Dartmouth Big Green vs Brown Bears Prediction, 1/31/2026 College Basketball Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Dartmouth Big Green vs Brown Bears

Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026

Location: Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, RI

TV: ESPN+

The Brown Bears (7-11) will try to defeat the Dartmouth Big Green (9-9) at Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday.

The Dartmouth Big Green stepped onto the hardwood against Columbia and went home with a loss by a final score of 79-69 in their last contest. Dartmouth walked away from the contest with a 37.9% field goal percentage (22 out of 58) and knocked down 12 of their 28 three-point shots. At the charity stripe, the Big Green buried 13 of their 19 tries for a percentage of 68.4%. When discussing rebounding, they collected 29 with 6 of them being offensive. They also doled out 13 dimes for this game while forcing the other team into 12 turnovers and getting 6 steals. Pertaining to the defense, Dartmouth allowed the other team to go 42.1% from the field on 24 of 57 shooting. Columbia dished out 14 assists and had 8 steals for this contest. Furthermore, Columbia pulled down 39 boards (9 offensive, 30 defensive), but didn't notch a block. Columbia went 71.4% at the charity stripe by knocking down 20 of their 28 tries. They converted 11 out of their 27 attempts from distance. In the matter of personal fouls, the Big Green finished with 18 while Columbia accounted for 16 personal fouls.

Brandon Mitchell-Day is a player who had an impact for the game. He walked away from this one shooting 43.8% from the field and earned 1 assist. He played 34 minutes and snagged 11 boards. He recorded 20 points on 7 out of 16 shooting.

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Dartmouth will enter this matchup with a mark of 9-9 this year. They are losing possession via turnover 12.6 times per contest and as a team are committing 15.9 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Dartmouth is grabbing 37.8 boards per game and is sitting with 264 assists this season, which has them ranked 281st in college hoops in terms of passing the ball. The Big Green are shooting 38.3% on shots beyond the perimeter (196 of 512) and 71.2% from the free throw line. They have an average of 78.4 points per outing (137th in college) on 45.2% from the field.

On defense, the Big Green are able to force 9.4 turnovers per game while drawing 17.8 personal fouls. They are surrendering 30.3% from beyond the arc while they are 216th in college hoops in PPG allowed (74.9). Big Green defense is allowing an opponent shooting percentage of 42.8% (490 of 1,146) and they concede 35.2 boards per game as a squad. They rank 49th in college in allowing assists to their opponents with 234 relinquished on the campaign.

When they last stepped on the court, the Brown Bears took a loss by a score of 63-53 when they faced Princeton. The Bears earned 23 defensive boards and 8 offensive boards for a total of 31 in this contest. They also gave up possession of the ball 10 times, while earning 4 steals in this matchup. Princeton earned 15 personal fouls for the contest which got the Bears to the charity stripe for a total of 13 attempts. They were able to bury 9 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 69.2%. When talking about 3-point attempts, Brown converted 4 out of their 20 attempts (20.0%). When this game wrapped up, the Bears walked away from this one shooting 20 for 61 from the field which gave them a rate of 32.8%. The Bears allowed Princeton to bury 17 out of 56 tries from the floor which had them sitting at 30.4% for the game. They went 30.4% from 3-point land by going 7 out of 23 and ended up going 22 of 22 at the free throw line (100.0%). When discussing team rebounding, Brown permitted Princeton to get 36 in total (8 on the offensive side).

Landon Lewis was important for the Bears for the matchup. He racked up 13 points in his 36 minutes on the court and accumulated 2 assists for this game. He buried 6 of 11 for the game giving him a rate of 54.5%, and had 9 rebounds.

Brown has a win-loss mark of 7-11 on the season. When it comes to offense, the Bears are hitting on 43.7% from the floor, which ranks them 274th in the nation. Brown has accounted for 1,287 points on the season (71.5 per game) and they pull in 36.6 boards per contest. Their rate of dishing out assists is at 15.6 times per contest (99th in college) and they turn it over 12.1 times per contest. The Bears are committing 17.4 personal fouls every game while shooting 70.7% from the charity stripe.

The Brown defense allows 30.5% from downtown (122 of 400) and opponents are knocking down 74.3% of their shots from the charity stripe. They concede 12.6 dimes and 35.3 boards on a nightly basis, which ranks them 114th and 231st in Division 1. The Bears on the defensive side of the court are 44th in college hoops in PPG given up with 67.4. They are able to force 13.4 TO's per game and have allowed teams to shoot 41.7% from the floor (73rd in the country).

Who will win tonight's NCAA game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Dartmouth

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