Pick: Princeton
YALE AT HARVARD
This rivalry has historically been the cream of the league. I wrote twice last year about the barbs fired at Harvard by Yale coach James Jones, whose obsession with knocking Harvard off its perch is thinly veiled at best. Yale has a rare two-game winning streak at Lavietes, scoring the league’s only win against the 2014 Crimson and winning what looked to be a league-deciding Friday night contest a year ago.
That story ended in the most heartbreaking of fashions—after an epic collapse against Dartmouth and a final-minute defeat in the playoff, Yale was not selected for a postseason tournament. With Sherrod providing a perfect frontcourt fit to reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Justin Sears, Yale has a scary combination of excellent interior defense and spot-up shooting. Sherrod, whose record-setting streak of 30 consecutive makes came almost entirely within five feet of the basket, gives Yale a safety valve that each coach in the league would take in a heartbeat.
On the other side of the floor, the Crimson will be better with a rejuvenated Edosomwan, but asking Johnson and McCarthy to handle Yale guards Jack Montague and Makai Mason will be too much.
Pick: Yale–Staff writer David Freed can reached at david.freed@thecrimson.com