Hoops Dynasty
World Information
- How many coaches does it take to get started?
- Can you explain how Home Court Advantage is calculated?
- Is there a maximum number of coaches who can compete at one time?
- What determines a school's prestige?
- What does "home court advantage" mean? Does it change?
- What is the difference between the RPI rankings and the Top 25 rankings?
Statistics
Scheduling
- What time are exhibition games played?
- Is there any reason to play (or not play) an exhibition game?
- Why do I have an 11th non-conference game on my schedule?
- Do I have any control over non-conference scheduling?
- Why aren't some computer-coached (Sim AI) teams available for me to challenge?
- How many exhibition games can I schedule?
Roster Management
- Who is eligible for a medical hardship waiver?
- How does a player apply for the medical hardship waiver?
- How does 'redshirting' a player work?
- I'd like to rescind a scholarship from one of my returning players - can I do that?
- What is a medical hardship waiver?
- If a player is redshirted, does this make the roster size 13, or does it stay at 12? (i.e. we'll have one fewer player available for the season)
Recruiting
- How are the Recruiting Class Rankings created?
- What resources do I get for recruiting?
- Does the success of my program impact the quality and quantity of our recruits?
- What happens if I don't use all of my recruiting budget?
- Do AI-controlled teams recruit like humans?
- Can I recruit before or after the official recruiting period?
Rankings
Practice
- What's the minimum time I need to practice an area so a player's rating won't go down?
- Do players practice in the off-season? Should I see any ratings improvements based on practice times?
- Do you still have to give red-shirts study hall minutes?
- How do player ratings change? What about work ethic?
- How do I know how much study time to give someone?
- During the off-season, does the amount of time you put into individual categories (i.e. rebounding, passing, etc) play into how much a player's skills may improve / diminish during the break between seasons?
Post Season
- Why is there such a big discrepancy between my RPI and my seed in the national tournament?
- How are the at-large bids for the National Tournament determined? What about the seeding?
- If we don't get a bid to the National Tournament, will there be a secondary (NIT) type of tournament?
- Do all teams play in the National Tournament?
- Are all postseason games played at a neutral site?
- How frequently are National Tournament games played?
Players
- How do I know when players are getting tired during games?
- How do I improve a players work ethic?
- Why is my player complaining about promises if he's injured?
- Does resting a player increase the rate at which his health returns to normal (for both cases - severe and non-severe injuries)?
- How important is work ethic? In other words, how much will guys improve with practice?
- Do players improve in the offseason? How much?
Grades
- How many academic terms are there per season?
- Do I have to worry about a player's grades? Can they become academically ineligible?
- If a player finishes the season with less than a 2.0 GPA, will be eligible for next season?
- What happens if one of my players becomes academically ineligible?
- How much study hall does it take to keep a kid academically eligible?
General Questions
Game Planning
- Is there any way to keep a player from fouling?
- How do the target minute settings work?
- How does the auto-adjust tempo option work?
- How does the option to play my backups more work?
- Is there any impact for playing players out of position, e.g. playing my PF at the SF spot?
- I am curious about the Double-team setting - If you set a player to double-team if leading scorer, does that mean leading scorer of the entire team or leading scorer of the team presently on the floor?
Conference Tournament
- Are all Conference Tournament games played at a neutral site?
- What are the matchups in the conference tournament?
- Do all teams play in the conference tournament?
- How frequently are Conference Tournament games played?
- How are the seeds determined for the Conference Tournament? What are the tiebreakers?
Career
- Can a coach apply for any job?
- Can coaches get fired?
- What happens if I don't renew my team?
- Can a coach apply for more than 1 job at the same time?
- I know a certain job doesn't currently have a coach, so why doesn't it show up in the list for me to reserve/apply?
- Can I skip a season?