Pat Forde picks Harvard-Penn as a top-10 game to watch

Florida-Kentucky. Georgetown-Syracuse. Baylor-Kansas. Duke-UNC. Harvard-Penn.

Yup, you read that right. Along with some of the biggest college basketball clashes of the season, the Penn-Harvard showdown Friday night at the Palestra was picked by Yahoo! Sports' Pat Forde as one of the 10 games to watch this week.

Forde calls the upcoming NCAA slate "the best week of the season," and says that the Ivy matchup matters because, "This should be the Crimson’s toughest remaining game in what seems like an inevitable coronation as Ivy League champion and dangerous NCAA opponent. But if Penn can pull the upset, it at least would make the rest of the league schedule more interesting."

Not so great? Forde picked the Crimson to beat the Quakers, 58-49. "The Crimson are not exactly Kentucky when it comes to athleticism, but they are significantly more athletic than the Quakers. Penn should have a hard time scoring," he wrote.

Another Ivy shoutout in the article: Forde lists Princeton's 75-73 triple overtime win over Florida State on Dec. 30 as one of the top five road upsets of the season.