Sega Sports: NCAA College Basketball 2K3

by Kush Games

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00007B9N1
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,185 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform: Xbox

Amazon.com Product Description

NCAA College Basketball 2K3 delivers the complete college hoops experience. Every Division I school is here and represented in true college fashion, complete with energetic cheerleaders, rabid student sections, and spirited bands swaying in the stands, all adding to the madness of college hoops. Take the reigns of your favorite Division I program and build a modern-day dynasty in legacy mode, as you recruit the best crop of young talent throughout the nation.

With the new Player Editor, player's names appear on the back of their jerseys. The ranking systems let you track your team's performance with weekly top 25 and RPI rankings--and a bubble watch come tourney time. Classic and Custom Tournaments allow you to compete in conference tournaments, the classic field of 64, or create your own custom tournaments from scratch. An immersive college atmosphere is created with school-specific cheerleaders, chants, and fight songs. In role-play mode you can play as one player the entire game.

This game also lets you play online with your Xbox Live starter kit.

Product Description

This is the game NCAA College Basketball 2K3 for the Xbox. This game may not come with the original case and instructions. We stand by our products and offer a 60 day guarantee. If a game does not work within 60 days from the time you receive it we will gladly exchange it for you.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NCAA 2K3 Comes Through Big (Long review, be patient!), December 28, 2002

By 

"mulebennett3" (Charlottesville, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sega Sports: NCAA College Basketball 2K3 (Video Game)

It's that time of year again... college basketball is in my veins, I'm watching/following my UVa Cavaliers, and what better way to occupy my time than buying a college basketball game to keep myself busy when my team isn't playing. NCAA Basketball 2K3 is an amazing game; despite several flaws, the game's pros put the cons to shame. I'm going to review this backwards so that you can finish feeling good about the game, and want to go out and buy it.

Cons:
Repetitive commentary- after playing two seasons with a team, you'll be able to recite the lines of the commentators word for word (for the most part)

Fouls are rare- besides the end of the game when you're winning, fouls are pretty much nonexistent in this game

Strange AI calls- when the computer is losing by two with five seconds left, they just dribble! i don't have to do a thing, they won't shoot the ball at the end of the game unless they're close enough to make it, meaning that half-court buzzer beaters NEVER HAPPEN

No name teams end up #1- as i entered the NCAA tournament, Baylor was my opponent for the final four, seeded #1?!

Teams have no legacy- if Duke has a poor season, it will take forever for them to get back on top... they will not be able to sign blue chippers, they will disappear off the top 25, and not even make the NCAA tournament

Crowds are once again, poor- when will the developers realize that people like to see crowds that are real? when the coach is shown close up, the crowd is very choppy and fake

Some things too easy- on starter (rookie) setting, i can steal the ball 25 times in a game, but the rest of the gameplay is about my level... it doesn't make sense!

Pros:
Pregame- the pregame is unbelievable.. you get to hear about the teams, the matchups, while watching the players do warmup shooting before the tip-off

Stadiums- the stadiums and courts look exactly the same as they do in real life.. U-Hall for UVa looks exactly like it does, with the pep band in the same spot, and the regular fans in the spots that they sit in real life

Free Throws are challenging- using the triggers for the xbox, the free throw system is wonderful and show ingenuity, people who complain likely need more practice

Fancy finishes- the dunks and 360 layups are so fun to watch in this game, you rarely see the same move to the hoop twice

Momentum meter- the momentum meter is a wonderful touch.. the home team racking up points, the crowd getting into the game, and the intense gameplay of the winning team, the meter captures the energy in the building

Crowds get into it- although they don't look real up close, the crowds start going wild, you can even hear individual shouts from fans

Running plays is easy- with the right analog stick and the ability to call your own offensive and defensive plays, picking up on a defense is a piece of cake, run the offense you want to run, when you want to run it

Dive for balls- for the first time that i can remember, players can dive for loose balls! hardcore basketball gamers know how frustrating it is to have a ball on the ground just roll out of bounds because you can't get to it, but with this button on your controller, diving for balls is one less complaint from this gamer

Good options- you can fully customize your game, from the offensive and defensive plays to the game tempo, to the substitutions, to the pressure, to the crashing of the boards

Graphics- seeing this game for the first time was like jumping into a cold shower... it took the breath out of me. my jaw must have hit the floor, seeing the pregame layups from each team, the gameplay, and after the game, the menus are even easy on the eyes

Editing names is a snap- although it does take a bit of time, many college basketball fans were turned off when they realized that players were replaced by numbers, but this year you can have the option of actually naming players what you want, it's pretty simple too. if you'd rather keep the players numbers, that's okay too, as the real life player corresponds with the number and position in the game. also, time is saved as the game has a name-recognition system that can find most names of real college players such as Duhon, Watson, etc. (p.s. announcers do a fine job of pronouncing most names)

Onto the legacy and its wonderful features...
...the legacy feature for hardcore gamers is wonderful. so much depth and so many features provide you for an unbelievable experience. you can choose open or career, meaning you can choose the team that you would like to coach, or start off a coaching career by being offered small-time team head coaching spots.

Recruiting- this feature is not only easy, it's also fun. at the end of a season, you get to see what big-time players are interested in your school. the more winning seasons you have, the more big-time players want to come there. give it some time, and soon enough a team like Lehigh (who i coached in my career legacy) will sign blue chippers.

Media coverage- when your small-time team does well, the team makes it onto TV/radio

Conclusion---

This game really captures the essence of college basketball, it has emotion and the real feel of college hoops. Sega did a wonderful job and should be commended for doing so. I'd give this game an A- for certain problems that continue to reappear (such as crowds), but the rest of the game is great. I recommend it to anybody of any age that enjoys a great game, sports or not, and I hope that my review was helpful!

-Sam Latter

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome BABY, December 17, 2002

By 

Jesse otto (Ann Arbor,MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sega Sports: NCAA College Basketball 2K3 (Video Game)

After being sorely disappointed with March Madness 2002 for PS2 last year, I upgraded to an XBOX for anticipation of this year's ncaa basketball 2k3 from sega.
WOW, what a great decision. this game has it all, graphics, camera angles, espn license, great gameplay, difficulty settings. Whatever you envision in college, it's here. You even start off at a small school in hopes of landing that top notch job at a big time program in hopes of cutting down the nets. Run, don't walk to get this game.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I had hoped...., December 31, 2002

By 

David Baker (Eugene, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sega Sports: NCAA College Basketball 2K3 (Video Game)

I had read more than a few negative things about this game before I bought it. Namely that the graphics "aren't as good as they -should- be," and that unpredictable AI more or less ruins the realism. Personally, I totally disagree. The graphics are great, and while I'm sure it would be possible to improve on them, it would be equally possible to do so for most of the games on the market today. Secondly, I haven't experienced anything during gameplay that wasn't a totally believable representation of the college game. Sure, it'll break your heart when your star point guard misses a lay-in; but college players miss lay-ins. Sure, you'll have games where you go 3-for-20 from behind the three-point line; but so do a lot of college teams. The fun is in playing through these things; in working the ball against the zone defense; in waiting for that next big game when Arizona or Duke comes to town.

The only downside is that the NCAA doesn't allow its players' names to be used in video games, so you have to make do with their jersey numbers, or hand-key in the names yourself. Rest assured, all the players from the 2002-03 season are there.

All in all, a wonderful game.

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