• Try the all-new Lockdown Stick - The right analog stick lets you pressure opponents and get aggressive with physical on-the-ball defense and force turnovers, deny passes, and jump into passing lanes
• Level the playing field with diagrammed defensive playbooks - Play man-to-man or zone, or customize your playbook to suit your style
• A true uptempo game - The new transition game lets you push the ball up the floor, dish to an open teammate, and ignite the fans with fast breaks
• Players will feed off the Senior Leader - his abilities will affect the team's overall performance
• 30-year Dynasty Mode - Check out upcoming teams, and players, or recruit high school and Junior College players with all-new stat tracking and player ratings

In NCAA March Madness 06, you'll play the kind of pressure defenseand fast-break offense that wins championships. Work the court like a true baller: Use defense to create offense by pressuring the ball, forcing turnovers, and smothering your opponent with the all-new Lockdown Stick. Experience the strategic side of the game as you find and exploit mismatches against every opponent. Featuring a deeper playbook that covers both ends of the court, an enhanced Floor General Playcalling system featuring more sets than ever before and a Dynasty Mode centered around senior leadership. The road to the Final Four begins with NCAA March Madness 06. Recreate 20 of the greatest moments in college basketball in College Classics 10 new replayable classic games - relive historic scenarios to unlock your favorite teams from the past

I think it's funny that a previous reviewer said that computer is a scoring machine on JV level.... on VARSITY, I'm winning games by a score of 144 to 17, playing 6 minute or 7 minutes per half. Scoring machine? I just don't think so. You can tweak the computer game play by going into the options... how accurate do you want them to be? I've played on the hardest level and still won rather convincingly. I'm not even that good at this game, so for me to be winning so convincingly and others to be blown out by the "SCORING MACHINE" of JV level really tells me something. Don't fault the game for your own lack of skill. It's not the game... it's the player.

I think the graphics are cool... I also like the enhanced recruiting features over the 05 version. I want to play '07 to see if there are any tweaks to it, but overall, I Like '06. And I've taken many weak colleges and turned them into 6 star folks competing (and beating) colleges like DUKE, A&M and North Carolina.

University of North Texas and Stephen F. Austin are two of my favorite colleges to play. I've won the NCAA championship with both, beating the likes of Kansas, Duke, Univ. of Texas, Michigan State and UConn.

The gameplay is smooth. If you're a college hoops fan, I can't see why you wouldn't enjoy this one.

Looking at some of the reviews I thought the game was bad but I bought it anyway. The game is a bit fun. Some parts need work but fun. I really like the commentary because they make it seems like real-life. The music okay but could've had something else than marching band music. Dynasty mode is pretty cool. And THANKFULLY you can switch the players numbers to random names. So rent it and give it a shot. You'll never know.......

This game will piss you off real quick..and I really gave it a chance. The computer AL is just not balance right or something, It's no fun trying to rebound when you got the position, make a pass to an open player, or make the wide open shots!.. but no problem for the computer though...(smile) No matter where you set the settings ..it's either too hard or too easy and this just sucks the fun right out of it. Well guys or ladies..you've been warn! Just buy yourself college 2k6 and you want be disapointed if just want a good ol fashion college basketball game with much better gameplay.

JJ Redick is in the Game. Number 4 on the Duke Roster. They have him at SF, with D Nelson at shooting guard. EA also got the skill set for Mcroberts fairly close to the real thing. 06 of MM has improved dunking (similar to the Superstar Dunking in NBA Live 06). Arenas dont look that much different from 05. If your a college basketball fan or DUKE fan, you will enjoy this game. I agree with the other Reviewers that the guard defense takes the most practice.

if your struggling playing defense you need to learn how to cut off the passing lanes. when you do that push up on the right analog button and good defenders will steal the ball. you can also slap the full court man to man on and get in front of the player the inbounder is trying to pass to. you can go on huge runs by doing this. you have to play a game more than one time before giving bad reviews, every game has its little system that you have to learn before mastering it. i think this game is very very fun. you can use any team and the recruiting option is great. i strongly recommend it to any college basketball fan. the only draw back is you cant transfer players from this game to nba live 2006 which you could in the past.