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Yale heads to The Palestra to face Penn on Saturday at 2:00 PM ET, with ESPNU carrying an Ivy League game that looks straightforward on paper and tricky in practice. Yale is 14-3 and has traveled well (5-2 road record), while Penn is 9-8 but has been a different team at home (7-1). The market respects Yale’s overall level, installing the Bulldogs as 7.5-point favorites with a -286 moneyline. Penn is priced at +221, and the total is a punchy 157.5 for a conference game that could swing on shot quality and late-game fouling. These are the current numbers. For a game with a strong home/road split like this, it’s worth monitoring the market for any late shifts and checking

Cornell and Harvard meet in an Ivy League spot that usually turns into a shot-making game with real swingy runs. Tip is Saturday at 2:00 PM ET from Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, with ESPN+ carrying it. Harvard is 10-8 overall and plays its best ball at home (6-3), while Cornell comes in 8-9 and has been a different team away from Ithaca (4-7). The market is telling you this is close: Harvard -2.5 with a modest moneyline tax at -150, Cornell back at +121, and a big total at 163.5. That total is the headline, because Cornell’s offense can drag games into track meets, but Harvard prefers to make you execute. These are the current numbers, but you’ll want to

Northern Illinois heads to Worthen Arena for a MAC game that looks ugly on paper and probably plays that way in the middle 20 minutes. Both teams are sitting on six wins, both have struggled to finish games cleanly, and the market is still asking Ball State to lay 6.5 at home. That number is mostly a bet against Northern Illinois on the road, where they’ve won once in ten tries. Tip is Saturday, January 24 at 2:00 PM ET in Muncie, with the stream on ESPN+. The total is 142.5, which is a fair indicator of what oddsmakers expect: stretches of scoring, but also plenty of empty possessions and missed shots. These are the current betting lines, and MAC

St. Thomas (MN) heads to Vermillion for a Summit League road test that looks simple on the board and tricky in practice. The Tommies are 16-5 and priced like the better team, but South Dakota has been a different animal at home (9-2). With a 2:00 PM ET tip at the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, this is the kind of spot where the favorite can control the game and still sweat the number late. The matchup also carries some recent context. These teams just saw each other earlier this month, and the same themes show up again: St. Thomas wants clean, structured possessions and high-percentage twos, while South Dakota is comfortable playing faster and letting offense drive the script. That