Recruiting Tips (Please post what has been most effective)

[dbaseball30]

I don't know if anyone has ever thought about posting this, but I think it would be helpful if we all shared how we seem to land the top high school players in the country. Does it work better for you to contact kids as freshman and continue to contact them every year. Just share how you land the Top recruiting class year end and year out for all to see.

[shootorpass]

in this year's edition, i am only in my first season and in my 5th game, so i have not been able to hit the recruiting yet.
but in last year's edition, i had gone undefeated 4 straight seasons and won the championship and the best caliber recruit i could pull in was 3 stars. my method was start as a junior and look for regional talent, but obviously that wasn't very effective

[lawston52]

1st season, recruit any star world recruits... you'll get one of them, and a point. Add that point to your points you get from the season and that'll get your coach more progress., thus helping you win more games.. (win tougher/more games = more/better recruits)...oh also schedule your biggest state school every year and try to get the player of the year from your state asap.

[shootorpass]

In my first season w. UC Riverside i went 40-0 and landed a local 3 star junior college SG. But in the next year it says i have no scholarships to offer and i have a 4 star SF in the bag!!!!! please help.

[lawston52]

It may be you didn't have any seniors or underclassmen leave early.

[Digz]

In my first season w. UC Riverside i went 40-0 and landed a local 3 star junior college SG. But in the next year it says i have no scholarships to offer and i have a 4 star SF in the bag!!!!! please help.

If this is the case, then consider cutting an underclassman who is on scholarship that maybe donesn't play too much. It will not only help you sign that recruit, but also you wouldn't have to meet with that player 2-3 times that season. Now granted, if you have already started the season and gotten past the manage roster stage after the first week, then you will not be able to do this, but consider it for future purposes.

[Deuce2223]

Things I have learned.

1)When 1st starting your career. Use the 5 points given to you wisely. I like to use mine on Offense and Carisma. This will help with recruiting. Also pick asst that help in Carisma and Scouting. Then make sure you go after that World Recruit even if it is only a 2 or 3 star guy. You should be able land one no matter how bad you are. Also go hard after your instate Mr. Basketball. This will earn you another point. This might be hard to do if you are in a tough state like Cali,Florida,Texas,Carolinas,ect. I have also found for some reason that Mr. Baskeball in states like Idaho,Montana,New Mexico are not always 4 or 5 star guys so they are easier to get.

2) when starting your target list. I go for 5 seniors,4 Juniors, 4 Soph, 2 freshman. Target guys in your geograhical region. Also try and start with guys who are at least 50% interest leval. Keep a eye on there list and how many schools are after them. If you are not in the 10 don't bother and if you are not in the top 5 after a month. Give up. Find someone else. Also keep a eye on guys who don't sign early or guys who teams lose interest in after signing other guys. I have gotton 5* recruits late because no one offered them a scholarship.

3) When doing your target list try and make sure you keep your team balanced on player posistions. Go after posisitions where you have seniors or little depth. Make sure you don't load up on to many from one spot or they will transfer because of lack of PT. I personally like to play with a 8 to 10 man roster so I will cut scholarships guys who don't play so I always have a scholarship to offer. Don't be afraid to keep a walkon who can shoot the 3' but might be horrible everywhere else. He can still come in a give you some points for a breather for a starter and not cost you a scholarship. Also keep a bigman for the same reason. So for me that means genearlly I will have 8 scholarships guys playing with 2 walkons. and 1 or 2 scholarships redshirting.

4) I personally like to stay at a school for 4 yrs. Even after yr 2 when you will get a better offer, I don't leave because by then I really like my team and I like to see my 1st class graduated and get drafted. By then I generally have a alot of wins/and even a few Championships and get really good offers. I stayed at Texas Southern for 5 yrs and was offered Duke,FSU, and Wake Forest. Totally bypassed the mid major programs.

This has worked for me. I generally don't sign anyone less then a 3* have gotten the top class 4 times.

