O'Sullivan's Sunday Ivy League Picks: Dartmouth at Cornell, Brown at Penn as league play begins

Seattle O’Sullivan 2021-2022 ACC season so far: 22-25, -$146.39

Seattle O’Sullivan 2021-2022 Ivy League season so far: 18-19, +$19.74

(Standing Caveat: The universe is chaotic. Life is unpredictable. Things happen. Like injuries. In following Seattle O’Sullivan’s betting advice, be advised that you should always monitor your bets during the day to make certain unforeseen things have not occurred which might change your wagering opinion. Thank you.)

Brown Bears at Pennsylvania Quakers, 3 pm Eastern

The Pick: Penn (-122), bet $12.20 to win $10

This game will be played without fans, and I’m not even going to bother attempting to ascertain the logic there. What I will do is say that, despite their 3-10 record, and current six-game losing streak, Penn plays hard and will be better than expected in the Ivy League this season. Several of those six losses were against top-ranked teams like Villanova and Arkansas. The Quakers also haven’t played since Dec. 11, so I imagine, fans or not, they’ll be hyped to play hard and well in the Palestra. I’ll pay a little extra to not worry about laying the 1.5 points.

Dartmouth Big Green at Cornell Big Red Bears, 2 pm Eastern

The Pick: Cornell -4.5 (-110), bet $11 to win $10; Moneyline Parlay, Cornell w/Penn (+168), bet $5 to win $8.43

I’ll parlay the Quakers with Cornell, who host a Dartmouth team reeling with a seven-game losing streak. The difference between Dartmouth’s losing streak and Penn’s is, the Big Green have been losing to teams like Cal-State Bakersfield. Dartmouth also only manages 68.8 points per game, while Cornell scores 86.3. Cornell’s adjusted tempo is actually seventh in the entire country; I suspect Dartmouth will have trouble keeping up. I’ll take Cornell to continue to put up points and cover today.