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Houston 10 Collins 16 Durr 7 65%

Thanks @Triple B. I'm posting it now. I've been away from computers for the last couple days

@ScorpionBull's usual optimism gave them the win on today's prediction. Getting full points on the free throw percentage pushed them above the other top predictors. User Points ScorpionBull 38 79 Bull 37 DELdaBull 33 Fold FB Invest in BB 24 bcgruber 19 brybull1970 17 MikeG 16 flsportsfan83 14 NJBull 11 &rew Bull 11 BrassBulls12 11 East lake bull 10 cophbulls 9 NewEnglandBull 8 Friscobull 7 smazza 7

Memphis 11 Collins 16 Durr 7 65%

Welcome to the 2019-20 TheBullsPen.com  Basketball Prediction Contest The race for the mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup is on! Game 23  South Florida Bulls vs. Memphis Tigers  vs. Saturday, February 8th 4 p.m. EST FedExForum Memphis, TN 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. Memphis on Saturday, February 8th (4 pm ET), 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) Collins - 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 Grand Prize for those with the overall greatest point, "smaller" prizes for each game winner and prizes for other category wins: tracking of game averages, wins and total points scored for the season! The key is to be mindful of the game schedule and enter each game!   This game winner receives: To Be Announced Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2019-20 season! (Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup) Stats Through 22 Games: Game-by-Game Results Most Points in a Win (Top 10) Most Wins Game User Points User Points User Wins Arkansas Pine Bluff ScorpionBull 40 Friscobull 55 Friscobull 6 Boston College Friscobull 46 Friscobull 52 brybull1970 3 IUPUI Fold FB Invest in BB 12 cophbulls 52 ScorpionBull 2 Wofford ScorpionBull 35 Friscobull 51 DELdaBull 2 Loyola Illinois 206BULL 41 Friscobull 48 Fold FB Invest in BB 2 New Mexico State flsportsfan83 26 DELdaBull 48 206BULL 1 Nebraska Friscobull 51 Friscobull 46 flsportsfan83 1 Furman Friscobull 46 Friscobull 46 JJZbulls 1 Dartmouth JJZbulls 42 brybull1970 44 79 Bull 1 Drexel 79 Bull 41 JJZbulls 42 cophbulls 1 Utah State Friscobull 48 NewEnglandBull 1 Florida State DELdaBull 48 bcgruber 1 Florida Atlantic DELdaBull 36 SMU Friscobull 52 Total Points Average Points (min 7 games played) UConn Fold FB Invest in BB 42 DELdaBull 573 brybull1970 33.2 11 ECU brybull1970 33 BrassBulls12 572 Friscobull 31.1 18 Memphis cophbulls 52 NewEnglandBull 566 DELdaBull 27.3 21 UCF brybull1970 30 Friscobull 559 cophbulls 26.5 18 Wichita State NewEnglandBull 41 79 Bull 505 smazza 26.1 8 Houston brybull1970 44 flsportsfan83 499 BrassBulls12 26.0 22 Tulane Friscobull 55 &rew Bull 497 NewEnglandBull 25.7 22 UCF bcgruber 29 cophbulls 477 NJBull 24.6 19 NJBull 468 206BULL 24.1 12 ScorpionBull 451 East lake bull 23.8 11 bcgruber 435 flsportsfan83 23.8 21 Fold FB Invest in BB 376 79 Bull 23.0 22 brybull1970 365 &rew Bull 22.6 22 206BULL 289 ScorpionBull 22.6 20 East lake bull 262 JJZbulls 20.33333333 12.0 JJZbulls 244 bcgruber 19.77272727 22.0 smazza 209 Fold FB Invest in BB 17.09090909 22.0 MikeG 73 MSBulls 70 Gat-Rat Bull 65 CountryBull 49 bullstampede9922 37 El_Toro_86 13

His USCe offer came in this morning. It sounds like the Gamecocks are expecting to miss on one of their big DE targets

The curse of 1000%

Does anyone have insight into what brought the students out for today's game against UCF? It's been a long time since I've seen so many students attend a USF basketball game. Playing a rival and a good start time tell part of the story but I'm guessing there was some marketing that finally clicked to bring everyone out.

