You be the coach -- for s***s and giggles

[RaceToTheTop]

Time for you to say what you would do differently.  Give me a strategy to plug in to the PC Stellar game and I'll sim it -- five games at Iowa followed by five at Wisconsin and I'll give you the results.  Whoever's strategy produces the most wins receives the Couch Coach Prize.  Tiebreaker will be pointspread of the ten games.

Catches:

1.  You can not put more than ten players in a rotation as this is a PC Stellar limit.  Give me your five starters and how much you want each player in the rotation to play off the bench.  Note that if you a play a player too much beyond the number of actual minutes he plays, fatigue can set it.  MAKE SURE YOUR TOTAL TARGET MINUTES TOTALS 200.

2.  Want a special rule for sitting players based on number of fouls?  Let me know.  Default rule will sit players with two fouls in the first half;  players with four fouls will sit until there are four minutes in the second half.

3.  Want a greater emphasis on outside or inside shots?  Let me know.  Note with those inside shot option on, you can expect about 30% less threes, with outside on, expect about 30% more threes.

4.  Want the team to play zone instead of man-to-man?  Let me know.

5.  Want to press?  Let me know when.  Note that this option will increase the number of fouls you commit but increase opponent turnovers.

6.  Want to push pace less or more than IU actually does?  Let me know.  Increasing pace will increase number of possessions, slightly increase shooting percentage as it can produce some layups, but will increase turnovers.  Both teams players will get tired faster.  Slowing down pace will reduce possessions, produce higher shooting percentages but also poor ball handling teams will turn the ball over more often due to a greater number of passes.

[RaceToTheTop]

My coaching strategy:

Starters and target

Johnson, G  30 minutes per game (IMO, I'd rather have a love/hate point guard than one I just mostly hate)

Stewart, G  25 minutes per game

Galloway, F/G  22 minutes per game

Thompson, F/C  32 minutes per game

TJD, C  35 minutes per game

BENCH

Kopp, F 20 minutes per game

Geronimo, F 13 minutes/game

Bates, G 10 minutes/game

Lander, G 8 minutes/game (I'm waving the white flag on Phin......at this point the Minnesota game just looks like a fluke and he didn't look like he wanted the ball at all against Iowa)

Leal, G/F 5 minutes/game

Foul rules:  pull player if they pick up their second foul with more than ten minutes in first half;  put back in at ten minutes.  Put on bench for remainder of half if they pick up their third foul.  In the second half, use default -- pick up fourth foul, is until 4 minutes left.

Keep inside/outside emphasis the same.

Stay in man-to-man

Press if team is down in the second half with less than ten minutes left.

Only push pace if down more then six points in the second half with under ten minutes left.

[IU Scott]

I would go with a 8 man rotation.

4-5 position, TJD,Race, Geronimo.  I would bring in Geronimo in for Race at the under 12 timeout. After 3-4 minutes bring in Race for TJD. In another couple of minutes bring in TJD for Geronimo.

2-3 position. Stewart, Kopp and Galloway. I would do the same sub pattern as the 4-5 position.

1 position Johnson and RP.

Doing this would always have either TJD and Race in the game as well as always  having an outside shooter.  It would always have at least two starters in at all time.

 

[MikeRoberts]

IU Scott put down almost verbatim what I’ve said in other threads but a few important changes:

would go with a 9 man rotation.

(4-5)  TJD 34, Race 34, Geronimo 12 - Geronimo always playing the 4, Race slides to the 5 for 3 minutes each half while TJD sits.

(2-3)  Stewart 25, Kopp 25, Bates 15, Leal 15

(1)  Galloway 30, Johnson 10

The faster the pace the better on offense and pressure on defense

[RaceToTheTop]

Got it.  For both of you, since I have to feed in 10 players, I'll put in players to fill the roster out but won't play them unless there are too many guys fatigued or in foul problems.

[rcbowla]

Rotation:
5- TJD 35 min
4- Race 25 min
3- Galloway 25 min
2- Stewart 25 min
1- Johnson 30 min
5- Race 5 min
4- Geronimo 15 min
3- Kopp 15 min
2- Bates 15 min
1- Lander 10 min

Pace:
Up tempo on misses rebounded, half court off makes

Fouls:
Default

Press:
When down 8 pts or more

3pt:
Shoot more when down 5 or more pts (if possible). If not possible a balanced approach

Defense:
Man to man

Rebounding:
Crash the offensive glass

I'll edit if I missed something

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[RaceToTheTop]

I am changing the sim structure slightly — doing 2 at Nebraska, 2 at Iowa, 2 at home against Minnesota, 2 at home against Iowa, and 2 at Penn state.

the game does have one item I’m not in love with — when a player has a really low three point percentage in real life it’s engine looks like it will keep them from shooting three pointers altogether.  In sims, Race won’t shoot threes.

