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                           NOTES ON BASKETBALL


CONTENTS

1. Basketball Today
 a. Page 2
 b. Page 3
 c. Page 4

2. Head Coach
 a. Training
 b. Depth Charts
 c. Preferences
 d. Assignments
 e. Position Switches


1. Basketball Today

Basketball Today is the online sports section, where you can get all the
stats for the league.  The front page lists interesting game scores, either
because of upsets or huge wins.  Human-controlled teams are more likely to be
listed than computer-controlled teams.  Basketball today is organized like a
newspaper, and has three inside pages.  It is important to understand them all
in order to play Basket well.


a. Page 2

Standings.  Lists the overall and home records of every team.  Teams are
ranked by overall record, with ties broken first by division record and second
by rankings.

Human Box Scores.  A quick way to get your team's box scores.  See "Team
Stats" below for a description.

Players of Day.  Offensive and defensive stars from that game.

Leaders.  Lists league leaders in eight categories:
  -Points per game
  -Field goal percentage
  -Three pointer percentage
  -Free throw percentage
  -Rebounds
  -Steals
  -Blocks
  -Assists
In college, the last four are per game (since different teams play different
numbers of games).


b. Page 3

Scores.  A listing of all the scores from the current game day.

Box Scores.  All box scores.  See "Team Stats" below for a description

Team Stats.  Asks for a team to select, and shows team finances and stats
and player stats and attributes.  Player stats are as follows:
  -Stats:
    -Games played, minutes per game (players only)
    -Field goals attempted, made
    -Three pointers attempted, made
    -Free throws attempted, made
    -Steals
    -Blocks
    -Rebounds
    -Assists
    -Turnovers committed
    -Fouls (players only)
    -Points per game (players only)
    -Shooting percentage (players only)
    -Position (players only)
  -Attributes (players only):
    -Position
    -Age
    -Hands (ball-handling)
    -Aggression
    -Intelligence
    -Scoring ability (short-range)
    -Shooting (long-range)
    -Stamina
    -Training rating (how developed the player is)
    -Rest (percent ability the player is currently at, should be 100)
    -Height
    -Offensive rating: points+assists per minute
    -Defensive rating: blocks+rebounds+2*steals per minute
    -Plus/minus per minute
    -Injury: estimated days until recovered, severity (A=least, P=most severe),
     type of injury (A=leg, B=arm, C=both, D=concussion)
    -Play injured: Maximum injury severity that the player will play under

Analysis.  This gives an overview of the performance of each position in a
team, looking at various aspects of the game.  For each, two numbers are given:
the actual value and the rating compared to other teams, from 1 to 10.  The
statistical categories are as follows:
  -Points per minute
  -Steals per minute
  -Blocks per minute
  -Rebounds per minute
  -Assists per minute


c. Page 4

Schedules.  Schedules and past scores for all teams.

Rankings.  Gives the team rankings, based on performance so far.  An average
team has a ranking of 0.

Lines.  Projected favorites and spreads for the coming game, based on the
rankings.  Even if the spread is 0, the team listed first is the favorite.

Info.  You can get a listing of past champions, player and coaching awards,
league records, the hall of fame, and coach stats.  In pro, the ownership of
draft picks is shown; in college, the tournament seeds and results are shown.


2. Head Coach

The coach takes care of the day-to-day preparations for coming games.  He
does nothing at all during the offseason except for running the training
camps.


a. Training

Before each game, you get the option to train your team.  The training
options are shooting, passing, defense, conditioning, and films.  You can
use up to 6 training "points", but your team will be more fatigued the
more you train.

b. Depth charts (deciding who starts)

Select "starters" to set your depth charts at each position, respectively.
The first player listed will be your first string, the second player your
second string, and the third player your third string.  You may have a player
at any position play any other position, but the further he is from his
nominal position the worse he will play.  Also if you have some illegal
lineup (all five positions with the same three players for example), the
computer will put players on the floor at random, which may not be what you
want.  Keep in mind that players who are on the court will, at random times,
get permanent bonuses added to their attributes whenever they make a good
play.

Also in the starters menu is a chance to set what depth your players will
play at.  For each player, you can set a general preferred position to be
in on offense, and a preferred position to shoot from.  Options range from
inside to perimeter for both.

c. Game preferences

The situation options allow for your team to use different play styles in
different situations of the game.  You may choose the preferred pace (1 to
4 pass in pro and 1 to 5 pass in college), intentional foul usage (1 to 5,
5=the most), use of players with personal fouls (1 to 5), full-court
press (1 to 5), and trapping defense (1 to 5).  You can select your
preferences for shooting location and how high a priority it is to shoot
from there, as well as your primary and secondary defenses.

The pace sets the average number of passes your team tries before making a
shot.  Naturally, any wide-open shot will likely be attempted; this number is
an estimate of the pace you will try to play the game at.  The fewer the
number of passes, the less the chance of steals, but the less the chance of
getting a good shot.  Also, faster-pace teams fatigue more rapidly and drive
inside more, so it is a good idea to check your player skills when deciding
on this.

