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*** Official CatsIllustrated Kentucky vs Louisville Prediction Contest ***

Welcome to the Official Kentucky vs Louisville OOC Prediction Contest!

Follow the rules below and make your prediction. I'll publish the results after the game. This is the final game of 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 runs for the OOC up until the first SEC Conference game (not sure what I'll do with Kansas, yet).

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 Louisville Fouls.

Kentucky vs Louisville game:

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Kentucky: 71
Louisville: 69

Tiebreaker: 23
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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.

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OOC Basketball Prediction Scores - Kentucky vs Ohio State (tiebreaker was 7 Ohio State blocks):
10 1 . TNCatfanforever : 12 points, tiebreaker=6
9 2 . SWVA WildcatFan : 12 points, tiebreaker=4
8 3 . Don't TrashTheCats: 13 points, tiebreaker=7
7 4 . Owen68 : 13 points, tiebreaker=6
6 5 . KY Long Rifle : 13 points, tiebreaker=5
5 6 . lawrencekash : 13 points, tiebreaker=3
4 7 . ORCAT : 14 points, tiebreaker=6
3 8 . stoneycat_20 : 14 points, tiebreaker=5
2 9 . maysvilleky : 14 points, tiebreaker=4
1 10 . OneBadCat : 15 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 11 . AsianPICat : 16 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 12 . ukfan041 : 16 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 13 . Bluest Member : 16 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 13 . 55wildcat : 16 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 15 . Jazzycat : 17 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 16 . DwayneMeighan : 17 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 16 . dynastydreamuk : 17 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 18 . OldEvilleCat : 17 points, tiebreaker=3
.. 19 . sg24 : 18 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 20 . ukcatsfan2 : 18 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 20 . DSR916 : 18 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 22 . On_track_4_8 : 19 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 22 . wildcatwelder : 19 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 24 . Blueisbest : 19 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 24 . crosbycatfan3745 : 19 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 24 . pappy52 : 19 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 27 . RMorris33 : 19 points, tiebreaker=3
.. 28 . Old_Red : 20 points, tiebreaker=7
.. 29 . wromanp7 : 20 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 29 . onearmedjesus : 20 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 31 . Katwatcher : 20 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 31 . jopo : 20 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 33 . minjo : 20 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 34 . Bigblueforever : 21 points, tiebreaker=8
.. 35 . UK Cats1 : 21 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 35 . Pygmy Sasquatch : 21 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 37 . JFCats22 : 21 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 38 . UK2005_24 : 21 points, tiebreaker=2
.. 39 . BigBlueFanGA : 22 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 39 . BlobUK : 22 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 39 . warrior-cat : 22 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 39 . ashlandcatfan600 : 22 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 39 . ukmonty2001 : 22 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 44 . Huma1894 : 22 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 45 . docholiday51 : 22 points, tiebreaker=3
.. 46 . Roe07 : 23 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 46 . kyjeff1 : 23 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 46 . ukfan79 : 23 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 49 . l3ig_l3lue_l3illy : 23 points, tiebreaker=10
.. 50 . buckkiller : 24 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 51 . Bigblueincincy : 24 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 51 . hoodro : 24 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 53 . AFSTALLION13 : 24 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 53 . catsfan3523 : 24 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 55 . the nail at the foul line: 24 points, tiebreaker=3
.. 56 . Kycatspaws : 25 points, tiebreaker=6
.. 57 . Blueaz : 25 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 58 . no_neutrality : 25 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 59 . nickhorvathsuxazz : 25 points, tiebreaker=2
.. 60 . cathead64 : 26 points, tiebreaker=2
.. 61 . JoshF : 26 points, tiebreaker=50000
.. 62 . catsfan3383 : 27 points, tiebreaker=5
.. 63 . Maxwell41 : 29 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 64 . IamnotRalph : 30 points, tiebreaker=4
.. 65 . ukypug : 35 points, tiebreaker=5

