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Harvard at American

Sunday, November 15, 2026, 1:00 PM ET at Bender Arena. Harvard our rank 138 · 2-1; American our rank 168 · 1-2.

Who will win Harvard vs American?

From this morning's ratings; logged before tip-off.

The model gives American University a 53% chance to beat Harvard, with a projected score of American 69, Harvard 68.

To winAmerican 53%Harvard 47%
Projected score68–69Harvard, then American
Margin0.8American · no line posted
Total136.8no line posted
First half32–32American ahead 50%
Harvard by 30by 20by 10Evenby 10by 20American by 30Model: American by 0.8Harvard by 30by 10by 10American by 30Model: American by 0.8

Half of games like thisFour in five

Calls of 50–60% have been right 55.4% of the time in 16,654 past games, and the typical miss on the margin is 8.8 points. After the final, the result is pinned to this strip. As of 2:23 AM ET on November 13, 2026. Updated three times a day until tip-off.

Players to watch

our projection, not a sportsbook's
PlayerPtsRebAstLast gamesChance of
American
CollinsG · 32 min21.65.32.620+ 58%
IturbeF · 30 min11.16.51.810+ 56%
JonesF · 28 min9.84.01.810+ 46%
NausadisG · 21 min6.61.31.75+ 61%
Harvard
Batties IIF · 35 min14.35.52.415+ 45%
BarbourG · 33 min11.35.11.010+ 58%
HintonG · 31 min11.13.71.510+ 56%
SingletonG · 25 min8.42.61.910+ 36%

Bars: points in the player's latest games this season. Blue line: tonight's projection. Every regular's line

The game without one player

Pick a regular to sit him

Without Madden Collins: Harvard 55%American 45%

The white mark is the call with him: American 53%.

PlayerPoints a game he addsAmerican without himChangeProjected score
American
Madden Collins2.045%−869–68
Greg Jones0.651%−268–69
Julen Iturbe0.651%−268–69
Harvard
Thomas Batties II1.760%+767–70
Robert Hinton1.659%+667–70
Tey Barbour1.358%+567–69

Change is in American's win chance, in points. Scores read Harvard, then American. A player's value is what the team is better by with him than with a replacement, from the player ratings.

Play-by-play

    Team numbers

    Form

    Each team's last five before this game

    Harvard 2-1WWL

    1. Nov 10L 70-74at NortheasternDidn't cover −1.5 · Over 143.5
    2. Nov 8W 63-47at Chicago
    3. Nov 2W 73-45vs MIT
    Last 3
    2–1, scoring 68.7 and allowing 55.3
    Against the spread, this season
    0–1
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 0 under

    American 1-2LLW

    1. Nov 11W 66-64at DrexelCovered +1.5 · Under 138.5
    2. Nov 6L 73-82at ClemsonCovered +15.5 · Over 141.5
    3. Nov 2L 53-79at Cincinnati
    Last 3
    1–2, scoring 64.0 and allowing 75.0
    Against the spread, this season
    2–0
    Totals, this season
    1 over, 1 under

    The spread and the total are the lines logged with each prediction. Form is what happened; the ratings above already count recent games more.

    Offense against defense

    Adjusted for opponents · rank of 365
    HarvardAmerican
    Points scored per 100 possessions101.7 232nd103.1 198th
    Points allowed per 100103.2 99th107.4 162nd
    Possessions a game68.5 354th69.9 276th
    Shooting (effective field-goal %)50.0% 221st51.6% 103rd
    Opponents' shooting48.8% 62nd49.0% 70th
    Turnovers, share of possessions17.1% 72nd18.5% 227th
    Offensive rebounds, share of misses30.1% 276th28.7% 331st
    Free throws per shot0.25 235th0.27 129th

    The widest gap: Harvard's defense (99th) against American's offense (198th), of 365 teams.

    First half

    Projected from the full-game numbers

    Ahead at halftime

    Projected halftime score
    Harvard 32, American 32
    First-half margin
    American by 0.4
    First-half points, both teams
    64.2
    Projected second half
    Harvard 36, American 36
    Second-half points, both teams
    72.6
    Tied at the half
    4%
    Harvard, first halves so far
    Led 2 of 3 · 31.0 scored, 23.7 allowed
    American, first halves so far
    Led 1 of 3 · 33.0 scored, 34.7 allowed

    Our own projection, not a sportsbook's first-half line. On 11,516 past games it had not seen, the halftime leader was right 67.2% of the time and the first-half total was off by 8.1 points on average. This season: 366 of 476 halftime leaders right. Scorecard

    Player projections

    Each player's projected line for this game

    Harvard

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Thomas Batties IIF3514.35.52.41.5
    15+ pts 45% · 6+ reb 45% · 2+ threes 42%
    Tey BarbourG3311.35.11.02.0
    10+ pts 58% · 5+ reb 53% · 2+ threes 54%
    Ben EisendrathG326.13.53.70.6
    5+ pts 57% · 4+ ast 48% · 1+ threes 45%
    Robert HintonG3111.13.71.50.8
    10+ pts 56% · 4+ reb 47% · 1+ threes 50%
    Jason SingletonG258.42.61.90.8
    10+ pts 36% · 3+ reb 45% · 1+ threes 51%
    Julian AdigunC164.03.80.40.2
    5+ pts 36% · 4+ reb 49% · 1+ threes 18%
    Luca Ace-NasteskiF133.32.40.60.1
    5+ pts 28% · 3+ reb 41%

    American

    PlayerMinPtsRebAst3s
    Madden CollinsG3221.65.32.61.2
    20+ pts 58% · 5+ reb 57% · 3+ ast 46%
    Julen IturbeF3011.16.51.82.1
    10+ pts 56% · 7+ reb 45% · 2+ ast 51%
    Greg JonesF289.84.01.80.8
    10+ pts 46% · 2+ ast 50% · 1+ threes 51%
    Matt MayockF266.23.41.51.0
    5+ pts 58% · 2+ ast 43% · 1+ threes 57%
    Eric MichaelsF236.14.50.70.0
    5+ pts 57% · 5+ reb 45% · 2+ ast 17%
    Wyatt NausadisG216.61.31.71.6
    5+ pts 61% · 2+ ast 47% · 2+ threes 43%
    Kade SebastianG122.11.70.60.6
    5+ pts 16% · 2+ reb 45% · 1+ threes 42%
    Dean HogansG114.21.60.30.9
    5+ pts 38% · 2+ reb 44% · 1+ threes 54%

    Our own projections from each player's minutes and production, this opponent and the game's pace: not a sportsbook's lines. Under each name, the round numbers the player is about as likely as not to reach. How they have done

    Why the model sees it this way

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