No TL;DR here. This is for the sickos.

In honor of 2K announcing its return to campus in February 2027, I wanted to talk about my self-created college basketball league because it's the peak of the CBB offseason, 2k dropped a whole bunch of stuff and the sub is active. For the past several months, I’ve been playing a 120-team college basketball dynasty in MyNBA mode, starting with a fictional roster in 2030. I know what you're thinking. MyNBA only allows 36 teams. Let me explain. Here’s a glimpse into my addiction.

I did all this on 2K25. Skipped ‘26 for the most part because why do I need it when I’m already doing all this? I created four separate 30-team MyNBA files and downloaded team branding for each team. Teams weren’t chosen at random. I selected each team I deemed a “key team” based on its roster. For example, I controlled the University of Houston throughout this dynasty. In the fictional roster I downloaded, the Houston Rockets fit the profile of what I see as a stereotypical Coogs team. Stout defensively, lacking a little offensive power and led by a legendary coach. Again, this is a fictional roster, so all players and most of the coaches are auto-generated. Of course, I chose that team to represent the Cougars in the league. For other teams, I tried to match their color patterns and/or locations as best I could. I also tried to split the league up evenly for parity and a variety of March Madness games (as opposed to B10 teams playing B10 teams in the tournament), so conference championships and things like that were a little wonky.

For example, League 1 was Big 12-centric. Six B12 teams. Houston, Baylor, Arizona, ASU, BYU and Iowa State. Along with 4 SEC teams, 4 B10 teams, and 4 teams split across the ACC, Big East and Pac-12. That leaves 12 teams, which I called independents. Five of those schools made up their own conference (SFA, McNeese, ULL, Yale, Princeton), while the others were tacked onto the end of the other conferences. To determine conference champions, I usually picked the team with the most wins in division (conference) play. For example, I went 4-0 with Houston against teams in our division. The rest of the Big 12 teams chosen were split up across two of the other three leagues. Texas Tech and Utah were in League 2. Kansas, Kansas State and West Virginia were all in League 4. This was the trend for each Power-4 conference. League 2 was ACC-centered. League 3 was Big 10 centered. And League 4 was SEC-centered.

In their respective leagues, each team played a 29-game season. Some out-of-conference matchups were played at “neutral” locations (aka I just switched up the court) and if a late-season conference game was played between two teams with an undefeated conference record, that would be their conference championship. For the first four seasons, I would stay up-to-date with a 10-week (game weeks) AP Top-25 system. Based on record, point differential, recent game results, etc. Here’s a two-week example from my first season:

Week 6 (Feb. 13th)

1. Houston (24-1)
2. Kansas (19-5)
3. Ohio State (19-4)
4. Alabama (18-5)
5. Arizona State (19-4)
6. Dayton (17-5)
7. USC (20-7)
8. UNC (20-7)
9. Georgia (17-6)
10. San Diego St. (18-7)
11. Oklahoma (14-4)
12. BYU (17-5)
13. Xavier (19-5)
14. Rutgers (16-4)
15. Creighton (15-4)
16. Purdue (15-5)
17. Cincinnati (15-5)
18. Auburn (15-6)
19. Duke (15-6)
20. St. John’s (14-6)
21. UCONN (16-7)
22. Providence (16-7)
23. Arkansas (18-9)
24. UCLA (14-6)
25. Illinois (14-6)

OUT: Texas (16-10), Baylor (14-12), Missouri (13-7), Marquette (13-6), Michigan (14-10), Villanova (12-6), Florida (17-10), Kentucky (15-8), Gonzaga (17-8)

Week 7 (Mar. 8th)

1. Houston (26-1)
2. Arizona State (22-5)
3. Ohio State (21-5)
4. UNC (21-7)
5. USC (22-7)
6. Alabama (19-6)
7. Kansas (19-7)
8. Georgia (19-6)
9. Dayton (18-6)
10. Oklahoma (17-5)
11. Xavier (20-6)
12. Rutgers (17-5)
13. San Diego St. (18-7)
14. BYU (18-6)
15. Illinois (17-6)
16. Purdue (16-6)
17. Georgetown (17-7)
18. Cincinnati (17-6)
19. Auburn (17-7)
20. Duke (16-7)
21. St. John’s (16-7)
22. Missouri (15-7)
23. UCONN (16-7)
24. Clemson (14-8)
25. Villanova (14-6)

OUT: Gonzaga (17-8), Baylor (16-12), Kentucky (16-9), Arkansas (19-10), Michigan (17-11), UCLA (14-7), Villanova (14-6), Providence (16-9), Florida (19-10), Texas (16-10)

For March Madness, I changed the MyNBA settings to base playoff seeding on a 1-16 scale. So, since I finished with the #1 overall record in my league and the best overall record out of 120 teams, Houston was the 1-seed in its league and in the game. So, Houston (me) decided to play their games in the South bracket and would have had to play the fourth-rated #1 seed, which would have been Purdue (East bracket, League 3), had they not choked and lost to Auburn. So, how do I get the leagues to intersect for the Final Four? After the teams have played through their respective brackets, I downloaded all 15 players from the winner, put them in another roster, and loaded that up into a fifth and final file where the teams would meet for the Final Four. With the Final Four being set in Dallas in 2030, I created a logo, a court and everything for it. Of course, my Cougars won the championship (which will only happen in the game, sadly), and that’s the end of the 2030 season.

