In North Carolina way back in the hills, there lived my pappy and he had him a still. "White Lightning" - The Big Bopper
Harvard Crimson
72 – 74
FINAL Conference
Brown Bears
Ivy League · Lavietes Pavilion · January 15, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread HARV -2.5 Away covered
O/U 142.5 Over
Money HARV -154 / BRWN +120
Model Predictions
Spread Total HARV win
Actual BRWN +2 146 Lost
Massey HARV -7.7 (-9.7) — —
Massey Totals — 143.2 (+2.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 97% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 97% ✗
Baseline Plus ML HARV -6.2 (-8.2) 141.4 (+4.6) 70% ✗
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HARV -4.4 (-6.4) 141.3 (+4.7) 71% ✗
Baseline Tuned ML HARV -5.5 (-7.5) 141.8 (+4.2) 72% ✗
Baseline ML HARV -6.1 (-8.1) 140.0 (+6.0) 70% ✗

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Feb 14, 2026 HARV 56 – 53 BRWN
Jan 31, 2026 HARV 69 – 59 BRWN
Feb 28, 2025 BRWN 59 – 52 HARV
Jan 18, 2025 HARV 80 – 67 BRWN
Mar 2, 2024 BRWN 71 – 68 HARV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HARV BRWN
Overall 14-13 13-18
Conference 5-9 8-6
Home 9-5 5-7
Away 5-7 6-8
Neutral 0-1 2-3
Last 5 3-2 1-4
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.1 70.7
Avg Pts Against 72.6 72.5
Massey -1.8 (#202) -5.6 (#273)
Bradley-Terry 0.74 (#111) -1.99 (#330)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.63 (#132) -1.92 (#307)
RPI 0.542 (#104) 0.395 (#333)
Shooting & Four Factors HARV BRWN
FG% 44.4% 40.7%
3PT% 36.1% 31.1%
REB / G 35.2 38.1
OREB / G 8.3 12.1
AST / TO 1.14 0.88
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.4% 46.7%
TOV% 17.0% 19.2%
ORB% 24.6% 31.1%
FT Rate 25.8% 22.6%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.2% 51.4%
Opp TOV% 14.8% 16.4%
DRB% 68.0% 74.6%
Opp FT Rate 16.2% 22.1%

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