Some of you might remember I did pretty well in the Ivy last year. While it's early I've missed a couple so far and I've been better in the MAAC.
FWIW, here's my preview of tonite's games:
BEST BET: Harvard +11
Princeton hasn't lost at home to a team other than Penn in ten years.
IMO Harvard is actually the better team here; Princeton is the #1 shooting team in the league but Harvard is #2 in FG% D. Harvard is better on the boards while Princeton has better ball handling.
Harvard knows if they're going to get a win this weekend it better be tonite as they travel to Penn tomorrow. This is the last chance for Harvard's 5 starting seniors.
IMO this should be a close game which either team could win, Princeton's home court advantage is not worth eleven points.
Brown -3
Cornell is vastly improved from last year but they're not playing Columbia this weekend. Cornell should keep this one close but their poor FT shooting (63% for the season and 13-22 last Saturday) will be difference in this one. Brown is playing at its best of the season, Cornell's frontcourt is hurt and they'll have no way to stop Hunt and Forte.
Yale -11
Columbia's home court is going to help them break 50 points even against Yale's lax D. This is a must win for Yale as they're 0-2 in league play
Penn -26.5
Penn could easily be up by 26 at the half vs the Dartmouth, the Big Green are coming off a marathon loss at Albany last week where four of their starters played 48+ minutes each.
Only reason not to play Penn is that their star pg Andrew Toole is wearing a protective boot to protect his ankle, an injury he suffered in the 2H vs LaSalle. I wouldn't be surprised to see Toole play fewer minutes than normal to rest his ankle for Saturdays game vs Harvard. Not sure this will stop the rout here as Dartmouth will be outrebounded in this one by at least 2-1.
gl
FWIW, here's my preview of tonite's games:
BEST BET: Harvard +11
Princeton hasn't lost at home to a team other than Penn in ten years.
IMO Harvard is actually the better team here; Princeton is the #1 shooting team in the league but Harvard is #2 in FG% D. Harvard is better on the boards while Princeton has better ball handling.
Harvard knows if they're going to get a win this weekend it better be tonite as they travel to Penn tomorrow. This is the last chance for Harvard's 5 starting seniors.
IMO this should be a close game which either team could win, Princeton's home court advantage is not worth eleven points.
Brown -3
Cornell is vastly improved from last year but they're not playing Columbia this weekend. Cornell should keep this one close but their poor FT shooting (63% for the season and 13-22 last Saturday) will be difference in this one. Brown is playing at its best of the season, Cornell's frontcourt is hurt and they'll have no way to stop Hunt and Forte.
Yale -11
Columbia's home court is going to help them break 50 points even against Yale's lax D. This is a must win for Yale as they're 0-2 in league play
Penn -26.5
Penn could easily be up by 26 at the half vs the Dartmouth, the Big Green are coming off a marathon loss at Albany last week where four of their starters played 48+ minutes each.
Only reason not to play Penn is that their star pg Andrew Toole is wearing a protective boot to protect his ankle, an injury he suffered in the 2H vs LaSalle. I wouldn't be surprised to see Toole play fewer minutes than normal to rest his ankle for Saturdays game vs Harvard. Not sure this will stop the rout here as Dartmouth will be outrebounded in this one by at least 2-1.
gl