[sam_o]

Things I have learned.

1)When 1st starting your career. Use the 5 points given to you wisely. I like to use mine on Offense and Carisma. This will help with recruiting. Also pick asst that help in Carisma and Scouting. Then make sure you go after that World Recruit even if it is only a 2 or 3 star guy. You should be able land one no matter how bad you are. Also go hard after your instate Mr. Basketball. This will earn you another point. This might be hard to do if you are in a tough state like Cali,Florida,Texas,Carolinas,ect. I have also found for some reason that Mr. Baskeball in states like Idaho,Montana,New Mexico are not always 4 or 5 star guys so they are easier to get.

2) when starting your target list. I go for 5 seniors,4 Juniors, 4 Soph, 2 freshman. Target guys in your geograhical region. Also try and start with guys who are at least 50% interest leval. Keep a eye on there list and how many schools are after them. If you are not in the 10 don't bother and if you are not in the top 5 after a month. Give up. Find someone else. Also keep a eye on guys who don't sign early or guys who teams lose interest in after signing other guys. I have gotton 5* recruits late because no one offered them a scholarship.

3) When doing your target list try and make sure you keep your team balanced on player posistions. Go after posisitions where you have seniors or little depth. Make sure you don't load up on to many from one spot or they will transfer because of lack of PT. I personally like to play with a 8 to 10 man roster so I will cut scholarships guys who don't play so I always have a scholarship to offer. Don't be afraid to keep a walkon who can shoot the 3' but might be horrible everywhere else. He can still come in a give you some points for a breather for a starter and not cost you a scholarship. Also keep a bigman for the same reason. So for me that means genearlly I will have 8 scholarships guys playing with 2 walkons. and 1 or 2 scholarships redshirting.

4) I personally like to stay at a school for 4 yrs. Even after yr 2 when you will get a better offer, I don't leave because by then I really like my team and I like to see my 1st class graduated and get drafted. By then I generally have a alot of wins/and even a few Championships and get really good offers. I stayed at Texas Southern for 5 yrs and was offered Duke,FSU, and Wake Forest. Totally bypassed the mid major programs.

This has worked for me. I generally don't sign anyone less then a 3* have gotten the top class 4 times.

good advice there.

i usually haul in at least 2 or 3 5* players each class. i usually try not to take anyone lower than 4*. i have taken guys who are rated 3* and actually they have came in very good. i had a 3* PG come in as an 80. look more at their skills and potential than their rating. obviously we all want 5's but sometimes you can find a 3* who can play and will be easier to get.

another big thing is to have yourself and your coaches with high charisma ratings. i have reached a point in my career where my charisma is A+, one of my assistants is A and the other is B+. having high charisma makes it easier. also, start early. identify who you think will be a big time player and get on them before their senior year. i usually start when the are sophomores, although you can start earlier if you like.

i usually have at least a top 5 class every year (depending on available scholarships) and have gotten the top class 5 times. i once signed 7 5* players all ranked top 20. pretty good.

[Digz]

i once signed 7 5* players all ranked top 20. pretty good.
So was the High School All-American game basically just a spring game for your team with a couple extras?:dance:

[yawnzzzz]

So was the High School All-American game basically just a spring game for your team with a couple extras?:dance:

I signed 5 5*s that all started on the East team. I normally don't play the all-star game, but it was pretty fun seeing how all of my freshmen played as a team. In my experience, at least a couple still aren't signed by this time. I believe that in the game it will just show the grades of the players, but if you go into the situational roster prior to starting the game. I think I noticed that it actually shows all of the attributes. I already had my players signed, so I didn't pay that much attention to them.

[sam_o]

So was the High School All-American game basically just a spring game for your team with a couple extras?:dance:

:lol:

more or less.

haha

[24bauer]

Always be recruiting. Know what style you want to play and get players who fit it. Don't feel confined to 3 star and lower recruits just because you are at a small school. If you start early you can recruit anyone you want.

