Contest Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls at UCF

[Brad]

Welcome to the 2018-19

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 25
(Contest Game 24)

 

South Florida Bulls at UCF

 

 

      vs.     

Wednesday, February 13      7:00 p.m. EST

CFE Arena       Orlando, FL

 

Congrats to contest Game 24 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. UCF on Wednesday, February 13 (7:00 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 (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]

Let's do it

USF

5

Collins 17

Durr 9

67%

[Apis Bull]

USF

2

Rideau 16

Yetna 10 (Durr 8 ) if Yetna is still out

65%

[TheAccountant]

1) USF
2) 3
3) Collins 18
4) Yetna 12
5) 78.9%

[NewEnglandBull]

USF

1

Collins 19

Durr 9

68%

[Guest Jonesy Bull]

I predicted USF to win the home return game but not the roadie.....So -

UCF

6

Collins 17

Yetna 12

70%

 

[MikeG]

This is not a huge deal but before this gets out of hand, I think we need to address it.

I don't know why some people are putting "Yetna X or player B if Yetna does not play"-- that does not seem how this is supposed to work. Part of the prediction is knowing who is playing-- and yeah-- USF is making it a "game time" decision with him each time but it seems unfair to let people hedge their guesses by allowing them to put this down. And is it just not playing or the fact that they dressed for the game but never went in-- does that matter. I think this opens a large can of worms over what is supposed to be a simple contest.

Care to weigh in your official ruling on this situation @Brad ? We had one guy do it last game and I asked then but still no word on how to handle this. I mean-- hell-- if you are going to let it stand, everyone will start putting in if/then clauses in the contest. "If USF wins 3 points, otherwise UCF wins 4 points" has about the same weight in my book. Well a bit more extreme but still-- players should be limited to making their pick and sticking with it.

[Brad]

That is not allowed.  You pick one name and one name only that can be changed prior to the published (scheduled) game time.  

[NJBull]

USF

2

Collins 21

Durr 8

70%

[gmanbull93]

1) USF
2) 3
3) Collins 23
4) Yetna 9
5) 68.3