2023 Ivy League men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Ivy League
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:4
Arena:Jadwin Gymnasium
City:Princeton, NJ
Champions:Princeton
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mitch Henderson
Coachcount:2nd
Mvp:Tosan Evbuomwan
Mvpteam:Princeton
Attendance:12,276
Television:ESPNU, ESPN2

The 2023 Ivy League men's basketball tournament, popularly referred to as "Ivy Madness", was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 11 and 12, 2023, at the Jadwin Gymnasium on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] The winner, the Princeton Tigers, received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Seeds

The top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings qualify for the tournament and are 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:

SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker
1Yale10–42–0 vs Princeton
2Princeton10–40–2 vs Yale
3Penn9–5
4Cornell7–71–1 vs Yale
DNQBrown7–70–2 vs Yale
DNQDartmouth6–8
DNQHarvard5–9
DNQColumbia2–12

Schedule

SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 11
1111:00 amNo. 1 Yale vs. No. 4 Cornell80–60ESPNU4,160
21:30 pmNo. 2 Princeton vs. No. 3 Penn77–704,509
Championship – Sunday, March 12
2312:00 pmNo. 1 Yale vs. No. 2 Princeton65–74ESPN23,607
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 Ivy League Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments - Ivy League . 2023-01-04 . ivyleague.com . en.
  2. Web site: Tournament Seeding Procedure & Tie-Breakers . March 15, 2019 . Ivy League.
  3. Web site: TV Coverage .