Those who picked the wrong winner: Huma1894, Bluest Member, AFSTALLION13, the nail at the foul line, Jazzycat, wromanp7, catsfan3523, IamnotRalph, UK Cats1, Roe07, ukcatsfan2, BigBlueFanGA, DwayneMeighan, BlobUK, buckkiller, ORCAT, Blueisbest, JoshF, catsfan3383, minjo, warrior-cat, DSR916, TNCatfanforever, Owen68, On_track_4_8, UK2005_24, Blueaz, ashlandcatfan600, docholiday51, Don't TrashTheCats, l3ig_l3lue_l3illy, Bigblueforever, Bigblueincincy, maysvilleky, ukmonty2001, sg24, dynastydreamuk, Kycatspaws, lawrencekash, kyjeff1, no_neutrality, ukfan041, AsianPICat, 55wildcat, nickhorvathsuxazz, hoodro, stoneycat_20, OneBadCat, onearmedjesus, Katwatcher, Maxwell41, jopo, crosbycatfan3745, SWVA WildcatFan, Pygmy Sasquatch, RMorris33, cathead64, JFCats22, ukypug, wildcatwelder, KY Long Rifle, Old_Red, OldEvilleCat, ukfan79, pappy52

OOC Basketball Prediction Contest Leader Board:

24 : Bluest Member
24 : Jazzycat
24 : jopo
23 : stoneycat_20
20 : JFCats22
19 : Blueisbest
19 : OneBadCat
18 : maysvilleky

17 : the nail at the foul line
16 : Bmenk
16 : Katwatcher
15 : Don't TrashTheCats
15 : ukcatsfan2
14 : AsianPICat
14 : ukfan041
14 : ukmonty2001
13 : Blueaz
13 : catsfan3523
13 : DwayneMeighan
13 : IamnotRalph
13 : UK Cats1
12 : dynastydreamuk
12 : jf121264
12 : P'COLACATFAN
11 : ORCAT
10 : ashlandcatfan600
10 : catinhat
10 : hoodro
10 : lyngz
10 : mcbarrycat
10 : tdjohnsky
10 : TNCatfanforever
9 : cathead64
9 : docholiday51
9 : DSR916
9 : SWVA WildcatFan
8 : bigbluelou
8 : minjo
7 : Bigblueincincy
7 : buckkiller
7 : Cat Ballou
7 : Owen68
7 : RMorris33
6 : KY Long Rifle
6 : lawrencekash

6 : On_track_4_8
6 : Roe07
6 : zannmann
5 : AFSTALLION13
5 : mkasten25
5 : nickhorvathsuxazz
5 : wromanp7
4 : Old_Red
3 : BlobUK
3 : OldEvilleCat
3 : trueblue1958
2 : BigBlueFan1963
2 : JonathanUSAF
2 : sg24
1 : OSOK
1 : UKChamps2010


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

4 : Bluest Member
4 : Jazzycat
4 : JFCats22
4 : jopo
4 : stoneycat_20
3 : Blueisbest
3 : DwayneMeighan
3 : dynastydreamuk
3 : Katwatcher
3 : maysvilleky
3 : OneBadCat
3 : ORCAT

3 : ukfan041
2 : AsianPICat
2 : Blueaz
2 : Bmenk
2 : catsfan3523
2 : Don't TrashTheCats
2 : hoodro
2 : IamnotRalph
2 : jf121264
2 : lawrencekash
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : P'COLACATFAN
2 : Roe07
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : the nail at the foul line
2 : UK Cats1
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : ukmonty2001
2 : wromanp7
1 : AFSTALLION13
1 : ashlandcatfan600
1 : BigBlueFan1963
1 : Bigblueincincy
1 : bigbluelou
1 : BlobUK
1 : buckkiller
1 : Cat Ballou
1 : cathead64
1 : catinhat
1 : docholiday51
1 : DSR916
1 : JonathanUSAF
1 : KY Long Rifle
1 : lyngz
1 : mcbarrycat
1 : minjo
1 : mkasten25
1 : nickhorvathsuxazz
1 : OldEvilleCat
1 : Old_Red
1 : OSOK
1 : Owen68
1 : RMorris33
1 : sg24
1 : SWVA WildcatFan
1 : TNCatfanforever

