The set-up: Yale has won six of its last seven and will open Ivy League play tonight at Penn. The Quakers are 6-6 on the season but have a game under their belt in Ivy League play, although the result was a 61-52 loss at Princeton last Saturday.

Yale: The Bulldogs are coming off a remarkable 2015-16 season, that saw the Bulldogs end a 54-year NCAA drought (won Ivy League at 13-1) and tehe win the school's first-ever NCAA game by upsetting Baylor in the first round. The team ended the season 23 wins, the most since the 1906-07 season! Yale lost two excellent frontcourt palyers from that team, in Sears (15.7 & 7.5), a two-time Ivy player-of-the-year, and Sherrod (12.7 & 7.0). However, after making himself available for the NBA draft, guard Makai Mason (16.0 & 3.8 APG) decided to stay in school. Tragically, he suffered a foot injury which will keep him out all season. Still, the Bulldogs have five players averaging in double digits, with PG Dallier just missing (9.2 PPG and 4.2 APG).

Penn: The Quakers are led by the 6-8 AJ Brodeur (14.8 & 6.6) while guard Matt Howard is averaging 12.5 points & 6.5 RPG. However, they are the team's only two double digit scorers and Penn has nowhere near Yale's depth or overall talent level. Penn has won seven of its last 11 home games.

The pick: Yale won at Washington and played Temple to within six points right here in The Palestra. The Bulldogs were 9-3-1 ATS against Ivy League foes last season (13-1 SU), have proven they can win on the road and have won the last eight matchups against Penn! Yale is a 10* play.