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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Safety Information TABLE OF CONTENTS About Photosensitive Seizures ....... 6 Begin the Game A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns...
  • Page 3 Connect to Xbox Live Step 2: Go Live You’ll need to set up an Xbox Live account to play games online. Important! Before using this product, read the Xbox Instruction Manual for important safety information and Here’s how: health warnings. 1.
  • Page 4 3. Press the eject button and the disc tray will open. Units) into controller expansion slots as appropriate. 4. Place the NCAA 2K3 College Basketball disc on the disc tray with the label facing up and close the disc tray.
  • Page 5: Begin The Game

    BEGIN THE GAME OFFENSE WITHOUT BALL A button ....Call for a pass 1. Turn OFF/ON the POWER Button on your Xbox™ video game system.
  • Page 6: Main Menu

    TITLE SCREEN TEAM SELECT SCREEN Once the introduction sequences are complete, the NCAA 2K3 Title Select your game’s competitors from over 300 NCAA Teams! Screen appears. To go directly to the Main Menu, press the START button (see Main Menu below) Away Team Home Team GENERATED PLAYER NAMES...
  • Page 7: On The Court

    Passing ON THE COURT • To pass the ball to the nearest player, simply press the A button. As the players perform their warm up drills, ESPN’s John Ireland This will initiate a pass to your nearest teammate. and Tim Neverett welcome you to the game and send you courtside for the player introductions.
  • Page 8 initiate a protect-the-ball style of dribble. Keep holding the left Play calling trigger and push the left thumbstick or directional pad towards Each team has twenty-one plays in its offensive playbook and the defender. As soon as you make contact with the defender, fifteen plays in its defensive playbook.
  • Page 9: Pause Menu

    effort to clear out. The clear out move is a very useful move when DEFENSE rebounding because it minimizes the chance of the ball being stolen from you. Stealing Switching to the Player Closest to Ball There are three basic ways to steal the ball in NCAA College Basketball 2K3.
  • Page 10 Left trigger: B button: Both teams begin the game with six Timeouts that they can use Rewind Zoom Out when in possession of the ball. With two minutes left in the second half, both teams’ timeouts will be reduced to two timeouts (if they have more than two left).
  • Page 11 Pressure Crash Boards: To get more players on the glass, move the Crash Boards slider to the right. Moving the slider to the left will cause This is where you can determine how much defensive pressure fewer players on your team to pursue the rebound and more each of your players should apply to the player they’re guarding.
  • Page 12: Exhibition

    Half Length: You can play with default 10-minute halves, or you CAMERA can adjust the length of each half from 1-20 minutes. If you would prefer to specify the point of view while playing the Injuries: You can turn Injuries on or off. game, the camera settings can be adjusted on the Camera Screen.
  • Page 13 Players Leaving Early for NBA: When set to YES, undergraduates Coach Goals Screen (Career Legacy only) may declare early for the NBA draft at the end of every season. On this screen, you will get a short note and some goals outlined When set to NO, your players will not leave your school for the to you by your school’s athletic director for the upcoming season.
  • Page 14 • Selecting the Reset difficulty option will reset your schedule to the • If you select Play this game, you will advance to the Team original default schedule before any changes were made. Select Screen. • If you select Simulate this game, the game will be simulated, and you will return to the Team Schedule Screen.
  • Page 15 pad to increase or decrease a player’s rating for that attribute. • Once you have scouted the player, you will come away with some Press the A button again to unselect the player rating once you new recruiting notes and you can now see his player caliber (5 have finished.
  • Page 16 Injury Report: The Injury Report Screen shows you injuries from • ESPN Poll: The ESPN Poll is another poll made up of a set number around the nation. of Division I head coaches, all of whom belong on the National Association of Basketball Coaches.
  • Page 17 who have used up all four years of their college eligibility. b) Not attributes on the Legacy Setup Screen and the Coach Attributes enough playing time: Up-and-coming players who don’t get Screen (see Legacy page 22 for more information on these enough playing time may choose to transfer from your school to screens).
  • Page 18 • POS (Position): Allows you to sort players by their position 1. Press the START button to access the Recruiting Options Overlay. (G, C, F , PG, SG, SF , PF). 2. Select Advance to Next Week. • CALIBER: Allows you to sort players by their rating (Top 100, 5 3.
  • Page 19: Season

    SEASON MANAGEMENT This is your chance to experience a single season at the helm of This is where you can check rosters around the nation, set your you favorite team. Have you got what it takes to guide them from team lineup, assign offensive and defensive plays from your Game 1 to the top of the NCAA tournament? playbook, and get an injury report.
  • Page 20 Tournament: You can choose to begin the playoffs with a To place game markers: conference tournament, or select Full NCAA to begin at start 1. Use the left thumbstick or directional pad to highlight any of the NCAA Tournament. match-up on the Tournament tree. Tournament Setup 2.
  • Page 21: Practice

    • If you select Cancel, the overlay will disappear, and you will STATS-AWARDS return to the Tournament Tree Screen. Team Stats: From this screen, you can view the team stats for every team in the Tournament. TOURNAMENT RECAP Player Stats: This screen shows the stats for every player, team by team.
  • Page 22: Gym Rat

    • Free Throw: Lack of free throw ability can cost you games. Game Play Practice them here. Play Mode : SIMULATION is as close as you can get to a real NCAA College Basketball game. ARCADE mode has more forgiving game play defaults, players do not get tired or injured and all the rules are OFF except for OUT OF BOUNDS and TRAVELING.
  • Page 23: Save/Load

    Free Throw Routines: When ON, players preparing for a free throw SAVE SETTINGS AND GAME DATA take more time to focus and loosen up. When OFF , players step up to the line and take their shots immediately. Note: This option has Go to the Save Screen to save files to your Hard Disk or no direct effect on free throw accuracy.
  • Page 24: Sega Sports Challenge

    Edit This will take you to the Add Players Screen. Select a team for your player and let him work his magic. First Name: Press A button to bring up the Enter Player Name Screen. Proceed to enter you chosen name here, then press the To add your player to a roster: START button to return to menu.
  • Page 25: Play Live

    After you complete an SSC game, return to the Sega Sports SINGLE GAME RECORD BOARD Challenge Screen to receive your Challenge Codes. You will earn codes for Per Game Averages and Single Game Records – one The Single Game Records board displays your best performance code for Per Game Average and one code for each Singe Game in each of 11 categories along with a Challenge Code for each Record category.
  • Page 26 NOTES...

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