You just want to be on the side that's winning. "Positively 4th Street" - Bob Dylan
Harvard Crimson
65 – 78
FINAL Conference
Yale Bulldogs
Ivy League · Lavietes Pavilion · January 27, 2024
Betting Lines
Spread YALE -6.5 Away covered
O/U 141.5 Over
Money HARV +188 / YALE -250
Model Predictions
Spread Total HARV win
Actual YALE +13 143 Lost
Massey YALE -3.3 (-9.7) — —
Massey Totals — 143.2 (-0.2) —
Bradley-Terry — — 53% ✗
Weighted B-T — — 51% ✗
Baseline Plus ML YALE -3.0 (-10.0) 143.3 (-0.3) 33% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ YALE -3.6 (-9.4) 143.4 (-0.4) 31% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML YALE -2.8 (-10.2) 141.9 (+1.1) 39% ✓
Baseline ML YALE -3.2 (-9.8) 143.1 (-0.1) 33% ✓

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 YALE 76 – 75 HARV
Feb 1, 2026 HARV 67 – 65 YALE
Mar 1, 2025 HARV 74 – 69 YALE
Jan 25, 2025 YALE 84 – 55 HARV
Mar 3, 2024 YALE 80 – 60 HARV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HARV YALE
Overall 14-13 23-10
Conference 5-9 11-3
Home 9-5 9-2
Away 5-7 9-6
Neutral 0-1 5-2
Last 5 2-3 5-0
Streak L3 L1
Avg Pts For 70.1 73.2
Avg Pts Against 72.6 68.9
Massey -1.6 (#196) 5.3 (#96)
Bradley-Terry 0.46 (#133) 1.04 (#97)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.61 (#137) 1.30 (#97)
RPI 0.519 (#137) 0.567 (#79)
Shooting & Four Factors HARV YALE
FG% 44.2% 44.8%
3PT% 35.3% 33.6%
REB / G 35.1 36.4
OREB / G 8.7 10.3
AST / TO 1.10 1.34
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 51.2% 50.6%
TOV% 17.1% 14.6%
ORB% 25.7% 29.4%
FT Rate 25.6% 18.9%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.1% 49.2%
Opp TOV% 15.2% 16.0%
DRB% 68.0% 74.7%
Opp FT Rate 16.7% 21.7%

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