Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. Memphis

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 16
 

South Florida Bulls vs. Memphis Tigers

      vs.     

Sunday, January 12th     4 p.m. EST
Yuengling Center       Tampa, FL

 

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. Memphis on Sunday, January 12th (4 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 16 Games:

Game-by-Game Results				Most Points in a Win (Top 10)			Most Wins
Game	User	Points		User	Points		User	Wins
Arkansas Pine Bluff	ScorpionBull	40		Friscobull	52		Friscobull	5
Boston College	Friscobull	46		Friscobull	51		ScorpionBull	2
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		Friscobull	48		DELdaBull	2
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		DELdaBull	48		Fold FB Invest in BB	2
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		Friscobull	46		206BULL	1
New Mexico State	flsportsfan83	26		Friscobull	46		flsportsfan83	1
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		JJZbulls	42		JJZbulls	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		Fold FB Invest in BB	42		79 Bull	1
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		206BULL	41		brybull1970	1
Drexel	79 Bull	41		79 Bull	41
Utah State	Friscobull	48
Florida State	DELdaBull	48
Florida Atlantic	DELdaBull	36
SMU	Friscobull	52
UConn	Fold FB Invest in BB	42
ECU	brybull1970	33
Total Points				Average Points (min 7 games played)
DELdaBull	421			Friscobull	32.5	12
Friscobull	390			DELdaBull	28.1	15
BrassBulls12	387			NJBull	25.4	13
79 Bull	387			ScorpionBull	24.2	14
NewEnglandBull	384			BrassBulls12	24.2	16
&rew Bull	380			79 Bull	24.2	16
flsportsfan83	348			NewEnglandBull	24.0	16
ScorpionBull	339			206BULL	23.9	9
NJBull	330			&rew Bull	23.8	16
bcgruber	319			flsportsfan83	23.2	15
cophbulls	299			cophbulls	23.0	13
Fold FB Invest in BB	281			bcgruber	19.9	16
206BULL	215			JJZbulls	18.9	11
JJZbulls	208			Fold FB Invest in BB	17.6	16
brybull1970	180
East lake bull	107
	86
MSBulls	70
Gat-Rat Bull	65
bullstampede9922	37

[DELdaBull]

Boy. I am guessing not good

Memphis 

12

Collins 15

Rideau 8

64%

[flsportsfan83]

Memphis

22

Collins 15

Durr 7

63%

[NewEnglandBull]

Memphis 14

Collins 17

Durr 8

64%

[CousinRicky]

Wait, if they play tonight and play us Sunday isn't it more than 48 hours?  

[bcgruber]

1) Memphis
2) 13
3) Zach - 13
4) Antun - 7
5) 67%

[smazza]

memphis

15

rideau 18

durr  12

60%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN!

2

Q 17

Durr 8

71%

[ScorpionBull]

1) USF!! Let’s do this 
2) 2 
3) Collins - 17
4) Durr - 13
5) 69%

[NJBull]

Memphis

10

Rideau 16

Durr 8

59%