Draft Day Sports: College Basketball 2021

I've been playing this series for several years now and have wanted to love it from the start. We need a game like this and this is the best I've seen since PS2. That said, it's been plagued with bugs, has been crash-prone, is slightly clunky, and there are issues with both executing your actions and with knowing what action you're even able to take. Let's talk crashes first. This version feels way more stable to me. The previous versions were so crash prone that I'd regularly just give up on my entire campaign, hoping for more stability next year. I'm about two years into a campaign this time around and have only crashed once. Basically, I hit 'sim games' after I'd already made it to the end of the season. I didn't entirely know I was at the end of the season so it wasn't totally clear why that button was there. Upon clicking it, I got an unhandled exception for an out of range value (likely indicating something with the lists/array handling on the back-end not having a plan in plac...

I honestly have mixed reviews over this game. The game overall is very good except for the in game simulation itself. First thing I noticed was my team was fouling a lot, so I created more leagues and did testing. I created a total of 23 leagues to test this over 49 games. On 47 of those games, my team committed over 30 fouls. Whether things like defensive intensity was at max or at minimum, my team just seemed to always foul. Another thing I noticed was the box you can check to shoot 3s. About halfway through game testing about fouling, I noticed that that box was not working anymore. I checked it through about 20 games, and 18 of those games it didn't respond, as my team kept shooting in the mid range or the paint. I hope the game simulation system is just bugged or something, because it really sucks that no matter what I do, the simulation keeps screwing me over.

What a wonderful game ... if you enjoy watching your game load and nothing happening. I finished my first season, was setting summer travel plans and recruits. Game says this will take longer than usual but ... 7 hours later, the game was still initializing. I enjoy playing games not watching a little buffer wheel spinning for hours on end. Started the second half of a game playing man to man defense. 5 seconds into the second half, foul...10 seconds later, foul...22 seconds later, foul. I selected to change to a zone defense after the first foul but the game would not allow it until after a possession change. BTW... my defensive intensity was set to minimum, yet still foul after foul is called. There is an option to work the referee. I pressed that button one time and get a technical called against me, almost cost me a game. So much more I could say ... lets just say, I was really expecting more from this game. A big let down

This is a perfect game for that NCAA Basketball SIM Itch. Great Game Gary and I really love the interface, very easy to navigate around. The Depth Chart matrix is easier to set and the SIM engine is giving great results as always. I like the ability to choose Brutal for recruiting toughness, I always thought it was easy in the other version but not anymore. Anyone wanting a realistic and challenging NCAA basketball SIM is version is about perfect.

Love this game!! Get the RealMod, it makes it much better

TL;DR: While this game still carries some of the flaws of previous games, it is definitely the most stable and promising release yet. If you love college basketball and need something to get through the offseason, this game definitely scratches that itch and is the only CBB simulation game at this level of depth and replayability. 7.5/10 (Very Good) I've played DDSCB since the 2018 version of the game as I was bored with the then 8 year old Fast Break College Basketball 2, which as a whole was very bland and had a dead community. I enjoyed the game, but the UI and game systems were unattractive and super buggy, and I lost my most-played save to corruption and bugs multiple times. Since then, the series has undergone some massive improvements, starting with the UI. Last year's UI got a complete overhaul, and this year's edition makes it even better. It still needs some touching up in small areas, but overall the game looks great on all of your most visited pages. Recruiting looks a...

I like it for the most, 3/5 stars. My only gripe is it's literally impossible to get dinky teams prestige up. I won 5 conference championships, went to the sweet 16 twice all in same 5 years. Next year I get to the finals of the championship and lose. I check my prestige, and the 5 points I worked so hard for are gone and I lose another 5 points... The penalty needs to be way less brutal on small schools, or more than 1 point of prestige rewarded when you take a team ranked 2 from the bottom in the entire game and take them to the sweet 16 twice, and 5 conference championships I should get bumped quite a bit up yet now I'm worse than when I took over the team... Huuuge flaw in the game! I don't go for the big dog teams when I play these types of games, whats the point? I've always liked underdog teams and a challenge, and I did my part to put an unknown school on the map, but in the game they aren't... there is no reward for my hard work, it's almost turned me completely off from conti...

Very deep simulation of college basketball. Wolverine has developed a good reputation in a very niche market of sports text simulators. Love how they accurately portray the various teams and conferences reflected of the NCAA and have a pretty robust recruiting engine. The great thing about college basketball is you can build up a mid-major team to compete with the big boys and after 3 seasons, I've been able to do so and it has been very satisfying. From a gameplay standpoint I guess the only thing I've noticed is that it appears to be very difficult to come back when down at halftime. Also that sometimes the clock just runs out on a possession and you are unsure if a shot was missed or it was a shot clock violation. Overall very good product for what you get and a joy for those of us who enjoy this niche genre.

Exactly what I was looking for. Sure it's not perfect, but what game is? A few annoying glitches once in a while, but nothing game breaking. Definitely recommend to those looking to fill the void created by the lack of college basketball video games.

cant advance after the first game and gets to a point where the save file cant even load