Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. Tulane

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 21
 

South Florida Bulls vs. Tulane Green Waves

      vs.     

Wednesday, January 29th     8 p.m. EST
Devlin Fieldhouse       New Orleans, LA

 

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. Tulane on Wednesday, January 29th (8 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 20 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		brybull1970	3
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		Friscobull	51		ScorpionBull	2
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		Friscobull	48		DELdaBull	2
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		DELdaBull	48		Fold FB Invest in BB	2
New Mexico State	flsportsfan83	26		Friscobull	46		206BULL	1
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		Friscobull	46		flsportsfan83	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		brybull1970	44		JJZbulls	1
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		JJZbulls	42		79 Bull	1
Drexel	79 Bull	41		Fold FB Invest in BB	42		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	523		brybull1970	36.6	9
UConn	Fold FB Invest in BB	42		NewEnglandBull	516		Friscobull	30.8	16
ECU	brybull1970	33		BrassBulls12	508		DELdaBull	27.5	19
Memphis	cophbulls	52		Friscobull	493		cophbulls	26.5	16
UCF	brybull1970	30		flsportsfan83	454		NewEnglandBull	25.8	20
Wichita State	NewEnglandBull	41		&rew Bull	443		BrassBulls12	25.4	20
Houston	brybull1970	44		79 Bull	438		NJBull	24.8	17
				cophbulls	424		206BULL	24.1	12
				NJBull	421		flsportsfan83	23.9	19
				ScorpionBull	388		&rew Bull	22.2	20
				bcgruber	379		79 Bull	21.9	20
				brybull1970	329		ScorpionBull	21.6	18
				Fold FB Invest in BB	320		East lake bull	21.4	9
				206BULL	289		bcgruber	19.0	20
				JJZbulls	208		JJZbulls	18.90909091	11.0
				East lake bull	193		Fold FB Invest in BB	16	20.0
				smazza	156
				MSBulls	70
				Gat-Rat Bull	65
				CountryBull	49
				bullstampede9922	37
				MikeG	27

[&rew Bull]

USF

5

Collins 18

Durr 7

67%

[flsportsfan83]

USF 6

Collins 16

Durr 9

67%

[DELdaBull]

Tulane is a bad team, unfortunately I think we are worse and in a serious offensive rut right now. 

Tulane

4

Collins 14

Durr 8

65%

[smazza]

tulane 

8

rideau 14

durr  10

 

60%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN!

10

Collins 17

Durr 9

70%

[BrassBulls12]

USF- 6

Collins-17

Durr-7

60%

[NewEnglandBull]

Tulane 9

Collins 19

Durr 7

61%

 

[MikeG]

tulane 

8

Collins 14

Durr 8

65%

[East lake bull]

USF 

2

Collins.  14

Durr.  9

61%