Harvard Crimson at Princeton Tigers Free Pick - Betting Odds - Point Spread Prediction
Date:
March 3, 5:00 pm
Location:
L. Stockwell Jadwin Gymnasium
TV:
ESPNU
Betting Odds
Point Spread:
Princeton -7
Total:
129.5
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The Princeton Tigers host the Harvard Crimson in an Ivy League game that will take place at the Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey at 5 PM ET. The Crimson find themselves in the underdog role versus the Tigers with the current line on the board at Princeton -7.5. The O/U line offered is 130 up a half point from the opening line.
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Harvard is coming off a 77-58 win over Brown in their last game where they covered the 11.5-point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 135, which was under the closing line of 152.5. The Crimson have covered the spread in seven of their last eight games, including their last three, and previous to the Brown game the total had gone over in five straight games. Harvard has won six in a row and seven of their last eight games.
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Princeton is coming off a 75-60 win over Cornell in their last game where they covered the 12.5- point line. The total number of points scored in the game was 135, which was over the closing line of 134.5. The Tigers have covered the spread in their last four games and previous to the Cornell game the total had gone under in nine straight games. Overall, Princeton has won 15 straight games.
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Offensively, Harvard is putting up 72.1 points per game on a 45.2% FG average. On the defensive side of things the Crimson are allowing 65.7 points per game on a 41.4% FG average.
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Princeton is putting up 71.6 points per game on a 44.7% FG average. On defense the Tigers are allowing 61.7 points per game, which ranks 10th in the nation, on a 43% FG average.
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These teams met on February 4th at Harvard where the Tigers beat the Crimson 57-56.
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Harvard Crimson at Princeton Tigers Betting Trends<br />
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Harvard is 7-1 against the spread in their last 8 games overall.
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The Crimson are 2-6 against the spread in their last 8 road games in Princeton.
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The game total has gone under in 7 of Harvard’s last 10 road games in Princeton.
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Princeton is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games overall.
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The Tigers are 2-5 straight up in their last 7 games against the Crimson.
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Public Money Consensus<br />
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In this NCAAB matchup between Harvard and Princeton have the public leaning to the Crimson getting the 7 points with 76%. The over/under bettors are slightly on this game going over the posted total line of 129.5 with 55% on board.
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Harvard Crimson at Princeton Tigers Prediction
Princeton appears to be getting better with each game dominating their competition winning their last four games (all on the road) by a combined 68 points with the lowest margin of victory being 15 points. They've already beaten Harvard on the road by a single point back in early February, but they have also improved with six straight victories makinmg this game a toss up. The total does offer some value though. Princeton's last crossed over the total by half of a point for their first over in ten games. The Tigers defense has been brilliant this season holding the opposition to 59 points overall and 56 in Ivy league action and they're even better at home. Harvard also plays excellent defense holding the opposition to 65.6 points per game in conference play. These two combined for 113 points in their first meeting and I can't see any reason would that would be much different this afternoon.
Free Pick:
Take the UNDER 130