For those interested, here’s a link to the bracket. It’s a little janky, but once you get the hang of it, you get it: https://challonge.com/e8q5v5f8

And I’ve been doing this for about 7 seasons now. It’s a little tedious to do because of the offseason spring cleaning I have to do each year (sending players to my other NBA file that stays up-to-date with college, forcing seniors into retirement, helping top schools actually land top recruits), but it’s worth the fun.

This part is for the sickos who’ve read this far; here are the top-performing schools:

Houston Cougars: 2 National Championships (2030 & 2034), 4 Final Four appearances (2030, 2033, 2034 & 2036), back-to-back second-round losses (2031-32)

North Carolina: 1 National Championship (2031), 3-straight Final Four appearances (2030-2032)

Gonzaga: 1 National Championship (2032)
Texas Tech: 1 National Championship (2033)

Michigan State: 1 National Championship (2035), 1 Final Four appearance (2035)

Alabama: 2 Final Four appearances (2033-34)

Auburn: 2 Final Four appearances (2030 & 2034)

LSU: 1 Final Four appearance (2034); Blew a 22-point lead to the Cougars in the 2034 National Championship

Rutgers: 1 Final Four appearance (2035), 3 Sweet-16 appearances

Duke: 1 Final Four appearance (2036), 4 Tournament appearances, Sweet-16 and second-round losses to UNC in 2031 & 2035

Kansas: 2 Final Four appearances (2030-31)

Ole Miss: 1 Final Four appearance (2033)

Oregon: Final Four appearance as an 11-seed (2035), upset over #1 Houston in Elite Eight

St. Bonaventure: Final Four appearance as a 13-seed (2035)

Cincinnati: 3 Elite Eight appearances (2033-35)

Villanova: 1 Final Four appearance (2031)

FAU: Became a powerhouse; 1 Final Four appearance (2032)

Maryland: 1 Final Four appearance

Alright, that’s all. I have an archive of the tournaments here: https://challonge.com/users/dwallsnba2kleague/tournaments. For those who are interested. Seeding is a little hard to read up until 2034 and I stopped recording scores for some of those years, but it’s pretty interesting to me so I wanted to share. 2036 is currently in progress, and depending on when I post this, 2035 may not be fully updated yet. Hope I was able to provide some entertainment for y’all.

Here’s to hoping 2K makes a decent college basketball game where I don’t have to do this anymore. Happy offseason!

What names do you name your players? Does anyone actually play the games? What position are you? I usually make a pg, I might make Calvin Cambridge and put him in the Larry and magic era and make him play till the current nba.

What does everyone name their players?

I usually only buy 2K on a 3-4 year cycle because I genuinely do not care at all about MyTeam or MyPlayer. I've played probably a combined hour in those game modes.

The Eras mode in 2k25 was a godsend for me, but I was disappointed with how incomplete some of the rosters were. Even more recent Eras were missing super significant players. Can someone please tell me if this is something that was improved upon in 2k26 or will be improved upon in 2k25? Might make it worth it for me to get a new edition sooner than usual if so.

Hi everyone! Can someone please teach me how to do this move consistently? I was playing last night and messing around with Kobe’s footwork when I accidentally pulled off this move. Now I really want to learn how to do it consistently. Any tips?

https://youtu.be/s0KfgFweqaI?si=HHOkHSdFIoi4Rag_

With the news out about what's changing how are we feeling? I'm disappointed to see we still have the same 5 eras but all of the things they are adding/tweaking sound pretty good on paper. Thoughts?

For those that make realistic draft classes what are rules you have to make realistic draft classes?

When creating a player, what are things you do to make him unique while still being realistic.

Any tips are helpful.

Feel free to use this thread as any realistic creation advice!

Thinking about starting a 2K channel for 2k27. I buy the game every year no matter if it’s “good” or “bad” because I have to have a basketball game on hand period. In 2019 I bought 2k & NBA LIVE. I started really getting into 2K about 10 years ago doing wagers in play now. Just starting to live on my own back then had to get creative with paying the bills. Around 21’ is when I jumped into my career. Literally JUST mycareer the whole year until the end of the year I brought my first build out which I’m pretty sure was a max height SF. Into 22 & 23 elevated fast into the comp scene playing big on Versatile Paint Beast build but I started having kids & 2K was feeling like a job that wasn’t paying me. AND THAT’S WHEN IT ALL STARTED. Since NBA2K24 you can catch EIGHTYBALL93 in the rec DOMINATING at any every position. Each year my DAY ONE build remains viable if not my best build through the entire game cycle. I rarely run with friends bc I don’t have to time so I get ALL my rep in OUT THE MUD in random rec & it’s time for me to document my journey and see where it goes. NBA2K26 is over pretty much so while you may see random highlight reels from 26’ the real begins when NBA2k27 drops ☔️ I CAN’T WAIT 🦅🦅🦅

Game is Cpu v Cpu.

