The Brown Bears will try to pay off for their supporters on Saturday when they play host to the Dartmouth Big Green at Pizzitola Sports Center in NCAA basketball action.

Supporters of the Big Green have watched them go 6-17 and 4-8-1 ATS on the year, while the Bears are at 9-14 and 6-8 ATS. In totals betting, the Bears are 6-7, while the Big Green have a 7-5 mark.



View Dartmouth vs Brown Odds and Stats.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Odds Shark Power Rankings have the Bears at No. 255 and the Big Green at No. 302 heading into this contest. Handicapping models at Odds Shark project a 59-57 result in favor of the Bears.



How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up Brown's No. 310 nationally ranked offense (60.9 points per game) against a Big Green defense that sits as the No. 182 at 66.7 PPG. The Bears have been averaging 39.6% from the field, less than the Big Green have managed so far this season (39.8% on average).

Defensively, Dartmouth features the nation's No. 146-rated defense on the road, allowing 68.3 points per game. Brown, meanwhile, comes in at No. 280 nationally in scoring at home.

Dartmouth was a 78-67 loser in their most recent outing on the road against Yale. They covered the 11.5-point spread as underdogs. Alex Mitola scored 27 points for Dartmouth on Friday, but the Bulldogs managed a 78-67 victory over the Big Green at John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Brown lost its last outing, a 65-47 result against Harvard on February 22. They failed to cover in that game as a 5-point underdog. The Bears endured a 65-47 loss at the hands of the Crimson on Friday, despite a 11-point effort from Cedric Kuakumensah at Pizzitola Sports Center.


Dartmouth Big Green Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Pennsylvania are 1-9
After playing Yale are 3-7
After a loss are 3-7

Brown Bears Trends:
When playing on Saturday are 4-6
Before playing Cornell are 5-5
After playing Harvard are 5-5
After a loss are 4-6

A few Big Green at Bears trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dartmouth's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Dartmouth's last 5 games when playing on the road against Brown
Dartmouth is 2-23 SU in its last 25 games on the road
Dartmouth is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Brown
Brown is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Dartmouth
Brown is 7-0-1 ATS in its last 8 games when playing Dartmouth
Brown is 7-1 SU in its last 8 games when playing Dartmouth
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Brown's last 5 games


Next up:
Dartmouth at Pennsylvania, Friday, March 1
Brown at Cornell, Friday, March 1