[Hovadipo]

4 minutes ago, brumdog45 said:

In sims, Race won’t shoot threes.

Well, God bless PC Stellar then. 

[DWB]

Really interesting game. Results might "temper" some of our comments on here (including mine). Thanx for doing this. Seems like a ton of work on your part. Appreciate it !

Starters:

TJD: 32 minutes

Race: 30 minutes

Galloway: 30 minutes (plays point guard)

Leal: 30 minutes

Stewart: 20 minutes

Subs:

Kopp for Stewart  10 minutes

Bates for TJD: 8 minutes

Geronimo for Race: 10 minutes

Phin for Leal: 10 minutes

X for Galloway: 10 minutes

Parameters:

Up tempo pace

35% press, 65% M2M

Race & Trayce are never out of the game at the same time. Phin & X are never in the game at same time.

Use defaults for fouls,  inside/outside same.

Let me know if I missed anything.

[RaceToTheTop]

Have created a roster that has Lander on it and not Phin, will have to create another with Phin and not Lander.  Will have to create the one with Phin before I can do Scot's sims.

Just completed MikeRoberts strategy and he put up a good one.  Didn't think it was going to do too well because the first sim was a blowout loss at Iowa.

at Iowa sims:  loss 91-69, win 82-67

at Nebraska sim:  win 65-62, win 79-53

home against Ohio State:  loss 66-65 in OT;  win 67-64

home against Minnesota:  75-66 win, 65-59 win

at Penn State:  88-64 win, 76-74 win in OT.

Overall:  8-2 record;  average points for 73.1, points against 66.8.  Point differential +6.3 per game

IU team stats:  277/617 from the floor (45%), 64/160 from three (40%), 113/175 from the line (65%), 167 fouls, 422 rebounds, 147 assists, 156 turnovers, 47 blocks, 77 steals

Opponents:245/666 from the floor (37%), 68/220 from three (31%), 110/143 from the line (77%), 177 fouls, 403 rebounds, 138 assists, 143 turnovers, 32 blocks, 77 steals

Individual stats (target minute were tried to obtained but slight differences occur due to foul issues):

TJD:  35 mpg, 76/154 from field (49%), 36/66 from the line (55%), 117 rebounds, 21 fuls, 32 assists, 21 turnovers, 23 blocks, 9 steals, 18.8 ppg

Stewart:  23 mpg, 38/73 from the field (52%), 31/53 from three (58%), 11/17 from the line (65%), 25 rebounds, 25 fouls, 8 assists, 10 steals, 21 turnvoers, 11.8 ppg

Thompson:  32 mpg, 43/87 from the field (49%), 26/37 from the line (70%), 112 rebounds, 30 fouls, 20 assists, 17 steals, 4 blocks, 27 turnovers, 11.2 ppg

Kopp:  29 mpg, 27/75 from the field (36%), 9/36 from three (25%), 10/10 from the line, 32 rebounds, 22 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 11 turnovers, 7.3 ppg

Galloway:  29 mpg, 26/70 from the field (37%), 7/20 from three (35%), 5/6 from the ilne (83%), 42 rebounds, 32 assists, 11 steals, 5 blocks, 16 turnovers, 6.4 ppg

Bates:  17 mpg, 25/59 from the field (42%), 7/22 from three (32%), 6/6 from the line, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks, 15 turnovers, 6.3 ppg

Johnson:  12 mpg, 21/43 from the field (49%), 2/7 from three (29%), 15/18 from the line (83%), 21 rebounds, 13 assists, 6 steals, 1 block, 20 turnovers, 5.9 ppg

Geronimo:  15 mpg, 16/38 from the field (42%), 5/12 from three (42%), 4/13 from the line (31%0, 52 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 steals, 7 blocks, 12 turnovers, 4.1 ppg

Leal:  13 mpg, 5/18 from the field (28%), 3/10 from three (30%), 0/2 from the line, 8 fouls, 7 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers, 1.3 ppg

[RaceToTheTop]

