Welcome to the Official Kentucky vs Georgia State OOC Prediction Contest!

Follow the rules below and make your prediction. I'll publish the results after the game. You can put any comment you would like below your score prediction (put '***' after your prediction to make it easier to separate the comments) but try not to put anything above as my scripts may not be able to find your prediction. This is the 1st of three prediction contests this season: the OOC Contest, the SEC Regular Season contest, and the Postseason Contest.

Whoever predicts the score closest to the actual score wins. I take the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the Kentucky score and the actual plus the absolute value of the difference of your guess of the opponent score and the actual. There is a penalty for picking the wrong winner. That penalty is the worst score among those who predicted the correct winner. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is used. In case of a tie in the tiebreaker, we have more than one winner.

I will be awarding points for the first 10 places, including a 3 point bonus for a perfect prediction. I will track cumulative point totals and the number of games you make the top 10. This contest ends with the Brown game.

Your post should look something really close to the example below. Remember the ":"s and the word "Tiebreaker:"! Do not!! use a "-" as a separator because some of our tiebreakers will be negative.

This game's tiebreaker is Georgia State Fouls.

Kentucky vs Georgia State game:

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Kentucky: 100
Georgia State: 67

Tiebreaker: 20
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Just cut and paste everything between the lines above into your reply and then modify the scores and tiebreaker as you see fit. If you don't know how to do that, type very carefully. Remember to type in the word "Tiebreaker:" so that I can find it. Anything my scripts can't figure out will not count.

Don't edit your post or try to post a score after the game has started.

BTW I really would prefer exact names for the teams, but will try to be accommodating as long as it doesn't create too much work for me. If we are playing Louisville, just about anything not obscene will be OK.

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OOC Season Basketball Prediction Scores - Kentucky vs Western Kentucky (tiebreaker was 29 Western Kentucky Defensive Rebounds):

13 1 . jimmy cowboy : 0 points, tiebreaker=23
9 2 . Chad Rock : 2 points, tiebreaker=30
9 2 . The Grand Poohbah : 2 points, tiebreaker=28
7 4 . Blueisbest : 3 points, tiebreaker=29
7 4 . OldEvilleCat : 3 points, tiebreaker=29
5 6 . Demarcus Kidd-Miller: 4 points, tiebreaker=29
4 7 . ORCAT : 4 points, tiebreaker=28
3 8 . Jazzycat : 5 points, tiebreaker=23
2 9 . kyfanrob : 6 points, tiebreaker=29
1 10 . Blueworld_3.0 : 6 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 11 . number8please : 7 points, tiebreaker=27
.. 11 . Old_Red : 7 points, tiebreaker=27
.. 11 . YardCat : 7 points, tiebreaker=27
.. 14 . *CatinIL* : 7 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 14 . Short-Dawg-69 : 7 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 16 . Blue_belly : 7 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 17 . ThreeHogNight : 8 points, tiebreaker=29
.. 18 . Rideordiewildcat : 8 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 18 . lyngz : 8 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 18 . truckbrandon : 8 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 21 . Bigblueincincy : 8 points, tiebreaker=32
.. 21 . howercat : 8 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 23 . Roe07 : 8 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 24 . WalterTheHippo : 8 points, tiebreaker=35
.. 25 . pappy52 : 9 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 25 . wfm101981 : 9 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 27 . IL Wildcat : 9 points, tiebreaker=27
.. 27 . Oldbluefart : 9 points, tiebreaker=31
.. 29 . the nail at the foul line: 9 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 29 . warrior-cat : 9 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 31 . UKCatWoman : 10 points, tiebreaker=29
.. 32 . drew_ukfan : 10 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 33 . rivercatinfl : 10 points, tiebreaker=31
.. 34 . kywildcatsfannumber1: 10 points, tiebreaker=15
.. 35 . maysvilleky : 11 points, tiebreaker=29
.. 36 . GoBIG BLUE : 11 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 36 . ukfan041 : 11 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 38 . UK Cats1 : 11 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 39 . North Carolina Blue Wildcat: 11 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 40 . TheBlueCat : 12 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 41 . Kycatspaws : 12 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 42 . cat tat2 : 13 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 43 . BigBlueFanGA : 13 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 44 . UK Widget : 14 points, tiebreaker=29
.. 45 . Hang_Time_2 : 14 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 45 . Jperry1987 : 14 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 47 . Hargyt13 : 14 points, tiebreaker=32
.. 48 . blubo : 14 points, tiebreaker=33
.. 49 . BC_Wader : 14 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 50 . TOMCATS1990 : 14 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 51 . nickhorvathsuxazz : 15 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 52 . kywildcat41035 : 15 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 52 . AFSTALLION13 : 15 points, tiebreaker=32
.. 54 . catsfanbgky : 15 points, tiebreaker=33
.. 54 . yes_takeaside : 15 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 56 . LogicalCat : 16 points, tiebreaker=29
.. 57 . BlobUK : 16 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 57 . onearmedjesus : 16 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 59 . Wildcat_In_Florida: 17 points, tiebreaker=28
.. 60 . runt#69 : 17 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 60 . kennyskywalker34 : 17 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 62 . docholiday51 : 19 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 63 . cat888 : 22 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 64 . ukypug : 23 points, tiebreaker=30
.. 65 . Creed Bratton : 24 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 66 . TexKat : 25 points, tiebreaker=29
.. 67 . UK67KU59 : 27 points, tiebreaker=27


