March Madness Gets a New Name

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NCAA Strategies,
which has received a copy of NCAA Football 09 for the PS3, mentioned
today that within the previews presented on the game is a quick trailer
which lets on to a name change for the March Madness franchise. It will
now simply be known as NCAA Basketball.
2K Sports’ decision to end their College Hoops franchise opened up
the door for this change. It makes sense in that the name matches the
football branding and it will be more easily understood as the only
college basketball game on the market (which it is at least for the
time being). This is a critical year as EA will be looking to provide a
product that can satisfy those gamers who may have purchased College
Hoops instead. A disappointing release would make it even tougher to
recapture them in the future.
Also of note is that NCAA Basketball 09 will release in November.
While this has generally been the norm, the past two releases of March
Madness have come in January and December.

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Brent Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Legend Joined: 01-26-2006 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 6677	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brent Report Post Quote Reply Topic: March Madness Gets a New Name Posted: 07-08-2008 at 6:59pm
	http://www.pastapadre.com/2725/march-madness-gets-a-new-name NCAA Strategies, which has received a copy of NCAA Football 09 for the PS3, mentioned today that within the previews presented on the game is a quick trailer which lets on to a name change for the March Madness franchise. It will now simply be known as NCAA Basketball. 2K Sports’ decision to end their College Hoops franchise opened up the door for this change. It makes sense in that the name matches the football branding and it will be more easily understood as the only college basketball game on the market (which it is at least for the time being). This is a critical year as EA will be looking to provide a product that can satisfy those gamers who may have purchased College Hoops instead. A disappointing release would make it even tougher to recapture them in the future. Also of note is that NCAA Basketball 09 will release in November. While this has generally been the norm, the past two releases of March Madness have come in January and December.
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Brent Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Legend Joined: 01-26-2006 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 6677	Post Options Post Reply Quote Brent Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 07-28-2008 at 11:52am
	More PP There is a community event for NCAA Basketball 09 coming in a few weeks. As always I’ll do a posting beforehand seeking any questions or suggestions to take into consideration. I didn’t find March Madness 08 to be much fun (outside of the post moves) and with 2K shutting down the College Hoops series the pressure is on EA to deliver a great game.
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