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The Columbia Lions host the Yale Bulldogs in an Ivy League game that will take place at the Levien Gymnasium in New York, New York at 7 PM ET. The betting odds for this Ivy league game opened with Yale -2 on the betting line and it has move a point to -3 on most boards. The total line has been falling sitting at 142 after opening at -144.
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Yale has won 11 of their 17 games on the season and they have covered the spread in five of the nine games that have had a posted line. Columbia has won nine of their 17 games this season and they have also covered the spread in five of the nine games that have had a posted line.
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Yale is coming off an 85-75 win over Brown in their last game where they covered the 9.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 160, which was over the closing line of 153. Previous to the Brown game the Bulldogs had failed to cover the spread in two straight games and the total had gone under in three straight games. Yale has won five of their last six games including their last three.
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Columbia is coming off a 65-62 win over Harvard in their last game where they covered the spread as a 2.5-point underdog. The total number of points scored in the game was 127, which was under the closing line of 141.5. The Lions have covered the spread in three of their last four games, including their last two, and in their last three games the total has gone under every time. Columbia has won four of their last five games including their last two.
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Offensively, Yale is putting up 75.2 points per game on a 45.9% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Bulldogs are allowing 68.2 points per game on a 41.5% FG average.
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Columbia is putting up 73.7 points per game on a 43.4% FG average. On defense the Lions are allowing 71.5 points per game on a 43.6% FG average.
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Last season Yale beat Columbia twice.
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Yale Bulldogs at Columbia Lions Betting Trends<br />
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Yale is 3-6 straight up in their last 9 road games.
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The Bulldogs are 13-3 against the spread in their last 16 games against Columbia.
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The game total has gone under in 4 of Yale’s last 6 road games against Columbia.
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Columbia is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games.
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The Lions are 2-6 against the spread in their last 8 games at home against the Bulldogs.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Yale and Columbia have the public leaning to the visiting Bulldogs to cover the 3 point spread with 66% on board. The over/under bettors believe this game will definitely go over the posted total line of 142 with over 80% conviction.
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