Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. East Carolina

[Brad]

Welcome to the 2018-19

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 24
(Contest Game 23)

 

South Florida Bulls vs ECU

 

 

      vs.     

Sunday, February 10      5:30 p.m. EST

Yuengling Center       Tampa, FL

 

Congrats to contest Game 22 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. ECU on Sunday, February 10 (5:30 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 (02/03, through Memphis game - contest Game 21)

Total Points (Top Ten):

bullsfan27	665
DELdaBull	593
&rew Bull	566
JJZbulls	559
NewEnglandBull	542
MikeG	540
Apis Bull	535
George Jenkins	525
bcgruber	512
NJBull	511

 

Most Wins:

bullsfan27	3.5
&rew Bull	3
George Jenkins	2.5
JJZbulls	2.5
Apis Bull	2.5
NJBull	2
CountryBull	2
cophbulls	1
mikemcp88	0.5
chapelbull	0.5

 

Highest average points (Top Ten, min 10 games):

bullsfan27	35.00
chapelbull	33.14
cophbulls	31.62
&rew Bull	31.44
CountryBull	31.44
JJZbulls	31.06
Apis Bull	29.72
DELdaBull	29.65
NewEnglandBull	28.53
MikeG	28.42

 

Individual Game Winners:

Game		Name	Points
1		George Jenkins	37
2		&rew Bull	40
3		bullsfan27	44
4		bullsfan27	43
5		JJZbulls	26
TIE		Apis Bull	26
6		bullsfan27	43
TIE		George Jenkins	43
7		NJBull	50
8		CANCELED
9		George Jenkins	49
10		Apis Bull	46
11		NJBull	44
12		CountryBull	45
13		bullsfan27	51
14		JJZbulls	49
15		cophbulls	47
16		JJZbulls	42
17		mikemcp88	30
TIE		chapelbull	30
18		&rew Bull	56
19		CountryBull	35
20		Apis Bull	41
21		&rew Bull	40

 

Most points scored in a win (Top 5):

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

[DELdaBull]

USF

7

Collins 17

Durr 9

65%

[MikeG]

USF

9

Collins 20

Durr 8

66% 

[NewEnglandBull]

USF

13

Q 21 points

Durr 9

71%

[mikemcp88]

USF

15

Rideau 20

Durr 7

68%

[bcgruber]

1) South Florida
2) 10
3) Q - 21
4) Durr - 10
5) 72%

[chapelbull]

South Florida

12

Rideau  18

Durr   9

63%

[Apis Bull]

USF

15

Rideau 19

Yetna 12

65%

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

USF

10

Brown 18

Durr 8

72%

[bullsfan27]

Bulls

19

Collins 23

Yetna 11

68%

 

Note: If yenta doesn't play I'll go with Durr for rebounds