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Northwestern State star guard Jalan West, who led the nation in assists two years ago, tore the ACL in his left knee for the second straight year and is likely to miss this season.Northwestern State coach Mike McConathy told ESPN that the injury occurred in a routine drill late last week in which he planted to make a pass. West also tore his meniscus.The 5-foot-10 West also suffered a torn ACL in his left knee last season and was granted a waiver for a sixth year of eligibility to play this year for the Louisiana school.Hes an amazing kid, McConathy told ESPN. As humble a kid as Ive ever been around. Hes doing about as well as can be expected.West, who sat his freshman campaign after being ruled a partial qualifier, averaged 20 points and 7.7 assists two seasons ago. He went into last year as one of the top point guards in the nation and an NBA prospect. He tore his ACL in the season opener against Ole Miss last year and had surgery in mid-December.McConathy said ?West will accompany the team to Canada this week on its foreign trip and will then have surgery after the team returns to Louisiana. Editors note: After a busy first half of the 2016 MLB season, Joe Peta takes a look at both the good and bad for all 30 teams to find overvalued and undervalued clubs from a betting perspective. He also projects each teams second half. This is the entry for the Oakland Athletics.Records are reflective of all games played through Sunday. All statistics are through each teams 81st game. Season-to-date pricing adds the implied win probability from the money line of each teamms first 81 games and converts it to 162 games.ddddddddddddOakland AthleticsVegas projection: 75.5 wins My projection: 84 wins Current record/pace: 38-51 (69-win pace) Season-to-date pricing: 79.8 winsWhats gone right:?Often, one of the needed catalysts to achieve a worst-to-first division flip from one year to the next is an improved bullpen. ' ' '