As someone mentioned, it's just formulas in a spreadsheet that gets shared with the scorer each year. I made a couple adjustments this year to make the number crunching a little less manual than in year's past which makes it easy to copy+paste the stats for each post.

Congrats to @bcgruber on their first win of the season! The win was powered by being just one of two people to correctly guess the top scorer. No one correctly guessed that Brown would be the leading rebounder as most of us had Durr locked in since even CBG expected him to play as late as 30 minutes before tip off. User Points bcgruber 29 79 Bull 19 ScorpionBull 19 Fold FB Invest in BB 18 East lake bull 17 NJBull 16 NewEnglandBull 16 DELdaBull 15 smazza 15 El_Toro_86 13 &rew Bull 12 BrassBulls12 11 Friscobull 11 MikeG 11 flsportsfan83 0 cophbulls 0 brybull1970 0

We don't know what happened here that caused him to leave the team, do we? We know his departure at LSU was on him screwing up but, unless I missed something, him leaving us is still a mystery.

USF 3 Collins 18 Durr 7 67%

Welcome to the 2019-20 TheBullsPen.com  Basketball Prediction Contest The race for the mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup is on! Game 22  South Florida Bulls vs. UCF Knights  vs. Saturday, February 1st 4 p.m. EST Yuengling Center Tampa, FL 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. UCF on Saturday, February 1st (4 pm ET), 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) Collins - 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 Grand Prize for those with the overall greatest point, "smaller" prizes for each game winner and prizes for other category wins: tracking of game averages, wins and total points scored for the season! The key is to be mindful of the game schedule and enter each game!   This game winner receives: To Be Announced Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2019-20 season! (Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup) Stats Through 21 Games: Game-by-Game Results Most Points in a Win (Top 10) Most Wins Game User Points User Points User Wins Arkansas Pine Bluff ScorpionBull 40 Friscobull 55 Friscobull 6 Boston College Friscobull 46 Friscobull 52 brybull1970 3 IUPUI Fold FB Invest in BB 12 cophbulls 52 ScorpionBull 2 Wofford ScorpionBull 35 Friscobull 51 DELdaBull 2 Loyola Illinois 206BULL 41 Friscobull 48 Fold FB Invest in BB 2 New Mexico State flsportsfan83 26 DELdaBull 48 206BULL 1 Nebraska Friscobull 51 Friscobull 46 flsportsfan83 1 Furman Friscobull 46 Friscobull 46 JJZbulls 1 Dartmouth JJZbulls 42 brybull1970 44 79 Bull 1 Drexel 79 Bull 41 JJZbulls 42 cophbulls 1 Utah State Friscobull 48 NewEnglandBull 1 Florida State DELdaBull 48 Florida Atlantic DELdaBull 36 Total Points Average Points (min 7 games played) SMU Friscobull 52 BrassBulls12 561 brybull1970 36.5 10 UConn Fold FB Invest in BB 42 DELdaBull 558 Friscobull 32.2 17 ECU brybull1970 33 NewEnglandBull 550 cophbulls 28.1 17 Memphis cophbulls 52 Friscobull 548 DELdaBull 27.9 20 UCF brybull1970 30 flsportsfan83 499 smazza 27.7 7 Wichita State NewEnglandBull 41 79 Bull 486 BrassBulls12 26.7 21 Houston brybull1970 44 &rew Bull 485 NewEnglandBull 26.2 21 Tulane Friscobull 55 cophbulls 477 NJBull 25.1 18 NJBull 452 flsportsfan83 25.0 20 ScorpionBull 432 East lake bull 24.5 10 bcgruber 406 206BULL 24.1 12 brybull1970 365 79 Bull 23.1 21 Fold FB Invest in BB 358 &rew Bull 23.1 21 206BULL 289 ScorpionBull 22.7 19 East lake bull 245 JJZbulls 20.33333333 12.0 JJZbulls 244 bcgruber 19.33333333 21.0 smazza 194 Fold FB Invest in BB 17.04761905 21.0 MSBulls 70 Gat-Rat Bull 65 MikeG 62 CountryBull 49 bullstampede9922 37

Congrats to @Friscobull for extending his lead for the most wins and setting a new season high on the prediction contest. Everyone did pretty well tonight because of Collins and Durr both leading in their categories. User Points Friscobull 55 BrassBulls12 53 cophbulls 53 East lake bull 52 79 Bull 48 flsportsfan83 45 ScorpionBull 44 &rew Bull 42 Fold FB Invest in BB 38 smazza 38 JJZbulls 36 brybull1970 36 DELdaBull 35 MikeG 35 NewEnglandBull 34 NJBull 31 bcgruber 27

IIRC, he was in a slump in the back half of last season too.

