Many eyes in the college basketball world will be on Leede Arena Friday as host Dartmouth looks to handle the Columbia Lions in NCAAB action.

Dartmouth battles the Lions, currently sitting with a 12-8 mark (6-5 ATS). The OVER/UNDER records, always important for totals bettors, are 2-9 for the Big Green and 2-9 for the Lions.



View Columbia vs Dartmouth Odds and Stats.

Betting Line:
If you're going with the Big Green in this one, they're listed as 3-point underdogs on the NCAAB betting menu for Monday's contest.

Power Rankings / Prediction:
This game matches up the No. 253 (Big Green) and the No. 86 (Lions) teams in the league, according to our current NCAAB power rank. A 67-56 result in favor of the Lions has been projected by the scores prediction engine.



How They Match Up:
The game also pits Dartmouth's No. 335-ranked offense, averaging 57.9 PPG, against a Lions defense that ranks No. 23 at 59.3 PPG. The Big Green field goal percentage has averaged 39.2% so far, less than the Lions marksmen have achieved on the year, 41.5% per game.

Defensively, Columbia features the nation's No. 31-rated defense on the road, allowing 62.8 points per game. Dartmouth, meanwhile, comes in at No. 330 nationally in scoring at home.

In their last action, Columbia was a 65-60 loser on the road against Cornell. They failed to cover the 3-point spread as underdogs. Brian Barbour scored 19 points in a futile effort to lead the Lions to a win (they lost 65-60 to Cornell at Newman Arena on Saturday).

Dartmouth was a 62-52 loser in its last match on the road against Yale. They covered the 12-point spread as underdogs. Tyler Melville scored 14 points in a futile effort to lead the Big Green to a win (they lost 62-52 to Yale at John J. Lee Amphitheater on Saturday).


Columbia Lions Trends:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing Harvard are 6-4
After playing Cornell are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6

Dartmouth Big Green Trends:
When playing on Friday are 4-6
Before playing Cornell are 3-7
After playing Yale are 1-9
After a loss are 2-8

A few Lions at Big Green trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Columbia's last 5 games when playing on the road against Dartmouth
Columbia is 4-2 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Columbia is 4-8 SU in its last 12 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dartmouth's last 5 games when playing Columbia
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Dartmouth's last 5 games when playing at home against Columbia
Dartmouth is 3-7 SU in its last 10 games when playing Columbia
Dartmouth is 3-9 SU in its last 12 games at home


Next up:
Columbia at Harvard, Saturday, February 4
Dartmouth home to Cornell, Saturday, February 4