The intelligence of the crowd is dramatically improved. During free throws, visiting teams will have to put up with noise from the home fans. That song was driving me crazy. True, some people might not get tired of the song as soon as I did. The menu system is really easy to navigate as EA did a real good job.
Options are very easy to find.
Everything loads up nice and quick. Also, no in-game save feature. There is no practice mode in the game. The online lounge is a bit confusing as I tried to find a game for 45 minutes and could not start one, so finally retired to playing the computer. Too bad EA did not implement an online league into the game as they did with Madden 2001.