1 : trueblue1958
1 : UKChamps2010
1 : zannmann


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Albany : 66
Kentucky vs NJIT : 60
Kentucky vs Duke : 86
Kentucky vs Wright State : 75
Kentucky vs Boston U : 73
Kentucky @ South Florida : 67
Kentucky vs Illinois State : 78
Kentucky @ UCLA : 75
Kentucky vs EKU : 70
Kentucky vs Arizona State : 62
Kentucky vs Ohio State : 65

Season Average for Players: 70.6


OOC Basketball Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Albany : jopo: 5
Kentucky vs NJIT : Bluest Member: 1
Kentucky vs NJIT : catsfan3523: 1
Kentucky vs Duke : ashlandcatfan600: 2
Kentucky vs Wright State : lyngz: 3
Kentucky vs Boston U : OneBadCat: 0
Kentucky @ South Florida : the nail at the foul line: 2
Kentucky @ South Florida : JFCats22: 2
Kentucky vs Illinois State : mcbarrycat: 2
Kentucky @ UCLA : Bmenk: 15
Kentucky vs EKU : Jazzycat: 1
Kentucky vs Arizona State : catinhat: 6
Kentucky vs Ohio State : TNCatfanforever: 12
Kentucky: 78
Louisville: 71

Tiebreaker: 21
 
Waiting on the official box score. Katwatcher must have had a typo. He picked Louseyville to win so he won't do well in a Kentucky Prediction Contest.
 
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I noticed 3 or 4 people picked UL to win Saturday; I'm curious if this is the first time this has happened this year? Maybe the dUKe game?
We have several players who often predict contrary scores. I think it is a pretty good play since we really are pretty much homers here. Last to pick against the Cats before this game was TnCatFanforever who picked Arizona State over Kentucky. But given that he had Arizona State scoring 667 points, I'm guessing that was more of a typo than a prediction.
 
Congrats to minjo who had the best prediction today. We ended up with a three way tie for first place in the OOC Prediction Contest: Bluest Member, Jazzycat, and jopo all scored 24 points. We had five players score in 4 contests: Bluest Member, Jazzycat, JFCats22, jopo, and stoneycat_20.

