GAMES MICROSOFT XBOX NCAA 2K3 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Manual - page 13
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Coach Goals Screen (Career Legacy only)
On this screen, you will get a short note and some goals outlined
to you by your school’s athletic director for the upcoming season.
On the upper right part of the screen, you will be able to see a
graphical indicator of your job security as the coach of this school’s
basketball program.
LEGACY MAIN MENU
Legacy Options is the main menu from which you can access your
schedule, play/simulate games, manage your rosters, assign
offensive and defensive plays from the playbook, and access
game options.
PRE-SEASON
The Pre-Season Menu allows you to alter your coaching style at
the beginning of each season as well as modify your team’s
schedule difficulty.
Coaching Style
This screen allows you to alter your coaching style. For more
information on this screen, see the Coach Attributes Screen on
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Schedule Difficulty
If you aspire to be a big-time college basketball powerhouse, you
have to prove yourself to the nation against the best competition
out there. Whether you think your given schedule is too easy or too
hard, you can always alter it here.
Press the Y button to bring up the Schedule Difficulty
Setting Overlay.
• If you want to increase or decrease the difficulty of your schedule,
select either the Increase or Decrease difficulty options and press
the A button. You will now notice that your schedule has been
changed and you will be playing against different competition.
You can repeat this process until you are satisfied with the
difficulty of your schedule.
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Players Leaving Early for NBA: When set to YES, undergraduates
may declare early for the NBA draft at the end of every season.
When set to NO, your players will not leave your school for the
NBA draft until they use up all four years of their college eligibility.
Keep in mind, though, that players on your team who don’t receive
much playing time can still transfer to another school.
Legacy Setup Screen
On the Legacy Setup Screen each USER chooses their team
and coach:
In Career Legacy Mode, your choice of schools to coach is limited
to a few small schools with coaching vacancies. You’ll have to
work your way up before you can coach for a powerhouse.
In Open Legacy Mode, the choice is yours. You can coach for any
of your favorite teams.
To choose your team and coach:
1. Highlight the conference, team, or coach.
2. Use the left or right trigger to cycle through selections.
3. When selecting a coach, use the left or right trigger to select
your coach’s appearance and press the A button to bring up the
Enter Player Name Screen to name your coach.
4. When using the Enter Player Name Screen, you can either select
a name from the list to the right of the screen, or type in your
own name. Use the right trigger to toggle between the First
Name Slot and the Last Name Slot. To select a name from the
list, press the Y button to switch the highlight to the name list.
Move the left thumbstick or directional pad up or down to
highlight a name and press the A button to select it. To type in
your own name, use the left thumbstick or directional pad to
highlight letters and characters, pull and hold the left trigger to
capitalize letters, and use the A button to select characters.
Highlight the left arrow and press the A button to backspace.
Coaching Attributes Screen
This screen allows you to customize your coaching style with seven
different attribute slider bars. To select an attribute slider, press up
or down on the left thumbstick or directional pad. To adjust the
slider, press left or right (depending on what type of coaching style
you want) on the left thumbstick or directional pad. The more you
set the slider to one direction, the more your coaching style
resembles the description.