I've noticed Coach Scott retweeting recruits' tweets like the one at the top of this post. Is this something that the NCAA allows? I've never seen a coach doing such a thing so I'd assumed not.

USF 5 Collins 18 Durr 7 67%

Welcome to the 2019-20 TheBullsPen.com  Basketball Prediction Contest The race for the mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup is on! Game 21  South Florida Bulls vs. Tulane Green Waves  vs. Wednesday, January 29th 8 p.m. EST Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA 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. Tulane on Wednesday, January 29th (8 pm ET), 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) Collins - 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 Grand Prize for those with the overall greatest point, "smaller" prizes for each game winner and prizes for other category wins: tracking of game averages, wins and total points scored for the season! The key is to be mindful of the game schedule and enter each game!   This game winner receives: To Be Announced Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2019-20 season! (Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup) Stats Through 20 Games: Game-by-Game Results Most Points in a Win (Top 10) Most Wins Game User Points User Points User Wins Arkansas Pine Bluff ScorpionBull 40 Friscobull 52 Friscobull 5 Boston College Friscobull 46 cophbulls 52 brybull1970 3 IUPUI Fold FB Invest in BB 12 Friscobull 51 ScorpionBull 2 Wofford ScorpionBull 35 Friscobull 48 DELdaBull 2 Loyola Illinois 206BULL 41 DELdaBull 48 Fold FB Invest in BB 2 New Mexico State flsportsfan83 26 Friscobull 46 206BULL 1 Nebraska Friscobull 51 Friscobull 46 flsportsfan83 1 Furman Friscobull 46 brybull1970 44 JJZbulls 1 Dartmouth JJZbulls 42 JJZbulls 42 79 Bull 1 Drexel 79 Bull 41 Fold FB Invest in BB 42 cophbulls 1 Utah State Friscobull 48 NewEnglandBull 1 Florida State DELdaBull 48 Florida Atlantic DELdaBull 36 Total Points Average Points (min 7 games played) SMU Friscobull 52 DELdaBull 523 brybull1970 36.6 9 UConn Fold FB Invest in BB 42 NewEnglandBull 516 Friscobull 30.8 16 ECU brybull1970 33 BrassBulls12 508 DELdaBull 27.5 19 Memphis cophbulls 52 Friscobull 493 cophbulls 26.5 16 UCF brybull1970 30 flsportsfan83 454 NewEnglandBull 25.8 20 Wichita State NewEnglandBull 41 &rew Bull 443 BrassBulls12 25.4 20 Houston brybull1970 44 79 Bull 438 NJBull 24.8 17 cophbulls 424 206BULL 24.1 12 NJBull 421 flsportsfan83 23.9 19 ScorpionBull 388 &rew Bull 22.2 20 bcgruber 379 79 Bull 21.9 20 brybull1970 329 ScorpionBull 21.6 18 Fold FB Invest in BB 320 East lake bull 21.4 9 206BULL 289 bcgruber 19.0 20 JJZbulls 208 JJZbulls 18.90909091 11.0 East lake bull 193 Fold FB Invest in BB 16 20.0 smazza 156 MSBulls 70 Gat-Rat Bull 65 CountryBull 49 bullstampede9922 37 MikeG 27

If you want something < 10 minutes from campus, the non-national chain options are limited. Fuzzy's Taco Shop would probably be my recommendation. The Armature Works suggestion is great and the route I'd go if you're willing to make the 20 minute drive.

