2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament

2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2017–18
Teams	4
Site	Palestra; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Champions	Penn (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Donahue (1st title)
MVP	A. J. Brodeur (Penn)
Television	ESPNU, ESPN2
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The 2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 10 and 11, 2018, at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Penn defeated Harvard in the championship game to win the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Harvard earned an automatic bid to the 2018 National Invitation Tournament.^[1]^[2]

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v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
x-Harvard	12	–	2	.857	18	–	14	.563
x-Penn †	12	–	2	.857	24	–	9	.727
Yale	9	–	5	.643	16	–	15	.516
Cornell	6	–	8	.429	12	–	16	.429
Princeton	5	–	9	.357	13	–	16	.448
Columbia	5	–	9	.357	8	–	19	.296
Brown	4	–	10	.286	11	–	16	.407
Dartmouth	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259

† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner x – Ivy League co-champions

Seed	School	Record	Tiebreaker
1	Harvard	12–2	1–1 vs Penn, 2–0 vs Yale
2	Pennsylvania	12–2	1–1 vs Harvard, 1–1 vs Yale
3	Yale	9–5
4	Cornell	6–8

Session	Game	Time^[3]	Matchup	Score	Television
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
1	1	12:30 pm	No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 4 Cornell	74–55	ESPNU
1	2	3:00 pm	No. 2 Penn vs. No. 3 Yale	80–57	ESPNU
Championship – Sunday, March 11
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 2 Penn	65–68	ESPN2
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Semifinals Saturday, March 10 The Palestra			Final Sunday, March 11 The Palestra

1	Harvard	74

4	Cornell	55
			1	Harvard	65

			2	Penn	68
2	Penn	80

3	Yale	57

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