Basketball Prediction Contest: South Florida vs. Rhode Island

[Brad]

SouthFloridaBulls.com's

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BasketBull Fans Prediction Contest

Game    3 

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

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[td][/td][td]Bulls vs. Rams[/td][td][/td]

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Congratulations to last game's winner Sitting_Bull!

BONUS:  If you participate in all three games this weekend and win at least one of the three contests you will  receive this Solomon Jones card - FREE!

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.  The contest is a season-long chase with prizes for different categories as specified below.

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 Rhode Island Friday, November 16, 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)  10

3)  Holmes - 16

4)  Gransberry - 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 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

Previous Bulliever's Cup Champions:

[table][tr][td]2006-07: [/td][td]BloomTown[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]2005-06:  [/td][td]BloomTown[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]2004-05:  [/td][td]AstroBull[/td][/tr][/table]

2007-08 Current Standings:

After Game 2:

Point Totals (Top 10):

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[tr] [td] Name [/td] [td] Score [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] Sitting_BULL [/td] [td] 72 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] BULLO12 [/td] [td] 64 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] MikeG [/td] [td] 47 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] NJBull [/td] [td] 35 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] Mid-Atlantic-Bull [/td] [td] 35 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] T-Man [/td] [td] 34 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] flsportsfan83 [/td] [td] 30 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] ksquire [/td] [td] 30 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] Apis Bull [/td] [td] 28 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] Carolina_Bull [/td] [td] 26 [/td] [/tr][/table]

Wins

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[tr] [td] Name [/td] [td]Wins[/td][/tr]

[tr] [td] BULLO12 [/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] Sitting_Bull [/td] [td]1[/td] [/tr][/table]

Highest Scores in a Win (Top 10)

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[tr] [td] Name [/td][td]Score[/td][/tr]

[tr] [td] Sitting_Bull [/td] [td]49[/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] BULLO12 [/td] [td]27[/td] [/tr]

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Highest Scoring Average (min 1 games played - Top 5)

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[tr] [td] Name [/td] [td] Average[/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] Sitting_BULL [/td] [td] 36 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] BULLO12 [/td] [td] 32 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] MikeG [/td] [td] 23.5 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] JoeB [/td] [td] 20 [/td] [/tr]

[tr] [td] HOTMello2005 [/td] [td] 19 [/td] [/tr][/table]

Of course the winner of the season-long points contest wins the somewhat esteemed Bulliever's Cup Trophy (pictured above), a gift certificate to a Bulls retailer and is also entered into the following drawings:

End of Season Bonus Drawings: 

Those winning three or more contests are eligible for the end of season drawing for a Sun Time 12 inch USF Bulls Dimension Wall Clock (Must pay postage of $4.95).

Those winning five or more contests are eligible for the end of season drawing for a Sun Time Sport Watch - Mens or Ladies (Must pay postage of $4.95).

   

Like last year, there may be a prize for the category winners (high average, number of wins, etc.) to keep things interesting...If you missed game a game along the way, 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!

Good Luck Bulls!

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. 

[flsportsfan83]

USF

11

Jones 23

Grans 15

74%

[79 Bull]

BULLS WIN!

8

Gransberry 22

Gransberry 14

71%

[Held_AccountaBull]

Rhode Island

10

D. Jones - 18

Gransberry - 13

64%

[usfbulls2004]

USF

2

Gransberry 19

Gransberry 9

75%

[ETKbull]

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[table][tr][td]U S F[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]16[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]Gransberry - 22[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]Jones - 14[/td][/tr]

[tr][td]69.69%[/td][/tr][/table]

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[BULLO12]

Rhode Island Rams

14

Gransberry - 22

Jones - 14

68%

[Velcro]

Bulls

10

Jones 20

Gransberry 12

75%

[Apis Bull]

Bulls

3

Jones 15

Gransberry 9

67%

[Guest AstroBull]

URI

5

Jesus 17

KG 13

68%