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NCAA March Madness 2005
Manufacturer: Electronic Arts
Studio: Electronic Arts
ISBN: B0002ILSK6
UPC: 827307936517
Video Game
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Lead one of more than 320 Division I schools to the Big Dance with NCAA "March Madness" 2005, the most strategic basketball game ever developed. Use scouting reports and locker room videos from many of the nation's top college coaches to create the ultimate game plan that takes you to the top. Along with a deeply revamped Dynasty Mode, EA SPORTS Online play* (PlayStation 2 only), and Mascot and Rivalry Modes, for the first time you can rewrite NCAA history by replaying classic match-ups between a collection of the greatest college basketball teams ever assembled. With additional new mascots, cheerleaders, arenas, crowd chants, fights songs, and Dick Vitale and Brad Nessler calling the action, NCAA March Madness 2005 puts you on campus for the deepest and most authentic college basketball experience.
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Customer Reviews
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Lot of issues, but still fun
Rating  (2)
Date: 2009-02-04
This game is pretty fun to play, but there are a lot of things that need improvement. The game tends to be very predictable and doesn't always play like an actual basketball game. For a basketball game, it's worthy, but I wouldn't spend a great deal of money on it.
The actual gameplay has some issues. After playing for a short time, it was either too easy or too difficult to play depending on what level I was playing. Rather than have the game become harder or easier, it seemed like the opposing players either became instant all-stars or JuCo players.
The Dynasty feature turned out to be a HUGE disappointment. The recruiting feature is too demanding. I'd rather spend more time actually playing games than having to be recruiting players when they barely give you any idea of how well the players you are recruiting will be. You lose your stats when you transfer to another school. We moved to conferences that geographically made no sense. There was absolutely no parity at all after the first few years. It became the same teams in the final four every year. The rankings never really made sense based on records and schedule strength. And my biggest beef is the infamous 'End Dynasty' feature at the end. You spend a great deal of time to make it through a 30 year dynasty and the best that the developers had to offer was an 'End Dynasty' button that just takes you back to the main screen. There's no score on how well you did. No acknowledgement of your achievements. Absolutely nothing!
I can't completely complain because the game was worthy enough to play out a dynasty on it, but I wish that it would have been more user friendly at times and more realistic. It seemed as the further I got into the Dynasty, the dumber the feature was. So, hopefully they improve that in future games. This is a fun game to play, but don't expect much out of the Dynasty.
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Pretty good but not great
Rating  (3)
Date: 2005-07-22
Right after the tournament this year I was desperate for a college basketball game. I got this one and was not disappointed but wasn't blown away either. The coaching mode leaves much to be desired. How about letting us start off as an assistant for crying out loud!! But the recruiting is okay and the gameplay is pretty good. On the hardest level on a good team's floor you can lose and will always have a hard time for example at Cameron indoor arena.
If you want a college basketball game then it's a good buy but if you're just looking for a good game in general then there are certainly better ones out there.
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Explanation for why names aren't there
Rating (3)
Date: 2005-03-29
0 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
For the same reason when you buy an NCAA jersey, it doesn't have a name on the back...
The NCAA can't directly market a single player. Yes, the networks can, ala ESPN showing a little JJ Reddick picture before a Duke/UNC game. Or CBS showing Marvin Williams taking an alley-oop from Raymond Felton for the Final Four.
However, they can't pay these athletes so they can't directly market them. That's one reason why it's damn near impossible to see a college star marketing anything that isn't the NCAA and academics.
It's why Andrew Bogut or Reggie Bush can't do Wheaties commercials.
It's also the reason anyone on a 2K5 of EA Sports college sporting game-over has either graduated or in the NBA from the next year. (I know NCAA 2K has rights with the Heisman winner. As EA once did. Last year's Naismith winner, Jamar Nelson of St. Joe's, is absent from either of this year's games that feature Okafor (EA) and Childress (2K5) on their respective covers).
However, if Emeka Okafor had stayed in school, it's very likely Ben Gordon (or another NBA-player, ala Tony Allen, would've been on the cover.
Imagine the same scenario with TJ Ford replacing Carmelo Anthony on 2004.
Most know this...but many others don't. So that is your answer. It's not to be lame or lazy, it's simply the fact that NCAA can only use player numbers and their likeness (within reason of course) during their games. I imagine any potential recruits are forgotten as well for same laws/reasons.
It seems dumb, but that's the NCAA for you.
Making billions for universities, networks, and themselves...and not letting the players have anything at all.
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great game
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-03-08
ncaa march madness was a great game, who cares if you dont know who the players are you can pull off upsets in the collage classics mode and win the tornament in the dynasty mode. It is a great basketball game to play with your friends and it is very entertaining by yourself
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Why EA, why!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (from A-Hay in Memphis)
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-01-03
0 out of 16 customers found this reveiw helpful
I like EA Sports, I got this game NCAA March Madness 2005, it's fun but what really got me was when I "PAID" $49.99 and cant export your college players to NBA Live, that mess up. Why they go and put the player number, but not the name with it. They otta put the player piture on there too. If they can make over 1000 right fight songs and the real mascot, why not the player name and the piture, Lucky I didnt tear the plastic, now I can put it back in there, and get my money back and go get NBA 2K5 since I got NCAA 2K5.
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Retail Price: $29.99
Amazon.com's Price:$0.01
That's 100% Off!
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