ESPN College Hoops

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ESPN College Hoops
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Developer(s) Kush Games
Publisher(s) Sega
Platform(s) PlayStation 2, Xbox
Release
Genre(s) Sports
Mode(s) Single player
Multiplayer (up to 4 players)
Online multiplayer

ESPN College Hoops (sometimes mislabeled as ESPN College Basketball 2K4 [3] ) is an American college basketball video game which was initially released on November 13, 2003, for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is the sequel to the debut game of the series, NCAA College Basketball 2K3 , and the first game in the series to feature the ESPN license. It features former Texas Longhorns and retired NBA guard T. J. Ford on the cover.

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Reception

The game was met with positive reception upon release. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 82.30% and 83 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version, [4] [6] and 79.61% and 80 out of 100 for the Xbox version. [5] [7]

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