ESPN College Hoops

by SEGA

Product Features

• Real college gameplay - all the quick fastbreaks, crunch time inbounds plays, the pivoting to create open jumpers and more
• New passing system exploits man-to-man and zone defense for easy layups and setting up open jumpers
• Mid-air shot adjustment - Use clutch double pumps and mid-air fakes to get off your shot
• Complete duplication of the college atmosphere - Team fight songs, chants, mascots and 3D crowds
• Totally customizable game - adjust ball handling rating, shot percentages, gameplay sliders. even build your own dynasty in the Create-A-School mode!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000ACP92
• Item Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 8, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,097 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

ESPN College Hoops brings to life each risky steal, well-timed block and buzzer-beating shot of the best college basketball games. All the tradition, pageantry, pride that defines college ball is here! Exciting Rivalry Mode lets you settle the biggest rivalries in college ball -- play Duke vs. North Carolina, Arizona vs. UCLA, Kansas vs. Missouri and many more

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars free up some time - it's more addictive than you can imagine, March 26, 2004

By 

gary talarino (Philly) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ESPN College Hoops (Video Game)

First of all, it's from ESPN, so that may just be all you need to know. If you would like to keep reading, here's two words to describe the game - BUY IT!!! I got it used for $17.00, and I've been playing most of my free time since.
Gameplay is excellent, although, as with every game there are a couple of minor flaws. First, the right toggle stick (I don't know the exact name for it) is the death of offense, cause even with a marginal ballhandler, you have a 50/50 shot of getting around your defender. However, even with this cheat move, the chances are high that someone has slipped into the paint to pick up a charge on you. AI is excellent, and although there is a certain point in the game where the computer starts hitting everything while you miss almost all your jumpers, contrary to other reviews of this game, you can still take the game. Slick passing to the low block and kick-outs for wide open threes work. The game may be unfair, but still very winnable. All this is on All-Conference, where I went 31-5 with Cal State Fullerton, won the conference, and lost in the Final Four Championship Game to Cincinnati. Gameplay, overall, is great, realistic, and absolutely real, because your shooting guard, rated 85, will go 15 for 23 one game and 3 for 18 the next. Big men and rebounding is the key to winning here.
I am now brought to the true gem of the game, which is the legacy mode. As mentioned in an earlier review, you take a small school (Cal State Fullerton, Army, Centenary, Richmond, etc.) and make it into a contender. But the recruiting is absolutely ten times as in depth as any dynasty mode I've ever seen in a game. You have a pool of 1500 or so recruits to plow thru, sortable from position to region to quality of recruit to interest in your school. You scout them, invite them to home games (which you'd better win), send your assistant coach to their high school games (and he emails you back with their game stats), and offer them scholarships. The only guy I could get a commitment from during the regular season was a SF ranked 1300 or so, but once I went to the title game, there's the final, intense recruiting session that follows, where I was able to beat out University of Florida for a four star point guard ranked 89. Get my drift? It's the most amazing feature of any dynasty game I've run into yet, and, by the way, I had two players all conference first and one on all conference second. The All-American teams are from schools that were in the top twenty five all season, not no-name schools like the Cal State Fullerton team that I eeked into the top twenty five the last week before the regular season ended.
The other game modes, Slam Session, Rivalry, Gym Rat, etc. are good, but for gameplay and intense dynasty mode, you've found all you need here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!, December 1, 2003

By 

Matt (Ames, IA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: ESPN College Hoops (Video Game)

This game is madness waiting to happen! Sega Sports is known for their sports games, and thats a really good thing! Last years game was really awesome, and i played it online more than i played the single player mode. With this years game, and the popularity of Xbox live, there is a battle waiting to happen.

Ok, now back to single player. Yes, this is just as good Sega Sport's NBA cousin. Graphics are clean, barely any slowdowns, and unlike March Madness 2004, the computer is SMART! AI will jump at lose balls, attempt to steal, and they will MISS FREE THROWS (AI made almost all the FT's in last years game)! There are plenty, and i mean PLENTy of options.

Minor drawbacks, single player isnt as fun as March Madness, infact the coaching mode remains almost the same from last years. The game can be pretty tough for beginers, because the AI is not STUPID.

Now, with perfect gameplay, good graphics, XBOX Live, and March Madnesss 2004...you might be wondering which game to get. I suggest this one because of Online options, you can take on anyone anyteam over XBox live, something you cant do with March madness. They are both good games in single player, but since College Hoops has online there is no doubt which College Hoops game is king of the Hill!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great game, November 25, 2003

By 

C. Minnick "Life is cartoons and sports. Eve... (Ames, IA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ESPN College Hoops (Video Game)

Sega does it again. Their ESPN season is outstanding, and improves with this title. 310 teams, including classic teams, rivalry mode, dynasty mode, career mode, recruitment, building a program for the NCAA March Madness is what it is all about. Much of the controls from NBA carry over to this game, so there is minimal adjustment from ESPN NBA Basketball to this game. Graphics are great, the commentary is mostly done very well, and the game play is outstanding. Sound is not in Dolby Digital, which is strange as the ESPN NBA is, but that is a minor issue. Live play is a BIG plus, as with all the teams, there is a large amount of room for some great teams facing off in the virtual world that would almost never play in the real world. Control is very smooth, the play calling is improved over ESPN NBA, but for the most part, it is very much like NBA at the NCAA level. For some reason, be it football or basketball, the NCAA game just seems to be a bit better than the professional level game. More teams, more options, more things to be done.

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