We start over next week with the SEC Regular Season Prediction Contest. Remember, I am throwing Kansas in there since it is so far into the SEC Regular Season.
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OOC Basketball Prediction Scores - Kentucky vs Louisville (tiebreaker was 21 Louisville Fouls):
10 1 . minjo : 2 points, tiebreaker=20
9 2 . wromanp7 : 3 points, tiebreaker=19
9 2 . Blueaz : 3 points, tiebreaker=19
7 4 . warrior-cat : 4 points, tiebreaker=21
6 5 . ashlandcatfan600 : 4 points, tiebreaker=24
5 6 . BigBlueFanGA : 5 points, tiebreaker=21
5 6 . hoodro : 5 points, tiebreaker=21
3 8 . Owen68 : 5 points, tiebreaker=23
2 9 . cathead64 : 5 points, tiebreaker=26
2 9 . KY Long Rifle : 5 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 11 . UK2005_24 : 6 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 12 . Maxwell41 : 6 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 13 . JCatfan77 : 7 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 14 . trueblue1958 : 7 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 14 . lawrencekash : 7 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 16 . TNCatfanforever : 7 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 17 . Don't TrashTheCats: 7 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 18 . Roe07 : 8 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 19 . Pygmy Sasquatch : 8 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 19 . Old_Red : 8 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 21 . BlobUK : 8 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 22 . DwayneMeighan : 8 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 23 . ORCAT : 9 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 24 . ukfan041 : 9 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 24 . nickhorvathsuxazz : 9 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 26 . AFSTALLION13 : 9 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 27 . ukypug : 9 points, tiebreaker=27
.. 28 . On_track_4_8 : 10 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 29 . Blueisbest : 10 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 30 . JoshF : 10 points, tiebreaker=600
.. 31 . ukcatsfan2 : 11 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 32 . Bluest Member : 11 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 33 . dynastydreamuk : 11 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 34 . maysvilleky : 12 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 34 . pappy52 : 12 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 36 . EnglandWildcat : 12 points, tiebreaker=637
.. 37 . Jazzycat : 14 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 38 . BigBlueFan1963 : 14 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 39 . AsianPICat : 15 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 40 . Bigblueincincy : 15 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 40 . OneBadCat : 15 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 42 . OldEvilleCat : 15 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 43 . Ben101er : 15 points, tiebreaker=17
.. 44 . jf121264 : 16 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 45 . DSR916 : 16 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 46 . crosbycatfan3745 : 16 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 47 . catsfan3523 : 17 points, tiebreaker=27
.. 48 . catsfan3383 : 18 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 49 . ukmonty2001 : 18 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 49 . Ukduck14 : 18 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 51 . the nail at the foul line: 19 points, tiebreaker=20
.. 52 . SilentsAreGolden : 19 points, tiebreaker=23
.. 52 . Kycatspaws : 19 points, tiebreaker=19
.. 54 . 55wildcat : 20 points, tiebreaker=16
.. 55 . RMorris33 : 22 points, tiebreaker=18
.. 56 . UKeveryday : 22 points, tiebreaker=25
.. 57 . ukfan79 : 29 points, tiebreaker=24
.. 58 . docholiday51 : 34 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 58 . Katwatcher : 34 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 60 . jopo : 36 points, tiebreaker=21
.. 61 . JFCats22 : 38 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 62 . UK Cats1 : 39 points, tiebreaker=22
.. 63 . kyjeff1 : 42 points, tiebreaker=26
.. 64 . mcbarrycat : 45 points, tiebreaker=20

Those who picked the wrong winner: docholiday51, mcbarrycat, UK Cats1, kyjeff1, Katwatcher, jopo, JFCats22

OOC Basketball Prediction Contest Leader Board:

24 : Bluest Member
24 : Jazzycat
24 : jopo
23 : stoneycat_20
22 : Blueaz
20 : JFCats22
19 : Blueisbest
19 : OneBadCat
18 : maysvilleky
18 : minjo
17 : the nail at the foul line
16 : ashlandcatfan600
16 : Bmenk
16 : Katwatcher
15 : Don't TrashTheCats
15 : hoodro
15 : ukcatsfan2
14 : AsianPICat
14 : ukfan041
14 : ukmonty2001
14 : wromanp7
13 : catsfan3523
13 : DwayneMeighan
13 : IamnotRalph
13 : UK Cats1
12 : dynastydreamuk
12 : jf121264
12 : P'COLACATFAN
11 : cathead64
11 : ORCAT
10 : catinhat
10 : lyngz
10 : mcbarrycat
10 : Owen68
10 : tdjohnsky
10 : TNCatfanforever
9 : docholiday51
9 : DSR916
9 : SWVA WildcatFan
8 : bigbluelou
8 : KY Long Rifle
7 : Bigblueincincy
7 : buckkiller
7 : Cat Ballou
7 : RMorris33
7 : warrior-cat
6 : lawrencekash
6 : On_track_4_8
6 : Roe07
6 : zannmann
5 : AFSTALLION13
5 : BigBlueFanGA
5 : mkasten25
5 : nickhorvathsuxazz
4 : Old_Red
3 : BlobUK
3 : OldEvilleCat
3 : trueblue1958
2 : BigBlueFan1963
2 : JonathanUSAF
2 : sg24
1 : OSOK
1 : UKChamps2010


