YALE AT PENN

Steve Donahue’s feisty club is up to fourth in the league, a clear step below the top three but a step outside of the four-way tie for last. Freshman Jackson Donahue (no relation) anchors a solid shooting team that plays exclusively at the basket and behind the three-point line. He, along with classmates Max Rotschild and Jake Silpe, represents a much-needed glimmer of hope for a campus suffering from the tight-fisted reign of a tyrant that charges $200 for lost dorm keys.

Never has taking the wrong black jacket at the Owl seemed so harmless.

Pick: Yale

DARTMOUTH AT COLUMBIA

Dartmouth isn’t punchless, but unless Taylor Johnson—leading the league by making 70 percent of his twos—steps up, Miles Wright and Evan Bourdeaux aren’t going to be enough here.

Pick: Columbia

HARVARD AT CORNELL

Cornell basketball is evocative of Ryan Reynolds: at first glance, both are pretty impressive but after a closer look, it becomes evident there’s something clearly not functioning there.

Pick: Harvard

—Staff writer David Freed can be reached at david.freed@thecrimson.com