Game Preview
In the first round of the East Region, the No. 4 seeded Tennessee Volunteers, who have a record of 23-10, will be hosting the No. 13 Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, who have a record of 26-7. Louisiana secured the second seed in the Sun Belt tournament by winning 13 out of 18 conference games and ultimately winning the title with a 71-66 victory over South Alabama. Despite an unimpressive non-conference record, the Ragin’ Cajuns managed to defeat Harvard, Louisiana Tech, and SMU, but lost to NCAA tournament teams Drake (76-64) and Texas (100-72).
Louisiana is ranked 92nd and has played against the 156th-strongest schedule. They are ranked 56th in adjusted offensive efficiency and 149th in defensive efficiency. Leading the Ragin’ Cajuns is 6’11 junior Jordan Brown, who played for Nevada from 2018 and Arizona from 2020-2021 before transferring to Louisiana, with 19.4 ppg and 8.7 rebounds.
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In contrast, Tennessee ranks fifth in the rankings and has the second-best adjusted defensive efficiency and the 47th-best adjusted offensive efficiency. The Volunteers have faced the 37th toughest schedule and have recorded non-conference victories over Butler (71-45), USC (73-66) in overtime, Kansas (64-50), and Maryland (56-53). During the SEC regular season, they posted an 11-7 record and were eliminated from the tournament by Missouri (79-71). In non-conference play, they suffered losses to Colorado (78-66) and Arizona (75-70). Despite Santiago Vescovi leading the team with 12.9 ppg, they suffered a significant setback with the season-ending injury to one of their top defenders and second-leading scorer, Zakai Zeigler (10.7 ppg, 5.4 apg).
Louisiana will have to face the most demanding game of the season and will do so in great shape as they are on a 5 game-winning streak. While the Tennessee Volunteers come in as favorites according to the oddsmakers despite losing their last game to the Missouri Tigers.
Boise St Broncos vs Northwestern Wildcats Game Information
- Date: 03/16/2023
- Time: 09:40 PM ET
- Location: Amway Center.
- How to Watch Boise St vs Northwestern: ESPN2
- Live Stream: CBS.com
Boise St vs Northwestern Betting Lines
Tennessee is –650 according to our Vegas NCAAB Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $15.38.On the other side, Louisiana is +480 according to the Vegas NCAAB Lines. This means that if you wager $100 you have the chance to win $480.
The implied probability for these two teams attached to the betting lines has Tennessee at a 86.67% chance of winning the game, meanwhile Louisiana has 17.24% probability of finishing the game with the W.
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