Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. UConn

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 27
 

South Florida Bulls vs. UConn Huskies

      vs.     

Sunday, February 23rd     2 p.m. EST
Gampel Pavilion       Storrs, CT

 

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. UConn on Sunday, February 23rd (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 26 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	3
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		flsportsfan83	2
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		flsportsfan83	48		206BULL	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		East lake bull	47		JJZbulls	1
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		Friscobull	46		79 Bull	1
Drexel	79 Bull	41		Friscobull	46		cophbulls	1
Utah State	Friscobull	48					NewEnglandBull	1
Florida State	DELdaBull	48					bcgruber	1
Florida Atlantic	DELdaBull	36					East lake bull	1
SMU	Friscobull	52					BrassBulls12	1
UConn	Fold FB Invest in BB	42
ECU	brybull1970	33		Total Points			Average Points (min 7 games played)
Memphis	cophbulls	52		BrassBulls12	697		brybull1970	31.6	15
UCF	brybull1970	30		DELdaBull	667		Friscobull	28.9	22
Wichita State	NewEnglandBull	41		NewEnglandBull	663		BrassBulls12	26.8	26
Houston	brybull1970	44		Friscobull	635		DELdaBull	26.7	25
Tulane	Friscobull	55		flsportsfan83	612		cophbulls	26.0	22
UCF	bcgruber	29		79 Bull	599		NewEnglandBull	25.5	26
Memphis	ScorpionBull	38		&rew Bull	595		East lake bull	24.5	15
Houston	East lake bull	47		cophbulls	572		flsportsfan83	24.5	25
Tulsa	BrassBulls12	33		NJBull	542		206BULL	24.1	12
Wichita State	flsportsfan83	48		ScorpionBull	535		smazza	24.1	12
				bcgruber	535		NJBull	23.6	23
				brybull1970	474		79 Bull	23.0	26
				Fold FB Invest in BB	424		&rew Bull	22.9	26
				East lake bull	368		ScorpionBull	22.3	24
				206BULL	289		bcgruber	20.57692308	26.0
				smazza	289		JJZbulls	20.33333333	12.0
				JJZbulls	244		Fold FB Invest in BB	16.96	25.0
				MikeG	131
				MSBulls	70
				Gat-Rat Bull	65
				CountryBull	49
				bullstampede9922	37
				El_Toro_86	13

[DELdaBull]

We suck in the road

The dogs

5

Quincy 15

Durr 8

69%

[flsportsfan83]

USF

4

Collins 16

Durr 7

 

66.78%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN!

8

Q 16

Durr 8

71%

[BrassBulls12]

UConn 

8

Collins 17

Durr 7

60%

[smazza]

uconn

10

collins 15

durr 10

55%

[bcgruber]

South Florida

4

Brown 17

durr 12

76%

[NJBull]

USF

4

Rideau 20

durr 8

65%

[MikeG]

UConn

8

Collins 14

Durr 9

61%

[NewEnglandBull]

Uconn 

9

Q 14

Durr 9

62%