NCAA Basketball 10 Home Court Advantage
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Way back in April the Top 15 toughest places to play in NCAA Basketball 10 were determined via fan voting. EA Sports has now released a video that features a countdown of the top 10. IGN also has a quick Q&A regarding the home court advantage that will be included in the game which you can check out in its entirety here.
IGN: If I select a school that’s not on the top ten toughest places to play list for my dynasty, can I build them into such a powerhouse that they’ll eventually make it on the list?
Connor Dougan: You sure can – It’s all about taking your school and building up that powerhouse program and a big part of that is having a great home court advantage and great home record. Do that and you’ll find yourself among the top 20 Toughest Places to Play.
Atmosphere is a critical part of college basketball and having played NBA Live 10 and experienced the playoff atmosphere it is easy to recognize how much it can add to the enjoyment of the game. The video however doesn’t offer much other than a chance to hear some of the audio which does seem as though it will be impressive. Continue on to watch and leave your thoughts in the comments.
October 30, 2009 at 3:26 pm
So EA is bringing this into their hoops game after College Football had it years ago? How did that work? Enough with the needless crap enhancements to the feel of the game. Give us what we all want already and that is enhanced Dynasty Mode and Online Dynasty!!!!
October 30, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I like how that IGN article calls this a "new feature"…even though it has been done in NCAA Football before, way back to the Xbox/PS2 days.
Why can't EA get college basketball right?
October 31, 2009 at 2:04 am
This will probably be like NCAA football where you can take a school, run through 10 years without losing a single game at home, and still not break the top 25. It is there for show but it doesn't matter what you actually do.
October 30, 2009 at 3:45 pm
How is Duke number #5?!?! Xavier is tougher to play at than Duke?!?! That's an insult to anyone who watches college bball.
October 30, 2009 at 8:40 pm
Rrrrrrrrrrrright. I hate Duke, but the Cameron Crazies are loud in that small venue. You said Xavier! -lol
October 30, 2009 at 3:56 pm
About time home court actually means something.
October 30, 2009 at 4:07 pm
But…what does it means besides just aesthetics? Does it effect the opposing teams players in any way?
October 30, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I thought the IGN article said that attributes are affected.
October 30, 2009 at 4:24 pm
To all who voted on these "toughest home courts": Do you have any clue about college basketball? These are the kinds of things that upset me, among many other things, about EA Sports. The fact that you use fan voting to determine these things when you should be using experts. The fact that Duke is not #1 on that list and that Michigan St., Kentucky, Wisconsin and Purdue are nowhere to be found is just an insult to college bball fans. I'm a HUGE college basketball fan and three weeks ago I was jacked for this game. But after no online dynasty and having to read this crappy display of "features" I'm not sure I will get it now. EA you are a joke! Plain and simple!
October 30, 2009 at 11:54 pm
why are you gettin all worked up g's?? fuk dat list that doesnt mean it cant be a good game.
October 30, 2009 at 4:41 pm
That list of toughest place to place is pretty bogus. Clemson?!??? Xavier?!?! Seriously?
Where is the Breslin Center?
October 30, 2009 at 5:04 pm
seriously not even trying to be a homer, but no kohl center for Uw, Purdue and MSU no where to be found?? The same people who voted this are prolly the same people who slurp the SEC in football every year, even tho this year they are VASTLY overated. . Cmon EA, do some research here.
October 30, 2009 at 5:20 pm
yeah Im definetly renting this game.
October 30, 2009 at 5:31 pm
This will be #1 on my GameFly queue for sure but I am not buying this.
October 30, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Hey pasta, does your controller rumble when its getting rlly loud in these places??????????????????????????
October 30, 2009 at 6:51 pm
kentucky should be #1 they lead da nation in attendence with a avg. team last year and now they got J-Cal and da #1 class and there not in da top 10 and lets not forget who got da most wins in college b-ball lets get it right EA
October 30, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Why doesn't EA just swallow their pride & hire some 2K developers? Not that 2K doesn't have their issues but they're way ahead of EA when it comes to basketball. EA will never get basketball right on this generation of consoles. They can add all the gimicky features they want but as long as the gameplay is flawed then ???
October 30, 2009 at 7:29 pm
Xavier and Clemson kinda shock me. Damn. They're stretching.
Wish NCAA football would bring this feature back.
October 30, 2009 at 7:56 pm
EA should stop making crappy basketball games bros! Bring back the champ! the only suckers buying this one are the suckers who bought Live! lol
October 30, 2009 at 8:42 pm
first of all Live is really good this year. but you can't dismiss ncaa just because 2k didnt want to make a college game anymore. i liked college hoops but its time to move on and if ncaa is fun (demo first) ill buy it
October 30, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Having the fans vote was a huge mistake. There is no way in hell that Xavier is a tough place to play. I have been to games there and the atmosphere is no where near Cameron Indoor or the Breslin Center (been to Breslin many times).
November 1, 2009 at 6:38 am
agreeed man simply agreed no way i hell xavier and clemson exceed duke. Duke fans are crazy
October 30, 2009 at 3:04 pm
i always did think that the new gameplay enhancements to ea’s basketball franchises was suited more towards the ncaa game. nba basketball is alot more flashy, alot more isolation, a lot more faster..and their new gameplay just doesnt cover that for me. diving on the floor for balls, off ball play and spoting up, on the fly play calling is alot more what ncaa ball is like, i think this will be a lot better game than live 10.
October 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Bunch of whiny bitches lately when it comes to these sport games. The community sucks these days
October 31, 2009 at 3:07 pm
The same thing that NCAA Football has had for 4 or 5 years, where is the new feature other than the CBS integration?
October 31, 2009 at 3:38 pm
NO GALLAGHER IBA ARENA!?!?!?? THAT IS BULLSHIT!
November 1, 2009 at 9:38 pm
kansas 6? duke 5? did they mean one and two. EA should be emberassed and do a little research