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The Ivy League Basketball Tournament is an annual postseason tournament that began in 2017 for men's basketball and is held alongside the Ivy League women's tournament. The tournament follows a single-elimination format involving the top four schools in the standings at the end of the regular season. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 tournament was cancelled, and the 2020-21 season was also cancelled due to ongoing concerns. Yale University was awarded the league championship for the 2019-2020 season and the tournament resumed in 2022, hosted by Harvard.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Year Introduced | 2017 |
| Tournament Format | Single-elimination |
| Number of Teams | 4 |
| Tournament Frequency | Annual |
| Venues | Rotating annually through member schools |
| Host of First Two Tournaments (2017 and 2018) | Palestra, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
| 2019 Tournament Host | Yale University |
| 2022 Tournament Host | Harvard |
| 2023 Tournament Host | Princeton |
| 2024 Tournament Host | Columbia |
| Tournament Tagline | "The Ultimate Back-To-Back" |
| Qualification for Winner | Automatic bid to NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament |
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Ivy Madness
The Ivy League men's basketball tournament, now known as Ivy Madness, is an annual postseason tournament that was introduced in 2017. The tournament is held alongside the Ivy women's tournament, which was also introduced that year, with both taking place at the same venue. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Prior to 2017, the league champion was determined by the regular season standings, with a playoff used to settle ties. The first two tournaments, in 2017 and 2018, were held at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The 2019 tournament took place at Yale University, and it was announced that the tournament would continue to be held at a predetermined site, rotating annually through the remaining member schools through 2025. The original order was set to be Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Columbia. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 tournament, which was to be held at Harvard, was canceled, and the 2020-21 season was also called off. The tournament resumed in 2022, hosted by Harvard, and was followed by Princeton in 2023. In February 2023, it was announced that Columbia would host the 2024 tournament, breaking from the previously announced order.
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Tournament format
The Ivy League Basketball Tournament is the postseason tournament for the NCAA Division I Ivy League. It was first held in 2017 and is hosted alongside the Ivy League Women's Tournament at the same venue. The tournament follows a single-elimination format, with the top four schools in the standings at the end of the regular season competing.
The tournament begins with 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. The championship game is then played on the next day (Sunday). This schedule format is designed to minimise time spent out of classes, mirroring the regular season where road trips usually consist of two games at two sites across weekends.
Prior to the introduction of the tournament, the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament was given to the Ivy League Champion, determined by the regular season standings. In the case of a tie, a playoff was held to decide the bid recipient. This occurred on eight occasions, including a three-team, two-game tournament in 2001-02.
The tournament has been held at predetermined sites, rotating annually through member schools. The first two tournaments (2017 and 2018) were hosted by the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Subsequent hosts include Yale University (2019), Harvard (2022), and Princeton (2023). The 2020 tournament, scheduled to be held at Harvard, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the 2020-21 season also cancelled due to ongoing concerns.
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Past winners
The Ivy League men's basketball tournament is a fairly new event, with the first tournament taking place in 2017. The tournament is held alongside the Ivy League women's tournament, which was introduced in the same year. The overall event is marketed as Ivy Madness.
Prior to 2017, the league champion was determined by the regular season standings, with a playoff used to decide the bid recipient in the event of a tie. Since the introduction of the tournament, the winner has received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia hosted the first two tournaments in 2017 and 2018. The 2019 tournament was held at Yale University, with Yale being awarded the league championship after the 2020 tournament, scheduled to take place at Harvard, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ivy League also cancelled its entire 2020-21 season due to the ongoing pandemic.
The tournament resumed in 2022, hosted by Harvard, and was followed by Princeton in 2023. In 2024, the tournament will be held at Columbia University, rather than Brown as was originally planned.
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Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the Ivy League basketball tournament, causing cancellations, postponements, and deviations from the standard format.
In 2020, the Ivy League basketball tournament, scheduled to be held at Harvard, was cancelled due to the pandemic. The league champion, Yale, was automatically awarded a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Ivy League also cancelled its entire 2020-21 season due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, becoming the only Division I conference not to hold a tournament that year. This decision was made despite the availability of vaccines by then, indicating the serious nature of the concerns.
The pandemic's impact extended beyond the Ivy League, affecting basketball competitions worldwide. The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, for instance, were postponed to 2021, marking the first time in Olympic history that a scheduled Games had been rescheduled. When the Olympics were eventually held, the basketball tournament took place behind closed doors, without any spectators, due to a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area.
Several other basketball leagues and tournaments were also disrupted by COVID-19. The Women's Korean Basketball League, for instance, cancelled its season a week before the scheduled start. FIBA, the international governing body for basketball, suspended all its competitions, including the Basketball Champions League, in March 2020. The 2020 season of the Philippine Basketball Association and the PBA D-League was suspended indefinitely, and the inaugural PBA 3x3 tournament was delayed. The National Basketball Association (NBA) also suspended its 2019-20 season after a player tested positive for COVID-19.
The impact of the pandemic continued to be felt in the 2021-22 season, with the omicron variant causing further disruptions and raising questions about the ability of teams and leagues to play full schedules or hold conference tournaments. The NCAA, however, indicated that they were planning to continue with the normal format, schedule, and multiple host sites for the basketball championships.
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Host venues
The Ivy League men's and women's basketball tournaments were first held in 2017, with the men's tournament taking place at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and the women's tournament held at the same venue. The tournament has been held annually since, except for in 2020 and 2021 when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2019, the Ivy League announced that the tournament would be held at predetermined sites, rotating annually through the remaining member schools. That year, the tournament was hosted by Yale University at the John J. Lee Amphitheater within their Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
In 2022, the tournament resumed, hosted by Harvard, followed by Princeton in 2023. In February 2023, it was announced that Columbia would host the 2024 tournament, followed by Brown in 2025, Cornell in 2026, and Dartmouth in 2027.
The Palestra, which last hosted the tournament in 2018, is expected to host the tournament again in the future, perhaps in 2027 for its 100th birthday. However, no official decision has been made yet.
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Frequently asked questions
The first Ivy League men's basketball tournament was held in 2017 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. I cannot find the winner of this tournament.
The 2018 tournament was also held at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. I cannot find the winner of this tournament.
The 2019 tournament was held at Yale University. I cannot find the winner of this tournament.
The 2020 tournament, which was due to take place at Harvard, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
