The last time the Crimson visited New York City in conference play, it left thoroughly humbled by the Lions in a 78-63 defeat. Columbia is a good team now, doing good team things like making big threes and beating Princeton on the road. As we’ve mentioned before, this is new for those that follow the team, like the Columbia radio station WKCR, whose Twitter feed included analysis like “OMGOMGOMG” and “OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG” during the win over the Tigers. This will be a big test for Harvard coming off its first Ivy loss, but I expect them to narrowly pass it.

Pick: HARVARD

DARTMOUTH V. CORNELL

It’s the Chromo-Bowl! If you mix the Big Green and the Big Red, you end up with the Big Brown, a steaming pile of which this game is destined to be. Please don’t watch.

Pick: DARTMOUTH

PENN V. YALE

A tough weekend for the Bulldogs would force them back down into the ranks of the other Ivy pretenders who have briefly looked dangerous before fading away, like Princeton, Brown, and Columbia. The difference is that Yale actually succeeded in proving itself once in Saturday’s win at Lavietes and is now firmly in the conference race at the top of the league. I’m still skeptical the Bulldogs are for real, but I predict they will look like it for at least one more night.

Pick: YALE

PENN V. BROWN

In Friday’s game against Harvard, Brown’s Rafael Maia suffered a cut to the head on a drive and had to get a wrap around it to stop the bleeding. This turned Maia into the world’s largest, most intense rec league all-star (that's him on the bottom right). Beware, Quakers. Maia will body you, then sweat on you, then ask you when you’re free to grab a beer in the sauna.

Pick: BROWN

PRINCETON V. YALE

This is an interesting one. Both of these teams like to use size to their advantage; Yale doesn’t start a player shorter than 6’4”, and Princeton’s shortest starter is 6’3”, including the Ivy League’s most physically imposing point guard, 6’5” T.J. Bray. The Bulldogs’ size bothered Harvard last Saturday. A few times, they were able to isolate a larger player against the 6’0” Siyani Chambers in the post, which led more often than not to an easy bucket. They won’t have that same decisive edge against the Tigers, who I think are poised to give Yale its second Ivy loss.

Pick: PRINCETON

DARTMOUTH V. COLUMBIA