[Digz]

I signed 5 5*s that all started on the East team. I normally don't play the all-star game, but it was pretty fun seeing how all of my freshmen played as a team. In my experience, at least a couple still aren't signed by this time. I believe that in the game it will just show the grades of the players, but if you go into the situational roster prior to starting the game. I think I noticed that it actually shows all of the attributes. I already had my players signed, so I didn't pay that much attention to them.
Actually, if you do have a player signed that is on one of the All-Star teams, you can even simulate the game and check the box score and select a certain player and figure out his attributes there too. I don't know if you do that or not, but I do that just to see what the top recruits look like.

[samoka10]

im at maryland, playing on mop on x box 360.........i typically get about 2 5* a year with one usually good enough to enter the starting line up. I definitely suggest going after all top world recruits if you are a major program, thats you best bet.....recruiting is just so competitive......it seems like certain schools get all the talent, like on my legacy texas A&m consistently get numerous top players every year, while me at maryland i have to recruit over seas or juco players just son i can bring in a resonable amount of talent

[sam_o]

^ maryland is a recruiting gold-mine also.

[skarface2k1]

I feel like everyone esle.Start recruiting early.Pick acouple of freshmen,soph,jr,and like three seniors.Then you can get a jump on 5* jr,soph,fresh letting them see you are interested early usually works for me.

[jpat9]

Hey guys....im haveing trouble recruiting. Im in my 4th year at South Dakota State. I have won the Ship twice and sweet sixteen once and final 4 once. I cant get more then a 3 star player. I have been trying to get 4 or 5 star kids but nothing goes my way. I offer scholarships but never get the kid. Do i talk to them when they are fr, so, and jr in high school or what?? please reply:o

[vols21]

from what I can tell, you can only request a tape when they are freshman or soph. then as a Jr, u can call and/or e-mail. Find one that is already somewhat interested and work him hard. Also look for a local guy and go after him. Sometimes you will find a 4 * player that is not being recruited by many teams (or by many of the power teams). he could be easier to sway over. (if you start out at #15 on his interest list, it will be harder to move up the ladder than if you are #3 on the list).

being realistic, a small school won't normally be able to recruit the all-stars. As you build your school's reputation, then you should be able to have more success (you can guage your rep by trying to schedule a home game with bigger schools. try contacting a team from a power conf, then a major conf. or even mid-major until you find schools who will play in your house). I would think that would identify which schools you can recruit better against as well.

Also, if you have success at a particular position, you may have better luck recruiting that type of player. Example, if your center wins all-conference, then you may be able to recruit better centers.

[VoltronViking]

I really don't see the benefit in targeting frosh & sophmores cause I can't email nor call em.

So anyone notice any effect by targeting alone makes a difference in an early persuasion

on freshmen and soph?????

[shupat]

West Virginia is also a recruiting gold mine... getting big time recruits from Ohio, Philly and Pitt and NYC as well as some Virginia kids.

[vols21]

I tried to target a couple frosh/sophs just to see. their percentage did not go up much if at all. Sometimes I can request a tape, and that at least lets me see where I rank.

I usually focus on them during their jr year. I usally sign 2 guys during the early signing period - which leaves 1 scholarship (most years). I can zero in on a couple guys I really want during the year and spend the rest of time calling top Jr prospects again. By year end, I've been able to sign a good player to my last scholarship and spend the rest of that time fine tuning some Jr prospects.

I look in-state and find a guy I think could be Mr. basketball and spend some time on him (so far, I've come close twice but get edged out by the big state school). Meanwhile, I tend to get at least 1 all-american, another local Mr. basketball (5 *) and polish off with a 4 star that fits my current needs (be it a shooter or another big man). The end result is a top 20 recruiting class. Not bad for a mid-size college.
The 4 star makes a good sub off the bench (not usually as cranky about playing time). Often, the 4 star develops into a great player in a couple years too. Helps team chemistry - it has gone from 79% my first year to near 90% by year 3 there.

