Harvard Crimson vs Princeton Tigers Point Spread Picks

The Princeton Tigers have had a tough season, as they are 8-18. Princeton has just a 4-7 record in Ivy play. Harvard is 15-10 on the season and has split two games with the conference leader, Yale. This will be the Tigers' 4th straight home game, and all of the first 3 have seen 154,140, and 151 points scored. That is a combined 148ppg. These teams have topped the total in two of the last three games played in this series. Harvard is also 5-2 to the OVER following a game where their opponent scored 55 or fewer points. Princeton is now 4-0 on the OVER following a game in which they allowed their opponent to shoot 55% or better. Make the play OVER the total.

Princeton and Harvard have been going at it for a long time. Princeton is just 6-11 overall on the season. Princeton needed to start finding some extra hoops, as they just were not getting the scoring they needed to win games. The Tigers started the season and scored more than 70 points in a game in just two of their first nine games. They have since scored 75 or more points in each of their last three games. Harvard has shot better than 50% in three of its last six games, but its opponents have shot 50% or better in six of their last 11 games. I think this total is set way too low and will make the play OVER the total in this one.

Princeton has won the past seven meetings, including 68-64 on Jan. 11. Now it gets the Crimson at home and Harvard has lost 16 of the past 20 meetings on the road. Princeton looks to rebound from a blowout loss at Yale on Saturday when the Tigers shot just 27 percent and missed 27 of 35 3-point tries. Both were way below their season averages as they average 43.6 percent overall and 36.4 percent from beyond the arc. Princeton is 4-1 ATS its past five games following a loss by more than 20 points. Harvard has covered just one of four road games, including a 76-56 demolishing by Dartmouth as a 2-point underdog. The Crimson have gone OVER four of five following an ATS win and they have allowed 78.1 points their past seven games. Take Princeton and the OVER.

The first meeting this season went OVER as Princeton won 89-58 while shooting 49 percent and hitting 15 of 36 3-pointers. Xaivian Lee poured in 33 points for the Tigers, who put up 48 points in the second half. Harvard is 6-3 OVER its past nine games following its 80-75 victory over Columbia on Saturday and it went OVER by nine points. Malik Mack led four double-figure scorers with 21 points for the Crimson. The OVER is 7-1 in Princeton's past eight games as a favorite of 7.0-12.0 points. The OVER is 5-1 in Harvard's past six games against teams with .600 winning percentages and Princeton is 19-3 straight up this season. Harvard has gone OVER 13 of 21 games. Take the OVER as a Max Play.