Columbia went 10-4 in Ivy action they went 0-4 versus the pair of teams with winning records and 10-0 versus the teams with losing records. The Anteaters meanwhile are among the teams with the most road/neutral wins with a 17-7 record. Irvine has been focused this entire tourney as they knew they were a longshot for the NCAA tourney but getting snubbed by the NIT lit a fire under them. They also have an amazing ten players that average at least 10 minutes per game. Columbia struggles against strong defensive teams such as their consistent losses to Yale during the year who is a top 35 defense. They run into another very good defense in Irvine who is a top 85 overall team and a top 35 defense as well.