[skarface2k1]

I really don't see the benefit in targeting frosh & sophmores cause I can't email nor call em.

So anyone notice any effect by targeting alone makes a difference in an early persuasion

on freshmen and soph?????

There is alot of benefits from recruiting a guy when he is a freshmen or sophmore.I do it all the time and end up getting great players.I signed 5 players in the last season and two of them were all-american's high school players.Now i have a starting line-up of 5 high school all-americans.That is just my story.Check out my legacy.Coach Sanders of Wisconsin out.

[skarface2k1]

I tried to target a couple frosh/sophs just to see. their percentage did not go up much if at all. Sometimes I can request a tape, and that at least lets me see where I rank.

I usually focus on them during their jr year. I usally sign 2 guys during the early signing period - which leaves 1 scholarship (most years). I can zero in on a couple guys I really want during the year and spend the rest of time calling top Jr prospects again. By year end, I've been able to sign a good player to my last scholarship and spend the rest of that time fine tuning some Jr prospects.

I look in-state and find a guy I think could be Mr. basketball and spend some time on him (so far, I've come close twice but get edged out by the big state school). Meanwhile, I tend to get at least 1 all-american, another local Mr. basketball (5 *) and polish off with a 4 star that fits my current needs (be it a shooter or another big man). The end result is a top 20 recruiting class. Not bad for a mid-size college.
The 4 star makes a good sub off the bench (not usually as cranky about playing time). Often, the 4 star develops into a great player in a couple years too. Helps team chemistry - it has gone from 79% my first year to near 90% by year 3 there.


Vol i know you are not having trouble recruiting?Look you have to start looking at them early.The interest in your program goes up each month your team does better.I have signed almost all the players i have started looking at when they were fresh,soph.The problem i am having now is that i only have two scholarships to sign players this year and one senior leaving.That's a good problem because my team is shacked.I have red-shirts and a deep bench.

[russ7166]

Heres a tip that i have found helpful- If you are recruiting say a 5 star or 4 star recruit and their 1st priority is feeling wanted, the best way to go up in the ranks with them is email/phone call them every week you can. I twice got the #1 Overall and #1 Postion player because their #1 priority was "feeling wanted".

Another that has already been said is recruiting world recruits. It seems that most schools don't bother trying to get them which leaves them open for you.

[nar]

Heres a tip that i have found helpful- If you are recruiting say a 5 star or 4 star recruit and their 1st priority is feeling wanted, the best way to go up in the ranks with them is email/phone call them every week you can. I twice got the #1 Overall and #1 Postion player because their #1 priority was "feeling wanted".

Another that has already been said is recruiting world recruits. It seems that most schools don't bother trying to get them which leaves them open for you.

i agree i usually go after 4 star guys, because really the only difference between them and 5 stars is potential. i was able to get the #1 and #3 guys because feeling wanted and not playing at a big program were their priorities.

i like going after the world guys too...you dont have to worry about the "close to home" factor...

[Mr.C]

walk-ons in their senior year would not count as scholarships for recruiting, right?

[knox33]

That would be correct.

[Coach Hamm]

You can target anyone in the first year. The 2 things you want to look for though are:

1) Feeling wanted.
2) Playing time.

There is a way of cheating but it kind of takes the fun out of it.

[illsmak]

I really don't see the benefit in targeting frosh & sophmores cause I can't email nor call em.

^ Well, sometimes it seems their rating changes, but I always check to see what the 5 star sophs are looking like... if you're at the top of their list and you request a game tape, that will put you in, usually, a good position to snag them. I've been good at telling the really good guys, too. I had the #1 center since he was a soph, and I have a feeling this 7'2 Jr guy I have targeted is gonna be a good recruit, too. As long as they have high potential and you have a good scout, you can predict how good they will be, usually.