My rotation:

at Iowa:  loss 74-71 (OT), won 69-68

at Nebraska win 79-62, win 89-65

Ohio State:  win 78-72, win 76-72

Minnesota:  loss 65-69, win 64-57

at Penn State:  loss 67-56, win 71-56

Overall:  7-3 record, 71.2 point/game for, 65.8 point/game against, point spread +5.4 ppg

Team stats:  267/579 from the field (46%), 65/154 from three (42%), 113/164 from the line (69%), 393 rebounds, 147 fouls, 155 assists, 63 steals, 52 blocks, 134 turnovers, 71.2 point/game

Opponents:  240/627 from the field (38%), 71/225 from three (32%), 107/149 from the line (72%), 164 fouls, 373 rebounds, 125 assists, 61 steals, 24 blocks, 125 turnovers, 65.8 point/game

IU individual stats:

TJD:  37 mpg, 71/141 from the field (50%), 40/64 from the line (63%), 113 rebounds, 23 fouls, 22 assists, 8 steals, 30 blocks, 22 turnovers, 18.2 ppg

Johnson:  31 mpg, 42/88 from the field (48%), 15/29 from three (52%), 23/33 from the line (70%), 18 fouls, 48 assists, 10 steals, 3 blocks, 36 turnovers, 12.2 ppg

Thompson:  30 mpg, 36/85 from the field (42%), 17/26 from the line (65%), 103 rebounds, 27 fouls, 17 assists, 10 steals, 6 blocks, 17 turnovers, 8.9 ppg

Kopp:  20 mpg, 26/53 from the field (49%), 12/24 from three (50%), 14/15 from the line (93%), 7 fouls, 29 rebounds, 13 assists, 5 steals, 2 blocks, 8 turnovers, 7.8 ppg

Stewart:  23 mpg, 25/54 from the field (46%), 22/45 from three (49%), 4/5 from the line (80%), 20fouls, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals, 8 turnovers, 7.6 ppg

Galloway:  22 mpg, 23/55 from the field (42%), 5/17 from three (29%), 9/13 from the line (69%), 18 fouls, 22 rebounds, 17 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 12 turnovers, 6.0 ppg

Geronimo:  14 mpg, 15/30 from the field (50%), 5/9 from three (56%), no free throws, 29 rebounds, 16 fouls, 6 steals, 5 blocks, 20 turnovers, 3.5 ppg

Bates:  11 mpg, 14/40 from the field (35%), 4/18 from three (22%), no free throws, 6 fouls, 6 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, 3 blocks, 5 turnovers, 3.2 ppg

Lander:  9 mpg, 10/21 from the field (48%), 1/6 from three (17%), 5/7 from the line (71%), 14 rebounds, 8 fouls, 12 assists, 4 steals, 6 turnovers, 2.6 ppg

Leal:  5 mpg, 5/12 from the field (42%), 1/6 from three (17%), 1/1 from the line (100%), 4 fouls, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals, 0 turnovers, 1.2 ppg 

[RaceToTheTop]

17 hours ago, rcs29 said:

Rotation:
5- TJD 35 min
4- Race 25 min
3- Galloway 25 min
2- Stewart 25 min
1- Johnson 30 min
5- Race 5 min
4- Geronimo 15 min
3- Kopp 15 min
2- Bates 15 min
1- Lander 10 min

Pace:
Up tempo on misses rebounded, half court off makes

Fouls:
Default

Press:
When down 8 pts or more

3pt:
Shoot more when down 5 or more pts (if possible). If not possible a balanced approach

Defense:
Man to man

Rebounding:
Crash the offensive glass

I'll edit if I missed something

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Can do everything you have listed except no option in the game to crash the offensive glass.

[rcbowla]

Got it.  For both of you, since I have to feed in 10 players, I'll put in players to fill the roster out but won't play them unless there are too many guys fatigued or in foul problems.

Sorry make my 10th option Leal please

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[MikeRoberts]

9 hours ago, brumdog45 said:

Have created a roster that has Lander on it and not Phin, will have to create another with Phin and not Lander.  Will have to create the one with Phin before I can do Scot's sims.

Just completed MikeRoberts strategy and he put up a good one.  Didn't think it was going to do too well because the first sim was a blowout loss at Iowa.

at Iowa sims:  loss 91-69, win 82-67

at Nebraska sim:  win 65-62, win 79-53

home against Ohio State:  loss 66-65 in OT;  win 67-64

home against Minnesota:  75-66 win, 65-59 win

at Penn State:  88-64 win, 76-74 win in OT.

