What can Brown do for you ?

[spang]

Plenty.... If you go the other way.

Though Yale lost at home to Brown by 10 in OT just days ago. I feel that game was somewhat of an anomaly in that home standing Yale was on the bad end of the whistle more often than not. Yale not only had to overcome a large FT discrepancy, but also play with key players on the bench with foul problems.

Yale should be sufficiently motivated to return the favor tonight

Yale +1

 

[spang]

Here is the box from the first game. Some very strange numbers. Also note that Yale shot only 39% despite leading the Ivy in FG% at about 48%.


Official Basketball Box Score
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Official Basketball Box Score
Brown vs YALE
1/16/04 7:00 p.m. at John J. Lee Amphitheater
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VISITORS: Brown 5-9 (1-0)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
04 Powers, Patrick..... f 5-11 4-8 7-8 0 3 3 2 21 4 1 0 0 31
15 Ruscoe, Luke........ f 4-8 3-6 0-2 4 10 14 1 11 3 2 0 3 45
35 Kilburn, Jaime...... f 9-15 0-0 4-7 1 4 5 4 22 0 2 2 0 34
12 Martin, Mike........ g 1-5 0-3 1-2 2 0 2 4 3 2 2 0 1 40
21 Forte, Jason........ g 6-15 1-4 13-15 1 5 6 1 26 4 5 0 0 44
03 Becker, Marcus...... 0-2 0-0 2-6 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 16
24 Salter, Andrew...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
50 Flaherty, P.J....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
55 Manhanga, Sam....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
TEAM................ 3 2 5
Totals.............. 25-57 8-21 27-40 13 28 41 15 85 15 13 2 4 225


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-28 35.7% 2nd Half: 12-25 48.0% OT: 3-4 75.0% Game: 43.9% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% OT: 2-2 100 % Game: 38.1% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8% 2nd Half: 6-13 46.2% OT: 14-18 77.8% Game: 67.5% 8


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HOME TEAM: YALE 5-9 (0-1)
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
10 Minoff, Matt........ f 5-9 1-3 4-6 0 7 7 3 15 5 0 0 0 40
33 Vitelli, Paul....... f 9-16 2-2 2-2 7 2 9 2 22 0 0 0 0 37
15 Simon, Justin....... c 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 4 2 1 2 0 1 19
04 Draughan, Edwin..... g 3-15 1-4 5-6 1 4 5 1 12 2 4 1 3 41
20 Gamboa, Alex........ g 1-6 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 5 3 4 4 0 0 22
01 Hughes, Casey....... 4-5 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 5 8 1 1 2 2 12
21 Gaffield, Scott..... 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 10
23 Williams, Basil..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
24 Lovett, Mark........ 1-5 1-5 0-0 1 1 2 0 3 1 0 0 2 19
40 Martin, Dominick.... 5-9 0-0 0-0 6 1 7 4 10 0 1 0 1 16
42 Upshaw, Dexter...... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 9
TEAM................ 3 3 1
Totals.............. 29-74 6-19 11-14 17 25 42 29 75 14 15 3 9 225


TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-29 37.9% 2nd Half: 13-30 43.3% OT: 5-15 33.3% Game: 39.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-6 33.3% 2nd Half: 3-8 37.5% OT: 1-5 20.0% Game: 31.6% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 78.6% 1


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Officials: Peter Palermino, Robert Patey, Alan Libardoni
Technical fouls: Brown-None. YALE-None.
Attendance: 2285
Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total
Brown......................... 30 33 22 - 85
YALE.......................... 31 32 12 - 75
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[Blackman]

When I first saw this line I had an initial lean to Brown - but the more I capped it I have done a complete 180.

I think a big point is that last week when they played the line was Yale -9 at tip. Let's face it - homecourt is not worth a ten point swing and Yale can't shoot any worse than they did against Brown only a few days ago. Looks like a good spot to hop on the Bulldogs.

GL tonight!

BM

 

[gman2]

i would agree.

i think yale gets the victory over U of UPS

 

[l_love7]

am a brown alum, would not bet against them here. they have owned yale the last 3-4 years or so, something like 7-1 straight up & ats . . . although bears were dogs in most of those situations. just some info, will not be playing the game myself, fwiw.

gl2all

lance

 

[I'm Storming]

I think the under 138 is a solid play as well... Without Overtime last Friday night, 126 pts were scored.. Somehow an incredible 34 were scored in OT, mostly foul shots i would figure... Both teams have stout defenses, and if Yale wins this game as i expect them to, they will control the tempo... Expect a halfcourt, hard fought game...

 

[I'm Storming]

Almost every service I've seen has Yale +1.5 as a play tonight.. Not one service has Brown that i've come across... Quite scary if you ask me..

 

[spang]

Yeah, I know what you're saying but my money is down so I'll just hope for the best.

Hell, even Stu Feiner gets one right every now and then

 

[spang]

BTW, like your thinking on the total, makes perfect sense.