College Hoops Picks, Feb. 6, 2009: Brown Bears @ Dartmouth Big Green

Brown Bears (0-4, 6-12) at Dartmouth Big Green (2-2, 4-14)

Friday, Feb. 6—7:00 PM EST

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Preview

The Ivy-winless Brown Bears (0-4, 6-12) head to New Hampshire to take on Dartmouth (2-2, 4-14) Friday night.

Despite Brown's poor record, they have not played terrible in Ivy League play. Aside from a 32 point blowout against league-leading Cornell, they have only lost by single digits.

Dartmouth has had a slew of nail-biters themselves. Their two losses were by one point and five points, and their wins have been by nine points in overtime and by three points in regulation. 

The Big Green's star player is Alex Barnett, who is averaging 19.2 PPG (the team averages 62.3). The Bears have a more balanced scoring attack featuring Matt Mullery (F, 15.7 PPG), Peter Sullivan (F, 14.1 PPG), and Adrian Williams (G, 12.6 PPG).

The question now is whether the Bears can keep Barnett in check and grab their first Ivy win of the season, or if the Big Green will win another nail-biter? Only time will tell.

By The Numbers

	Record	Conf	ATS	RPI	SOS	PF	PA
Brown	6-12	0-4	2-8	286	281	63.4	70.1
Dartmouth	4-14	2-2	5-3	337	316	62.3	69.2

	FG%	D. FG%	3P%	D. 3P%	FT%	RPG	SPG	APG	TPG
Brown	43.8	46.2	36.7	37.4	69.5	34.2	4.6	13.7	14.8
Dartmouth	41.1	44.0	32.9	37.7	62.7	35.7	5.7	10.4	14.3

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Prediction

Current Line: Brown -1.5

Brown ATS: 2-8, 0-2 when favored.
Dartmouth ATS: 5-3, 5-3 when underdog.

In their last ten games against Brown, Dartmouth is 6-4 ATS.

Brown has yet to win an Ivy league game, or even cover the spread. Dartmouth has only had close games, so if they wind up losing this one by one point, awesome!

I really think that Vegas has this line backwards, though. Before the official line came out, I had Dartmouth with the slight edge. I'm sticking with that.

Ryan's Pick: Dartmouth +1.5

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*All statistics for this article have come from StatSheet.com*