Pick: Cornell 66, Brown 60
YALE AT COLUMBIA
I think this will be closer than one might expect. The second game of the New York road trip is always tough, since Ithaca and New York City are nowhere near each other.
And Columbia—unlike a lot of other teams in the Ancient Eight—has the size to matchup well with the Bulldogs, led by one-half of the "Sweatband Boys," Mark Cisco. (The other half of the duo is Andre Drummond’s proctologist, Blaise Staab—google image him.)
Though Cisco has the talent to frustrate Mangano, Yale on the whole is simply a much better team. But be on upset alert with this one.
Pick: Yale 67, Columbia 63
DARTMOUTH AT PENN
Let’s just say you could take the five least athletic Quakers...
Only kidding. Dartmouth would probably win that matchup, Betsy Ross’s turnaround jumper notwithstanding.
But Penn will take this game, and the Big Green will go another week in search of that elusive conference win.
Pick: Penn 78, Dartmouth 66
LAST WEEK: 7-1
SEASON: 13-1
—Staff writer Scott A. Sherman can be reached at ssherman13@college.harvard.edu.