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Old 10-27-2022, 02:29 PM   #124
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Originally Posted by mjryan65 View Post
There are a few of us who play NCAA leagues, despite that OOTP is not set-up well for that. I have generated my own digital world that works in step with OOTP, and I share it now in hopes that our OOTP developers might look to add it in some future version. If I can program it, OOTP developers can program it in no time at all. The word doc in my ballpark directory describes my digital NCAA world.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AmKh2fOWq2POru0-...41GfQ?e=HT8Gvr

In My Digital world, I have written software to:

* Manage AI and human(me) coach reputations

* Assess which NCAA team each recruit is interested in, and which recruits each NCAA team is interested in

* Execute a recruiting cycle where NCAA Teams sign recruits where higher reputation teams get the better players, which I then insert back in OOTP as draft results

* Generate complete, realistic NCAA schedules every year

* Calculate RPI, track Conference standings and generate a Top 32 ranking throughout each week of each season.

* Manage Conference Tournament week (because OOTP can’t handle the variety of conference tournament approaches I use).

* Select the NCAA playoff field and manage the regional and Omaha playoff brackets (with 142 total teams, I go with a 32 team field comprised of 8-four team regional double elimination tournaments. The 8 winners go to Omaha)

* Calculate reputation changes for each team upon the conclusion of each season

* Calculate AI and human (me) coach reputation changes upon the conclusion of each season

* Manage the coach ‘silly season’ where teams fire underperforming coaches and hire good coaches away from lower reputation teams
I am just seeing this; I have been trying to replicate the NCAA universe for a while now -- and keep hitting barriers that make me step back for a bit before cycling back. Your program(s) seem very impressive. I would love to try them and your universe if you are willing to share.

Otherwise, I'd love to hear how it's working out for you.
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