With NC avg. 85 ppg and NCST 77 ppg little find it odd that total opened @ 159. It seems that with the def. ppg of 67 for NC and 68 for NCST is of little matter. But more to the point loosing Strickland NC best def. player and replacing him with Bullock and/or Hairston gives NC more firepower.! Both teams can hit the 3's so they can score in bunches to protect a lull in scoring. Its OVER 157 for me............................GL