Dick Vitale provides color commentary for the sequel to 1999's March Madness with EA SPORTS' NCAA March Madness 2000 for the PlayStation game console. Retaining the similar play style of the previous versions with both Arcade and Simulation modes, March Madness 2000 promises an exciting basketball experience with new motion-captured moves and a Rivalry Mode.
With over 200 teams to choose from, including 50 new teams from the IVY, MEAC, SWAC, West Coast and Southern Conferences, EA SPORTS tries to capture the excitement of college hoops by giving the user complete control with every player, good or bad. This includes team-specific playbooks and styles, real school fight songs, and the Momentum Meter (which shows you how "hot" you currently are). Think you have what it takes to play in the Women's Sweet 16? It takes more than peer pressure when it comes to the top 16 women's teams in a national tournament battle.
Some improved features include Dynamic Ball Control, which allows players to perform revolutionary control of ankle-breaking crossovers, sick stutter step moves and more. Take on the best with the Deeper Dynasty Mode to build a powerhouse with national recruiting and "red-shirting" over multiple seasons. Or try your luck by winning conference championships and fighting for bids in the Big Dance .
Other modes like Tourney Madness gives you the option to review injury reports, rosters, brackets (Tournament, Regional, or Final Four), team and player statistics, game rules and audio options. How about your usual features like fatigue, auto fatigue in or out, game speed, shot, steal, deflect and block frequency, dunk window, score overlay, sub and play notification, auto replay, player indicator, substitutions, half length, skill level (freshman, sophomore, junior or senior) and injuries.
Take control of multiple camera angles, instant replays, timeouts and game stats. In Coaching Mode you can choose your offensive, defensive, inbounding and rebounding strategies, and setting up defensive match-ups. Your memory card can save all relevant information including backup options, user and all-time records. The Roster Manager gives you freedom to reorder a roster, and delete or red-shirt players.
The Create Players feature lets you utilize six attributes for your custom player including vital stats, recruit info, shooting, defense, rebounding and ball control. You can even randomize all statistics and attributes with just one button! And you get a total of 600 to 900 points to distribute between your player's skills, which range from zero to 99. The higher the points the better your player is at that particular skill.
The game also features demo video clips from NASCAR 2000 and NASCAR Rumble. And finally, one of the more popular features is the use of the Multi Tap. In this case you can have up to eight players play cooperative or competitively. Last but not least, your standings can be saved to a memory card with 14 blocks of space. With all the options and features available for the 1999 to 2000 season, NCAA March Madness 2000 will have you yelling "Dipsy-doo dunkaroo" as you count down to the Final Four.
Manufacturer's description:
All the moves to carry your team to the National Championship
Dynamic Ball Control (DBC) - Freeze the "D" with revolutionary control of ankle-breaking crossovers, sick stutter step moves and more.
Over 200 Teams - 50 new teams from the IVY, MEAC, SWAC, West Coast and Southern conferences.
Authentic College Hoops - Team-specific playbooks and play styles, real school fight songs, and the Momentum Meter
Deeper Dynasty Mode - Build a powerhouse over multiple seasons with national recruiting and red - shirting.
Tourney Madness - Go to the Big Dance' by winning your conference championship or by fighting for an at-large bid.
Features:
- Third person perspective.
- 3D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Basketball theme.
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