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
2017–18 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Princeton †12–2 .857  24–6  .800
Penn11–3 .786  22–9  .710
Harvard10–4 .714  18–11  .621
Yale8–6 .571  19–13  .594
Dartmouth7–7 .500  15–12  .556
Brown3–11 .214  15–12  .556
Cornell3–11 .214  7–20  .259
Columbia2–12 .143  8–21  .276
† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.

Seed School Conference
1 Princeton 12–2 (24–5)
2 Penn 11–3 (21–8)
3 Harvard 10–4 (18–10)
4 Yale 8–6 (15–13)

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
1 1 6:00 PM #1 Princeton vs. #4 Yale ESPN3
2 8:30 PM #2 Penn vs. #3 Harvard
Championship – Sunday, March 11
2 3 4:00 PM #1 Princeton vs. #2 Penn ESPNU

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

Bracket

Semifinals
Saturday, March 10
The Palestra
Final
Sunday, March 11
The Palestra
      
1 Princeton 78
4 Yale 57
1 Princeton 63
2 Penn 34
2 Penn 57
3 Harvard 52

See also

References

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