Ivy League men's basketball

Ivy League Men's Basketball Champions
ConferenceIvy League
Number of teams8
Last contest2023–24
Current championPrinceton
Most championshipsPrinceton (29)[1]
Official websiteivyleague.com/mbball

The Ivy League men's basketball is the conference college basketball championship of the NCAA Division I Ivy League. The eight 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 are tied for first place at the end of the season the league title is shared. Prior to 2017, the league champion received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

In the event of a shared title a playoff would be held to determine the league's automatic bid. 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 is still based on regular season standings. The Ivy League was the last Division I conference without a tournament following the regular season.[2]

Princeton was the 2023-2024 league regular season champions, and Yale won in the 2023-2024 tournament,[3]

Championships by season

Ivy League Champions

Source:[4]

Season Champion/s Notes
2023–24 Princeton Yale won tournament
2022–23 Princeton and Yale Princeton won tournament
2021–22 Princeton Yale won the tournament
2020–21 none Ivy League Men's Basketball season was canceled due to COVID-19
2019–20 Yale Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19
2018–19 Yale and Harvard Yale won tournament
2017–18 Penn and Harvard Penn won tournament
2016–17 Princeton
2015–16 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. In 2020, the Ivy League canceled its tournament during the COVID-19 pandemic and awarded Yale an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the latter of which was later also cancelled. In 2021, the Ivy League did not play regular season matchups during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 and 2021 seasons thus are omitted.

Year Champion Seed Score Runner-up Seed MVP Venue
2017 Princeton 1 71-59 Yale 3 Myles Stephens, Princeton Palestra, University of Pennsylvania
2018 Pennsylvania 2 68-65 Harvard 1 A.J. Brodeur, Penn Palestra, University of Pennsylvania
2019 Yale 2 97-85 Harvard 1 Alex Copeland, Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Yale University
2022 Yale 2 66-64 Princeton 1 Azar Swain, Yale Lavietes Pavilion, Harvard University
2023 Princeton 2 74-65 Yale 1 Tosan Evbuomwan, Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University
2024 Yale 2 62-61 Brown 4 Danny Wolf, Yale Levien Gymnasium, Columbia University

NCAA Tournament Bids

Bids School Last bid Last win Last
Sweet 16 		Last
Elite 8 		Last
Final 4 		Last
final 		Last
champ. 		Record
26 Princeton 2023 2023 2023 1965 1965 14-29
24 Pennsylvania 2018 1994 1979 1979 1979 13-26
7 Dartmouth 1959 1958 1958 1958 1944 1944 10-7
7 Yale 2024 2024 2-5
5 Cornell 2010 2010 2010 2-6
5 Harvard 2015 2014 2-6
3 Columbia 1968 1968 1968 2-4
2 Brown 1986 0-2
Total: 76 43-85

Ivy League NBA players

These players attended one of the eight Ivy League institutions and had professional careers in the National Basketball Association.[5]

References

  1. ^ 2023-24 Men's basketball record book on Ivy League
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ https://ivyleague.com/news/2024/3/9/mens-basketball-tigers-win-third-straight-ivy-title.aspx [bare URL]
  4. ^ "Ivy League" (PDF). Ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  5. ^ Plutnicki, Ken (2017-02-07). "For Lin, a Rare Harvard Career Path". The New York Times.