Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. Utah 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 11
 

South Florida Bulls vs. Utah State Aggies

      vs.     

Sunday, December 18     7:45 p.m. EST
Toyota 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. Utah State on  Wednesday, December 18th (7:45 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 10 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	51		Friscobull	3
Boston College	Friscobull	46		Friscobull	46		ScorpionBull	2
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		Friscobull	46		Fold FB Invest in BB	1
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		JJZbulls	42		206BULL	1
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		206BULL	41		flsportsfan83	1
New Mexico State	flsportsfan83	26		79 Bull	41		JJZbulls	1
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		ScorpionBull	40		79 Bull	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		ScorpionBull	35
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		flsportsfan83	26
Drexel	79 Bull	41		Fold FB Invest in BB	12
Total Points				Average Points (min 7 games played)
ScorpionBull	257			Friscobull	31.9	7
BrassBulls12	255			ScorpionBull	28.6	9
79 Bull	250			BrassBulls12	25.5	10
&rew Bull	241			79 Bull	25.0	10
DELdaBull	237			flsportsfan83	24.3	9
Friscobull	223			&rew Bull	24.1	10
flsportsfan83	219			DELdaBull	23.7	10
NewEnglandBull	216			NJBull	22.3	7
JJZbulls	208			NewEnglandBull	21.6	10
Fold FB Invest in BB	195			JJZbulls	20.8	10
bcgruber	174			Fold FB Invest in BB	19.5	10
NJBull	156			cophbulls	19.5	8
cophbulls	156			bcgruber	17.4	10
206BULL	121
Gat-Rat Bull	65
East lake bull	46
MSBulls	23

[flsportsfan83]

Utah State

11

Collins 16

Durr 7

62%

Just now, flsportsfan83 said:

Utah State

11

Collins 16

Durr 7

62%

I hope I do not win this one and the Bulls do.

[&rew Bull]

USF

5

Collins 18

Durr 8

67%

[BrassBulls12]

USF

3

collins 20

Durr-10

60%

[NewEnglandBull]

Utah State

9

Collins 17

Durr 9

62%

[NJBull]

Utah State

7

collins 20

durr 8

63%

[MSBulls]

1) Utah St.
2) 14
3) Rideau - 21
4) Durr - 6
5) 72%
 

[DELdaBull]

USF

4

Collins 15

Durr 7

59%

[bcgruber]

1) USU
2) 8
3) Zach - 13
4) Q - 6
5) 74%

[Fold FB Invest in BB]

USF

3

Brown 22

Maricevic 7

69%