2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament

2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams4
SitePalestra
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ChampionsPenn (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Donahue (1st title)
MVPA. J. Brodeur (Penn)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2
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2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
x-Harvard 12 – 2   .857 18 – 14   .563
x-Penn † 12 – 2   .857 24 – 9   .727
Yale 9 – 5   .643 16 – 15   .516
Cornell 6 – 8   .429 12 – 16   .429
Princeton 5 – 9   .357 13 – 16   .448
Columbia 5 – 9   .357 8 – 19   .296
Brown 4 – 10   .286 11 – 16   .407
Dartmouth 3 – 11   .214 7 – 20   .259
x – Ivy League co-champions
† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner

The 2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 10 and 11, 2018, at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Penn defeated Harvard in the championship game to win the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Harvard earned an automatic bid to the 2018 National Invitation Tournament.[1][2]

Seeds

Only the top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings qualify for the tournament and were seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff.

Seed School Record Tiebreaker
1 Harvard 12–2 1–1 vs Penn, 2–0 vs Yale
2 Pennsylvania 12–2 1–1 vs Harvard, 1–1 vs Yale
3 Yale 9–5
4 Cornell 6–8

Schedule

Session Game Time[3] Matchup Score Television Attendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
1 1 12:30 pm No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 4 Cornell 74–55 ESPNU
2 3:00 pm No. 2 Penn vs. No. 3 Yale 80–57
Championship – Sunday, March 11
2 3 12:00 pm No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 2 Penn 65–68 ESPN2
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
The Palestra 		Final
Sunday, March 11
The Palestra
      
1 Harvard 74
4 Cornell 55
1 Harvard 65
2 Penn 68
2 Penn 80
3 Yale 57

See also

References

  1. ^ "Penn Wins Ivy League Tournament". Ivy League. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "No. 16 Penn To Face No. 1 Kansas In NCAA First-Round". Ivy League. March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "Ivy League".