PREMIUM
*6-0 L6 CBB* ROGERS' EARLY TIP TIME - 5 PM ET
(NCAAB) Yale vs. Cornell,
Point Spread: 1.50 | -108.00 Yale (Away)
Result: Loss
Point Spread: 1.50 | -108.00 Yale (Away)
Result: Loss
Note the early tip time for this one (5 PM ET). After registering a big win over Penn (88-69 as 3.5 point favorites) last Friday, Cornell promptly dropped its first Ivy League game the following day (75-68 to Princeton, as three-point favorites). The Ivy League leaders are again at home this Friday and with such a short number, most are going to be calling for a bounce back. I’ve got a bit of a different read on this one.
Yale has played three close games to open conference play. They dropped the first two, 62-60 at Columbia and 81-77 at Dartmouth. Both times they were double digit favorites. Then came the first win in the Ivy League, 58-54 over Harvard last Saturday. But again the Bulldogs failed to cover, this time as 7.5-point favorites.
But this will be the first time Yale has been an underdog since facing Kentucky on 12/10. They covered the number in that game pretty easily.
It’s a much shorter number obviously vs. Cornell, but I still like Yale’s chances. They have a major edge defensively in this matchup as Cornell ranks 226th in efficiency over at KenPom. Yale is 69th. 8*
Yale has played three close games to open conference play. They dropped the first two, 62-60 at Columbia and 81-77 at Dartmouth. Both times they were double digit favorites. Then came the first win in the Ivy League, 58-54 over Harvard last Saturday. But again the Bulldogs failed to cover, this time as 7.5-point favorites.
But this will be the first time Yale has been an underdog since facing Kentucky on 12/10. They covered the number in that game pretty easily.
It’s a much shorter number obviously vs. Cornell, but I still like Yale’s chances. They have a major edge defensively in this matchup as Cornell ranks 226th in efficiency over at KenPom. Yale is 69th. 8*
