	Offensive
Navy	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
NC State	Normal	Defensive
Nebraska	Normal	Average
Nevada	Normal	Average
New Mexico	Normal	Defensive
New Mexico State	Normal	Average
North Carolina	Aggressive	Blue Blood
North Texas	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Northern Illinois	Normal	Average
Northwestern	Normal	Average
Notre Dame	Normal	Defensive
Ohio	Aggressive	Bottom Feeder
Ohio State	Normal	Average
Oklahoma	Normal	Average
Oklahoma State	Normal	Offensive
Old Dominion	Conservative	Average
Ole Miss	Conservative	Average
Oregon	Normal	Defensive
Oregon State	Normal	Offensive
Penn State	Normal	Average
Pittsburgh	Normal	Cinderella
Purdue	Normal	Defensive
Rice	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Rutgers	Normal	Bottom Feeder
San Diego State	Normal	Offensive
San Jose State	Normal	Defensive
SMU	Normal	Cinderella
South Alabama	Normal	Bottom Feeder
South Carolina	Normal	Defensive
South Florida	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Southern Miss	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Stanford	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Syracuse	Aggressive	Blue Blood
TCU	Normal	Average
Temple	Normal	Average
Tennessee	Normal	Defensive
Texas	Normal	Average
Texas A&M	Normal	Offensive
Texas State	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Texas Tech	Normal	Defensive
Toledo	Normal	Average
Troy	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Tulane	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Tulsa	Normal	Bottom Feeder
UAB	Normal	Average
UCF	Normal	Bottom Feeder
UCLA	Aggressive	Blue Blood
UConn	Aggressive	Blue Blood
UMass	Normal	Average
UNLV	Aggressive	Cinderella
USC	Normal	Average
UTEP	Conservative	Offensive
UTSA	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Utah	Normal	Offensive
Utah State	Normal	Defensive
Vanderbilt	Conservative	Defensive
Virginia	Normal	Defensive
Virginia Tech	Normal	Offensive
Wake Forest	Conservative	Offensive
Washington	Normal	Average
Washington State	Normal	Average
West Virginia	Normal	Offensive
Western Kentucky	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Western Michigan	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Wisconsin	Aggressive	Defensive
Wyoming	Normal	Bottom Feeder
UMBC	Normal	Cinderella
Wichita State	Normal	Cinderella
San Diego	Normal	Defensive
Saint Mary's	Aggressive	Blue Blood
Virginia Commonwealth	Normal	Offensive
Georgetown	Normal	Offensive
St. Bonaventure	Normal	Defensive
UC Irvine	Normal	Cinderella
South Dakota State	Normal	Cinderella
DePaul	Normal	Average
Florida Gulf Coast	Normal	Cinderella
Jacksonville	Normal	Average
Portland	Conservative	Average
Seattle	Conservative	Average
Evansville	Normal	Average
James Madison	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Davidson	Normal	Offensive
Dayton	Normal	Cinderella
Duquesne	Normal	Average
Fordham	Normal	Average
George Mason	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
George Washington	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
La Salle	Normal	Cinderella
Loyola Chicago	Aggressive	Cinderella
Rhode Island	Normal	Average
Richmond	Normal	Bottom Feeder
Saint Joseph's	Normal	Average
Saint Louis	Normal	Average
Butler	Aggressive	Cinderella
Creighton	Normal	Average
Marquette	Normal	Cinderella
Providence	Aggressive	Offensive
St. John's	Normal	Average
Villanova	Aggressive	Cinderella
Xavier	Normal	Cinderella
Gonzaga	Aggressive	Cinderella
Loyola Marymount	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Pacific	Conservative	Bottom Feeder
Pepperdine	Normal	Offensive
San Francisco	Aggressive	Offensive
Santa Clara	Aggressive	Cinderella
Seton Hall	Aggressive	Defensive

 

 

 

Total Counts:

Quality:

• Blue Blood: 14
  
• Offensive: 24
  
• Defensive: 24
  
• Average: 52
  
• Cinderella: 18
  
• Bottom-Feeder: 40
  

Behavior:

• Aggressive: 26
  
• Normal: 120
  
• Conservative: 26
  

 

Thank you for reading. Recruiting will be in development very soon, and the list of recruits will be available once development is complete.

 

~Tuscan

Edited October 18, 2022 by TuscanSota

[tsweezy]

Not sure I understand the min/average/max threshold numbers

[Migi]

https://tenor.com/view/baseball-goose-goose-dodgers-goose-baller-goose-padres-goose-gif-26914483

 

It's time to see who to get and who to fight LETS GOOOO HYPE

[TuscanSota]

The lower the number, the more points it will take to sign a recruit. For a five star, it's going to likely be around 80+ points.

 

The higher the threshold number, the smaller number of points it will take to sign a recruit. For 2-star and 1-star recruits, it will likely be from 35-25 points at the start.

 

The same curve will apply; and by the final weeks, the number of points required will decrease dramatically; especially for 5 star and 4 star players.

[JW1952TX]

Does an AI team receive the 10% point bonus on an in state recruit the same as a human coach does? Also is their a place to look and see which teams are human coached? Think I saw somewhere there were like 37 teams human coached.

[TuscanSota]

1. An AI team will still receive the 10 point bonus on an in-state recruit, much like a human coach will.

2. At the moment, there isn't a place; however, I will look into getting an Available Teams post here in the forums which will show which teams are available per conference.

[nemolee.exe]

Good thing I am aggressive.