The Greatest College Basketball Game of All Time

College Hoops 2K8 was the greatest college basketball video game of all time, and probably also the greatest college sports video game of all time period. Between the greatest dynasty mode ever, known as legacy mode, and the physics respecting gameplay that still holds up, College Hoops 2K8 is timeless, despite compeition from EA's March Madness series, including the coveted NCAA Basketball 10. College Hoops 2K8 was just the best ever.

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[WillEvans]

I can remember scouting a freshman all the way to his senior year, bringing him to my team (Illinois) then playing with him for 3yrs and he entered the draft.... The real bang of this story is I uploaded him on NBA 2k8 and at the end of my season Drafted him to my team again the Bulls! Played 16yrs with him.... I felt a real connection to have a guy since he was 14yrs old until he retired 😂😂😂 this game is EASILY the G.O.A.T

[jond]

The fact that you can recruit FRESHMAN in highschool and watch them rise or fall is insane

[WdnUlikno]

If college hoops 2k was made today, they would charge VC to stay in dorms

[mic]

It made no sense that 2k didn't adopt any of the college hoops features into the NBA series.

[LuckySpumoni]

I remember scouting a 5 Star, 5”9, HS freshman from my home state (WA). I was fully invested in this recruit, I just had a feeling he was going to be a beast. I was hoping he’d get taller and become an All American. But by the time his senior year came around, he dropped down to a 3 star and he never grew any taller. I still gave him a full ride (University of Washington), where he would end up dropping BUCKETS on his opponents. Kind of reminds me of an Isaiah Thomas story. It’s like 2k8 knew! I had the time of my life. I’ll never forget.And that’s why this game is arguably the GOAT in sports videogames history.

[bjnt]

Take me back to the mid 2000s when we had college football, basketball and baseball video games.

[Count_Up]

I actually still play this. The fact that you can create a recruit WHILE in Legacy/Dynasty Mode is an absolute game changer. Little things like that separated it from EA's version imo.

[wavy_]

I wish someone could bring back all the ncaa games

[DuvalSoul]

No one gonna talk about how he spelled penis for the custom chant at 5:39😂

[da_jeezuss]

This game, combined with NBA 2K8 and the ability to import draft classes, made for God tier gaming, no hyperbole. You create a dynasty in college hoops, while creating a dynasty in NBA, while recruting the top players in the nation, while importing the draft classes to NBA, while stockpiling draft picks, while drafting your top players from your college dynasty that graduated or left early, as well as the other top players around college basketball, while winning national championships, while winning NBA championships, with players you won national championships with, and players that came so close to beating you.

[LonnieLBrown]

I remember this game having an high school all-star game. And on the player icons it listed their names and the top three schools they had on their list. This game was awesome.

[matthewgayles]

I think people would still buy NCAA football without player likenesses. People love their schools, they don’t care about the players.

[anonymousNine]

Operation Sports still has people updating rosters. They're not perfect but I'd give them a 90%+ accuracy and its awesome to play with current players who's styles you know and are aware of.

[AaronB]

Damn it’s been tempting for a minute to buy a 360 or ps3 lol. Even if just for this and NCAA football 14.

[CollegeSportsREVIVED]

Thank you for using a clip from my Legacy mode series at 1:32 and 6:22! Through youtubers like you, Softdrink, we keep College Hoops alive! :)

[rosemvp]

This game was fucking detailed. I'll never forget creating a freshman 5-star recruit and going after him HEAVY for years and then he signed with Oregon over me(Illinois). I remember you could play AAU(ABL) games in the offseason to play as recruits, it was crazy how much you could do. I took Illinois to 6 national championships in 15 years with multiple undefeated seasons haha. That game still is fun as hell to play till this day.

[TheBlueDevilDuke]

It's crazy how EA is the sole reason why sports games nowadays just suck.

[TheBlueDevilDuke]

The legacy mode on this game is unrivaled. Can't wait til the day I'm able to play 2K hoops on the next gen

[dannyphantom]

Ed O’Bannon could’ve just waited another year to have his lawsuit that way we could’ve got NCAA 15 on PS4 and Xbox One 🤷🏽‍♂️

[vincentphillips]

It took a long time to win the Naismith trophy lol sometimes their would be players from the valley averaging like 35 a game with 15 rebounds lol I used to get so hyped ready for my seeding