The season ‘ended’ about ten days ago. Feels like ten weeks. Besides watching past games on ESPN there is another release for basketball fanatics-simulation. Several news outlets are running NCAA tournament simulations. Here, it was decided to sim the Atlantic Ten Tournament using the 2020 bracket.
Used a table top game from Downey Sports. The company provides simulations in a number of sports (I prefer basketball but if you want a WWF or bullriding sim? Here you go. Came across the Indiana based company about a year ago and fell in love with its playing speed and accuracy.
Decided to use the Final Score College Basketball game for the simulation. The game is based on a team’s statistics. Each team has an offensive and defensive rating. You add the offense to the opposition defense for a number. Once you have a team’s number you roll the dice and check the corresponding chart. The dice roll and column corresponding to that offense minus defense total gives you the points for...
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