First place in the Ivy League is up for grabs when Princeton hosts Yale Saturday night in New Jersey. The Tigers just bounced back from a loss last week to win Friday night and take the lead in the Ivy. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, are looking to bounce back after taking a tough loss Friday night.
Which way are we going with our free college basketball betting pick?
College Basketball Betting Odds
Saturdays CBB betting lines opened Yale as a one-point favorite over Princeton, with an over/under of right around 142. Both figures were holding steady in the early betting action.
According to Sagarins CBB ratings at USAToday.com, the Bulldogs should be favored by a point and a half for this match-up.
Yale-Princeton College Basketball Betting Preview
The Bulldogs just had a six-game winning streak snapped by a 66-64 loss at Penn Friday night. Yale led for most of the first half but trailed 31-29 into the locker room. The Bulldogs later led by three points with eight minutes to go but went cold, fell behind by six, and could not fully recover.
Yale shot 44 percent from the floor Friday and held the Quakers to 43 percent shooting. But the Bulldogs also got out-rebounded 37-31 and lost the turnover battle 11-9.
Just enough to lose the game.
Two games ago, Yale shot 57 percent from the field, beat Columbia 99-68, and covered at -19. Three games ago, the Bulldogs hit 8/19 from 3-point range, beat Dartmouth 72-53, and covered at -8.
Stretching back a bit further, Yale is 6-1 SU, 4-2-1 ATS over its last seven games.
The Tigers, meanwhile, just bounced back from an upset loss to the Big Green last weekend to beat Brown Friday night 78-67. Princeton, favored by six points, scored the first six points of the game and never trailed. The Tigers led 39-29 at the half, pushed their advantage to 15 points midway through the second half, and cruised from there for the W and the money.
Princeton only shot 37 percent from the floor Friday but hit 22/29 from the free-throw line and out-rebounded the Bears 46-38.
Two games ago, the Tigers shot only 40 percent from the floor and lost to Dartmouth 83-76. But just before that, Princeton won four of five games.
At 8-3 in conference play, the Tigers lead the Ivy League by one game over Yale and Penn, who are both 7-4. However, the Bulldogs own the tie-breaker on the Tigers, thanks to an 87-65 victory in New Haven three weeks ago.
Yale-Princeton Recent History
The Bulldogs are 9-1 SU and 7-3 ATS over their last ten meetings with the Tigers. As mentioned above, Yale won the first meeting between these teams this season three weeks ago 87-65, covering at -3.
The Bulldogs actually trailed that game 49-44 early in the second half, then outscored Princeton 43-16 from there for the victory.
Also, that game played over a total of 140.
- Get more details: Yale at Princeton 2/18/23 Betting Stats
Totals Report
The Unders are 14-7 in Yale games this season and are averaging 137 total points.
The Overs are 13-9 in Princeton games this season and are averaging 145 points.
