Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. Central Florida

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 22
 

South Florida Bulls vs. UCF Knights

      vs.     

Saturday, February 1st     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. UCF on Saturday, February 1st (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 21 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	55		Friscobull	6
Boston College	Friscobull	46		Friscobull	52		brybull1970	3
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		cophbulls	52		ScorpionBull	2
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		Friscobull	51		DELdaBull	2
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		Friscobull	48		Fold FB Invest in BB	2
New Mexico State	flsportsfan83	26		DELdaBull	48		206BULL	1
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		Friscobull	46		flsportsfan83	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		Friscobull	46		JJZbulls	1
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		brybull1970	44		79 Bull	1
Drexel	79 Bull	41		JJZbulls	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		BrassBulls12	561		brybull1970	36.5	10
UConn	Fold FB Invest in BB	42		DELdaBull	558		Friscobull	32.2	17
ECU	brybull1970	33		NewEnglandBull	550		cophbulls	28.1	17
Memphis	cophbulls	52		Friscobull	548		DELdaBull	27.9	20
UCF	brybull1970	30		flsportsfan83	499		smazza	27.7	7
Wichita State	NewEnglandBull	41		79 Bull	486		BrassBulls12	26.7	21
Houston	brybull1970	44		&rew Bull	485		NewEnglandBull	26.2	21
Tulane	Friscobull	55		cophbulls	477		NJBull	25.1	18
				NJBull	452		flsportsfan83	25.0	20
				ScorpionBull	432		East lake bull	24.5	10
				bcgruber	406		206BULL	24.1	12
				brybull1970	365		79 Bull	23.1	21
				Fold FB Invest in BB	358		&rew Bull	23.1	21
				206BULL	289		ScorpionBull	22.7	19
				East lake bull	245		JJZbulls	20.33333333	12.0
				JJZbulls	244		bcgruber	19.33333333	21.0
				smazza	194		Fold FB Invest in BB	17.04761905	21.0
				MSBulls	70
				Gat-Rat Bull	65
				MikeG	62
				CountryBull	49
				bullstampede9922	37

[&rew Bull]

USF

3

Collins 18

Durr 7

67%

[NJBull]

USF

7

Collins 17

Durr 8

64%

[NewEnglandBull]

USF 7

Collins 19

Durr 9

67%

 

[DELdaBull]

Let's hope that last one was a turning point 

USF

6

Collins 16

Durr 8

65%

[BrassBulls12]

USF-2

Collins-17

Durr-6

60%

[MikeG]

USF-2

Collins-17

Durr 8

65%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN AGAIN!

9

Collins 18

Durr 10

71%

[bcgruber]

USF

6

Q 16

Durr 9

72%

[smazza]

orlando school aka florida tech

6

rideau 14

durr 10

60%

 

i looked at  the stat post. my god i have no idea what all those numbers mean and how you calculate this stuff

whoever does this is underpaid but i thank that person