Ivy League Friday/Saturday, Week 3

Hi everyone,

Dmon ask me to post this for him.  See below.

First of all, I'm locking in Yale with the points and on the ML (+5 and +180).

My leans as of now are Brown -6.5 (and maybe Yale/Harvard under 137.5), but I'll decide on whether to pull the trigger on those as the day goes along.

Lastly, here are a few more responses to some of the questions people have posed:

Wojo- I think I can trust Brown tonight.  I'm not sure, which is why it's still just a lean and why I haven't locked in yet (that and that the line may come down some more), but I'm leaning on trusting them with a small play.  The one thing I'll disagree with you on is that they haven't shown anything lately, since they're coming off their best game of the year at Cornell.

BlueChips- You're right that Harvard played without these guys last weekend, and they did not look good at all inside.  But only this week have they had time to adjust their gameplan for it and plan for the players' absences.  A big Harvard fan I know expects that we'll see more of Harvard's better defensive/rebounding guards Kenyi and Curry and less of Webster and Giger with the bigger emphasis on D and rebounding from all five positions this week.  As for your other point, nobody is going to stop Jeremy Lin, who's one of the best guards in the country and is absolutely fearless.  He'll do his usual thing attacking the rim and getting to the line and setting up teammates, but even while he gets his, they'll have trouble winning this game if his teammates don't get hot from three.

Doctor- Enjoy the game.  Are you a Yale grad?  Maybe you can share some thoughts on the Harvard-Yale rivalry angle.

Webba- I agree with everything you said there.  Those are good points.  Yale ought to win the rebound battle comfortably tonight, and they have a decent chance of winning the turnover battle too.  You're dead on that most likely Harvard will need to really catch fire shooting the ball to win/cover tonight, since Yale will probably have more shots from the floor and more quality looks close to the bucket.

Blakejeff- My lean on that total would definitely be the over.  Cornell will have no trouble putting up 75-80, but the concern is whether or not Penn can do its part and hit 60.  But between the chance that Penn gets 65+ and the chance that Cornell gets 85ish, there's enough decently probable things that could push this one over that I'd have to lean that way.  It'd be over or nothing for me, but I don't think I'll be on it personally.  GL if you are.

Thanks as always to everyone for contributing, and let's keep it going right up until gametime.

nice info

BOL today

dmon,

how about a two-team teaser:

yale +9

and pittsburgh +7

Dmon,

As usual, good job. The write-ups are very thorough. What are your final plays?

D,

Cornell does pull the foot off the pedal at times when way ahead, but they still have averaged to outscore their ivy opponets by a clip of 26ppg., in six league games.

Any thoughts on COL/PRIN & DAR/BRW games going UNDER in both?  I like UN in both.  Any thoughts would help.  Thaks.

person SAYS MAKE

Harvard has been playing without Magnerelli for weeks and Van Nest has not been a factor all year.  The only injury to be worried about is Wright's.

I was just admiring the beer taps on yours. One of the best yet

great job once again, D.  Heres hoping the results are a little better than last weekend! 

I'm on Yale as well.  I look forward to reading what you have to say about tomorrow's matchups later.