Ivy League men's basketball
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Ivy League Men's Basketball Champions | |
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Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular Season | |
League champions | Yale & Harvard |
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The eight Ivy League schools compete annually in men's basketball. The following is a list of past conference champions and a list of notable players. At the conclusion of the regular season the team with the best league record is crowned league champion. If two or more teams tied for first place the league title is shared. Prior to 2017 a playoff would be held to determine the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Beginning in 2017 a tournament consisting of the top four teams in the standings is held to determine the recipient of the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, the league championship will still be based on regular season standings. The Ivy League was the last Division I conference without a tournament following the regular season.[1]
The 2019 co-champions were Yale and Harvard.
Championships by season[]
Ivy League Champions[2][]
Season | Champion | Notes |
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2019–20 | Yale | Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 |
Yale and Harvard | Yale won tournament | |
Penn and Harvard | Penn won tournament | |
Princeton | ||
Yale | ||
2014–15 | Harvard and Yale | Harvard won playoff game for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament |
2013–14 | Harvard | |
2012–13 | Harvard | |
2011–12 | Harvard | |
2010–11 | Harvard and Princeton | Princeton won playoff game for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament |
2009–10 | Cornell | |
2008–09 | Cornell | |
2007–08 | Cornell | |
2006–07 | Pennsylvania | |
2005–06 | Pennsylvania | |
2004–05 | Pennsylvania | |
2003–04 | Princeton | |
2002–03 | Pennsylvania | |
2001–02 | Pennsylvania, Yale, Princeton | Penn won playoff for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament |
2000–01 | Princeton | |
1999–00 | Pennsylvania | |
1998–99 | Pennsylvania | |
1997–98 | Princeton | |
1996–97 | Princeton | |
1995–96 | Princeton and Pennsylvania | Princeton won playoff game for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament |
1994–95 | Pennsylvania | |
1993–94 | Pennsylvania | |
1992–93 | Pennsylvania | |
1991–92 | Princeton | |
1990-91 | Princeton | |
1989-90 | Princeton | |
1988-89 | Princeton | |
1987-88 | Cornell |
Ivy League Tournament Champions[]
The Ivy League began a post-season tournament in 2017. The winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
Year | Champion | Seed | Score | Runner-up | Seed | Most Valuable Player | Site |
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2017 | Princeton | 1 | 71-59 | Yale | 3 | N/A | Palestra, University of Pennsylvania |
2018 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 68-65 | Harvard | 1 | N/A | Palestra, University of Pennsylvania |
2019 | Yale | 2 | 97-85 | Harvard | 1 | N/A | Payne Whitney Gymnasium |
NCAA Tournament Bids[]
Bids | School | Last bid | Last win | Last Sweet 16 | Last Elite 8 | Last Final 4 | Last final | Last Championship | Record |
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25 | Princeton | 2017 | 1998 | 1967 | 1965 | 1965 | 13-29 | ||
24 | Pennsylvania | 2018 | 1994 | 1979 | 1979 | 1979 | 13-26 | ||
7 | Dartmouth | 1959 | 1958 | 1958 | 1958 | 1944 | 1944 | 10-7 | |
5 | Cornell | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2-6 | ||||
5 | Harvard | 2015 | 2014 | 2-6 | |||||
5 | Yale | 2019 | 2016 | 1-5 | |||||
3 | Columbia | 1968 | 1968 | 1968 | 2-4 | ||||
2 | Brown | 1986 | 0-2 | ||||||
Total: 76 | 43-85 |
Notable NBA Players[]
These players attended one of the eight Ivy League institutions and had notable professional careers in the National Basketball Association.[3]
- Bill Bradley
- Chris Dudley
- Jeremy Lin
- Corky Calhoun
- Dave Wohl
- Matt Maloney
- Jim McMillian
- Geoff Petrie
References[]
- ^ "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017 - Ivy League". Ivyleaguesports.com. 2016-03-10. Archived from the original on 2016-12-30. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
- ^ "Ivy League" (PDF). Ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- ^ Plutnicki, Ken (2017-02-07). "For Lin, a Rare Harvard Career Path". The New York Times.
External links[]
- Ivy League men's basketball