Hi, anyone looking. I just emailed one of the users from the list in the original post (Benis) having noticed them active on the forums this morning. But I'll take advice from anyone.
I'm coaching St. John Fisher in Naismith. We have gone from 19-11 in my inaugural season to 1-7 so far in Season 2. This despite losing only one meaningful player (albeit a great one, a conference POY PG). We won both our exhibition games against human-coached teams this season, and the season opener against a human team. Now we've lost seven straight, most recently to a team with a 50-point talent disadvantage.
I've read the great tutorial on winning in D-III, though I think I still lack a good understanding of play distribution and its value offensively. (Anyway, my team doesn't seem to perform any better when I use it vs. when I leave it blank.)
Thanks to anyone who cares to offer advice.