OOC Season Basketball Prediction Contest Leader Board:

21 : jimmy cowboy
16 : kybloo92
15 : CBBCrazy
12 : Blueisbest
12 : Chad Rock
11 : The Grand Poohbah
10 : 19jhadams
10 : kyfanrob
10 : kywildcat41086
10 : Rideordiewildcat
10 : Short-Dawg-69
10 : UK Widget
10 : UKCatWoman
9 : cat tat2
9 : Hargyt13
9 : Roe07
9 : TFCats11
8 : blubo
8 : runt#69
8 : truckbrandon
7 : Blue_belly
7 : Creed Bratton
7 : Jperry1987
7 : OldEvilleCat
7 : onearmedjesus
7 : pappy52
6 : BlobUK
6 : LogicalCat
5 : cat888
5 : Demarcus Kidd-Miller
5 : docholiday51
5 : Farsight
5 : Old_Red
4 : howercat
4 : kennyskywalker34
4 : lyngz
4 : Oldbluefart
4 : ORCAT
3 : Bigblueincincy
3 : Jazzycat
3 : mrjuk
3 : TOMCATS1990
3 : ukfan041
3 : warrior-cat
2 : BC_Wader
2 : JonathanUSAF
2 : wfm101981
1 : Blueworld_3.0
1 : Kycatspaws
1 : ukypug
1 : Wildcat_In_Florida


Players Who've Made the Top Ten at Least Once:

3 : kyfanrob
2 : Blueisbest
2 : cat tat2
2 : cat888
2 : CBBCrazy
2 : Chad Rock
2 : jimmy cowboy
2 : kybloo92
2 : onearmedjesus
2 : The Grand Poohbah
1 : 19jhadams
1 : BC_Wader
1 : Bigblueincincy
1 : BlobUK
1 : blubo
1 : Blueworld_3.0
1 : Blue_belly
1 : Creed Bratton
1 : Demarcus Kidd-Miller
1 : docholiday51
1 : Farsight
1 : Hargyt13
1 : howercat
1 : Jazzycat
1 : JonathanUSAF
1 : Jperry1987
1 : kennyskywalker34
1 : Kycatspaws
1 : kywildcat41086
1 : LogicalCat
1 : lyngz
1 : mrjuk
1 : Oldbluefart
1 : OldEvilleCat
1 : Old_Red
1 : ORCAT
1 : pappy52
1 : Rideordiewildcat
1 : Roe07
1 : runt#69
1 : Short-Dawg-69
1 : TFCats11
1 : TOMCATS1990
1 : truckbrandon
1 : UK Widget
1 : UKCatWoman
1 : ukfan041
1 : ukypug
1 : warrior-cat
1 : wfm101981
1 : Wildcat_In_Florida


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Wright State : 96
Kentucky vs Bucknell : 63
Kentucky vs Duke : 73
Kentucky vs Lipscomb : 61
Kentucky vs Jackson State : 80
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky : 67

Season Average for Players: 73.3


OOC Season Basketball Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Wright State : kywildcat41086: 1
Kentucky vs Bucknell : Short-Dawg-69: 2
Kentucky vs Duke : 19jhadams: 2
Kentucky vs Lipscomb : UKCatWoman: 1
Kentucky vs Jackson State : Rideordiewildcat: 1
Kentucky vs Jackson State : UK Widget: 1
Kentucky vs Western Kentucky : jimmy cowboy: 0


@Deeeefense

What would you do? Sitting around waiting on the Cats and thought about that. Explain what/why too.

