That’s right, between its first game on Nov. 11 and a Dec. 18 win against LIU-Brooklyn, the Big Green went 0-9 to start last season. We’re not an Ivy League records keeper, but by any standard that’s really bad. To add insult to injury, Dartmouth lost what might have been its only good player when former Ivy League Rookie of the Year and two-time All-Ivy Second Team forward Evan Boudreaux decided to take his talents to Xavier.

I guess the grass is greener when not playing for the Big Green.

Let’s not forget Brown, though. Much like Dartmouth, the Bears lost an equally talented big man with an equally strange looking jump shot—forward Steven Spieth, best known for being Jordan Spieth’s younger brother. That’s not being mean, that’s actually the first thing that comes up when you Google him.

Nonetheless, Brown comes into the matchup as one of just three Ivy League teams with an overall winning record, which is unexpected to say the least.

What’s more surprising, though, is that last weekend Brown beat a Yale team that nearly beat out Harvard as the preseason favorite to win the conference.

Let’s go back two years.

It’s March of 2016. Yale goes to its first NCAA tournament in over 50 years. Somehow No. 12 Yale beats No. 5 Baylor for its first ever tournament win. It’s kind of a big deal.

What’s better though is Baylor senior Taurean Prince’s postgame interview.

Clearly stunned by the outcome a reported asks quite bluntly, “How does Yale out-rebound Baylor??”

Prince, clearly unimpressed, proceeded to give the definition of a rebound and says that Yale got more of those than the Bears did.

After last weekend though, we kind of understand the awe behind that question, albeit a little differently. I mean really, how does Brown beat Yale?

Either way, good for Brown. Also, Dartmouth comes in red hot with a five-game losing streak.

Pick: Brown

HARVARD AT YALE

If we really wanted to, we could hype up this matchup. After all, the Crimson narrowly beat out the Bulldogs as preseason favorites despite Yale earning two more first place votes than Harvard.