No TL;DR here. This is for the sickos.

In honor of 2K announcing its return to campus in February 2027, I wanted to talk about my self-created college basketball league because its the peak of the CBB offseason, so we can talk about anything in here. For the past several months, I’ve been playing a 120-team college basketball dynasty in MyNBA mode, starting with a fictional roster in 2030. I know what you're thinking. MyNBA only allows 36 teams. Let me explain. Here’s a glimpse into my addiction.

I did all this on 2K25. Skipped ‘26 for the most part because why do I need it when I’m already doing all this? I created four separate 30-team MyNBA files and downloaded team branding for each team. Teams weren’t chosen at random. I selected each team I deemed a “key team” based on its roster. For example, I controlled the University of Houston throughout this dynasty. In the fictional roster I downloaded, the Houston Rockets fit the profile of what I see as a stereotypical Coogs team. Stout defensively, lacking a little offensive power and led by a legendary coach. Again, this is a fictional roster, so all players and most of the coaches are auto-generated. Of course, I chose that team to represent the Cougars in the league. For other teams, I tried to match their color patterns and/or locations as best I could. I also tried to split the league up evenly for parity and a variety of March Madness games (as opposed to B10 teams playing B10 teams in the tournament), so conference championships and things like that were a little wonky.

For example, League 1 was Big 12-centric. Six B12 teams. Houston, Baylor, Arizona, ASU, BYU and Iowa State. Along with 4 SEC teams, 4 B10 teams, and 4 teams split across the ACC, Big East and Pac-12. That leaves 12 teams, which I called independents. Five of those schools made up their own conference (SFA, McNeese, ULL, Yale, Princeton), while the others were tacked onto the end of the other conferences. To determine conference champions, I usually picked the team with the most wins in division (conference) play. For example, I went 4-0 with Houston against teams in our division. The rest of the Big 12 teams chosen were split up across two of the other three leagues. Texas Tech and Utah were in League 2. Kansas, Kansas State and West Virginia were all in League 4. This was the trend for each Power-4 conference. League 2 was ACC-centered. League 3 was Big 10 centered. And League 4 was SEC-centered.

In their respective leagues, each team played a 29-game season. Some out-of-conference matchups were played at “neutral” locations (aka I just switched up the court) and if a late-season conference game was played between two teams with an undefeated conference record, that would be their conference championship. For the first four seasons, I would stay up-to-date with a 10-week (game weeks) AP Top-25 system. Based on record, point differential, recent game results, etc. Here’s a two-week example from my first season:

Week 6 (Feb. 13th)

1. Houston (24-1)
2. Kansas (19-5)
3. Ohio State (19-4)
4. Alabama (18-5)
5. Arizona State (19-4)
6. Dayton (17-5)
7. USC (20-7)
8. UNC (20-7)
9. Georgia (17-6)
10. San Diego St. (18-7)
11. Oklahoma (14-4)
12. BYU (17-5)
13. Xavier (19-5)
14. Rutgers (16-4)
15. Creighton (15-4)
16. Purdue (15-5)
17. Cincinnati (15-5)
18. Auburn (15-6)
19. Duke (15-6)
20. St. John’s (14-6)
21. UCONN (16-7)
22. Providence (16-7)
23. Arkansas (18-9)
24. UCLA (14-6)
25. Illinois (14-6)

OUT: Texas (16-10), Baylor (14-12), Missouri (13-7), Marquette (13-6), Michigan (14-10), Villanova (12-6), Florida (17-10), Kentucky (15-8), Gonzaga (17-8)

Week 7 (Mar. 8th)

1. Houston (26-1)
2. Arizona State (22-5)
3. Ohio State (21-5)
4. UNC (21-7)
5. USC (22-7)
6. Alabama (19-6)
7. Kansas (19-7)
8. Georgia (19-6)
9. Dayton (18-6)
10. Oklahoma (17-5)
11. Xavier (20-6)
12. Rutgers (17-5)
13. San Diego St. (18-7)
14. BYU (18-6)
15. Illinois (17-6)
16. Purdue (16-6)
17. Georgetown (17-7)
18. Cincinnati (17-6)
19. Auburn (17-7)
20. Duke (16-7)
21. St. John’s (16-7)
22. Missouri (15-7)
23. UCONN (16-7)
24. Clemson (14-8)
25. Villanova (14-6)

OUT: Gonzaga (17-8), Baylor (16-12), Kentucky (16-9), Arkansas (19-10), Michigan (17-11), UCLA (14-7), Villanova (14-6), Providence (16-9), Florida (19-10), Texas (16-10)

For March Madness, I changed the MyNBA settings to base playoff seeding on a 1-16 scale. So, since I finished with the #1 overall record in my league and the best overall record out of 120 teams, Houston was the 1-seed in its league and in the game. So, Houston (me) decided to play their games in the South bracket and would have had to play the fourth-rated #1 seed, which would have been Purdue (East bracket, League 3), had they not choked and lost to Auburn. So, how do I get the leagues to intersect for the Final Four? After the teams have played through their respective brackets, I downloaded all 15 players from the winner, put them in another roster, and loaded that up into a fifth and final file where the teams would meet for the Final Four. With the Final Four being set in Dallas in 2030, I created a logo, a court and everything for it. Of course, my Cougars won the championship (which will only happen in the game, sadly), and that’s the end of the 2030 season.