WTF was that in the final 2 minutes, forcing up back-to-back-to-back guarded 3’s as fast as he could.

That is concerning

Has been hired as an actual GM for Stanford football. Times are changing and we need to be proactive instead of reactive. Who would you like to see as GM for UK football.

How long does he stay at UL?

Surely some NFL team would look at him for offensive coordinator.
All of these coaches will tire of 30 to 50 new portal players a year.

A ton of teams ahead of us have lost this week.

I say #4 or #5.

I nominate Pryor the most annoying player reminds me of the movie dodge ball

Looking for a parking pass for the UL game. Kscott11032000@gmail.com thanks. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Cats finish strong in "salty" clash with Georgia State



Kentucky's Otega Oweh (00) battled for a loose ball against Georgia State's Malachi Brown in Friday's game at Rupp Arena. (Photo by Jeff Drummond/Cats Illustrated)

Jeff Drummond • CatsIllustrated
Managing Editor
@JDrumUK

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- With each additional game that Kentucky flirts with the century mark and launches a barrage of 3-pointers, Mark Pope knows that opponents will seek ways to try to throw the No. 8 Wildcats off their game.

Heavy underdog Georgia State brought a physical mindset to Rupp Arena and used it to hang within eight of Kentucky with just over 13 minutes remaining in the game, but when the play got a bit too rough, it was the Cats who answered the bell.

A flagrant foul absorbed by Kentucky center Amari Williams and a scuffle that led to multiple technical fouls seemed to spark the Cats, who outscored GSU 44-23 the rest of the way en route to a 105-76 victory.

"I thought it was a great night of basketball overall, all the saltiness and that whole deal," Pope said. "It was a really physical (Georgia State) team, a good team. It was their third game in four nights, a really commendable effort by them, but I thought our guys responded the right way.

"As things got a little more intense, I thought our guys really pulled together, and that's so beautiful to see that as a coach."

(CONT) ...

Yellow Jackets up 17-0, nearly halftime. Tech has over 300 yards of offense while Georgia doesn’t have 100. SEC is definitely a little down this year

Moser was like what the hell?

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Bought the crowd ice cream after the game because he was sick! I hope he wins here because he’s going to go down as a legend.

Another site now reporting USCjr leading for this DT. I thoughts the Kats had him in the bag...What happened?

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Amazing. Love this program again.

Twitter-verse at Arena, says he is in street clothes.

In the post game talk to the crowd, Pope confirms Kerr was trying to get to 1000 points in his career and team was allowing him to shoot and wanting him to make it.

Screw the spread.

And just said all the fans that stayed get FREE ICE CREAM since he can't stay for autographs.

UK had the 2nd straight bad game from 3 point range making 7 of 26 but due to the other good shooting and out rebounding them we still won by 29. Considering we played our worst defensive game of the year by a mile I'd say not too bad. This was our last true cupcake so I'd attribute the poor defense to just knowing subconsciously that the game was going to be an easy one, in other words a let down game that happens to all teams on occasion. The good news is they keep showing they can win in different ways and we came close to having a fifth guy lead the team in scoring with Roginson edging out Butler by two points. Free throws could have done it for you Lamont but keep working on it; the stroke looks fine.

I think it’s something worth asking. If Pope has the run over the next few years that we all hope he does, could u see him leaving for an NBA job? I could see him being a perfect fit for the NBA and I’m sure there’s some GM’s out there who believe the same thing. Would his love for KY be enough to hang on to him?

I have two ticket and a purple parking lot pass for the Louisville game tomorrow. Sec 16 Row 36 seats 20 and 21. They are right on the aisle. $150. Message me if interested. You can text at 502-609-6817