Brad Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 96,987 Reputation: 10,806 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Welcome to the 2017-18 TheBullsPen.com USF Basketball Prediction Contest The race for the mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup is on! Game 15 South Florida Bulls at SMU vs. Sunday, December 31, 8:00 p.m. EST Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX Congrats to Game 14 winner, @bcgruber!! Win tickets to next week's ECU game! The Contest: Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to select winners and leading contributors in each Bulls hoops game this season. Prizes await, as does the respect and admiration of Bulls fans around the globe. The contest is a season-long chase so don't miss a game. Next...the rules: 1) You must be a registered member of this message board. 2) You must completely answer the contest questions. 3) There can be no modifications to your post after scheduled game start time 4) Your prediction must be part of this original thread 5) Post must be submitted prior to game's published start time. 6) Ties will be decided by Bulliever starting with accuracy on first - last prediction. PLEASE READ ABOVE CAREFULLY - If a rule is broken, your entry will not count. You may appeal any ruling, if you choose, but only Bulliever or his designee will hear appeal. For additional contest rules, please read the small print below. And now, the contest: For the Bulls game vs. SMU, Sunday, December 31, (8:00 pm ET start), please select the following: 1) The winner 2) The margin of victory by your predicted winner 3) Bulls leading scorer and point total 4) Bulls leading rebounder and rebound total 5) Team Free Throw percentage (i.e. 72.9%) Please try to keep in the above format so that it will be easier to manage. Sample response would be: 1) South Florida 2) 22 3) Banks - 21 4) Yetna - 11 5) 80% The contest winner will be chosen based on a points system as follows: 1) Correct on winning team - 10 points 2) Correct on Margin of victory - 15 points (subtract one point for each variance in actual and predicted margin - 0 points awarded if actual winner not predicted.) 3a) Correct Leading Scorer - 5 points 3b) Leading Scorer's correct point total -10 points (subtract one point for each variance in actual and predicted total - 0 points awarded if correct leading scorer not predicted.) 4a) Correct Leading Rebounder - 5 points 4b) Leading Rebounder's correct rebound total - 10 points (subtract one point for each variance in actual and predicted total - 0 points awarded if correct leading rebounder not predicted.) 5) Free throw percentage - within 3 percentage points of actual - 10 points; 5 percentage points of actual - 5 points; 10 percentage points -1 point Games will be decided and winners announced. There will be a smaller prize for each game winner and a Grand Prize for those with overall point total other category wins - tracking of game averages, wins and total points scored for the season! The key will be mindful of the game schedule and enter each game!Game 15 winner receives: A trading card of a former USF hoops player; season play is for larger prize: Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2017-18 season! (Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup) Updated 12/29/17 Stats after 14 games: Total Points (Top Ten): bcgruber 356 NJBull 346 206BULL 337 bullsfan27 329 George Jenkins 293 Apis Bull 281 NewEnglandBull 275 DELdaBull 269 JJZbulls 265 LrdNorman 261 Most Wins: 206Bull 4 MDBull20 3 bcgruber 2 El_Toro_86 1.5 bullsfan27 1.5 mikemcp88 1 &rew Bull 1 Highest average points (Top Ten, min 7 games): Avg GP El_Toro_86 28.14286 7 206BULL 25.92308 13 bcgruber 25.42857 14 CountryBull 25.4 10 bullsfan27 25.30769 13 NJBull 24.71429 14 George Jenkins 24.41667 12 LrdNorman 23.72727 11 MDBull20 20.77778 9 DELdaBull 20.69231 13 Individual Games Winners: Game Winner Points 1 MDBull20 41 2 MDBull20 17 3 206Bull 58 4 mikemcp88 46 5 bcgruber 38 6 MDBull20 42 7 206BULL 31 8 El_Toro_86 42 bullsfan27 42 9 El_Toro_86 38 10 206BULL 30 11 bullsfan27 47 12 &rew Bull 32 13 206BULL 42 14 bcgruber 46 Most points scored in a win (Top 5): 206Bull 58 bullsfan27 47 mikemcp88 46 bcgruber 46 MDBull20 42 El_Toro_86 42 bullsfan27 42 206BULL 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DELdaBull Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 86 Content Count: 17,061 Reputation: 1,429 Days Won: 19 Joined: 09/15/2005 Share Posted December 30, 2017 It has to be SMU 15 Banks 16 DaSilva 12 79% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fold FB Invest in BB Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 76 Content Count: 6,712 Reputation: 1,131 Days Won: 17 Joined: 09/07/2009 Share Posted December 30, 2017 SMU 21 DaSilva 14 Manderson 8 76.5% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEnglandBull Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,518 Content Count: 42,125 Reputation: 8,834 Days Won: 344 Joined: 11/29/2009 Share Posted December 30, 2017 (edited) SMU 23 Banks 14 DaSilva 7 82% Edited December 30, 2017 by NewEnglandBull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
206BULL Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 66 Content Count: 4,777 Reputation: 899 Days Won: 6 Joined: 08/30/2009 Share Posted December 30, 2017 SMU 22 Samuel - 15 Manderson 8 70% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Admin Topic Count: 13,332 Content Count: 96,987 Reputation: 10,806 Days Won: 469 Joined: 05/19/2000 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 No one trusting the freshmen or that the freshmen will get enough minutes... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,610 Content Count: 74,508 Reputation: 10,798 Days Won: 422 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted December 30, 2017 28 minutes ago, Brad said: No one trusting the freshmen or that the freshmen will get enough minutes... Not enough freshmen ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apis Bull Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 1,586 Content Count: 23,185 Reputation: 2,332 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/05/2002 Share Posted December 30, 2017 USF 2 Banks 18 DaSilva 8 70% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcgruber Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 257 Content Count: 2,403 Reputation: 162 Days Won: 5 Joined: 03/24/2008 Share Posted December 30, 2017 1) SMU2) 163) Jiggetts - 16 Can I pick McMurray? or should I just go with number "0"4) Da Silva- 85) 79% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJZbulls Posted December 30, 2017 Group: Member Topic Count: 15 Content Count: 446 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/25/2009 Share Posted December 30, 2017 SMU 20 Brown - 14 Manderson 8 79% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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