Contest Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. Houston

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 20
 

South Florida Bulls vs. Houston Cougars

      vs.     

Sunday, January 26th     2 p.m. EST
Fertitta 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. Houston on Sunday, January 26th (2 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 19 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		cophbulls	52		ScorpionBull	2
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		Friscobull	51		DELdaBull	2
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		Friscobull	48		Fold FB Invest in BB	2
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		DELdaBull	48		brybull1970	2
New Mexico State	flsportsfan83	26		Friscobull	46		206BULL	1
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		Friscobull	46		flsportsfan83	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		JJZbulls	42		JJZbulls	1
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		Fold FB Invest in BB	42		79 Bull	1
Drexel	79 Bull	41		206BULL	41		cophbulls	1
Utah State	Friscobull	48					NewEnglandBull	1
Florida State	DELdaBull	48
Florida Atlantic	DELdaBull	36		Total Points			Average Points (min 7 games played)
SMU	Friscobull	52		DELdaBull	499		brybull1970	35.6	8
UConn	Fold FB Invest in BB	42		NewEnglandBull	480		Friscobull	30.5	15
ECU	brybull1970	33		BrassBulls12	479		DELdaBull	27.7	18
Memphis	cophbulls	52		Friscobull	458		cophbulls	25.6	15
UCF	brybull1970	30		&rew Bull	433		NewEnglandBull	25.3	19
Wichita State	NewEnglandBull	41		flsportsfan83	431		BrassBulls12	25.2	19
				79 Bull	421		NJBull	24.4	16
				NJBull	390		flsportsfan83	23.9	18
				cophbulls	384		206BULL	23.3	11
				ScorpionBull	378		&rew Bull	22.8	19
				bcgruber	355		ScorpionBull	22.2	17
				Fold FB Invest in BB	303		79 Bull	22.2	19
				brybull1970	285		East lake bull	19.8	8
				206BULL	256		JJZbulls	18.9	11
				JJZbulls	208		bcgruber	18.68421053	19.0
				East lake bull	158		Fold FB Invest in BB	15.94736842	19.0
				smazza	156
				MSBulls	70
				Gat-Rat Bull	65
				CountryBull	49
				bullstampede9922	37

[NJBull]

Houston

11

Collins 15

Durr 8

58%

[BrassBulls12]

Houston 

9

Collins-14

Durr-5

55%

[NewEnglandBull]

Houston 14

Collins 15

Durr 6

59%

[flsportsfan83]

USF

4

Collins 18

Durr 8

68.8%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN!

3

Collins 17

Durr 9

71%

[bcgruber]

Houston 13

Collins 15

Q 6

62%

[East lake bull]

Houston 

16

Collins   15

Durr   9

58%

[DELdaBull]

Houston 

8

Collins 16

Williams 8

65%

[MikeG]

 

Houston 

8

Collins 16

Durr   9

58%