The varsity basketball team is favored to end its three-game losing streak tonight t Middlebury, Vt. The Crimson meets unbeaten Dartmouth tomorrow at Hanover, in the second game of its provocation tour.

Coach Floyd Wilson, whose squad has lost two straight in Ivy League play, is expected to start Dick Manning at center. Harry sacks and Rollin Perry at the forward posts, and Bob Dolven and Captain Roger Bulger at the guards.

The team will see action over the vacation in the New England College Tournament at Storrs, Conn.