Yale Bulldogs at Harvard Crimson Free Pick - Betting Odds - Point Spread Prediction
Betting Odds
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The betting odds for this game opened with the Harvard Crimson a -5.5 home favorite over the Yale Bulldogs. The total line has been offered at 141.
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The Harvard Crimson host the Yale Bulldogs in an Ivy League game that will take place at the Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, Massachusetts at 7 PM ET. Yale has won 14 of their 23 games on the season and they have failed to cover the spread in eight of the 15 games that have had a posted line. Harvard has won 16 of their 23 games this season and they have an ATS record of 11-4-2 in the 17 games that have had a posted line.
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Yale is coming off a 71-55 loss to Penn in their last game where they failed to cover the spread as a 3.5-point favorite. The total number of points scored in the game was 126, which was under the closing line of 137.5. The Bulldogs have failed to cover the spread in their last four games and in three of their last four games, including their last two, the total has gone under. Yale has lost three straight games.
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Harvard is coming off an 87-75 win over Cornell in their last game where they covered the 10.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 162, which was well over the closing line of 139. The Crimson have covered the spread in five of their last six games and in their last four games the total has gone over every time. Harvard has won four ina row and five of their last six games.
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Offensively, Yale is putting up 73.5 points per game on a 45.7% FG average. On the defensive side of the ball the Bulldogs are allowing 69.1 points per game on a 43.1% FG average.
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Harvard is putting up 71.6 points per game on a 44.5% FG average. On defense the Crimson are allowing 66.1 points per game on a 41.8% FG average.
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These teams met on February 11th at Yale where the Crimson beat the Bulldogs 75-67.
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Yale Bulldogs at Harvard Crimson Betting Trends<br />
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Yale is 42-19-2 against the spread in their last 63 Friday games.
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The Bulldogs are 33-16-3 against the spread in their last 52 road games.
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Harvard is 15-4-2 against the spread in their last 21 games overall.
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The game total has gone over 10-3 in their last 13 Friday night games.
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The road team is 9-1 against the spread in the last 10 meetings of these two teams.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Yale and Harvard have the public leaning heavily to the Crimson minus the 5.5 points with over 70% on board. The over/under bettors believe this game will go over the posted total of 141 with over 62%.
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Yale Bulldogs at Harvard Crimson Prediction
Yale has proved that they can't win against the top clubs in the Ivy League this season losing both games home and away to conference leading Princeton and at home to Harvard. They are 4-1 on the road this season, but only one game was against a top level opponent and as mentioned they fell by 8 points to the Princeton Tigers. The bulldogs also com into this game on a three game tailspin. Harvard vis 4-1 at home versus the Ivy and the same number against the spread with their only blemish ATS being a 6 point win over Columbus as an 8-point favorite.