Also, this is good for world recruits because a lot of them you just have to make contact first. I'm not talking about your first year or anything but I mean once you've established yourself as a coach.

I've had the best luck with 5 star worlds because out of all of the guys I've gotten they have stayed all 4 years. I rarely end up with one with under C potential, either. And that's pretty good for a 5 star in this game.

Like I said in another thread, if you want to start your career legacy and get a good 3 star, get a world recruit. 4 stars and 3 stars with A+ in one or more rating seem to get snatched up, but the average world 3 star guys, who will come in, possibly, at about 66 or 68 ( which is great for a very lame team) will really help your team. Sometimes if you're really lucky you can snag a 4 star, too. You can even look through people and find 4 or 5 stars that no one contacted, believe it or not.

If you're gonna play your games, I'd make an effort to grab a 7'2 center no matter what star he is because the effect he has on defense and rebounding is amazing. They can block almost every shot and get almost every rebound.

Peace

-Smak

[instant000]

This is a long post, so if you don't want to read it all, here is the summary (just read
the bold text below)

Seven Quick Recruiting Tips:

1. World Recruits
2. Recruit every week
3. Location matters
4. Target early
5. Win your games
6. Have complementary assistants
7. Recruit according to your playing/simming style

If you want a more verbose discussion, then just read the rest of this post :)

I think that recruiting is actually easy on this game, it just appears a lot of the
people are kind of new to the college hoops series, so they have no idea of where to
start, and there is a lot you can do. Also, there could be veterans who never gave it
much mind, since they do not care much for the process, LOL. With that said, here
are the tips I can quickly reveal:

1. Target Fresh and Sophomore recruits. Sort by star ratings to get a good idea that you
are indeed getting the top rated players (that have been revealed so far)

2. Send tapes early. (Send tapes to Fresh and Soph recruits early to let them know you
are interested.)

3. More recruits appear each year. Always look out for the new guys who came in who
didn't exist the year before.(Once the Fresh turn Soph, there are more players in the pool
than there were for that freshman class..... go after these new players. There will also be
more in the sophomore to junior pool, and even more in the junior to senior pool of
players.)

4. Recruit every single week. Make sure that you are actually recruiting these players
every single week. Even with "assisted" the CPU helps a little, but they do not give as
much attention to the players as properly as you would if you did it yourself.

5. If you want to not recruit every single week, use assisted recruiting, but be aware that
the gains are not as good as what you get when you do it manually (You have been
warned!)

6. Location always matters. (Even if you get to a really big program, and have national
recruits all over, the schools closer to the player will have more love from that player.
You can especially see this when your school is in California, and you want to target
someone from the East Coast.)

7. Top Recruit states (This is just a sample gained from one recruiting season)
California: 238
Texas: 156
New York: 147
Illinois: 108
Michigan: 80
Ohio: 75
Florida: 73
North Carolina: 62
Georgia: 61
(It is obvious from this List that California is excellent for someone at a mid-major to
major program, as they can get all their 5-star needs met in-state, LOL. For lowly
programs, you still suck, but there at least will be more MUN recruits in CALI than
elsewhere. Once you establish yourself as a coach, location does not matter nearly as
much, but if there are about 15 or 20 5-stars in your state alone, you don't have to go
outside the borders unless you choose to.)

8. Too many 5-star recruits. There are so many 5-star recruits, it is ridiculous. You can
get by only recruiting 5-stars, once you establish yourself.

9. World Recruits. Even in your FIRST season as a pitiful coach, at a lowly school, you
can pull in 4-star World Recruits with ease. Go after all the 4-star JUCO/World recruits
you can in your first year, and you will pull in 90% of them.

10. Win and you can get better players. I went 13-13 and got the #22 class. The
next year, I went 19-7 and got the #12 recruiting class. (Both years simmed.)
Note: Someone said earlier in this thread that winning is the best way to continually
rise in the eyes of those guys you target as Freshmen and Sophomores.