Overall:  8-2 record;  average points for 73.1, points against 66.8.  Point differential +6.3 per game

IU team stats:  277/617 from the floor (45%), 64/160 from three (40%), 113/175 from the line (65%), 167 fouls, 422 rebounds, 147 assists, 156 turnovers, 47 blocks, 77 steals

Opponents:245/666 from the floor (37%), 68/220 from three (31%), 110/143 from the line (77%), 177 fouls, 403 rebounds, 138 assists, 143 turnovers, 32 blocks, 77 steals

Individual stats (target minute were tried to obtained but slight differences occur due to foul issues):

TJD:  35 mpg, 76/154 from field (49%), 36/66 from the line (55%), 117 rebounds, 21 fuls, 32 assists, 21 turnovers, 23 blocks, 9 steals, 18.8 ppg

Stewart:  23 mpg, 38/73 from the field (52%), 31/53 from three (58%), 11/17 from the line (65%), 25 rebounds, 25 fouls, 8 assists, 10 steals, 21 turnvoers, 11.8 ppg

Thompson:  32 mpg, 43/87 from the field (49%), 26/37 from the line (70%), 112 rebounds, 30 fouls, 20 assists, 17 steals, 4 blocks, 27 turnovers, 11.2 ppg

Kopp:  29 mpg, 27/75 from the field (36%), 9/36 from three (25%), 10/10 from the line, 32 rebounds, 22 assists, 9 steals, 2 blocks, 11 turnovers, 7.3 ppg

Galloway:  29 mpg, 26/70 from the field (37%), 7/20 from three (35%), 5/6 from the ilne (83%), 42 rebounds, 32 assists, 11 steals, 5 blocks, 16 turnovers, 6.4 ppg

Bates:  17 mpg, 25/59 from the field (42%), 7/22 from three (32%), 6/6 from the line, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 3 steals, 4 blocks, 15 turnovers, 6.3 ppg

Johnson:  12 mpg, 21/43 from the field (49%), 2/7 from three (29%), 15/18 from the line (83%), 21 rebounds, 13 assists, 6 steals, 1 block, 20 turnovers, 5.9 ppg

Geronimo:  15 mpg, 16/38 from the field (42%), 5/12 from three (42%), 4/13 from the line (31%0, 52 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 steals, 7 blocks, 12 turnovers, 4.1 ppg

Leal:  13 mpg, 5/18 from the field (28%), 3/10 from three (30%), 0/2 from the line, 8 fouls, 7 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 13 turnovers, 1.3 ppg

I was hoping my lineup would go 10-0 but I think almost any team in the Bigten would take 8-2, including IU. Please send to Woody, thanks in advance! Mike

[RaceToTheTop]

rcs sims:

unlucky splits;  0-5 in games decided by less then 10 points.

at Iowa:  win 80-76, loss 95-92 in double overtime.

at Nebraska:  win 73-62, win 80-55

Ohio State:  win 95-76, loss 67-59

Minnesota:  loss 68-60, win 83-73

at Penn State:  loss 75-69, loss 59-53

overall:  5-5, average point for 74.4, average against 70.6.  Net +3.8

Team stats:  IU  277/612 from the field (45%), 66/169 from three (39%), 124/179 free throws (69%), 398 rebounds, 148 fouls, 154 assists, 128 turnovers, 48 blocks, 55 steals, 74.4 ppg

Oppoents:  268/668 from the field (40%), 69/231 from three (30%), 101/130 free throws (78%), 396 rebounds, 176 fouls, 133 assists, 120 turnvoers, 22 blocks, 51 steals, 70.6 ppg

Individual stats:

TJD:  37 mpg, 77/150 from the field (51%), 47/74 from the line (64%), 119 rebounds, 28 assists, 7 steals, 28 blocks, 15 turnovers, 20.1 ppg

Johnson: 28 mpg, 50/103 from the field (49%), 12/33 from three (36%), 20/31 free throws (65%), 49 rebounds, 43 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 22 turnovers, 13/2 ppg

Stewart:  27 mpg, 37/70 from the field (53%), 31/55 from three (56%), 4/5 free throws (80%), 23 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals, 10 turnovers, 10.9 ppg

Thompson:  30 mpg, 34/83 from the field (41%), 1/2 from three, 19/29 from the line (66%), 97 rebounds, 15 assists, 7 steals, 5 blocks, 16 turnovers, 8.8 ppg

