HHCC Game #01 - vs. McNeese State (Nov. 25, 11:00 AM CST)

[HuskerFever]

Well, we're here. We're one week away from the start of the season. Or is it less than one week? Who knows. I'm just going to start this thread and adjust the opponent once it's more clear.

 

For those who are new to this game, check out the HHCC scoring and rules. But in layman's terms, just join. It's free, good for the HHC community, helps break up the season lulls, and you can prove that you're smarter than Ken Pomeroy.

 

As mentioned in the 2020-2021 Scoring and Rules thread, this season's HHCC is going to take some patience and community involvement. Schedules may change on a dime. I will try to create some flexibility in the bonuses and I'll try my best to keep up with the constantly changing scheduling.

 

HHCC Scoring and Rules:

https://huskerhoopscentral.com/forums/topic/14733-2020-2021-hhcc-scoring-and-rules/

 

THREE THINGS THIS HHCC ROUND:

 

1) Your score prediction for Nebraska vs. McNeese State (as usual).

 

2) BONUS (-5 points): Predicting the winning percentage of non-conference season (currently Nov. 25-Dec. 9) -- (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "100%," which indicates the percentage of: Nebraska Wins  / Total Nebraska Non-Conference Games.)

 

Because there are a lot of unknowns due to COVID-19 this season, I am switching from absolute number of wins to winning percentage. This is something that hasn't been done before, but we'll give it a shot. Based on some quick scenario analyses, I'm going to give a +/- 15 percentage point grace range for your prediction. For instance, if you predict a 50% winning percentage, I will accept 35% thru 65% if Nebraska's non-conference winning percentage falls within that window. This will provide some flexibility if Nebraska is forced to cancel any games for any reason (a cancelled game will not count toward Nebraska's Total Game count). Note, I will do something similar for conference predictions, but the grace range will be much lower due to there being many more games in comparison.

 

3) *Predicting the winning percentage of the entire regular season (non-conference + conference) (currently Nov. 25-Mar. 6) -- (e.g. I am looking for an answer like "100%," which indicates the percentage of: Nebraska Wins / Total Nebraska Games.)

* This will not count as a bonus (and it will not count against you), but in the past years it has been a missing data point of interest that would've been useful in seeing how closely we have come to predicting the outcome of the season

 

If anything is unclear, please ask. I tried to give flexibility while still setting the expectations around that flexibility, but that doesn't mean all the holes in the system have been addressed. If any of those things have not been addressed and we encounter an issue down the road, I'll try my best to make a reasonable judgment decision should that arise. More importantly, let's have some fun with this.

Edited November 19, 2020 by HuskerFever
Updated title to reflect opponent (McNeese State)

[hhcmatt]

It's McNeese St

[HuskerFever]

1 hour ago, hhcmatt said:

It's McNeese St

 

Looks like it's official with today's announcement. It was odd seeing a back-to-back game and some of McNeese State's opponents were starting to drop off schedules, so I wasn't sure if this game was going to happen or not.

[aphilso1]

Huskers 92

McNeese 70

 

Non-Con wins: 57%

 

Total wins: 40% (although if this was counted toward the HHCC standings, I would go lower because I think our best-case scenario is 50%.  So taking the +/- 15% into account I'd probably say 35%).

[hskr4life]

Huskers 79

McNeese 62

 

Non Con Win %- 68%

 

Total Win%- 50%

[uneblinstu]

Gonna try and participate this year:

 

I think NU comes out on fire, artificially raising people's hopes before the competition stiffens:

 

NU - 99

McNeese - 62

 

Noncon: 71%

Regular season: 52%

[Cazzie22]

Huskers- 78

Cowboys- 69

nonconference- 57%

Season-44%

[REDZONEDAN]

NU - 82

MS - 74

 

Non-con 57%
 

Total 48%

[jayschool]

Huskers 88

Cowboys 70

 

Non-con: 71.428571 %

 

Overall: 44.444444%

[basketballjones]

Hell yes, life has meaning again.

NU 80

McS 51

 

NU Non-Con 75%

NU Season 69.420%

[Vinny]

NU - 84

McNeese - 61
 

non-con - 71.4 %
overall - 51.8%

[nubest79]

Nebraska 83
McNeese St 58

 

NonCon--57

overall--51.85

[REDitus]

Nebraska 85

McNeese St 68

 

Noncon  85%

overall 60%

[Crush78]

Huskers 87

Cowboys 72

 

57% non con

43% total

[throwback]

No need for Ameer Abdullah heroics this time:

 

NU 81

McNeese 60

 

Noncon 72%

Season 50%

 

Edited November 24, 2020 by throwback

[HuskerFever]

Watching these non-conference predictions come in like:

 

 

[Silverbacked1]

Neb-87

McNST- 65

 

non com 57%

 

Season 50%

[Red Don]

NU - 87

MS - 72

 

Non-con 70%
 

Total 50%

[HuskerFever]

Newbraska - 72

McBees Knees State - 65

 

Noncon: 57%

Total season: 30%

[NUtball]

NU  78

MS  62

 

Non-con  43%

Overall     44%

[northwillriseagain]

Nebraska 81

MCneese 55

 

noncon 100%
 

overall 60%
 

why not

[Bugeaters1]

6 hours ago, HuskerFever said:

Watching these non-conference predictions come in like:

 

 

 

[Go Big Fred]

NU 83

MS 61

noncon 71%

total season 48%

Edited November 20, 2020 by Go Big Fred

[AuroranHusker]

Cornhuskers 84

Cowboys 66

 

non-conf. win% 63%

full season win% 57%

 

 

[nuhusker7]

Huskers 85

mcnese 62

 

non con win percentage 72%

overall 67%