South Florida - DePaul Prediction Contest

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2005-06 Fans Prediction Contest

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Congratulations to our Games 18, 19 and 20 winners to be officially confirmed shortly!!

You'll find updated current stats updated after the DePaul game.

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 across the country.

First...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.

4)  Your prediction must be part of this original thread

5)  Post must be submitted prior to game.

For additional contest rules, please read the small print below.

And now, the contest:

For the Bulls game against DePaul Friday, February 3, 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 (whole percentage)

Please try to keep in the above format so that it will be easier to manage.  Sample response would be:

1)  South Florida

2)  10

3)  Holmes - 16

4)  Jones - 12

5)  69.7%

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.)

3) Correct Leading Scorer - 5 points

   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.)

4) Correct Leading Rebounder - 5 points

   Correct Rebound total 10 points (subtract one point for each variance in actual and predicted total - 0 points awarded if correct leading scorer 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

Gifts available for this game:

The individual game winner(s) may select from the following prizes (more to be added as the season progresses):

1. A Bulls Iconic U window cling.  Approximately 3.5"x4".

2.  A Bulls Iconic U bumper sticker.  Approximately 3.5" X 11.25"

3.  Your choice of one Chucky Atkins card (additional selections to be added):

4.  Your choice of one Radenko Dobras Card from the selection below (additional selections to be added):

End of Season Bonus Drawings:  

Those winning three or more contests are eligible for the end of season drawing for a Robert McCullum/Lee Roy Selmon signed pennant.

Those winning five or more contests are eligible for the end of season drawing for a Bulls 12 inch Wall Clock.

A SunTime 12 inch wall clock.  Dual logos and Quartz-accurate movement with logo and team color-coordinated mineral glass crystal and ring.  Retails for $24.95

There will also be some kind of award for the category winners to keep things interesting...If you missed game 1 and/or game 2, you can still play for individual game wins and records as well as the highest average per game.  If you haven't joined in yet, please do!

The whole thing is just for fun, so please participate, enjoy the contest and have fun!

Need Help?

The Sagarin, Dunkel, Harmon and SFB.com projections are posted Here.

Good Luck Bulls!

2005-06 contest updates to appear shortly!

2004-05 Contest Winners:

Overall Champion and recipient of the prized Bulliever's Cup:

AstroBull (841 points).

Other winners:

Average points per Game (minimum 16 games played):

MarkeyMark  29.40741  

Most Points in a Single Game as Winner:

JEDI T-MAN      62  

Other stats of interest:

Wins:

The Sheriff    4  

AstroBull       4

RJWGoBulls    3

As with previous years' contests, Bulliever is the final judge on all entries.  He will select the winner based on pre-established criteria.   All decisions are final, unless Bulliever changes his mind.  Finally, Bulliever will only refer to himself in the third person when typing in small print.  P

[T-Man]

The Bulls

11

Holmes 16

JONES 14

68%

Win by MAC gets people off his BACK!

[Velcro]

USF

3

Holmes 20

Jones 13

75%

[SkypointBull]

USF  (Now Win This One)

5

Holmes 18

Jones 12

74.7%

[usfbulls2004]

DePaul

5

Holmes 17

Jones 14

76.9%

[NJBull]

USF  

6

Holmes 23

Jones 15

70%

Paulie in Goodfellas "Hey he popped his cherry"

[___ Eats It]

I gotta go against them to try and score some points for the lead... sorry Bulls, I really DO hope you win!

Depaul

2

Holmes 18

Jones 10

72.4

[PingBull]

Depaul

7

Holmes 20

Jones 12

69.5%

[The_Reaper]

USF

5

Jones 18

Jones 8

68.7%

[Guest AstroBull]

DePaul

6

Jones 16

Jones 11

67%