| College Basketball, a FREE text-based college | | | | gave Maryland (a 10 seed) a 50% chance to beat |
| basketball simulation game, displayed its amazing | | | | California (a 7 seed). Maryland won 84-71. Stellar |
| accuracy over the past two years by predicting | | | | College Basketball gave Wisconsin (a 12 seed) a |
| six of the eight Final Four teams and picking the | | | | 40% chance to beat Florida State (a five seed). |
| winners of the 2008 and 2009 NCAA | | | | Wisconsin won 61-59. Stellar College Basketball |
| Tournaments. | | | | gave Western Kentucky (a 13 seed) a 40% |
| How did Stellar College Basketball do it? Stellar | | | | chance to beat Illinois (a four seed). Western |
| College Basketball simulated each NCAA | | | | Kentucky won 76-72. We bet you didn’t |
| tournament game 20 times and determined the | | | | see those upsets coming. |
| projected winner, the projected average score | | | | You can allow the computer to play one or both |
| and the chance of upset. The game is extremely | | | | teams (as Stellar College Basketball did when |
| accurate because it assigns ratings to teams and | | | | simulating the tournament) or you can take |
| players based on their actual performance | | | | control as the coach and playmaker. With the |
| throughout the year. The game takes into | | | | sound off, the computer can play a game in |
| account points for and against, field goal | | | | seconds. As coach and playmaker, you can take |
| percentage for and against, strength of schedule | | | | as long as you like each possession to determine |
| and power ratings of every team. It also takes | | | | whether to focus on an inside or outside shot, |
| into account detailed statistics of every player and | | | | whether to slow things down or fast break, |
| assigns ratings from 1 to 10 for inside and outside | | | | whether to play a man-to-man or zone defense, |
| shooting percentage, ball handling and passing, | | | | loose, normal or pressing, when to make |
| rebounding, defense, propensity to commit fouls | | | | substitutions and so-on. The game includes all of |
| and propensity to draw fouls. | | | | the NCAA Tournament teams for 2008 and 2009 |
| In addition to predicting Kansas and North Carolina | | | | and nearly 100 all-time great teams from 1951 |
| to be the NCAA Champions in 2008 and 2009, | | | | Kentucky to 2007 Florida. |
| Stellar College Basketball predicted many other | | | | When we say Stellar College Basketball is free, |
| surprising results. In 2008, Stellar College | | | | we mean it. Stellar College Basketball is not a free |
| Basketball predicted an early exit by Duke and it | | | | trial, it is totally and completely free. Simply |
| predicted that Davidson had a very good chance | | | | download the game and play it. We take into |
| to make some upsets. In 2009, Stellar College | | | | account suggestions from players to improve the |
| Basketball warned about several early round | | | | game and make it more fun for everyone. |
| upsets. For example, Stellar College Basketball | | | | |