POW: UCLA/Cal Final Score Predictions
Readers: Post your final score prediction and vote in the poll. Closest to actual score with correct winning team gets to give me 10 questions to ask a basketball player of their choosing, within reason, for an upcoming video.
To clarify: Winner is based on total final score margin, then based on closest actual score. For example: UCLA wins 85-75. Someone guesses 85-76. Someone guess 85-60. Someone guesses 82-72. Someone guesses 80-70. The 82-72 guess would win.
UCLA- 75
Cal- 67
UCLA 66
CAL 63
Cal 72 UCLA 78
Cal 65
UCLA 74
UCLA 77
Cal 65
UCLA 70 Cal 57
UCLA 68
CAL 62
CAL 58
UCLA 66
UCLA 62
Cal 60
UCLA 80
Cal 70
UCLA 72
Cal 67
UCLA 74
CAL 71
UCLA 80-Cal 65
Rules are rules, but you've selected a lame metric. I propose a metric equal to the error in the point total + the error in the margin. Lower -> better. The metric = zero if the score is perfectly predicted. So, for your hypothetical 85-75, you'd get the following metrics.
Prediction/metric
85-76 / 2
85-60 / 20
82-72 / 6
80-70 / 10
So 85-76 wins, which is what most people would think unless they'd read your rules. You could weight the point total and margin scores the same as I've done, or weight them differently if you think one is a more important figure.
It's too late for a prediction, so no entry for me.
agree with jayc, however it is more logical, and logic is not always what wins out with Daily News Blogs, e.g. *RED* banner across the top of inside ucla blog.