The 2024 Ivy League Basketball Tournament schedule commences on March 16, 2024. The tournament is the shortest in Division I men’s college basketball. Only the top four seeded teams from regular season play earn a spot in the tournament. The Ivy League Championship game is schedule for March 17, 2024. The tournament is known as “Ivy Madness.” It occurs at Levien Gymnasium at Columbia University in New York City. The winner of the tournament earns the conference’s automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament.
How Does Ivy Madness Seeding Work for the Tournament?
With there being eight teams in the conference, there will likely be ties for the overall conference record. In order to reduce the eligible teams to four, the league uses a tie breaking system. First, if two teams are tied, their head-head record is used. If still tied, then the record against the top teams in order of conference record is used. The final tiebreaker uses metrics. The league uses an average of the NCAA NET, KenPom, NCAA NET, and ESPN BPI to break the tie.
Who is the Favorite in the 2024 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament?
So far, Cornell, Yale, and Princeton have achieved separation from the rest of the league during conference play. The other five teams have been lagging a bit in conference play. The rest of the regular season is likely going to determine the #4 seed. We can possibly see a team get hot to move up to the #3 seed. Don’t underestimate the Pennsylvania Quakers going on a run late either as they have the conference’s only win over an AP ranked team. In a two-day tournament, any of the teams who earn a spot in the field have a shot to win.
2024 Ivy League Basketball Tournament Schedule
****Update March 11th, 2024. The 2024 Ivy League Men’s basketball tournament brackets and schedules are set. The NET tiebreaker was used to determine that Yale was slightly ahead of Cornell for the #2 seed for the 2024 edition of Ivy Madness. Enjoy the games. You can follow all of the automatic qualifying teams for the 2024 NCAA Tournament here.
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 16 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 AM | No. 1 Princeton vs. No. 4 Brown | ESPNU | |
| 2 | 2:00 PM | No. 2 Yale vs. No. 3 Cornell | ESPNews | ||
| Championship – Sunday, March 17 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 PM | Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 | ESPN2 | |
| Game times in Eastern Time. | |||||
2024 Ivy League Standings
The 2024 Ivy League standings are below. The top 4 teams for Ivy Madness are set. Now, we are just waiting to see what the final seedings and matchups will be. We will keep you posted.
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker |
| 1 | Princeton | 12–2 | |
| 2 | Yale | 11–3 | NET Ranking 86 |
| 3 | Cornell | 11–3 | NET Ranking 88 |
| 4 | Brown | 8–6 | |
| DNQ | Harvard | 5–9 | |
| DNQ | Columbia | 4–10 | |
| DNQ | Penn | 3–11 | |
| DNQ | Dartmouth | 2–12 |
Past Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament Champions
The Ivy League was the last NCAA Men’s basketball conference to start a conference tournament to determine the automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. The conference tournament (Ivy Madness) started in 2018 and has only invited the top four seeded teams in the league each post season. Of note, the conference champion is the regular season winner. The tournament champion is not.Past tournament champions include:
2023 – Princeton
2022 – Yale
2021 – None, COVID
2020 – None, COVID
2019 – Yale
2018 – Penn
2024 Printable Ivy League Basketball Tournament Schedule
If you are looking for a printable 2024 Ivy League Basketball tournament schedule or printable Ivy Madness bracket, we’ve got you covered. The Ivy League posts the tournament schedule here, and we also have a printable Ivy League tournament bracket / schedule in PDF for you to download or print. We’ll update this once we know who the teams are and confirm the game games.
All of the game times listed are East Coast time. The winner of the 2024 Men’s Ivy League basketball tournament earns the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. If you are looking for a printable, blank 2024 March Madness bracket in PDF format, we have that posted for you to share and enjoy watching the fun this postseason. You can also checkout the other conference championship schedules here.
