2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament

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]

2018 Ivy League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams4
SitePalestra
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ChampionsPrinceton (1st title)
Winning coachCourtney Banghart (1st title)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN3
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2017–18 Ivy League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Princeton122 .857246 .800
Penn113 .786229 .710
Harvard104 .7141811 .621
Yale86 .5711913 .594
Dartmouth77 .5001512 .556
Brown311 .2141512 .556
Cornell311 .214720 .259
Columbia212 .143821 .276
2018 Ivy League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

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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

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SessionGameTime*Matchup#TelevisionAttendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
116:00 PM#1 Princeton vs. #4 YaleESPN3
28:30 PM#2 Penn vs. #3 Harvard
Championship – Sunday, March 11
234:00 PM#1 Princeton vs. #2 PennESPNU

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
The Palestra
Final
Sunday, March 11
The Palestra
      
1Princeton78
4Yale57
1Princeton63
2Penn34
2Penn57
3Harvard52

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The 2018 Ivy League Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments" (Press release). Ivy League. Retrieved February 25, 2018.