Kopp:  17 mpg, 17/40 from the field (43%), 10/23 from three (43%), 10/12 from the line (83%), 15 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers, 5.4 ppg

Galloway: 25 mpg, 20/58 from the field (34%), 4/20 from three (20%), 8/9 from the line (89%), 27 rebounds, 22 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 9 turnovers, 5.2 ppg

Lander:  14 mpg, 17/27 from the field (63%), 4/6 from three (67%), 4/4 from the line, 16 rebounds, 12 asissts, 8 steals, 22 turnovers, 4.2 ppg

Bates:  15 mpg, 13/45 from the field (29%), 3/21 from three (14%), 8/9 from the line (89%), 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, 5 blocks, 9 turnovers, 3.7 ppg

Geronimo:  15 mpg, 12/36 from the field (33%), 1/9 from three (11%), 4/6 (67%), 38 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 steals, 5 blocks, 23 turnovers, 2.9 ppg

[rcbowla]

rcs sims:
unlucky splits;  0-5 in games decided by less then 10 points.
at Iowa:  win 80-76, loss 95-92 in double overtime.
at Nebraska:  win 73-62, win 80-55
Ohio State:  win 95-76, loss 67-59
Minnesota:  loss 68-60, win 83-73
at Penn State:  loss 75-69, loss 59-53
overall:  5-5, average point for 74.4, average against 70.6.  Net +3.8
Team stats:  IU  277/612 from the field (45%), 66/169 from three (39%), 124/179 free throws (69%), 398 rebounds, 148 fouls, 154 assists, 128 turnovers, 48 blocks, 55 steals, 74.4 ppg
Oppoents:  268/668 from the field (40%), 69/231 from three (30%), 101/130 free throws (78%), 396 rebounds, 176 fouls, 133 assists, 120 turnvoers, 22 blocks, 51 steals, 70.6 ppg
Individual stats:
TJD:  37 mpg, 77/150 from the field (51%), 47/74 from the line (64%), 119 rebounds, 28 assists, 7 steals, 28 blocks, 15 turnovers, 20.1 ppg
Johnson: 28 mpg, 50/103 from the field (49%), 12/33 from three (36%), 20/31 free throws (65%), 49 rebounds, 43 assists, 9 steals, 3 blocks, 22 turnovers, 13/2 ppg
Stewart:  27 mpg, 37/70 from the field (53%), 31/55 from three (56%), 4/5 free throws (80%), 23 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 steals, 10 turnovers, 10.9 ppg
Thompson:  30 mpg, 34/83 from the field (41%), 1/2 from three, 19/29 from the line (66%), 97 rebounds, 15 assists, 7 steals, 5 blocks, 16 turnovers, 8.8 ppg
Kopp:  17 mpg, 17/40 from the field (43%), 10/23 from three (43%), 10/12 from the line (83%), 15 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers, 5.4 ppg
Galloway: 25 mpg, 20/58 from the field (34%), 4/20 from three (20%), 8/9 from the line (89%), 27 rebounds, 22 assists, 4 steals, 1 block, 9 turnovers, 5.2 ppg
Lander:  14 mpg, 17/27 from the field (63%), 4/6 from three (67%), 4/4 from the line, 16 rebounds, 12 asissts, 8 steals, 22 turnovers, 4.2 ppg
Bates:  15 mpg, 13/45 from the field (29%), 3/21 from three (14%), 8/9 from the line (89%), 14 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 steals, 5 blocks, 9 turnovers, 3.7 ppg
Geronimo:  15 mpg, 12/36 from the field (33%), 1/9 from three (11%), 4/6 (67%), 38 rebounds, 7 assists, 7 steals, 5 blocks, 23 turnovers, 2.9 ppg

Geez Bates and Geronimo killed me. Lander was looking good until the nearly 2:1 TO to assist ratio.....yikes

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[RaceToTheTop]

2 minutes ago, rcs29 said:

Geez Bates and Geronimo killed me. Lander was looking good until the nearly 2:1 TO to assist ratio.....yikes

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In the first sim -- a double OT loss at Iowa -- he had to play 30 minutes becuase of X's foul trouble.  Lander scored 11 points but had 5 turnovers.

Also, FWIW, IU put up an amazing 61 first half points in the first sim against Ohio State on their way to a 95-76 win.  The next sim against Ohio State, they didn't get 61 for the game.

[connchr71]

Stewart at 5-10 minutes and only when other teams reserves are in game might do wonders!!!!