Mrg, I disagree with running uptempo simply because you think you are better than the other team. IMO the reason you should run uptempo is because you have more depth than your opponent. Like Jones, I've had a lot of really good teams where I've run slowdown simply because my starters were much better than my bench, so I wanted to maximize their minutes, and thus the advantage I have over my opponents. Had I run normal or uptempo with teams like that I'd be decreasing the time my starters were on the floor and decreasing my edge.

So if you have a team where you have 8+ really good players, run uptempo, it will maximize the advantage you have. For example with my WVU team right now I'm running uptempo for the first time in D1 simply because I have 9 players that could be #1 scoring options on a lot of D1 teams so I want to force the other team's bench to play as much as possible so they match up with my bench who will almost always be much better.

 

Posted by m4284850 on 4/8/2012 7:06:00 PM (view original):
very helpful.  But I have a question:It seems like your D1 team does not have very high REB ratings (but yet they're extremely successful), how important is REB in big men?

Posted by rednation58 on 4/8/2012 7:53:00 PM (view original):
So would it be better if I ran slow down with my team if I want to receive individual awards? I know they are based on stats. I run a lot of uptempo with my zone teams not necessarily because of better depth but because of the zone stamina benefits and the shear volume of shots I think put me over the top sometimes. I've tried running normal and slow down when the opportunities for it have presented themselves but I seem to come up short.

Posted by dahsdebater on 4/8/2012 8:41:00 PM (view original):
I've never understood the coach calls.  If you make player calls you get a slight recruiting boost along with it.  Also, if their answer is no you have a chance of them rejecting the call and saving the $10.

Posted by dahsdebater on 4/8/2012 8:41:00 PM (view original):
I've never understood the coach calls.  If you make player calls you get a slight recruiting boost along with it.  Also, if their answer is no you have a chance of them rejecting the call and saving the $10.

Posted by aejones on 4/8/2012 9:07:00 PM (view original):

Posted by m4284850 on 4/8/2012 7:06:00 PM (view original):
very helpful.  But I have a question:It seems like your D1 team does not have very high REB ratings (but yet they're extremely successful), how important is REB in big men?

I had one good run with my D1 team, but I'm only in my 6th or so season of D1. I think rebounding is as important in HD as it is in real basketball-- it's not important unless it's important. What I mean by that is that a lot of great teams don't necessarily stress rebounding (sure, some teams do, and extra possessions are nice), many of them stress getting back instead of O-rebounding, for example. 

Essentially, there are diminishing returns with great rebounding teams. You need so much rebounding, but you can't get it as the sacrifice of other stats. As I mention in the recruiting bit numerous times, just because you say "I have a marginal rebounding team" doesn't mean you need to recruit a 90 rebounding center instead of an 80 rebounding center at the expense of the first player having 60 defense instead of 80 defense. 

You should strive to have an adequate rebounding team, but it's not necessary to be elite at it, especially since being great at it usually makes you cough up an edge somewhere else (if you get a great rebounding SF, he's unlikely to be a great offensive option for example). 

Rebounding is important-- I'd never put myself in a position where my starters weren't each 70+ rebounders at D3 or 80+ rebounders at D2 unless I had good rebounding guards or something-- it's just not THAT important (it isn't as important as defense, for instance).