Get schooled.
Last weekend, the four likely second-division teams went on the road to face their first-division counterparts, and the gap between the two halves of the league appeared significant. This week brings about more battles between the haves and have-nots, except this time the underdogs get to stay home, where they have been much, much better this season.
Princeton has had to wait a week to try to make amends for last week’s clunker at Evansville that sent the Tigers to their sixth-straight defeat. They’ll head to Happy Valley tonight as Brian and Dan Earl go up against each other as assistants on opposing benches.
Two longtime Division I programs just over two hours apart meet for the first time since the 1935-36 season when Boston University pays a visit to Lee Amphitheater to take on Yale.
Columbia will hope the third time is a charm as it looks for the season’s first win in front of the home crowd against a slumping city rival.
The 113th meeting between Brown and Providence caps off the weekend in Ivy hoops, as the Bears finish up a busy stretch and look to go into exams on a winning note.