Typically, that ends with you taking a job like North Carolina or Kentucky or UCLA. I have played through way too many dynasties in this game since it was released at the end of my own college years - never actually playing the games, but simming through the seasons and doing the recruiting.

As you go through the game, your coach gains attribute points as you accomplish certain goals, and eventually bigger schools offer you a job. The real gold mine of College Hoops 2K8 is found in career legacy mode, where you start off as a poorly-rated coach with the choice of only low-major schools to take over at the start of a 40-year career. There’s an incredible amount of detail packed into this game, from shooting lines before tip-off to a studio show hosted by Greg Gumbel to impressive game play that stands the test of time more than a decade later. The rosters alone would make this a fun time capsule of one of the strongest college basketball seasons in recent memory, but the game itself is so much deeper than that. It features the likeness of Stephen Curry as a sophomore on Davidson, Derrick Rose as a freshman on Memphis, Kevin Love and Russell Westbrook on UCLA, James Harden on Arizona State, and Tyler Hansbrough on North Carolina.

While the NBA 2K franchise seemingly grows in popularity every year and exists as one gaming’s biggest annual releases, its college counterpart was discontinued after the 2K8 edition amid a licensing battle with EA Sports before the O’Bannon lawsuit eventually shut down college sports videos game as we know them.Ĭollege Hoops 2K8 has Greg Oden on the cover. The College Hoops 2K series is one of the great forgotten gems of sports gaming at the end of the of the ‘00s.

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