Lead Story - 2/26/2026

Off Season Schedule

Update Spreadsheet ✔️
Fire blue blood coaches who do not meet requirements ✔️ none
Hire new blue blood coaches ✔️ none
Update blue blood contract status ✔️
Deadline to request redshirt Friday noon EST ✔️

Set draft order (final four followed by blue bloods) ✔️
Close adds ✔️
Add a year to league description ✔️
Move season to historical archive ✔️
Award Team trophy ✔️
Award Team stars (final four, and conf. Champ) ✔️
Award Championship Ring ✔️
Award winners added ✔️
Clear Compiled Stats ✔️
**do not clear team rosters** ✔️
Clear game results and schedule after day 31 ✔️
Make sure users cannot sim ✔️

Run player progressions DO NOT PROGRESS LOW MINUTE PLAYERS ✔️
Note: Stats only adjust if player has at least 720 real-life minutes played.
Retire 22 year old players and NBA bound players ✔️

Create Freshman class ✔️
Import historical players, 50 minimum games played
50 PG, SG, SF, PF, and C
1980 or later, fictional names, C potential

Clear draft rank lists ✔️
Turn on pre-rank three days prior to first draft deadline ✔️

Draft schedule: (slow draft but catch up as scheduled)
Round 1 picks 1-8: 8pm day 1 ✔️
Round 1 picks 9-16: noon day 2 Saturday
Round 1 picks 17-24: 8pm day 2
Round 1 picks 25-32: noon day 3 Sunday
Round 1 picks 33-40: 8pm day 3
Round 1 picks 41-48: noon day 4 Monday
Round 1 picks 49-56: 8pm day 4
Round 1 picks 57-64: noon day 5 Tuesday
Flip draft order
Round 2 picks 65-80: noon day 6 Wednesday
Round 2 picks 81-96: 8pm day 6
Round 2 picks 97-112: noon day 7 Thursday
Round 2 picks 112-128: 8pm day 7
Make sure draft order is still reversed
Turn on drops
Round 3: Supplemental noon EST
Round 4: Supplemental noon EST
Supplemental draft to fill teams to 14 immediately after round 4
Adds open after supplemental draft
Turn on users can sim (Tip off) on opening day
Turn on training


Drops close on opening day which between 8am and 10am EST
Notre: plan to try to keep games at 2 sims/ day and have them fall between 8am-10am and 8pm-10pm Eastern time

League Chat Box

2/21/2026

Post season reward lottery

Using the national Powerball lottery red ball on:

Saturday 1/24 result 5, teams will be able to add 40 steals

Upgrades are based on the results of the red ball as follows:

1-4 add 80 DRB
5-8 add 40 STL
9-12 add 40 BLK
13-16 remove 40 Turnovers
17-20 add 1 DWS
21-26 choose from any five options

PLAYER UPGRADES
Prior to each post season a lottery will be held to decide what upgrades are available. Rewards are used the following season. Unclaimed rewards are lost after the season ends.

Teams will be awarded one upgrade for the following:
1. Winning conference tournament.
2. Reaching the sweet 16.
3. Cinderella teams earn an upgrade for each win in the tournament of 64.
4. Upgrades are permanent but credits do not carry over to multiple seasons and must be spent or will be lost.
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Conference Champion

North Carolina
Uconn
Auburn
UCLA
Kansas State
Gonzaga


Sweet 16
Auburn
Xavier
Florida State
Villanova
Kansas State
Arkansas
Ohio State
Boston College
UCLA
Florida Gulf Coast
North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Indiana
Pittsburgh
Wisconsin
Kentucky

Cinderella wins
Florida Gulf Coast
Florida Gulf Coast
Gonzaga

12/12/2025

Redshirts

Season 8
Notre Dame Gregory
Ball State Capence
NC State Cheeks
Saint Josephs Figaro
Duke Martin
Indiana Grampp
Villanova Jumaine Burch
UCLA SF Efren Gutierrez
George Mason Mike Miller
Houston J Scharping
Purdue Brandon Stanley
Creighton Ellis Pack
Auburn David scales
West Virginia Ron Bauman
Pitt B Cashman
Providence Lorenzo Ingram
Kansas State Horry
Gonzaga Marion
Michigan Derek Nunez
DePaul Jonathan Hock
Louisville Favors
UNLV Blake Gouveia
St Johns J Wieck
Oklahoma Starling Wood
Florida State Tom Peters
Ohio State Sylvester Rowland
Arkansas Andrelton Edmunds

Season 7
Notre Dame: Davis
Indiana: Dorney
West Virginia: Hedgpeth
Ball State SG Torrey Laettner
North Carolina Grantham
Michigan SF Jake Keefe
Villanova PF Donie Purdy
Wake Forest Iman George
Pittsburgh Luke Murray
Purdue Terrance figgins
Florida State SF Felix Martin
UNLV C Robert Avery
Arkansas Scott Kelly
Creighton PG Jrue Epps
Florida SG kelso
Michigan State SG Bill Williams
Houston PF Geno Foor
Ohio State SG Joe Pierce
St Johns Ceballos
Providence Ramiro Raible
Auburn A Davis
Gonzaga B Smith
Florida Gulf Coast Nagle
Kansas State Doleman

11/2/2025

Coaches Corner

Blue Blood Contract Status

Blue Blood programs demand Blue Blood results. Failure will result in termination.

Contracts are extended three seasons when a coach reaches the final four or when they win a conference championship.

Duke (evilpuppy56) hired S1 signed through season 10
Indiana (TmcArthur72) hired S7 signed through season 9
Kansas (dash) hired S1 signed through season 9
Kentucky (Tacomaboy) hired S8 signed through season 10
North Carolina (gs93) hired S8 signed through season 11
UCLA (dgtedford) hired S1 signed through season 11
UConn (Lordehawke) hired S4 signed through season 11
Villanova (chexmix) hired S1 signed through season 10

League Settings

Year Range of Stats	1980 - 2024
Roster Size	14
Min Active Players	8
Max Active Players	13
Keepers	(14 keepers)
Change Stats Allowed
Free Agency
Drops
No-Drop List
Injuries	(10 games max)
Player Training
User Sims