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Harvard Crimson
87 – 80 OT
FINAL Conference
Princeton Tigers
Ivy League · Lavietes Pavilion · January 17, 2026
Betting Lines
Spread HARV -4.5 Home covered
O/U 133.5 Over
Money HARV -198 / PRIN +164
Model Predictions
Spread Total HARV win
Actual HARV +7 167 Won
Massey HARV -8.6 (-1.6) — —
Massey Totals — 131.2 (+35.8) —
Bradley-Terry — — 71% ✓
Weighted B-T — — 73% ✓
Baseline Plus ML HARV -5.4 (+1.6) 133.8 (+33.2) 72% ✓
Efficiency Plus ML ★ HARV -3.8 (+3.2) 132.4 (+34.6) 62% ✓
Baseline Tuned ML HARV -5.1 (+1.9) 132.2 (+34.8) 71% ✓
Baseline ML HARV -5.5 (+1.5) 132.7 (+34.3) 69% ✓

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 28, 2026 HARV 58 – 56 PRIN
Feb 22, 2025 PRIN 76 – 71 HARV
Jan 11, 2025 PRIN 68 – 64 HARV
Feb 24, 2024 PRIN 66 – 53 HARV
Jan 6, 2024 PRIN 89 – 58 HARV

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings HARV PRIN
Overall 17-12 9-20
Conference 10-4 5-9
Home 8-4 8-4
Away 9-6 1-12
Neutral 0-2 0-4
Last 5 3-2 3-2
Streak L1 L1
Avg Pts For 69.8 67.5
Avg Pts Against 67.3 72.4
Massey 0.2 (#163) -5.0 (#246)
Bradley-Terry -0.62 (#224) -0.94 (#248)
W. Bradley-Terry -0.65 (#213) -0.98 (#233)
RPI 0.484 (#207) 0.457 (#251)
Shooting & Four Factors HARV PRIN
FG% 47.1% 41.3%
3PT% 36.9% 33.4%
REB / G 30.6 33.1
OREB / G 8.1 9.1
AST / TO 1.21 1.03
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 53.7% 49.3%
TOV% 17.7% 18.3%
ORB% 26.8% 26.0%
FT Rate 19.1% 25.1%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.7% 51.5%
Opp TOV% 18.3% 15.1%
DRB% 71.1% 74.4%
Opp FT Rate 19.5% 28.1%

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