Brown Bears vs Yale Bulldogs Prediction, 2/6/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Brown Bears vs Yale Bulldogs

Date: Friday, February 6, 2026

Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, CT

TV: ESPN+

John J. Lee Amphitheater is where the Yale Bulldogs (16-4) will try to beat the Brown Bears (7-13) on Friday.

The Brown Bears faced Dartmouth and went home with a loss by a final score of 77-70 in their last game. In regard to personal fouls, the Bears finished with 22 while Dartmouth accumulated 16 personal fouls. They made 7 out of their 26 attempts from 3-point land. Dartmouth walked away from this one shooting 85.7% when shooting free throws by making 24 of their 28 attempts. Moreover, Dartmouth grabbed 31 boards (4 offensive, 27 defensive), but wasn't able to record a block. Dartmouth doled out 10 assists and had 6 steals for this contest. In the matter of the defense, Brown allowed their opponent to shoot 44.2% from the field on 23 of 52 shooting. They also doled out 13 assists in the game while forcing the opposition into 12 turnovers and earning 7 steals. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they compiled 42 with 16 of them being offensive. At the free throw line, the Bears knocked down 12 of 17 tries for a rate of 70.6%. Brown finished the contest having earned a 35.2% FG percentage (25 out of 71) and made 8 of their 27 shots from distance.

Landon Lewis is someone who was a contributor in this matchup. He accumulated 21 points on 8 of 20 shooting. He saw the court for 41 mins and totaled 14 rebounds. He went 40.0% from the floor and also earned 2 dimes.

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Brown comes into this matchup with a mark of 7-13 on the campaign. They currently have an average of 70.8 points per contest (306th in the country) while connecting on 43.2% from the field. The Bears are connecting on 32.2% on shots from 3-point land (145 of 450) and 69.8% from the charity stripe. As a team, Brown is pulling down 36.6 boards per game and has racked up 310 dimes for the year, which is 224th in the country in terms of passing the rock. They cough up possession 12.2 times per game and as a squad they are committing 17.9 fouls per game.

On the defensive end, the Bears are forcing 13.5 turnovers per contest while drawing 15.3 personal fouls. They give up 30.5% from 3-point land while they are 49th in college hoops in opponents points per game (68.0). Bears defensively are giving up a shooting percentage of 42.1% (470 of 1,116) and they relinquish 34.8 boards per contest as a team. They currently rank 28th in D-1 in allowing assists to the opposition with 246 surrendered for the year.

When they last stepped on the hardwood, the Yale Bulldogs took a loss by a final score of 67-65 when they faced Harvard. Regarding rebounding, Yale permitted Harvard to snag 24 overall (4 on the offensive glass). They shot 47.1% from distance by shooting 8 out of 17 and finished the game at 15 of 18 from the free throw line (83.3%). The Bulldogs permitted Harvard to bury 22 of their 47 attempts from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 46.8% for the contest. When this game wrapped up, the Bulldogs ended up going 24 out of 56 from the field which gave them a percentage of 42.9%. In the matter of shooting from beyond the arc, Yale buried 8 of their 20 tries (40.0%). They were able to make 9 of the free throws for a percentage of 81.8%. Harvard earned 13 fouls in the matchup which took the Bulldogs to the charity stripe for 11 attempts. They also turned the ball over 5 times, while recording 4 steals for the matchup. The Bulldogs snagged 20 defensive rebounds and 9 offensive rebounds for a total of 29 in the matchup.

Trevor Mullin pitched in for the Bulldogs in this contest. He made 8 of 13 in this matchup for a field goal rate of 61.5%, and accounted for 3 rebounds. He tallied 21 points in his 33 minutes on the court and earned 2 dimes in this contest.

Yale has a mark of 16-4 so far this season. The Bulldogs commit 16.1 fouls every game and they go 78.2% from the charity stripe. They are assisting teammates 16.6 times per contest (53rd in college hoops) and they are turning it over 9.2 times per contest. Yale has scored 1,673 points for the year (83.7 per contest) and they collect 35.4 rebounds per game. As an offensive unit, the Bulldogs are hitting on 50.2% from the field, which is 18th in college.

The Bulldogs defensively are ranked 107th in the country in PPG allowed with 71.1. They are able to force 11.2 turnovers per game and allow teams to shoot 42.9% from the floor (126th in Division 1). The Yale defense gives up 33.9% on 3-point shots (185 of 545) and their opponents are knocking down 70.5% of their shots from the free throw line. They have relinquished 12.8 assists and 30.7 total rebounds per game, which ranks them 134th and 23rd in those defensive categories.

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Brown

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