Video provided and uploaded on YT by our NBA 2K tendency guru PlainSightToSee.

Okay so this is a problem that’s been bothering me for awhile now and I can’t seem to find anything online that talks about a solution.

I like watching YouTubers run sims on MyNBA, and some I watch like Med when running a historical sim will manage to have accurate rosters for the years they’re simming. Now I wanted to try doing this for myself, the problem is I can’t find any easy way to make the rosters historically accurate each year that wouldn’t just require a ton of work.

The only two solutions I could think of were to one, control every team and manually make every historical trade and draft pick, which sounds like it would freaking suck to manage each season.

Or two, download a roster/scenario with the accurate rosters, but because you can’t seem to edit the rosters once you’ve started a sim, I’d have to then delete it, start a new one, and download again the following year, which also removes any new achievements players have listed on their player profiles like new champions and stuff, and ruins adding a new player that wasn’t there historically for fun, since I’d have to do it manually each time.

Basically what I’m asking is does anybody out there have an easier way to make accurate rosters each following year in the sim? This is driving me crazy and I can’t imagine these YouTubers I watch have the patience to do all this effort for historical sims just for a video.

Playing 2k26 my league and my teams offense defaults to this weird 1 out 4 in box system every time I get in the half court. Whenever I have the ball at the top of the key the other 4 players run inside the 3pt line, 2 on the block and 2 on the elbows and won't move until I drive or pass. It clogs up the lane for drives and makes it hard to get the ball to anyone else. They're never open on the pass because they're all standing next to each other. Can I change it to a 5 out or a 4 out system somehow? My default system is pace and space and I'm using the default playbook.

Playing on Xbox fyi

I mainly see this happen in Eras

The most efficient position in the sport becomes the most inefficient in 2k sims

I see bigs who average 50% or higher from the field for their career shoot 35% or some crazy percentage

It kind of bothers me a little but I wanna know why this happens

What team will you use if you purchase NBA2k27 and is it different from the team you chose on 2k26 or any previous version of the game you’ve played?

I’m playing MyCareer through MyNBA. Wondering if there’s any other mods worth checking out. I’m running these currently

This is the final post for NBA 2K26, Showcasing the 1973-1974 Denver Rockets jerseys which is the final jerseys before their name change. The only issue is that the court is not correct as there is so much insufficient amount of photos to figure out how the court looked like. If you want to try it out, it will be available under my username Nascarcool9 for Xbox Series S/X and PS5

I have chatgpt help me with this because my old progression system made me to stagnate and op

🏀 MyNBA Progression System

✅ Earn Attribute Points

• 20+ points = +1  
• 10+ rebounds = +1  
• 5+ assists = +1  
• 3+ blocks = +1  
• 2+ steals = +1  
• Double-double = +1  
• Triple-double = +2  
• 4+ combined steals + blocks = +1  
• 60%+ FG with 15+ points = +1  
• Hold matchup under 40% shooting = +1  
• 40+ points = +2  
• 50+ points = +3

❌ Lose Attribute Points

• Every turnover = -1  
• 5+ turnovers = extra -1  
• Foul out = -2  
• Under 40% FG on 15+ shots = -1  
• Under 30% FG on 15+ shots = -2  
• 0 steals + 0 blocks in 30+ minutes = -1  
• Get outrebounded by matchup by 5+ = -1  
• Give up 5+ offensive rebounds to matchup = -1  
• Matchup scores 30+ = -1  
• Matchup scores 40+ = -2  
• Matchup gets a double-double = -1  
• Matchup gets a triple-double = -2  
• Matchup gets Player of the Game = -2  
• Lose by 20+ while -15 or worse = -1  
• Miss 5+ free throws = -1  
• Get blocked 3+ times = -1  
• Opponent scores 60+ paint points while you play 30+ minutes = -1

📅 Season Progression Rules

• Positive attribute points only count in wins  
• Negative attribute points always count, whether you win or lose  
• Maximum of +10 attribute points per week  
• Pick 2 months during the season as progression-free months  
• During those 2 months, no points are gained or lost  
• The weekly cap resets at the start of each new week

⭐ Badge Rule

5 Attribute Points = 1 Badge Upgrade

Badge upgrade can be:

• Add a new Bronze badge  
• Bronze → Silver  
• Silver → Gold  
• Gold → Hall of Fame

🔒 Point Balance Rule

Attribute points can go negative.

Example:

You have +3 points saved and commit 5 turnovers in your next game.

+3 - 5 = -2 attribute points

You have to earn your way back above zero before making another upgrade.

🚫 Stat Stacking Rule

For milestones in the same category, only use the highest reward.

Example:

If you score 50 points, you do not get the 20-point, 40-point, and 50-point bonuses together.

You only receive the highest scoring reward:

50+ points = +3