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PennFan10 Postdoc Posts 3590 |
01-19-19 11:06 AM - Post#272953
Anyone else a little surprised Brown is a 1pt favorite vs Yale today? |
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HGA Sophomore Posts 106 |
01-19-19 11:31 AM - Post#272954
No. They’re playing well and are undefeated at home. |
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AntiUngvar Masters Student Posts 530 |
01-19-19 12:06 PM - Post#272958
Good answer. In a game featuring many talented players, the kid from Tennessee -Cambridge- may be the best. |
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HARVARDDADGRAD Postdoc Posts 2701 |
01-19-19 12:36 PM - Post#272964
Brown and Yale are the highest KP ranked teams in our League. They are also the only Ivy squads not to suffer some form of significant attrition, whether it be by injury, transfer or otherwise. For Yale, that's in stark contrast to prior seasons. I'm assuming that Cannady/Princeton just shot itself in the foot, which is yet to be seen. Things can change during the 14 game tournament + the 3 game tournament, but those 2 squads enter healthy and with a full roster. As for the spread, it seems that Yale is the deepest and most consistent team in the league (at this moment), but that Brown - especially Cambridge - has upside and tremendous variability. If Cambridge hit 7 or so 3's at a >50% clip and at home, Brown will be tough to beat. |
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PennFan10 Postdoc Posts 3590 |
01-19-19 12:46 PM - Post#272965
If Yale hits 3’s at a 50% clip they will be hard to beat too. Assuming everyone plays to their averages, I think I give the point and take Yale, who has a far more impressive resume than Brown. |
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HGA Sophomore Posts 106 |
01-19-19 01:32 PM - Post#272977
Take your point, as time will tell. The one point edge is understandable given that Brown is at home. |
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 04:33 PM - Post#273031
The betting line I saw had Yale giving 2.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 04:35 PM - Post#273033
In other news it looks on the feed like there is a very light crowd for this game. I know school’s not yet in session but that’s just atrocious. Hopefully it fills. Women had a few groups attend and it was a very good crowd for their win vs. Yale yesterday. For the men to have this high stakes opener unattended would be a shanda (shame).
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 04:44 PM - Post#273037
I take it back. Solid crowd. Yale looking very comfortable offensively early. Moving the ball very easily and seem a step quicker. Brown three sloppy turnovers in the first five min.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 04:51 PM - Post#273040
Could I also suggest the 6’0 Anderson not try to dunk on the 6’6 NBA prospect Oni?
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 04:59 PM - Post#273044
Brown coming back making it more uncomfortable. Choh with a missed dunk after a crazy path upcourt. But the effort seemed to fire Brown up. Nothing from Cambridge so far from deep.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 05:07 PM - Post#273047
Yale takes momentum back with some layups inside. Cambridge playing out of control inside with the three pointer being taken away. Phills terrific on D shadowing him.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 05:17 PM - Post#273053
A half with poor showings by Oni and Dez. Scouts must be disappointed. Yale leading. Anderson playing with some energy but still can’t seem to finish anything or hold onto the ball.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 05:38 PM - Post#273058
Cambridge gets it going a little with two buckets early. Yale with nice flow on offense as well. Josh Howard looks rusty.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 05:47 PM - Post#273063
Tight back and forth. Choh a monster. Bruner monster dunk.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 05:55 PM - Post#273067
Yale taking control with three by Swain, who got previously jobbed on a bad foul. Dez 3-15 and he’s getting some open shots. Live by the Dez, die by the Dez. Hard to win when he isn’t converting.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 06:04 PM - Post#273068
Yale clamping down on D and opening it up with under 5 to go. Brown looking a little tentative on offense. Gotta stop turning it over.
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Bruno PhD Student Posts 1423 |
01-19-19 06:23 PM - Post#273074
That’s game. Yale’s defense was the story. Brown defended well too I thought. But too many missed shots and nobody to pick up the slack. Brown should lose when Dez gets held to 3-18. Good news for Brown is that they made it a tight game at the end despite all that. Bad news is Yale turned it over 20 times but Brown still lost. Choh with a masterpiece and great effort from Hunsaker. Obi was great on Oni, whose highlights were two dunks at the end of both halves.
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bradley PhD Student Posts 1842 |
01-19-19 06:44 PM - Post#273081
Brown deserves a lot of credit to give Yale a battle royale considering Cambridge's shooting percentage. Yale seemed to do everything in their power to keep Brown in the game over the last 3 minutes but Brown took advantage to their credit. Yale did not play great but they are talented and balanced. They will be a tough out this season but Brown did test the Elis. |
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 4008 |
 01-19-19 09:00 PM - Post#273119
Yale is very good. Phills did a great job containing DC, Okoli did a great job containing Oni ( except for 2 breakaways). Ivy teams feared the P'ton and Penn. I suspect the B/Y maybe more feared this year. |
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HARVARDDADGRAD Postdoc Posts 2701 |
01-19-19 10:02 PM - Post#273131
There are 5 stronger teams. 3 have injuries/issues Brown and Yale have a window, but Yale has HCA Even the 3 weaker teams will win games against the ‘stronger’ teams |
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AntiUngvar Masters Student Posts 530 |
01-19-19 10:43 PM - Post#273138
In a game featuring many talented players, the kid from Tennessee -Cambridge- may be the best. Every now and then, I'm allowed to look like SomeGuy; and Dex.Cambridge can appear to be the late, great comedian, Godfrey Cambridge. Still, I don't think I jinxed the kid; and he WILL show his truer self in New Haven- next week, and again in March. |
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tkapiko Freshman Posts 28 |
01-20-19 05:08 PM - Post#273187
I thought Cambridge's last shot was going in. I like the kid's confidence. Both he and Oni were targets of brutal defense, as expected. The difference is Oni created for his teammates, but Cambridge is to focused on scoring once he gets the ball. I am sure he will learn and get better as his career progresses. |
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Old Bear Postdoc Posts 4008 |
01-20-19 05:59 PM - Post#273193
Choh was the best player on the floor in this game. Yale is talented and deep. |
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JBears Senior Posts 334 |
01-20-19 07:44 PM - Post#273201
Choh put on a show and carried the Bears. Especially in the first half. Hunzicker also stepped up his game in the first half and throughout. They had to. Dez couldn’t buy a basket under heavy defensive focus, and Howard showed signs of the sore ankle with 5 TOS in just 10 minutes. Martin said In the post game that he has to devise more ways to get Dez open. If he can accomplish that, and Howard plays like himself, the Bears have a decent chance of wiiing in New Haven. |
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