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

4 : Bluest Member
4 : Jazzycat
4 : JFCats22
4 : jopo
4 : stoneycat_20
3 : Blueaz
3 : Blueisbest
3 : DwayneMeighan
3 : dynastydreamuk
3 : hoodro
3 : Katwatcher
3 : maysvilleky
3 : OneBadCat
3 : ORCAT
3 : ukfan041
3 : wromanp7
2 : ashlandcatfan600

2 : AsianPICat
2 : Bmenk
2 : cathead64
2 : catsfan3523
2 : Don't TrashTheCats
2 : IamnotRalph
2 : jf121264
2 : KY Long Rifle
2 : lawrencekash
2 : minjo
2 : On_track_4_8
2 : Owen68
2 : P'COLACATFAN
2 : Roe07
2 : tdjohnsky
2 : the nail at the foul line
2 : UK Cats1
2 : ukcatsfan2
2 : ukmonty2001
1 : AFSTALLION13
1 : BigBlueFan1963
1 : BigBlueFanGA
1 : Bigblueincincy
1 : bigbluelou
1 : BlobUK
1 : buckkiller
1 : Cat Ballou
1 : catinhat
1 : docholiday51
1 : DSR916
1 : JonathanUSAF
1 : lyngz
1 : mcbarrycat
1 : mkasten25
1 : nickhorvathsuxazz
1 : OldEvilleCat
1 : Old_Red
1 : OSOK
1 : RMorris33
1 : sg24
1 : SWVA WildcatFan
1 : TNCatfanforever
1 : trueblue1958
1 : UKChamps2010
1 : warrior-cat
1 : zannmann


Total Players:
Kentucky vs Albany : 66
Kentucky vs NJIT : 60
Kentucky vs Duke : 86
Kentucky vs Wright State : 75
Kentucky vs Boston U : 73
Kentucky @ South Florida : 67
Kentucky vs Illinois State : 78
Kentucky @ UCLA : 75
Kentucky vs EKU : 70
Kentucky vs Arizona State : 62
Kentucky vs Ohio State : 65
Kentucky vs Louisville : 64

Season Average for Players: 70.1


OOC Basketball Prediction Champs:
Kentucky vs Albany : jopo: 5
Kentucky vs NJIT : Bluest Member: 1
Kentucky vs NJIT : catsfan3523: 1
Kentucky vs Duke : ashlandcatfan600: 2
Kentucky vs Wright State : lyngz: 3
Kentucky vs Boston U : OneBadCat: 0
Kentucky @ South Florida : the nail at the foul line: 2
Kentucky @ South Florida : JFCats22: 2
Kentucky vs Illinois State : mcbarrycat: 2
Kentucky @ UCLA : Bmenk: 15
Kentucky vs EKU : Jazzycat: 1
Kentucky vs Arizona State : catinhat: 6
Kentucky vs Ohio State : TNCatfanforever: 12
Kentucky vs Louisville : minjo: 2
 
Waiting on the official box score. Katwatcher must have had a typo. He picked Louseyville to win so he won't do well in a Kentucky Prediction Contest.
Old_Red, I didn't have a typo, I thought the purpose of this contest was to pick the score. You don't have to pick Kentucky do you? I certainly am a UK fan but picked Louisville because I thought they would win:smiley:
 
Old_Red, I didn't have a typo, I thought the purpose of this contest was to pick the score. You don't have to pick Kentucky do you? I certainly am a UK fan but picked Louisville because I thought they would win:smiley:
Actually, we have several that do pick against Kentucky and the spread. If we had had anyone pick Ohio State, they would have automatically won no matter how bad their score was.
 
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It's a cold day in hell when I'll pick against my Kentucky Wildcats,call me homer if you want,but I'm loyal to the end [winking]
 
While the official box score showed Louisville with only 21 fouls, I think the total was closer to the 600 that some of you predicted.

That would be me, with 637....

To be fair, your instructions just said "Louisville fouls," not "Louisville fouls actually called by the zebras." [winking]
 
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