2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament explained

Year:2018
Conference:Ivy League
Division:I
Gender:Women's
Teams:4
City:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champions:Princeton
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Courtney Banghart
Coachcount:1st
Television:ESPNU, ESPN3

The 2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament is a women's college conference tournament held March 10 and 11, 2018, at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Princeton defeated Penn, 63–34, in the championship game to earn the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament.[1]

Seeds

Only the top four teams in the 2017–18 Ivy League regular-season standings participated in the tournament and were seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff.

SeedSchoolConference
1Princeton12–2 (24–5)
2Penn11–3 (21–8)
3Harvard10–4 (18–10)
4Yale8–6 (15–13)

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
116:00 PM
  1. 1 Princeton vs. #4 Yale
ESPN3
28:30 PM
  1. 2 Penn vs. #3 Harvard
Championship – Sunday, March 11
234:00 PM
  1. 1 Princeton vs. #2 Penn
ESPNU

See also

Notes and References

  1. The 2018 Ivy League Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments . Ivy League . February 25, 2018.