Okay, so the competition’s not great. But Rosen’s good. And I’m sure his grandmother is very proud. He’s also a senior, meaning he’s well aware that this is his last chance to go dancing (his future wedding Horah not included).

But Harvard, for its part, may very well have Rosen’s kryptonite, and it’s not a bad piece of gefilte fish.

No, in the land of the cheesesteak, the difference maker may be cheesecake.

"Cheesecake" is the nickname of Harvard’s Brandyn Curry. The junior point guard—who is statistically the best lockdown defender in the Ancient Eight—and the rest of Harvard’s outstanding defense should make things very tough for Rosen and company offensively.

Meanwhile, starting four guards, the Quakers lack the size to defend Keith Wright and Kyle Casey at the other end. If Laurent Rivard and the other Harvard shooters can match Penn’s long-ball ability (Tyler Bernadini and Rosen rank first and third in the league in three-point percentage, respectively), the Crimson should be able to pull out another close victory in Philly.

Pick: Harvard 67, Penn 63

BROWN (7-16, 1-5) AT COLUMBIA (13-9, 2-4)

The Lions played a weird pair of games last week. On Friday, they barely squeaked past Dartmouth, 64-62, and then on Saturday came out and played Harvard as tough as anyone has all year (UConn notwithstanding). The Crimson has the third-longest home winning streak in the country, but the Lions stayed in the game from start to finish at Lavietes Pavilion.

So it’s tough to know what to expect from Columbia. But Brown let me down last week with its Friday loss—my only wrong pick on the season thus far—while the Lions are at home and, in Brian Barbour, have the best player on either team. So we’ll go with them.

Pick: Columbia 65, Brown 62

DARTMOUTH (4-18, 0-6) AT PRINCETON (11-10, 2-3)

Last week, we made a "Least Athletic Lions" team. This week, let’s do the same with Tigers—I’m thinking Tigger from Winnie the Pooh, Prince Fielder nine years from now, Tony from Frosted Flakes (he’s not Grrrrreat), Calvin’s buddy Hobbes, and former mustachioed French Prime Minister Georges "Le Tigre" Clemenceau.

And yes, once again, that squad would still beat Dartmouth.

Pick: Princeton 70, Dartmouth 61

YALE (15-5, 5-1) at CORNELL (8-12, 3-3)