#90 | SimCBB | Everyone is Here

[TuscanSota]

Hi everyone,

 

I have one more update before I focus on wrapping up SimCFB and SimNFL with Rocket.

For the 2023 season and moving forward, we've expanded to allow every D-1 team in the SimCBB simulation. All of the remaining mid-major conferences are being added including the following:

• Ohio Valley Conference
• Missouri Valley Conference
• Summit League
• Patriot League
• Ivy League
• America East
• Big Sky
• Big West
• Western Athletic Conference
• ASUN
• Big South
• SoCon
• SWAC
• MEAC
• MAAC
• NEC
• The independents

 

This is a lot of teams... won't it take some time to generate all the players?

The players have been generated. We used the generation script from last season, with a few changes, to generate these players. All players generated through the script were nerfed in terms of potential, and attributes had a lower range of generated values. All players that have progressed through this method are ones that should be in college basketball, not in the SimNBA.

 

How will this affect scheduling, specifically conference scheduling? This is a lot of teams.

During the course of the previous season, we put together a script that allows us to generate a conference schedule and outputs it into the format recommended for college basketball games table. The only issue that will need to be tackled is out of conference scheduling, which is something each team will need to schedule at some point.

If this script couldn't be put together, we wouldn't have been able to expand the league to every team.

Will the large number of teams affect the workload with running games?

Everything from the match records to stats should scale appropriately. It may take slightly more time to run games, but that will be because of the expected number of games to increase.

Will every game be streamed?

Great question. First, every match with a user team will be streamed. For the AI only matches, I want every P6 and G5 match to continue to be streamed. Conferences such as A10 and WCC should continue to have their games streamed. If there are specific AI matches that the community would like to see streamed, I will happily stream those games. I don't know if I will be able to stream every game, especially since NBA matches will need to be streamed as well.

How will this affect recruiting?

Recruiting, specifically AI recruiting, will be modified to take into account the expanded number of teams. AI teams by default won't target recruits that are already being scouted by up to five teams. As for which recruits these teams can target, some rules will be made more granular to ensure that these teams aren't targeting recruits that would be out of their expected range.

Okay, so I shouldn't expect Saint Peters or FDU to be recruiting 5 star players, right?

Correct. AI teams by default can't target 5 star players. The rules for AI will be reworked so that configurations for AI teams pending the team they represent and their conference in terms of which recruits they can look at, and how many points they can put on a recruit.

Where can I see the new teams?

On the available teams page, and through the dropdown on the CBB teams page.

Can we schedule OOC right now?

Not at this moment.

Why is the University of Guam on the Available Teams list?

I love the idea of having the University of Guam in the sim; however, they're not an active team. There are currently no players on Guam's roster. Any application for Guam will be rejected.

Will we see Guam participate in the sim in the future?

Once they have a team in the NCAA, or hopefully when *PO is added to SimCFB.

Do *you* want Guam in the sim?

If I could add Guam to the Big West, I would in a heartbeat.

 

What's next on the docket?

As mentioned above, I'm going to focus away from CBB and NBA to wrap up work for the upcoming CFB and NFL season. Changes to those leagues will be worked on for the next week or so. I wanted to get progressions and the teams expansion out of the way, so that y'all can look at your new rosters, and for teams now in their respective conference, strategize on how to win.

 

Thanks,

~TuscanSota