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**Spark** · 02-04-2005, 10:30 AM

Penn won ten of last twelve games vs Harvard, winning last two visits to this site by 21,16 points; they won the first two Ivy games by 24,23 points. Crimson is 2-2 in Ivy, with dogs covering three of the four games.

Princeton won eleven of last twelve vs Dartmouth, and is 5-1 in last six at this site, with wins by 5,10,11,11, 14 points. Home team is 4-0 SU in Dartmouth's Ivy games, but Big Green lost ten of their last 11 games.

The coaching Jones brothers face off for first time this season, with Columbia 3-1 in Ivy and 7-3 in their last ten games, while Yale lost eight of last nine games and is 0-2 in Ivy, with losses by 24,15 points. Yale is 8-4 in last dozen series games, 3-3 in last six at this site.

Brown won four of last five visits to Cornell, but only one of their last six trips to Ithacs was decided by more than three points. Bruins upset Princeton last week, but got hammered by Penn. Cornell split their four Ivy tilts.

Home team won six of last seven Iona-Mnahattan tilts, with only loss 69-67 Iona win at Draddy Gym earlier this season. Jaspers lost last three visits to Iona by 5,3, 17 points. Manhattan is 1-5 on MAAC road, with the lone win over poor Canisius team, by nine points.

**Spark** · 02-04-2005, 10:30 AM

Friday's games
Game of the Day:
Rockets @ Timberwolves-- Strange fall of Minnesota continues, as Cassell now out with bad shoulder, and Timberwolves losing last two games, scoring 85 ppg; if playoffs started today, Minnesota would stay home. Houston won ten of last fourteen games, with three of last four games going the total. Wolves won first game between clubs this year, 96-91 at Houston, on Nov 11

Elsewhere, Wizards lost last three games, allowing 105.3 ppg; they're 2-0 vs Raptors this year, winning by 9,5(ot) points. Wiz covered just two of last eleven on the road. Toronto ended three-game losing streak when it won at Indiana; they won ten of last 13 home games.

Woeful Hawks lost eight of last ten games and are 2-9 vs spread in last eleven on road; they beat 76ers by four at home in December, even though they shot 36%. Host is 6-5 in last eleven games, but 1-3-1 vs spread in their last five. Three of their last four games stayed under total

Dallas won eight of last ten games; they hammered Indy by 20 four weeks ago at home. Mavericks won eight of last eleven on road. Pacers are awful; Jackson again will be missing (suspended)- they've lost their last six games, scoring just 86.7 ppg in the six losses.

Magic won three of last four games; four of their last five stayed under total; they lost by 18 at Fleet Center Jan 10 as Celtics scored 65 points in first half. Boston is 2-8 vs spread in game following their last ten wins; three of their last four games went over the total.

Clippers shot 59.7% last night in Memphis, coming back from seven-point halftime deficit to upset Grizzlies, their third straight win and fifth in last six games. Bucks lost 8 of last 12 games; they're 6-2 vs spread last eight times if they had a game the night before.

Hideous Knicks lost 14 of last 16 games and three in a row; they're 0-9 vs spread in last nine games, and 4-16 in their last 20. Kings beat Knicks 105-98 a month ago in NY, but they lost two of last three home games; they are 6-10 vs spread in their last sixteen games.

Bobcats won two of last three games after they ended a 10-game loss streak. Hard to back injury-riddled, guard oriented Trailblazers, who 1-5 vs spread in game that is right after their last six wins. Portland lost 13 of its last 17 games, with last four staying under the total.

Warriors lost six in row and 15 of last 16 games; they're 3-9-1 vs spread in last 13 games, with six of last eight going over total. Last time Hornets came here, they lost in triple OT, in November, then beat Warriors a month later on Bourbon Street. Hornets lost five of last six tilts.

**crswir** · 02-04-2005, 12:48 PM

Friday, February 4th

Princeton at Dartmouth, 7:00 ET
Princeton - 8-2 ATS away on Fridays
Dartmouth - 8-20 ATS as a home underdog

Brown at Cornell, 7:00 ET
Brown - 7-0 ATS away in February
Cornell - 3-11 ATS at home off BB conference games

Yale at Columbia, 7:00 ET
Yale - 1-5 as a road underdog
Columbia - 5-1 ATS as a favorite

Pennsylvania at Harvard, 7:00 ET
Pennsylvania - 7-1 ATS off an ATS win
Harvard - 1-5 ATS at home on Fridays

Added Game:

Manhattan at Iona, 7:00 ET
Manhattan - 5-14 ATS away in February
Iona - 7-1 ATS off a conference loss as a favorite

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