2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament

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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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2018 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season201718
Teams4
SitePalestra
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ChampionsPenn (1st title)
Winning coachSteve Donahue (1st title)
MVPA. J. Brodeur (Penn)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2
 2017
2019 
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2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
x-Harvard122 .8571814  .563
x-Penn122 .857249  .727
Yale95 .6431615  .516
Cornell68 .4291216  .429
Princeton59 .3571316  .448
Columbia59 .357819  .296
Brown410 .2861116  .407
Dartmouth311 .214720  .259
2018 Ivy League Tournament winner
x – Ivy League co-champions

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Seeds

Only the top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings qualify for the tournament and were seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff.

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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
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Schedule

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Session Game Time[3] Matchup Score Television Attendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 10
1 1 12:30 pm No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 4 Cornell 74–55 ESPNU
2 3:00 pm No. 2 Penn vs. No. 3 Yale 80–57
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.
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Bracket

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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