Play KSR Hall of Fame Game Contest: Kentucky @ Texas A&M

[Krank]

Play KSR Hall of Fame Game Contest: Kentucky @ Texas A&M



1. Predict the Kentucky margin of victory. If you believe that Kentucky will lose, make sure that you make it clearly known with a -- [minus sign], or something else.


2. Predict the game high scorer, AND the total number of points he will score in the game. NOTE--it does not have to be a Kentucky player for this KSR point.


3. Over/Under: "8": Predict over or under 8 more fouls called on Kentucky than Texas A&M during the game. Let's see how much home cookin' will be in play in College Station. Predict "Over" (+), "Under" (-), and by how many more fouls that the Cats will be called for than the Aggies.


4. "WhatchoutalkinboutWillis": Derek Willis has UK fans smiling ear to ear from Paducah to Pikeville with his play for Kentucky this season. Of course, part of the thrill of watching one of Kentucky's finest in action is his three point shooting. In home games since SEC play started, Derek Willis has made 32.8% of Kentucky's MADE three point shots. In away games during that same span (including the game at Kansas), Mr. Willis has made 27.9% of Kentucky's MADE three point shots.

What percentage of UK's MADE three point shots will Derek successfully hit (rounded off to one decimal point, maximum)? For example, any answer that goes beyond one decimal point (e.g. 33.68% will be rounded up to 33.7%) and any answer without a decimal point shall be assumed as is.


TB: Total combined FT attempts for Jamal Murray, Isaiah Briscoe, and Tyler Ulis, i.e. one number totaling all three players' total attempts as one number.


Good Luck and GO BIG BLUE!!!

[Thedonnie123]

1. +12
2. Murray, 24
3. +1
4. 29.6%

TB: 15

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[UKFlounder]

aTm by 10
Jalen Jones 26
+9
16%
Tb: 13

[Harlow]

UK by 1. Murray 25. +8. 33.3% tb13. Ulis a jumper with 1 second wins it for Ky

[BigBluePappy]

1) UK+3
2) Murray 19
3) +4
4) 40%
TB) 9

[Harlow]

How do u guys get ur picks vertical? Thx

[Darrell KSR]

How do u guys get ur picks vertical? Thx

Hit "enter," or the "return" key after each line.

[Darrell KSR]

1. -8
2. Murray, 28
3. --even-- (exactly 8 more fouls)
4. 18.8
TB: 18

[Doc]

1.UK by 8

2. Murray 25

3. +4

4. 40%

TB 15

[Krank]

How do u guys get ur picks vertical? Thx

Like Darrell said, but we have always been able to figure out your picks, Harlow. No worries here FWIW.

[kingcat]

UK by 11

Ulis 27

+4

25%

16

[blueboss]

1) Cats by 3

2) Murray 26

3) + 8

4) 28.5%

Tb) 19


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[Krank]

1. UK by 5
2. Murray, 23
3. Under, 1
4. 28.6%

TB: 17

[Terminus]

1. +4
2. Murray, 28
3. -2
4. 20%
TB: 14

[Krank]

Grading this one now to get it out of the way...

[Krank]

1. Winning Team and Margin:

What SHOULD have officially finished as a win for UK was STOLEN by the referee and GIVEN to the Aggies, thus there are only TWO competitors who could have won this point. Flounder called A&M by 10, but he was nipped by Darrell, who predicted a loss for the Cats by 8.

That's one point for Darrell.

Good job, Darrell!

[Krank]

2. Game's Leading Scorer:

Lots of picks for Murray, as usual, for leading scorer in the game. He scored 21, but Tyler led the Cats with 22, BUT neither was the correct answer. It was Texas A&M's Jalen Jones who led all scorers with 24.

Only Flounder chose an Aggie, and he picked Jones with 26.

That's one point for Flounder.

Another astute prediction from Flounder. Great work!

[Krank]

3. Over/Under: "8": "Predict over or under 8 more fouls called on Kentucky than Texas A&M during the game."

I just sorta dreamed this number up when I thought of this question, but the more I watched the game, the more I figured my guess was not so bad. Now, in reality (meaning NOT the virtual reality set up by officials during the game), the Aggies fouled 54 times, but the unfortunate actual box score only listed them with 15. Kentucky was called for 21 fouls. I won't get into how many were called correctly.

So 21 official fouls for the Cats vs. 15 for the Aggies leaves a difference of 6 fouls, which means "Under, 2" is the exact answer.

Darrell did great, predicting "Even" aka ", "Push", meaning neither Over or Under. Krank did him one better, guessing "Under, 1", but it was Terminus, posting REALLY "close" to game time, lol, who nailed it by guessing "Under, 2".

For those who may have noticed, Terminus posted at 7 minutes after the game time listed in the box score. In fact, the game did not start until a little after FIVE minutes after that time. I watched the first two minutes of the game again, and the first foul did not occur until after Terminus would have posted (there was also no score in the game yet), therefore I judge his post to be acceptable and viable for competition in this particular KSR Game Contest.

One point for Terminus.

Excellent pick!

[Krank]

4. "WhatchoutalkinboutWillis": "What percentage of UK's MADE three point shots will Derek successfully hit?"

As bad as the ending of the game was, the most serious thing that happened was Derek Willis going down with a sprained ankle. Although he certainly would have played more minutes had he not been injured, he did log 20 minutes of game time and attempted 3 threes, making 1. UK attempted 20 threes, making 10, a very impressive number and rate. So Derek successfully hit exactly 10% of Kentucky's made threes in the game.

Good guess from Terminus of 20% was bested by Darrell with his 18.8%, but it was Flounder who got closest, predicting 16%.

One more point for Flounder.

Another great pick by "the man"!

[Krank]

Darrell and Terminus got one point each and both got close to getting a second, but it was Flounder winning AGAIN, winning two points and rendering the tiebreaker moot, while continuing his dominance of this year's Game Contest.

Flounder wins!

Dean Wormer is NOT going to like this.

[UKFlounder]

I think my last two wins were UK losses (this and Kansas.) I think I won the Duke one also.

I hope I don't win again this year.

[Darrell KSR]

You had a good handle on the game.

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[kingcat]

Congrats Flounder old man