You actually came out on top! Free throw percentage pushed you over the top. Congrats to @brybull1970 for correctly predicting how miserable we were going to be. Everyone was WAY off on who would score the most points. Durr and Maricevic had the most points with 8 but no one predicted our leading scorer to have fewer than 14 points. User Points brybull1970 44 cophbulls 40 NewEnglandBull 36 East lake bull 35 Friscobull 35 206BULL 33 NJBull 31 BrassBulls12 29 MikeG 27 DELdaBull 24 bcgruber 24 flsportsfan83 23 Fold FB Invest in BB 17 79 Bull 17 &rew Bull 10 ScorpionBull 10

Clemson beat Duke. DePaul ran Butler out of the gym. Now USF beats Houston? It's not happening but this is the only way to jump up the leaderboard. USF 2 Collins 20 Rideau 6 68%

Welcome to the 2019-20 TheBullsPen.com  Basketball Prediction Contest The race for the mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup is on! Game 20  South Florida Bulls vs. Houston Cougars  vs. Sunday, January 26th 2 p.m. EST Fertitta Center Houston, TX 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. Houston on Sunday, January 26th (2 pm ET), 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) Collins - 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 Grand Prize for those with the overall greatest point, "smaller" prizes for each game winner and prizes for other category wins: tracking of game averages, wins and total points scored for the season! The key is to be mindful of the game schedule and enter each game!   This game winner receives: To Be Announced Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2019-20 season! (Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup) Stats Through 19 Games: Game-by-Game Results Most Points in a Win (Top 10) Most Wins Game User Points User Points User Wins Arkansas Pine Bluff ScorpionBull 40 Friscobull 52 Friscobull 5 Boston College Friscobull 46 cophbulls 52 ScorpionBull 2 IUPUI Fold FB Invest in BB 12 Friscobull 51 DELdaBull 2 Wofford ScorpionBull 35 Friscobull 48 Fold FB Invest in BB 2 Loyola Illinois 206BULL 41 DELdaBull 48 brybull1970 2 New Mexico State flsportsfan83 26 Friscobull 46 206BULL 1 Nebraska Friscobull 51 Friscobull 46 flsportsfan83 1 Furman Friscobull 46 JJZbulls 42 JJZbulls 1 Dartmouth JJZbulls 42 Fold FB Invest in BB 42 79 Bull 1 Drexel 79 Bull 41 206BULL 41 cophbulls 1 Utah State Friscobull 48 NewEnglandBull 1 Florida State DELdaBull 48 Florida Atlantic DELdaBull 36 Total Points Average Points (min 7 games played) SMU Friscobull 52 DELdaBull 499 brybull1970 35.6 8 UConn Fold FB Invest in BB 42 NewEnglandBull 480 Friscobull 30.5 15 ECU brybull1970 33 BrassBulls12 479 DELdaBull 27.7 18 Memphis cophbulls 52 Friscobull 458 cophbulls 25.6 15 UCF brybull1970 30 &rew Bull 433 NewEnglandBull 25.3 19 Wichita State NewEnglandBull 41 flsportsfan83 431 BrassBulls12 25.2 19 79 Bull 421 NJBull 24.4 16 NJBull 390 flsportsfan83 23.9 18 cophbulls 384 206BULL 23.3 11 ScorpionBull 378 &rew Bull 22.8 19 bcgruber 355 ScorpionBull 22.2 17 Fold FB Invest in BB 303 79 Bull 22.2 19 brybull1970 285 East lake bull 19.8 8 206BULL 256 JJZbulls 18.9 11 JJZbulls 208 bcgruber 18.68421053 19.0 East lake bull 158 Fold FB Invest in BB 15.94736842 19.0 smazza 156 MSBulls 70 Gat-Rat Bull 65 CountryBull 49 bullstampede9922 37

This staff has been very visible on social media. I'm especially liking the energy coming out of Da Prato (special teams coordinator). I noticed that only Hillsborough and Pinellas are shaded in on the graphic. Hopefully local coaches in Polk, Pasco, and Manatee counties don't get upset over a two-county focus.

It was close, but @NewEnglandBull got this one for his first win of the season. No one correctly predicted the leading rebounder (Dawson) but most got the leading scorer (Collins). The 70.8% free throw percent played a big role in determining last night's winner. Had the percentage been a flat 70%, the winner would have been @flsportsfan83. User Points NewEnglandBull 41 flsportsfan83 39 smazza 37 DELdaBull 35 brybull1970 34 cophbulls 33 BrassBulls12 32 ScorpionBull 22 &rew Bull 21 79 Bull 20 bcgruber 18 NJBull 14 East lake bull 13 Friscobull 13 Fold FB Invest in BB 11

1000% committed? He's as good as gone.