The set-up: It's Ivy League action tonight from Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, as the 7-9 Penn Quakers visit the 11-6 Harvard Crimson. The Quakers are off to an 0-3 start in Ivy League play while the Crimson are 3-1, after suffering their first Ivy League loss in its last game, 65-62 at Columbia this past Saturday.

Penn: The Quakers ended a four-game slide the last time out, winning 77-74 at La Salle (Jan. 25) in a non-conference game. Leading the way for Penn this season is 6-8 freshman AJ Brodeur who averages 15.3 & 6.9 RPG. Guard Howard is the team's best rebounder (7.0) and also its only other double digit scorer, at 12.8 PPG. Penn won 22 games last season (12-2 Ivy record was good enough for 2nd-place) but even with all five starters returning, not much has gone right so far in the 2016-17 season.

Harvard: The Crimson fell off last year, going just 14-16 (6-8 Ivy) but have rebounded this season. Freshman guard Aiken (13.3) has joined PG Chambers (8.3 & 6.2 APG) in the backcourt, as Chambers is back after missing all of last season with an ACL injury. The 6-7 Towns (11.2 & 4.1) is Harvard's best frontcourt player. Harvard did lose its last game but has won 10 of its last 12.

The pick: Prior to last season's sub-.500 year, Tommy Amaker had led the Crimson to six straight 20-win seasons, five straight straight Ivy regular season titles and four straight NCAA berths. This year's team could (should?) win the Ivy this season and will have little trouble here with underachieving Penn. Make Harvard a 10* play.