NCAA Online Basketball Prediction: Harvard Crimson vs Brown Bears
Saturday, January 28, 2012
by Joe Rodriguez
Harvard Crimson will look to make it four straight wins over Brown Bears when the Crimson travel to meet the Bears. The game will be the second in two days for each team, with No. 23 Harvard coming off a 30-point victory over Yale.
Brown, meanwhile, enters after defeating Dartmouth 66-59. The Crimson hold a 90-74 advantage in the all-time series, which dates back to the 1900-01 season.
Last season, Harvard won both meetings, including a six-point road victory over the Bears.
- Harvard Crimson @ Brown Bears
When: 6:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 28, 2012
Where: Paul Bailey Pizzitola Memorial Sports Center, Providence, Rhode Island
TV: 6 p.m. ET, No TV
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Harvard Crimson (16-2): Three players - Keith Wright, Kyle Casey and Laurent Rivard - score in double figures for Harvard, which is off to its best start in more than 70 years. Offense, however, is hardly the main reason for the Crimson's success. Harvard ranks fourth in the nation defensively, allowing 54 points per game. The Crimson have held nine of their 18 opponents to 50 or fewer points, including all three conference games. Last time out, Harvard held Yale to its lowest point total of the season (35). Since losing to Fordham on Jan. 3, Harvard has won five in a row by an average of 22 points.
Brown Bears (6-13): Stephen Albrecht was Brown's go-to scorer during its first two Ivy League games, averaging 17 points in the two losses to Yale. However, Albrecht was held to only five points in the Bears' win over Dartmouth. Andrew McCarthy stepped up and finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds for Brown, which has won two in a row since losing six straight. Sophomore Sean McGonagill leads the Bears in scoring at 14 per game, but he's been fairly inefficient from the field, shooting only 39 percent.
1. Brown hasn’t defeated Harvard since a 61-59 victory on March 6, 2009.
2. Harvard is 10-2 in road and neutral-site games, with its only losses coming against Fordham and then-No. 10 Connecticut on Dec. 8.
3. Brown is on a two-game win streak and hasn't won three in a row since 2009.
BASKETBALL PREDICTION: Crimson 65, Bears 51.
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