11. Stack your schedule with scrubs. If you schedule games against lowly conferences,
it boosts your chances of getting a winning record (and thus better in the eyes of the
recruits. Utilize the customize schedule option at the beginning of Legacy mode)

12. Cut players. (You have to get rid of the weaklings on your roster, to give room for
better players.)

13. Offer scholarships as early as possible. (There is a big boost to a player's interest
when you offer them a scholarship, so offer this as early as possible.)

14. Try to sign seniors during first signing period. (This way, you have more points
left over to use on training and scouting, and thus have a better overall team. To
implement this, you must recruit the players very hard during their junior season. This
sets you up very well to sign them in the first period of the senior year, because if you
were able to get them up to 100% when they were juniors in the year before, they
should still have a lot of interest when they become seniors. Of course, any of the
newly created seniors won't have this ongoing relationship with you, but you can usually
go after them if you are somewhat close and want them, or just stick with the guys
you've been tracking for over a season.)

15. Go to the camps. It helps me out if I go to the camp my targets are playing in.
(Usually, this means the 2k Elite Camp, hehe. I try to simulate games featuring my
targets, so that I can get a bit more scouting information on them. ) Note: someone
mentioned earlier in this thread a method to see their actual attributes (unconfirmed by
me.)

16. Have good assistants. (If you are developing your coach initially to be good at
training, offense, and defense, then you want assistants to fulfill your charisma and
scouting needs. This way, your assistants are spending their time on these tasks, and
you can save yourself for doing the training and player development. This is a good
overall use of your coaches, as you will likely be much better at training and development
than your assistant coaches will be after you have played a season or two. Of
course, if you have an A+ at charisma, then you might look for assistants who are
good at scouting and developing players. It is all about getting a balance.)

17. Playing your games is different from simming them. (If you sim, you want fewer
players who have a tendency to pop threes. You can check for this on the tendency
screen, and you want to lean towards players who have a high tendency to shoot close,
and don't shoot threes at all, as threes have a low chance of going in unless you have a
good three shooter.) Note1: You can afford to miss more threes than two's, as a
player who can hit 1/3 threes is the same as a 50% two point shooter, the only problem
is that you more often find players having 1/10 three point games than you do find their
having 1/10 two point games. It is a LOT harder to shoot the three well consistently.
Consistency is highly desired, if you SIM games. Note2: If you play your games, taller
players are always better than more skilled players for defense, rebounding, scoring, or
passing, as they just take up more space and are harder to get around on defense, and
they can more easily get over the other players, when they are on offense.

18. I am writing a FAQ on this game for gamefaqs.com but it has yet to be completed. (At
about 27 pages right now, and I need to format it and clarify some information in it.)

Hope this helps. Have a nice day!

[illsmak]

I once saw a world recruit with first priority of being close to home. Heh. Made me chuckle.

But yeah everything dude on top of me said is true.

I'll say basically the same thing I said before. Go through people as Sophs ( to me, frosh isn't worth it unless they are majorly interested in my team.) and just cycle and see who is interested in your team. You know, go down the stars or whatever and then check a few people who are at the top and see if you're the top school. Then, if they are a player you want (good height, good potential, good attribute... high star rating, whatever) request a game tape. Like I said before, this will sort of solidify you in their mind. Sometimes you might lose someone as a junior... where another team will get ahead of you, but I've had good sucess in getting people back as long as I've kept contact with them. So, put them on the target list after you see their tape. And it's true that their interest won't rise, but it won't rise for other schools either. So if you're on top you're on top, but if you don't request that game tape by the time they're Jr's they might like someone else more when you can contact them.

PS: I got that cat who was 7 foot as a soph. He's 7'3 now. #1 #1 center. I picked him up by hitting him as a soph.

