Then she opened up a book of poems and handed it to me, written by an Italian poet from the thirteenth century. "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
Yale Bulldogs
84 55
FINAL Conference
Harvard Crimson
Ivy League · John J. Lee Amphitheater · January 25, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread YALE -13.5 Home covered
O/U 142.5 Under
Money YALE -1800 / HARV +900
Model Predictions
Spread Total YALE win
Actual YALE +29 139 Won
Massey YALE -17.2 (+11.8)
Massey Totals 146.6 (-7.6)
Bradley-Terry 91%
Weighted B-T 95%
Efficiency Plus ML YALE -15.8 (+13.2) 142.2 (-3.2) 88%
Baseline Tuned ML YALE -14.7 (+14.3) 143.3 (-4.3) 88%
Baseline ML YALE -14.3 (+14.7) 144.0 (-5.0) 88%
Baseline Plus ML YALE -14.5 (+14.5) 143.0 (-4.0) 88%

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 7675 HARV
Feb 1, 2026 HARV 6765 YALE
Mar 1, 2025 HARV 7469 YALE
Mar 3, 2024 YALE 8060 HARV
Jan 27, 2024 YALE 7865 HARV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings YALE HARV
Overall 22-8 12-15
Conference 13-1 7-7
Home 11-0 7-5
Away 7-6 5-10
Neutral 4-2 0-0
Last 5 4-1 2-3
Streak L1 W2
Avg Pts For 80.7 68.3
Avg Pts Against 70.9 72.3
Massey 7.7 (#78) -6.2 (#264)
Bradley-Terry 0.67 (#111) -1.08 (#262)
W. Bradley-Terry 0.84 (#108) -1.30 (#262)
RPI 0.565 (#67) 0.458 (#244)
Shooting & Four Factors YALE HARV
FG% 47.4% 43.3%
3PT% 37.7% 31.4%
REB / G 39.8 32.8
OREB / G 12.1 9.2
AST / TO 1.52 1.02
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.6% 49.9%
TOV% 15.8% 19.2%
ORB% 35.1% 27.5%
FT Rate 25.0% 20.0%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 49.4% 51.1%
Opp TOV% 16.5% 17.6%
DRB% 75.9% 67.8%
Opp FT Rate 28.1% 18.5%

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