Basketball Prediction Contest: Game 2 - Bulls vs. Virginia

[LAMONT SANFORD]

Bulliever,

According to my calculations I had 36 points.  I got 10 points for picking the Bulls.  I said we would win by four points and we won by 17 so I should have gotten 2 points there.  I picked Dominique Jones as the leading scorer to get the 5 points.  I said he would have 15 points and he had 22 so I should get 3 points there.  I picked Gus Gilchrist as the leading rebounder which he was and that should have gotten the 5 points there.  I also correctly picked Gus with 8 rebounds so I should have gotten the full 10 points.  I picked the free throw percentage to be 65.3 and it was 72.2 so I should get 1 point there.  10 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 10 + 1 =36 points.  I know it wouldn't make me the winner, but the points are needed for the season contest. 

[Brad]

Bulliever,

According to my calculations I had 36 points.  I got 10 points for picking the Bulls.  I said we would win by four points and we won by 17 so I should have gotten 2 points there.  I picked Dominique Jones as the leading scorer to get the 5 points.  I said he would have 15 points and he had 22 so I should get 3 points there.  I picked Gus Gilchrist as the leading rebounder which he was and that should have gotten the 5 points there.  I also correctly picked Gus with 8 rebounds so I should have gotten the full 10 points.  I picked the free throw percentage to be 65.3 and it was 72.2 so I should get 1 point there.  10 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 5 + 10 + 1 =36 points.  I know it wouldn't make me the winner, but the points are needed for the season contest. 

You are correct.  My either/or argument for the rebounding (Gilchrist/Famous both had 8) was not correct in the cell for your entry.  I will update the totals.

Thank you.

Brad

[Kizarvexis]

Here is my scoring for the top 5 picks.

60 points > Vega

53 points > South_Florida_Flip

53 points > dwowarp8

52 points > Bull Martin

52 points > 79 Bull

51 points > bcgruber

49 points > SkypointBull

Results are official pending Bulliever's calcs.

Not that I won...but I got me down for 53.

You were 3.2% off the FT%, so that was 5 points instead of 10 points. I think that is your 5 extra points in your calcs.

GAME RESULTS

USF

17

Jones - 22 points

Gilchrist - 8 rebounds

FTs - 72.2%

As usual I'm a game late getting started with basketball...

1. USF

2. 6

3. DoJo 22

4. Famous 9

5. 69%

10 pts > USF won

4 pts  > actual margin 17 minus your margin of 6 = 11 variance. 15 pts max award minus your variance of 11 = 4 pts

15 pts > Jones had 22 points and you called it right on the nose

14 pts > both Gilchrist and Famous had 8 rebounds and you called Famous for 9

5 pts  > you were 3.2% off of the FT%, so that was 5 points (missed 10 pts by 0.2%)

48 total points

[BullsWinBucsWin]

1)  USF                                10

2)  5                                      3

3)  Jones - 19                        12

4)  Famous - 8                      15

5)  68.7                                5

Total                                    45

Hey Brad, I think I had the same issue in my scoring with Famous and 8 rebounds.  By my count I should have 45.  Not sure if you had included that in your new calculations.

[79 Bull]

Me too - same issue.  Thanks Brad.

[Held_AccountaBull]

So close, yet so far

[Brad]

EXCUSE ALERT:

Okay, I entered the data at about 10:30 p.m. last night after watching two hours of mind numbing 8 year old little league baseball.  I soothed that horrible situation with a bucket of coronas...I'll re-look at the whole spreadsheet today with a clearer and better functioning mind.

[Brad]

1)  USF                                 10

2)  5                                      3

3)  Jones - 19                        12

4)  Famous - 8                       15

5)  68.7                                 5

Total                                    45

Hey Brad, I think I had the same issue in my scoring with Famous and 8 rebounds.  By my count I should have 45.  Not sure if you had included that in your new calculations.

Yes you are at 45.  All set.  That will be reflected in your post-Game 3 totals.

[Brad]

Me too - same issue.  Thanks Brad.

I think you are fine:

Winner Margin Scorer Points Rebounder Rebounds FT%

usf           17           jo           22           gi-fa             8       72.2

79Bull

usf 7 jo 21 gi-fa 10 70

10 5 5 9 5 8 10 52

[BullsWinBucsWin]

Thanks Brad!