With that said, things are looking up for the Quakers. They’re at the top of the conference and in what will certainly raise plenty of red flags, they have home court advantage for the conference tournament.

This might be their year, but this game is a lot more important to the Bears.

Pick: Brown

Cornell at Dartmouth

Brutal.

Pick: Cornell

Columbia at Harvard

We would remiss if we didn’t make one last mention of the Columbia University Marching Band.

To be honest, if someone has a framed copy of the esteemed band’s constitution, we’d be willing to pay top dollar.

Unlike Penn, Harvard has the honor of being included in the band’s constitution. Article the Eighth reads as follows, “Harvard needs to keep their pants on and their lights off.”

Noted.

The plot between these two schools, however, thickens.

In a 2012 article form The Crimson entitled “Columbia: The Ivy League’s Worst Athletics Program” a venerable editor here argued just that and raised several valid reasons. Unsurprisingly, it was received with less enthusiasm in New York, amassing a grand total of 77 comments, most of which appeared to be disgruntled Columbia students.

In the spirit of this non-existent rivalry, we’d like to share our favorite line from the piece.

“They’re even bad at squash. Columbia didn’t take a single game against Harvard, Dartmouth or Yale on the men’s side, nor Princeton, Penn, Cornell, the Bulldogs or the Crimson on the women’s side. They play nine games a match in Ivy squash.”