Ivy League men's basketball

The Ivy League men's basketball is the conference college basketball championship of the NCAA Division I Ivy League. The eight schools compete annually in men's basketball.

Ivy League Men's Basketball Champions
Conference	Ivy League
Number of teams	8
Last contest	2023–24
Current champion	Princeton
Most championships	Princeton (29)[1]
Official website	ivyleague.com/mbball

Yale's John Poulakidas received 2025 All-Tournament MVP honors^[2]

The following is a list of past conference champions and a list of notable players. At the conclusion of the regular season the team with the best league record is crowned league champion. If two or more teams are tied for first place at the end of the season the league title is shared. Prior to 2017, the league champion received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

In the event of a shared title a playoff would be held to determine the league's automatic bid. Beginning in 2017 a tournament consisting of the top four teams in the standings is held to determine the recipient of the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, the league championship is still based on regular season standings. The Ivy League was the last Division I conference without a tournament following the regular season.^[3]

Princeton was the 2023-2024 league regular season champions, and Yale won in the 2023-2024 tournament,^[4]

Championships by season

Ivy League Champions

Source:^[5]

Season	Champion/s	Notes
2024-25	Yale	Yale won tournament
2023–24	Princeton	Yale won tournament
2022–23	Princeton and Yale	Princeton won tournament
2021–22	Princeton	Yale won the tournament
2020–21	none	Ivy League Men's Basketball season was canceled due to COVID-19
2019–20	Yale	Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19
2018–19	Yale and Harvard	Yale won tournament
2017–18	Penn and Harvard	Penn won tournament
2016–17	Princeton
2015–16	Yale
2014–15	Harvard and Yale	Harvard won playoff game for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament
2013–14	Harvard
2012–13	Harvard
2011–12	Harvard
2010–11	Harvard and Princeton	Princeton won playoff game for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament
2009–10	Cornell
2008–09	Cornell
2007–08	Cornell
2006–07	Pennsylvania
2005–06	Pennsylvania
2004–05	Pennsylvania
2003–04	Princeton
2002–03	Pennsylvania
2001–02	Pennsylvania, Yale, Princeton	Penn won playoff for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament
2000–01	Princeton
1999–00	Pennsylvania
1998–99	Pennsylvania
1997–98	Princeton
1996–97	Princeton
1995–96	Princeton and Pennsylvania	Princeton won playoff game for league's automatic bid to NCAA tournament
1994–95	Pennsylvania
1993–94	Pennsylvania
1992–93	Pennsylvania
1991–92	Princeton
1990-91	Princeton
1989-90	Princeton
1988-89	Princeton
1987-88	Cornell

Ivy League tournament champions

The Ivy League began a post-season tournament in 2017. The winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In 2020, the Ivy League canceled its tournament during the COVID-19 pandemic and awarded Yale an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the latter of which was later also cancelled. In 2021, the Ivy League did not play regular season matchups during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 and 2021 seasons thus are omitted.

Year	Champion	Seed	Score	Runner-up	Seed	MVP	Venue
2017	Princeton	1	71-59	Yale	3	Myles Stephens, Princeton	Palestra, University of Pennsylvania
2018	Pennsylvania	2	68-65	Harvard	1	A.J. Brodeur, Penn	Palestra, University of Pennsylvania
2019	Yale	2	97-85	Harvard	1	Alex Copeland, Yale	Payne Whitney Gymnasium, Yale University
2022	Yale	2	66-64	Princeton	1	Azar Swain, Yale	Lavietes Pavilion, Harvard University
2023	Princeton	2	74-65	Yale	1	Tosan Evbuomwan, Princeton	Jadwin Gymnasium, Princeton University
2024	Yale	2	62-61	Brown	4	Danny Wolf, Yale	Levien Gymnasium, Columbia University
2025	Yale	1	90-84	Cornell	2	John Poulakidas, Yale	Pizzitola Sports Center, Brown University

NCAA Tournament Bids

Bids	School	Last bid	Last win	Last Sweet 16	Last Elite 8	Last Final 4	Last final	Last champ.	Record
26	Princeton	2023	2023	2023	1965	1965			14-29
24	Pennsylvania	2018	1994	1979	1979	1979			13-26
7	Dartmouth	1959	1958	1958	1958	1944	1944		10-7
7	Yale	2024	2024						2-5
5	Cornell	2010	2010	2010					2-6
5	Harvard	2015	2014						2-6
3	Columbia	1968	1968	1968					2-4
2	Brown	1986							0-2
Total: 76									43-85

Ivy League NBA players

These players attended one of the eight Ivy League institutions and had professional careers in the National Basketball Association.^[6]

• Bill Bradley
• Devin Cannady
• Chris Dudley
• Jeremy Lin
• Walter Palmer
• Jack Molinas
• Miye Oni
• Devin Cannady
• Ira Bowman
• Matt Langel
• Jerome Allen
• Tony Price
• Rudy LaRusso
• Corky Calhoun
• Dave Wohl
• Matt Maloney
• Jim McMillian
• Geoff Petrie
• Armond Hill
• Brian Taylor
• Jeff Foote
• Tosan Evbuomwan
• Phil Hankinson