-Smak

[baseballbrock91]

I play with UCLA on MOP difficulty level and I loose between 1-3 games every year. I'm in my six season and I've only been able to recruit 2 5*s and the rest are 4*s. Every time I try and get a 5* at 100% he usually goes to another school. What do I do.

[dww2001]

are you the only school at 100 percent? The thing is the very top recruits will often have several other schools with 100 percent interest, and they will be ranked. Try to be the first one to offer him a scholarship, and see if that puts you at the top. But in all honesty, say if they are 4 schools that are at 100 percent and he has gotten 3 scholarship offers and you're 3rd or 4th on the list, I would just rescind the offer and look at option B.

[dslayer20]

I'm in my 10th year as the UCLA Head Coach and my roster looks like this.

Maris Townsend SF OVR: 1/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: CA
D.C. Fordham SG OVR: NR/ POS: NR 5 Star Germany
Jerry Mulligan C OVR: 1/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: WA
Juan Pablo Rush SG OVR: 2/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM
C.W. Bouma SG OVR:NR/ POS: NR 5 Star Lithuania
Erik Boddie SG OVR: 1/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: AZ
R.J. Willingham SF OVR: 18/ POS: 7 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: CA
Tron Hopes SG OVR: 4/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: CA
Ross Hooper PG OVR: 2/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: TX
Marshall Terry C OVR: 8/ POS: 3 5 Star HS-AM/Mr. B: IN
Melvin Mallory SF OVR: 22/ POS: 8 5 Star HS-AM
Lamarquis Claudino PF OVR: 6/ POS: 1 5 Star HS-AM


I used to have the same problem you're having but I started recruiting early....real early. I view tapes of FR and SO then target the ones that have me really high on the list. Now I'm to a point where just target blue chips as you can tell and have had a lot of success doing so.
The big key is letting them know that you're interested and add them to your target list to keep them interested. If you're top 5 on their recruiting list you wont be dropping, and if you're number 1 on his list, expect to bring him in for that class. I don't even target SRs because my recruits sign in season. To create extra room for FR and SO on your target list, if necessary, only target JRs that are not in your region. UCLA's region is lackluster beacuse it only classifies California, Arizona, and Nevada as regional locations. You have to go out and seek other good players from neighbooring states such as Oregon, Washington, and sometimes Idaho. Trust me and take my advice....after a few seasons, let us know how its going.

[baseballbrock91]

Now I'm to a point where just target blue chips as you can tell and have had a lot of success doing so.



what does that mean

[dslayer20]

sup bro, blue chips are just another name for 5 Star Athletes. If you take a look at my roster I posted, No one is below a 5 Star.

[calinks]

I don't think giving them scholarships early helps. It seems like I will be good for a it but then some other school give them one and they bounce.

[Capt Vee]

are you the only school at 100 percent? The thing is the very top recruits will often have several other schools with 100 percent interest, and they will be ranked.
Yeah, this happened to me as I was messing around simming with the mighty Southern Utah. I had the #1 and #3 overall prospects lined up at 100%, before anyone else, and eventually a few other schools got there too, and I remained ranked below them until they went and signed with them.

Was wondering what the tiebreaker is. As far as I can tell, pouring more and more points into it (phone calls, visits, etc.) once it reaches 100% does nothing to help you improve your rank amongst the 100% teams.

A quick question about the coaching improvement points at the end of the year? Do you get an extra one every time you set off a "Congratulations you just reached such and such goal?" Do some give you more than others? And you only get like say the in-state Mr. Basketball one once, right?

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I signed 5 5*s that all started on the East team. I normally don't play the all-star game, but it was pretty fun seeing how all of my freshmen played as a team. In my experience, at least a couple still aren't signed by this time. I believe that in the game it will just show the grades of the players, but if you go into the situational roster prior to starting the game. I think I noticed that it actually shows all of the attributes. I already had my players signed, so I didn't pay that much attention to them.



Why even play??? Doesn't sound like much fun if there isn't a challenge.