College Basketball Betting – Harvard Looks To Avoid Upset-Minded Penn
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March Madness betting players have even been paying attention to the Ivy League, where the winner of the regular-season title will head to the NCAA Tournament.
Harvard is a half-game behind Princeton at the top of the standings, and they face a tricky visit from Pennsylvania on Friday.
Pennsylvania vs. Harvard Betting – Friday, 7:00 PM ET
Odds: Harvard -10.5
Total: 132
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The Quakers (12-13, 6-5) had a three-game winning streak snapped with a 74-72 loss at home against Cornell, and they got off to a slow start as they were down by 12 at halftime.
Miles Cartwright led the way with 23 points, while Zack Rosen was next with 22 points for the Quakers, who had a 34-23 edge on the glass, but they shot only 42.1% from the field. MLB betting players never like to see their teams go down early, which is what happened to the Quakers, and while they fought desperately to come back, they came up just short and now Penn is just aiming to either finish the season at .500 or play the role of spoiler.
The Crimson (21-5, 10-2) couldn’t get done at Yale, falling 70-69 to their rivals in a very close affair. Christian Webster had 22 points and five rebounds, while Keith Wright and Kyle Casey combined for 25 points and 16 boards for the Crimson, who had only seven turnovers, but they forced only three out of Yale, and that was likely the difference in this game. This is a huge blow for the Crimson, who will then host Princeton the next night for what should be the Ivy League title. The biggest worry for the Crimson is that they don’t overlook a Penn team that has been playing well as of late.
Betting services will favor the Crimson at home, where they are 3-3 ATS, while Penn is 3-4 ATS on the road. Home court hasn’t even been that good to the Crimson in their last five meetings with the Quakers as they’ve posted a 2-3 SU record, along with a 1-4 ATS mark.
The first meeting at Penn ended in an 83-82 double-overtime win for the Crimson, who got a combined 44 points and 15 rebounds from Wright and Casey, while Jack Eggleston responded with 23 points and eight boards for the Quakers, who have to try and match up with Harvard in the post.
As we said, the biggest concern for the Crimson is that they don’t overlook the Quakers with Princeton coming up on Saturday night, but after going to double overtime at Penn, it’s likely that won’t happen.
Trends:
PENN are 13-5 ATS in their last 18 road games.
PENN are 10-4 ATS in their last 14 games overall.
PENN are 12-5 ATS in their last 17 vs. Ivy League.
HARV are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 games overall.
HARV are 2-6 ATS in their last 8 vs. Ivy League.
Over is 20-8-1 in HARV last 29 home games.
PENN are 7-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings in Harvard.
Pick: Look for Harvard to try and get this game done by halftime so they can rest their starters for the Princeton game, and take the Crimson in your sports betting picks on Friday.
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