Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament

Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament
Sport College basketball
Conference Ivy League
Number of teams 4
Format Single-elimination tournament
Current stadium Palestra
Current location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Played 2017–present
Last contest 2018
Current champion Princeton

The Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament is the conference tournament in basketball for the Ivy League. As with the men's Ivy League tournament, it is a single-elimination tournament involving the top four schools in the standings. The tournament format consists of two semifinal games on the first day (Saturday), with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed, followed by the championship game played the next day (Sunday). The tournaments' winners will receive the League's automatic bids to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. The teams that finish with the best records from the 14-game, regular-season conference schedule will continue to be recognized as Ivy League champions, and that champion fails to win the tournament, will be invited to the National Invitation Tournament, per NCAA policy on regular season champions, should they fail to receive an NCAA bid.[1]

Prior to the formal tournament, the Ivy League used a one-game playoff if necessary to break ties eight times with two teams, and in 2001-02, a three-team tournament, in order to settle the conference championship.

Champions

Year Champion Score Runner-up MVP Venue
2017 Penn 57-49 Princeton Michelle Nwokedi Palestra (Philadelphia, PA)
2018 Princeton 63-34 Penn Bella Alarie[2] Palestra (Philadelphia, PA)

Tournament championships by school

Member Winners Winning Years
Princeton 1 2018
Penn 1 2017

Tournament appearances by school

Member Appearances Last Appearance
Harvard 2 2018
Penn 2 2018
Princeton 2 2018
Yale 1 2018
Brown 1 2017
Columbia 0 -
Cornell 0 -
Darmouth 0 -

List of regular season champions

Since 1974, the Ivy League has had regular season titles for women's basketball.[3]

  • 1974-75: Princeton
  • 1975-76: Princeton
  • 1976-77: Princeton
  • 1977-78: Princeton
  • 1978-79: Yale
  • 1979-80: Dartmouth
  • 1980-81: Dartmouth
  • 1981-82: Dartmouth
  • 1982-83: Dartmouth
  • 1983-84: Brown
  • 1984-85: Brown & Princeton
  • 1985-86: Dartmouth & Harvard
  • 1986-87: Dartmouth
  • 1987-88: Dartmouth & Harvard
  • 1988-89: Dartmouth
  • 1989-90: Dartmouth
  • 1990-91: Harvard
  • 1991-92: Brown
  • 1992-93: Brown
  • 1993-94: Brown & Dartmouth
  • 1994-95: Dartmouth
  • 1995-96: Harvard
  • 1996-97: Harvard
  • 1997-98: Harvard
  • 1998-99: Dartmouth & Princeton
  • 1999-00: Dartmouth
  • 2000-01: Penn
  • 2001-02: Harvard
  • 2002-03: Harvard
  • 2003-04: Penn
  • 2004-05: Dartmouth &Harvard
  • 2005-06: Brown, Dartmouth & Princeton
  • 2006-07: Harvard
  • 2007-08: Cornell, Dartmouth & Harvard
  • 2008-09: Dartmouth
  • 2009-10: Princeton
  • 2010-11: Princeton
  • 2011-12: Princeton
  • 2012-13: Princeton
  • 2013-14: Penn
  • 2014-15: Princeton
  • 2015-16: Penn
  • 2016-17: Penn
  • 2017-18: Princeton

References

  1. ↑ "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017". Ivy League. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Princeton Takes Home Ivy League Tournament Title". Ivy League Sports. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
  3. ↑ Ivy League Basketball: Women's Postseason History (PDF)
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