I was thinking about taking the under based on this article. Line is141.5.
Louisiana Lafayette coach Robert Lee asked his ailing starting point guard Orien Greene how his newly-broken leg was feeling on Monday.
?It only hurts when I walk,? came back the reply.
Greene - who broke a bone in his right leg against Kansas over the weekend - is a metaphor for his team?s performance this season; the Cajuns only have trouble covering the spread when oddsmakers offer them a line.
Louisiana Lafayette has failed to cover three of the five numbers it has seen this season, and cashing in won?t get any easier when they visit N.C. State on Wednesday.
Oddsmakers have yet to set a pointspread for this contest, but sportsbooks now have to handicap the loss of Greene.
The senior guard leads the team in assists (3.9) and steals (3.3) per game this season, and ranks second in scoring with 13.1 points per game. More importantly though, Greene quarterbacks a speedy offense that relies on a the point guard to generate the fast break.
When Orien left the Kansas game about 10 minutes into, the Cajuns couldn?t get anything going on offense and they ended up getting hammered 96-51 as 20-point underdogs.
?Without Orien, there?s no way we can run the up-tempo game we like to have,? Lee told the Daily Advertiser. ?The game needs to be in the 60?s for us to succeed.?
The problem is that N.C. State is scoring about 85 points per game this season and has only been held to fewer than 71 points once.
The Cajuns, meanwhile, are scoring only about 70 points per game this year and are allowing about 78. Their leading scorer, Tiras Wade, is also battling through a sore shooting hand. Wade scored a season-low 12 points against Kansas.
With Greene out and Wade hurting, Lee joked that his team would be playing like it was "4-on-5".
?We?ll insert either Derek Gray or Spencer Ford into the lineup and adjust the way we need to play,? Lee said.
Gray is a freshman guard who's played only about six minutes per game so far. Ford is a junior forward that comes off the bench for 5.5 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.
Louisiana Lafayette coach Robert Lee asked his ailing starting point guard Orien Greene how his newly-broken leg was feeling on Monday.
?It only hurts when I walk,? came back the reply.
Greene - who broke a bone in his right leg against Kansas over the weekend - is a metaphor for his team?s performance this season; the Cajuns only have trouble covering the spread when oddsmakers offer them a line.
Louisiana Lafayette has failed to cover three of the five numbers it has seen this season, and cashing in won?t get any easier when they visit N.C. State on Wednesday.
Oddsmakers have yet to set a pointspread for this contest, but sportsbooks now have to handicap the loss of Greene.
The senior guard leads the team in assists (3.9) and steals (3.3) per game this season, and ranks second in scoring with 13.1 points per game. More importantly though, Greene quarterbacks a speedy offense that relies on a the point guard to generate the fast break.
When Orien left the Kansas game about 10 minutes into, the Cajuns couldn?t get anything going on offense and they ended up getting hammered 96-51 as 20-point underdogs.
?Without Orien, there?s no way we can run the up-tempo game we like to have,? Lee told the Daily Advertiser. ?The game needs to be in the 60?s for us to succeed.?
The problem is that N.C. State is scoring about 85 points per game this season and has only been held to fewer than 71 points once.
The Cajuns, meanwhile, are scoring only about 70 points per game this year and are allowing about 78. Their leading scorer, Tiras Wade, is also battling through a sore shooting hand. Wade scored a season-low 12 points against Kansas.
With Greene out and Wade hurting, Lee joked that his team would be playing like it was "4-on-5".
?We?ll insert either Derek Gray or Spencer Ford into the lineup and adjust the way we need to play,? Lee said.
Gray is a freshman guard who's played only about six minutes per game so far. Ford is a junior forward that comes off the bench for 5.5 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.
