Ivy League NCAAB pick: Princeton vs Harvard — Eckel doesn't think the line makes any sense, do you?

In this January 2019 file photo, North Carolina’s Garrison Brooks, left, and Coby White defend against Harvard’s Kale Catchings (24) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Chapel Hill, N.C.Gerry Broome | Associated Press

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21 Feb 2020, 4:57 pm

Princeton at Harvard (-7.5), 7 p.m.

Princeton (11-10, 6-2) heads into the weekend tied with Yale for first place in the Ivy League, while Harvard (16-7, 5-3) is in a three-way tie for third.

This line doesn’t make any sense. Which in other words mean, “It’s telling me something.’'

Here is how five of Harvard’s last six games have gone: Loss in overtime at Penn; one-point loss at Princeton; one-point win against Yale; one-point loss to Brown; double overtime win over Columbia.

The Crimson is also 2-7 against the spread over the past nine games and 1-7 ATS as a favorite. And yet they are 7.5-point favorites against the team tied for first place in the league, who already beat them.

Something doesn’t smell right in Cambridge and it’s not the chowder.

The Pick: Harvard minus 7.5

Princeton