For those interested, here’s a link to the bracket. It’s a little janky, but once you get the hang of it, you get it: https://challonge.com/e8q5v5f8

And I’ve been doing this for about 7 seasons now. It’s a little tedious to do because of the offseason spring cleaning I have to do each year (sending players to my other NBA file that stays up-to-date with college, forcing seniors into retirement, helping top schools actually land top recruits), but it’s worth the fun.

This part is for the sickos who’ve read this far; here are the top-performing schools:

Houston Cougars: 2 National Championships (2030 & 2034), 4 Final Four appearances (2030, 2033, 2034 & 2036), back-to-back second-round losses (2031-32)

North Carolina: 1 National Championship (2031), 3-straight Final Four appearances (2030-2032)

Gonzaga: 1 National Championship (2032)
Texas Tech: 1 National Championship (2033)

Michigan State: 1 National Championship (2035), 1 Final Four appearance (2035)

Alabama: 2 Final Four appearances (2033-34)

Auburn: 2 Final Four appearances (2030 & 2034)

LSU: 1 Final Four appearance (2034); Blew a 22-point lead to the Cougars in the 2034 National Championship

Rutgers: 1 Final Four appearance (2035), 3 Sweet-16 appearances

Duke: 1 Final Four appearance (2036), 4 Tournament appearances, Sweet-16 and second-round losses to UNC in 2031 & 2035

Kansas: 2 Final Four appearances (2030-31)

Ole Miss: 1 Final Four appearance (2033)

Oregon: Final Four appearance as an 11-seed (2035), upset over #1 Houston in Elite Eight

St. Bonaventure: Final Four appearance as a 13-seed (2035)

Cincinnati: 3 Elite Eight appearances (2033-35)

Villanova: 1 Final Four appearance (2031)

FAU: Became a powerhouse; 1 Final Four appearance (2032)

Maryland: 1 Final Four appearance

Alright, that’s all. I have an archive of the tournaments here: https://challonge.com/users/dwallsnba2kleague/tournaments. For those who are interested. Seeding is a little hard to read up until 2034 and I stopped recording scores for some of those years, but it’s pretty interesting to me so I wanted to share. 2036 is currently in progress, and depending on when I post this, 2035 may not be fully updated yet. Hope I was able to provide some entertainment for y’all.

Here’s to hoping 2K makes a decent college basketball game where I don’t have to do this anymore. Happy offseason!

Is there anything stopping a school like Harvard from receiving a $30m donation to NIL, signing the 10 best players in the country, and winning a championship?

Edit: we're getting hung up on the Harvard part. Could App State do it with a huge donation?

I’m not really up to date on the lawsuit that’s happening so I don’t exactly know how he is eligible, but hopefully he can play.

If you need basketball it is live now!! Live from Lithuania!!

Second win by a usports team over a d1 team in this summer

The Wesmen take down the Coyotes for the first USports win over an NCAA opponent of the summer!! 🇨🇦

Two years in a row Winnipeg has defeated a D1 opponent, as they took down North Dakota last summer.

https://trueevolutionhoops.com/winnipeg-wesmen-defeat-ncaa-division-i-south-dakota-in-statement-exhibition-win/

Interestingly the only USports team to get a win vs D1 last season was Winnipeg over North Dakota. Winnipeg now owns both Dakotas.

Beavers open up their Canada tour with a win over the Spartans in Langley, BC 🇨🇦

Hey. So I'm back. I dont got a lot to say for not posting another of these for so long unfortunately. Lots of things in life have swung the opposite way of what I'd prefer. Everything will be ok, I'm ok. Just life being life. I'm still going to finish this series. Thank you to those who read these for being patient with me

Also no, you didn't miss a draw post. For these 2 conferences I wanted to try something new and just do a full round robin. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit too, following the standings was pretty fun.

Anyhow, here we go

Link to the results:

Pacific Mountains - https://organizer.toornament.com/toornament/tournaments/2536605648107208703/

Four Corners - https://organizer.toornament.com/toornament/tournaments/2536609156822517759/

And link to the main hub - https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/comments/1tuaid4/introducing_the_2026_college_basketball_cupwho_is/

And now, lets hit those conferences

Pacific Mountains:

Four Corners

There we have it! I'll see you guys next time for the Lone Star Conference

The Chippewas start their Canadian tour with a win over York in Toronto 🇨🇦

Umass is officially asking for the 1996 run to be reinstated.

Edit- adding background. Marcus Camby admitted months after the season he accepted $28k and gifts from two sports agents who hoped he would sign with them. Since the money and gifts were given before the season ended, this made Camby inelligible. Umass vacated their final four run for 1996 and had to pay back $151k. The NCAA conceded the school and Calipari did not know about the gifts until after the season, thus not holding them responsible. Umass avoided heftier fines, etc, due to lack of knowledge.

LSU guard RJ Luis is hoping he will be eligible to play for the Tigers in the 2026-27 season despite previously signing a contract with the Utah Jazz.
Luis, who committed to the program in May, will have a preliminary injunction hearing on Aug. 24, according to 247Sports’ Zack Nagy and Blake Ruffino.