Yale at Dartmouth
Friday, Mar. 6, 7 p.m.
Leede Arena
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Yale at Harvard
Saturday, Mar. 7, 7 p.m.
Lavietes Pavilion
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale clinched its spot in the Ivy League Tournament, presented by TIAA, with last weekend's sweep of Penn and Princeton. The Bulldogs, though, still have plenty to play for as they prepare for the final weekend of the regular season. Yale travels to Dartmouth on Friday and then has a Saturday night date with Harvard in Cambridge. Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. on both nights. ESPN+ has video each night.
 
The Bulldogs (22-6, 10-2 Ivy) sit alone atop the Ivy standings and can clinch at least a share of the regular season title with a victory at Dartmouth on Friday. A win over the Big Green coupled with a Harvard loss to Brown would wrap up an outright title and the No. 1 seed in the Ivy Tournament, which the Bulldogs also can earn with a weekend sweep. IvyMadness is set for Mar. 14-15 at Harvard.
 
Yale, which has won four straight games, is seeking its second straight regular season title and its fourth in the last six years. The Bulldogs have already matched last year's overall win total, and with a pair of victories this weekend would have the most overall wins since the 1906-07 team finished 30-7-1.
 
Yale has reached at least 20 overall wins for the fourth time in the last six years. In the 119 seasons of Yale Basketball prior to 2014-15, the Bulldogs only won 20 or more games in a season five times – 1904-05 (22), 1906-07 (30), 1907-08 (20), 1948-49 (22) and 2001-02 (21). Yale also has now won at least 10 Ivy games in four of the last six years.
 
The Bulldogs finished 10-1 in the friendly confines of the John J. Lee Amphitheater but have also enjoyed great success away from home. Yale's 10 road victories are tied for the third most in Division I, and the Bulldogs are one of only nine teams with at least 12 wins away from home.
 
Yale's six losses have come to teams that have a combined 103-69 (.599) overall record. The Bulldogs were tied or had the lead in the second half in five of their six losses. The only time they didn't was the one-point loss to Harvard.
 
In games through, Mar. 3, Yale is No. 65 in the NET Rating, No. 57 in KenPom and No. 53 in the BPI. In addition, the Bulldogs received votes in this week's national coaches' poll and have now received votes in the writer's and/or coaches' national polls in eight of 18 weeks this season. Yale also is No. 4 in the College Insider Mid Major poll and No. 12 in the Mid-Major Madness top-25 ranking.
 
It could be a record-breaking weekend for the Bulldogs as well. Yale has made 249 three-pointers on the season and needs just four more to break the mark of 252 set by the 2017-18 team. Azar Swain has already set the individual, single-season mark with 87 treys.
 
NATIONAL LEADERS
 
Yale is second in the nation in defensive rebounds per game (30.04), 12th in scoring margin (+12.1), 14th in rebounding margin (+7.1), 16th in assists per game (16.1), 17th in field goal percentage defense (.391) and 25th in field goal percentage (.471).
 
Individually, Paul Atkinson is sixth in field goal percentage (.633), Azar Swain is 11th in three-point field goals made (3.22) and Jordan Bruner is 20th in defensive rebounds per game (7.31).
 
IVY LEAGUE LEADERS
 
The Bulldogs lead the Ivy League in scoring offense (76.7 ppg.), field goal percentage (.471), field goal percentage defense (.391), three-point field goal percentage (.372), three-point field goal percentage defense (.309), rebounding margin (+7.1) and assists (16.1 ppg.).
 
Individually, Yale features the league leader in rebounding – Jordan Bruner (9.1 rpg.) – field goal percentage – Paul Atkinson (.633) and three-point field goals made – Azar Swain (3.2 per game). Eric Monroe is second in assists with 127.
 
HISTORY LESSONS
 
Yale is looking to sweep the season series from Dartmouth for the fifth straight season. Azar Swain scored 21 points to lead three Bulldogs in double figures as Yale rolled to a 75-57 victory over Dartmouth on Feb. 8 at Lee Amphitheater. Wyatt Yess scored a career-high 11 points off the bench. The Bulldogs have won four straight games at Leede Arena and lead the all-time series 118-97.
 
The first meeting between Yale and Harvard was one of the most memorable Ivy League games of the season with the Crimson earning a 78-77 victory before a raucous sellout crowd at Lee Amphitheater. Swain scored 27 of his career-high 33 points in the second half. Paul Atkinson added a career-high 28 points. Four of the last seven games between Yale and Harvard have been decided by two points or less. The Bulldogs lead the all-time series 121-83.
 
Yale's last sweep of the Dartmouth-Harvard road trip came in 2016.
 
SCOUTING DARTMOUTH
 
The Big Green (12-15, 5-7 Ivy) has won two straight games and five of its last six. Dartmouth earned its first road weekend sweep in five years by beating Cornell last Friday and Columbia last Saturday. Chris Knight, who was named the Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday, has posted a double-double in four of the last five games. Knight leads the team in scoring at 14.6 ppg. The Big Green lead the Ivy League in scoring defense (61.7 ppg.).
 
SCOUTING HARVARD
 
The Crimson (20-7, 9-3 Ivy) host Brown on Friday. Harvard has won six straight games, including a road sweep of Columbia and Cornell last weekend. Like Yale, the Crimson clinched a spot in the Ivy League Tournament last weekend. Harvard enters this week's action as one of 15 teams that are undefeated at home this season (through March 2). Harvard is 10-0 at Lavietes Pavilion and, dating to last year, has won 12 straight at home, which is the 17th-longest streak in Division I. Noah Kirkwood leads the Crimson in scoring at 12.0 ppg.