Dartmouth Big Green vs Yale Bulldogs Point Spread Picks

Combine the Bulldogs (-485) and the Zips (-1054) into a 2-team parlay at -306 odds.

Dartmouth is tied for second (3-2) in the Ivy League, one game behind Yale. Dartmouth is a huge underdog in this showdown, but it has a terrific offense (78.4 points per game). 6-5 guard Kareem Thomas (17.9 ppg) and 6-8 senior Brandon Mitchell-Day (11.7 ppg, 9.2 rpg) lead an offense that shoots .383 from 3-point land and is third in the Ivy League in rebounding margin (+2.44), plus second in blocks (3.89 per game). Dartmouth is on an 8-5 ATS run, including 5-2 ATS as an underdog. Yale is 1-3 ATS this season as a double-digit favorite. They topped Albany (93-82) as 17.5-point chalk in their last home game as a double-digit favorite. Play Dartmouth. 

Yale has won nine of the past 10 meetings (7-3 ATS), including 83-67 on Jan. 20. The Bulldogs are on a 12-game win streak after destroying Columbia 90-64 on Saturday and covering a 16-point spread. John Poulakidas led the Bulldogs with 28 points, Samson Aletan added 18 points, and the team shot 54 percent from the field. Yale has covered eight straight on the road against the Big Green. Dartmouth already has four Ivy League losses, including 88-75 to Penn, before bouncing back with a 76-61 victory over Princeton this past weekend. Yale is 8-4-1 ATS away from home this season, and the Bulldogs are #27 in the country in field goal percentage defense, allowing just 40.3 percent. Take Yale.

Dartmouth hasn't been on the road since mid-December. They've averaged 71.25 points in their last four road games, eight below their season average of 79.3 points. The offense shoots 43.7%, sixth in the eight-team league and fifth from the free-throw line (.732). Dartmouth is 5-2 UNDER the total on the road, part of a 22-15 run UNDER overall. Yale is second in the Ivy League defensively in points given up (70.5 per game) and No. 1 in field goal shooting allowed (.413). Last season, Yale held Dartmouth to 51 and 56 points. Take Dartmouth/Yale UNDER the total. 

Dartmouth is on a seven-game losing streak and it had gone OVER four games in a row before its 68-56 defeat against Princeton on Saturday when the Big Green were outscored 38-22 in the second half. That lowered the posted total for this game even though Yale soared OVER by 16 points in its 84-76 victory over Columbia. The teams combined for 92 points in the second half and the Bulldogs shot 53 percent with four scorers in double figures, led by Matt Knowling and Danny Wolf with 20 each. Columbia shot 54 percent and hit nine of 20 3-pointers. Yale averages 75.3 points and it is 5-0 OVER following at least three straight road games. Take the OVER as a Max Play.