2024 Ivy League women's basketball tournament

2024 Ivy League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2023–24
Teams4
SiteLevien Gymnasium
New York City
ChampionsPrinceton (5th title)
Winning coachCarla Berube (3rd title)
TelevisionESPNews, ESPN+
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2023–24 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton † 13 – 1   .929 25 – 5   .833
Columbia 13 – 1   .929 23 – 7   .767
Harvard 9 – 5   .643 16 – 12   .571
Penn 7 – 7   .500 15 – 13   .536
Brown 7 – 7   .500 16 – 11   .593
Yale 5 – 9   .357 8 – 19   .296
Cornell 1 – 13   .071 7 – 19   .269
Dartmouth 1 – 13   .071 7 – 19   .269
† 2024 Ivy League tournament winner

The 2024 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Ivy Madness", was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held on March 15 and 16, 2024 at the Levien Gymnasium on the campus of Columbia University in New York City.[1] The winner will receive the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

The top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings qualified for the tournament and will be seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff. If a tie for any of the top four positions exists, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

  • Head-to-head record between teams involved in the tie.
  • Record against the top team(s) not involved in the tie in order of conference record, going down through the seedings until the tie is broken.
  • Average of the teams' ranking in the following computer systems: NCAA NET Ranking.
  • If a tie persists, a draw shall be conducted by the executive director following the last contest of the regular season.[2]
Seed School Record Tiebreaker
1 Princeton 13–1 Higher NET
2 Columbia 13–1 Lower NET
3 Harvard 9–5
4 Penn 7–7 1–1 vs. Harvard
DNQ Brown 7–7 0–2 vs. Harvard
DNQ Yale 5–9
DNQ Cornell 1–13 Higher NET
DNQ Dartmouth 1–13 Lower NET

Schedule

Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
Semifinals – Friday, March 15
1 1 4:30 pm No. 1 Princeton vs. No. 4 Penn 59–54 ESPN+ 1,552
2 7:00 pm No. 2 Columbia vs. No. 3 Harvard 63–61 2,598
Championship – Saturday, March 16
2 3 5:00 pm No. 1 Princeton vs. No. 2 Columbia 75-58 ESPNews 2,703
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3]

Bracket

Semifinals
Friday, March 15
ESPN+ 		Championship
Saturday, March 16
ESPNews
      
1 Princeton 59
4 Penn 54
1 Princeton 75
2 Columbia 58
2 Columbia 63
3 Harvard 61

See also

References

  1. ^ "2024 Ivy League Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments - Ivy League". ivyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-11-25.
  2. ^ "Tournament Seeding Procedure & Tie-Breakers". Ivy League. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "TV Coverage".