Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. New Mexico State

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 6
 

South Florida Bulls vs. New Mexico State Aggies

      vs.     

Tuesday, November 26th     1:30 p.m. EST
John Gray Gymnasium       Cayman Islands Classic

 

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. New Mexico State on Tuesday, November 26th (1:30 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:  

TBA

Have Fun and follow the Bulls throughout the 2019-20 season!

 

(Mildly prestigious Bulliever's Cup)

Stats Through 5 Games

Game-by-Game Results				Most Points in a Win			Most Wins
Game	User	Points		User	Points		User	Wins
Arkansas Pine Bluff	ScorpionBull	40		Friscobull	46		ScorpionBull	2
Boston College	Friscobull	46		206BULL	41		Friscobull	1
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		ScorpionBull	40		Fold FB Invest in BB	1
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		ScorpionBull	35		206BULL	1
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		Fold FB Invest in BB	12
Total Points				Average Points (min 5 games played)
79 Bull	124			79 Bull	24.8	5
BrassBulls12	123			BrassBulls12	24.6	5
DELdaBull	122			DELdaBull	24.4	5
ScorpionBull	110			NJBull	20.4	5
NJBull	102			JJZbulls	19.8	5
JJZbulls	99			&rew Bull	17.8	5
&rew Bull	89			Fold FB Invest in BB	16.4	5
flsportsfan83	88			bcgruber	16.2	5
Fold FB Invest in BB	82			NewEnglandBull	15.2	5
bcgruber	81
NewEnglandBull	76
206BULL	68
Gat-Rat Bull	65
Friscobull	61
cophbulls	60
East lake bull	46

Edited November 25, 2019 by &rew Bull
Added statistics

[DELdaBull]

USF

4

Collins 18

Williams 8

58% 

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN AGAIN!

6

Collins 16

Antun 6

63%

[BrassBulls12]

USF

5

Colins-20

durr-7

50%

[NewEnglandBull]

USF

7

Collins 15

Durr 10

67%

[&rew Bull]

USF

10

Rideau 17

Rideau 7

63%

Edited November 26, 2019 by &rew Bull

[bcgruber]

1) South Florida
2) 6
3) Q - 19
4) Durr - 6
5) 63%

[206BULL]

USF

13

Collins - 18

Durr - 8

63%

[flsportsfan83]

New Mexico State

6

Collins 15

Durr 7

65%

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

USF

3

Brown 20

Durr 8

71%