The "Shooting" option, which determines where your preferred shooting
distance is.  Straight means no preference, and the other options are inside,
medium, and perimeter.  For anything except straight, you can choose how much
extra shooting comes from the selected zone.  Choices are 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%,
and 100% extra.

For defense, the choices in pro are straight; or double-cover inside, medium,
perimeter zones; or double-cover a specific player.  A double-coverage option
also asks the percent of the time to use the double, with the choices being
20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, or 100%.  If you double a specific player, it will take
the first matchup on the matchup list with both players on the floor to
decide who is doubled.  Naturally, double-coverage at one area means lesser
coverage elsewhere.

In college you can also choose zone defenses, the 2-3, 2-1-2, 3-2, triangle,
and box.  In 2-3, the center is under the hoop with the forwards to the side,
and the guards on the perimeter.  This is strongest against an inside game.
2-1-2 is similar, but with the center moved towards the free throw line,
and is strongest against a medium game.  The 3-2 has the center and PF
to the sides of the basket, with the SF and both guards on the perimeter.
This is strongest against a perimeter attack.  The triangle is similar to
a 2-1-2, but there is no specific strength, and the guards run at 5 trap
regardless of the team options.  The box takes the first matchup against
a guard on the list and makes it a man matchup, while the remaining 4
players play zone.  This allows for you to put your better defensive guard
against a strong opposing SG.

The secondary defense is used instead of the primary defense when certain
key opposing players are not on the floor (as set by the matchup and
defensive key preferences).  The secondary defense is set the same way
as the primary.  This is a useful strategy if the team has one outstanding
player who you wish to double-cover, and you want to play straight man
when he is not on the floor.

Matchups allow you to decide on the man-to-man matchups for your team.
This has no effect in college when using zones except for the box&1.
When the game runs it looks at the list starting at the first matchup,
and sets your players against the opposing players on defense.  It is
not necessary to specify all five positions, as any players not matched
up will go against the player closest to their position.  If no
defensive key players are set, matchups will also be used to determine
if primary or secondary defense is used.  If any defined matchups are
on the floor, the primary defense is used.  If none are on the floor
(and there is at least one matchup defined), the secondary defense is
used.

Key players let you choose 0, 1, or 2 players that will be on the court
in critical situations and handle the ball.

Defensive key players let you choose 0, 1, or 2 players that are used to
determine whether you use your primary or secondary defense.  If any
of those players are on the court, the primary defense is used.  If
none are on the court (and at least one is set), the secondary defense
is used.

Order sets the order of players on roster lists and box scores, but in
no way changes the way the game plays.

The bench usage options let you decide how much to use your bench at each
position, from 1 to 5.  Selecting 1 will give your bench almost no use, while
selecting 5 will treat your second string player as equal to the first
string.  Note that substitutions are based on the fatigue of each player, not
how much playing time they have had, so you will want to base these choices
here on the skill levels of the #1 and #2 players rather than their stamina.

In the bench section, you can also decide how likely you are to pull
starters in a blowout, winning or losing.  Setting either option to 1 means
that you never do it, while setting either to 5 makes you most likely.

d. Assignments

In theory, the players on the court will know who the best players to do
each task are.  However, this is not always the case, and you will want
to designate certain players to do certain things on offense.  Specifically,
you can designate shooters, ball-handlers, and rebounders.  Any combination
is legal, except that a rebounder cannot also be a ball-handler.  You can
also set players to be preferentially used when the team is ahead or behind
in the second half by setting the A and B options in the player assignment
menu.

Along with the assignment menu, is the selection of playing injured players.
Normally, if a player is injured he will not play.  But you can override that
to make them play.  Note that an injured player is more likely to get
injured than a healthy player, so you are taking a risk by doing this.  If
a player is injured, his attributes will get diminished according to the
injury level.  An injury level of A is a 6.25% penalty, B is 12.5%, three
is 18.75%, and so on.  Level P is a 100% penalty, meaning the player would
be useless.  You can set the maximum leg injury and maximum arm injury
the player will play with.  A player with both an arm and leg injury or
a concussion will not play unless his injury level is lower than both
settings you have given him.

e. Position switches

This is a good tool if you have players who are ineffective in their given
position, but would be much better in a different one.  The drawback is that
the players switched will suffer a performance penalty for a few games until
they learn the new positions.

The positions in order of increasing average distance from the basket are
Center (C), power forward (PF), small forward (SF), shooting guard (SG), and
point guard (PG).  The guards tend to stay on the perimeter, and therefore
take the most three pointers, while the center will take the most inside
shots.  This is important to remember, as height is more important for
centers and forwards, while distance shooting is more important for guards.
Also, the guards tend to handle the ball the most.


copyright (c) 1992-1999 Andy Dolphin