Basketball Prediction Contest: Bulls vs. Temple

[&rew Bull]

Welcome to the 2019-20

TheBullsPen.com

 Basketball Prediction Contest

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

Game 29
 

South Florida Bulls vs. Temple Owls

      vs.     

Sunday, March 1st     12 p.m. EST
Liacouras Center       Philadelphia, PA

 

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. Temple on Sunday, March 1st (12 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 28 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		NJBull	64		Friscobull	7
Boston College	Friscobull	46		Friscobull	55		brybull1970	3
IUPUI	Fold FB Invest in BB	12		Friscobull	52		ScorpionBull	3
Wofford	ScorpionBull	35		cophbulls	52		DELdaBull	2
Loyola Illinois	206BULL	41		Friscobull	51		Fold FB Invest in BB	2
New Mexico State	flsportsfan83	26		Friscobull	48		flsportsfan83	2
Nebraska	Friscobull	51		DELdaBull	48		206BULL	1
Furman	Friscobull	46		flsportsfan83	48		JJZbulls	1
Dartmouth	JJZbulls	42		East lake bull	47		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					NJBull	1
ECU	brybull1970	33
Memphis	cophbulls	52		Total Points			Average Points (min 7 games played)
UCF	brybull1970	30		BrassBulls12	750		brybull1970	29.2	17
Wichita State	NewEnglandBull	41		DELdaBull	715		Friscobull	29.0	24
Houston	brybull1970	44		NewEnglandBull	707		BrassBulls12	26.8	28
Tulane	Friscobull	55		Friscobull	697		DELdaBull	26.5	27
UCF	bcgruber	29		flsportsfan83	636		NewEnglandBull	25.3	28
Memphis	ScorpionBull	38		&rew Bull	630		smazza	25.2	14
Houston	East lake bull	47		79 Bull	623		cophbulls	24.9	23
Tulsa	BrassBulls12	33		NJBull	606		NJBull	24.2	25
Wichita State	flsportsfan83	48		bcgruber	574		206BULL	24.1	12
UConn	Friscobull	25		cophbulls	572		flsportsfan83	23.6	27
ECU	NJBull	64		ScorpionBull	556		East lake bull	22.8	17
				brybull1970	496		&rew Bull	22.5	28
				Fold FB Invest in BB	424		79 Bull	22.3	28
				East lake bull	387		MikeG	22.1	7
				smazza	353		ScorpionBull	21.38461538	26.0
				206BULL	289		bcgruber	20.5	28.0
				JJZbulls	244		JJZbulls	20.33333333	12.0
				MikeG	155		Fold FB Invest in BB	16.96	25.0
				MSBulls	70
				Gat-Rat Bull	65
				CountryBull	49
				bullstampede9922	37
				El_Toro_86	13

[DELdaBull]

We suck on the road

BULLS

6

Rideau 15

Durr 8

71%

[BrassBulls12]

Temple 

6

Collins 17

Durr 7

70%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN AGAIN!

5

Collins 16

Durr 8

71%

[flsportsfan83]

Temple

6

Collins 15

Brown 7

68%

[MikeG]

USF

5

Rideau 14

Rideau 8

62%

[NewEnglandBull]

Temple 7

Collins 14

Durr 8

58% 

Edited March 1, 2020 by NewEnglandBull

[smazza]

temple 9

rideau 15

brown 10

70%

Edited March 1, 2020 by smazza
i made a mistake

[NJBull]

USF

3

Brown 18

Durr 9

71%

[bcgruber]

1) South Florida
2) 4
3) Brown - 16
4) Durr - 10
5) 76%