Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls at East Carolina

[Brad]

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Welcome to the 2018-19

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

The race for the mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup is on!

Game 21
(Contest Game 20)

 

South Florida Bulls at East Carolina

 

 

      at     

Saturday, January 26      4:00 p.m. EST

Mingis Coliseum       Greenville, NC

 

Congrats to contest Game 19 winner!

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. East Carolina on Saturday, January 26 (4:00 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) 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 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!

 

 This game winner receives:  

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Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2018-19 season!

 

(Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup)

 

 

Stats Updates (01/20, through Houston game - contest Game 18)

Total Points (Top Ten):

bullsfan27	584
&rew Bull	507
DELdaBull	492
JJZbulls	490
NewEnglandBull	462
George Jenkins	458
MikeG	454
bcgruber	449
Apis Bull	441
NJBull	437

Most Wins:

bullsfan27	3.5
George Jenkins	2.5
JJZbulls	2.5
NJBull	2
&rew Bull	2
Apis Bull	1.5
CountryBull	1
cophbulls	1
mikemcp88	0.5
chapelbull	0.5

 

Highest average points (Top Ten, min 9 games):

bullsfan27	36.50	16
chapelbull	34.17	12
cophbulls	33.00	10
JJZbulls	32.67	15
&rew Bull	31.69	16
CountryBull	30.38	13
Apis Bull	29.40	15
DELdaBull	28.94	17
NewEnglandBull	28.88	16
MikeG	28.38	16

Individual Game Winners:

1		George Jenkins
2		&rew Bull
3		bullsfan27
4		bullsfan27
5		JJZbulls
TIE		Apis Bull
6		bullsfan27
TIE		George Jenkins
7		NJBull
8		CANCELED
9		George Jenkins
10		Apis Bull
11		NJBull
12		CountryBull
13		bullsfan27
14		JJZbulls
15		cophbulls
16		JJZbulls
17		mikemcp88
TIE		chapelbull
18		&rew Bull

 

Most points scored in a win (Top 5):

&rew Bull	56
bullsfan27	51
NJBull	50
George Jenkins	49
JJZbulls	49

[Apis Bull]

USF

12

Rideau 18

Yetna 12

65%

[DELdaBull]

USF

7

Collins 16

Yetna 10

63%

[NewEnglandBull]

USF 

5

Rideau 15

Yetna 12

66%

[mikemcp88]

USF

14

Rideau 19

Yetna 13

67%

[NJBull]

USF

7

Collins 19

Yetna 10

70%

[bullsfan27]

Bulls

11

collins 17

yetna 11

65%

[bcgruber]

1) South Florida
2) 6
3) Q - 16
4) Durr -9
5) 69%

[chapelbull]

South Florida

6

Collins  17

Yetna   13

63%

[MikeG]

USF

9

Rideau 21

Yetna 12

64%