2023 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
| 2023 Ivy League men's basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
 Postgame celebration after Princeton won the title | |
| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2022–23 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Site | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| Champions | Princeton (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Mitch Henderson (2nd title) |
| MVP | Tosan Evbuomwan (Princeton) |
| Attendance | 12,276 |
| Television | ESPNU, ESPN2 |
The 2023 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Ivy Madness", was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 11 and 12, 2023, at the Jadwin Gymnasium on the campus of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] The winner, the Princeton Tigers, received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 17 | – | 11 | .607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 7 | – | 22 | .241 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2023 Ivy League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeds[edit]
The top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings qualify for the tournament and are seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff. If a tie for any of the top four positions exists, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Head-to-head record between teams involved in the tie.
- Record against the top team(s) not involved in the tie in order of conference record, going down through the seedings until the tie is broken.
- Average of the teams' ranking in the following computer systems: NCAA NET, Sagarin, KenPom, and ESPN Basketball Percentage Index.[2]
| Seed | School | Record | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yale | 10–4 | 2–0 vs Princeton |
| 2 | Princeton | 10–4 | 0–2 vs Yale |
| 3 | Penn | 9–5 | |
| 4 | Cornell | 7–7 | 1–1 vs Yale |
| DNQ | Brown | 7–7 | 0–2 vs Yale |
| DNQ | Dartmouth | 6–8 | |
| DNQ | Harvard | 5–9 | |
| DNQ | Columbia | 2–12 |
Schedule[edit]
| Session | Game | Time | Matchup | Score | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 11 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Yale vs. No. 4 Cornell | 80–60 | ESPNU | 4,160 |
| 2 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Princeton vs. No. 3 Penn | 77–70 | 4,509 | ||
| Championship – Sunday, March 12 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Yale vs. No. 2 Princeton | 65–74 | ESPN2 | 3,607 |
| Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.[3] | ||||||
Bracket[edit]
| Semifinals Saturday, March 11 ESPNU | Championship Sunday, March 12 ESPN2 | ||||||||
| 1 | Yale | 80 | |||||||
| 4 | Cornell | 60 | |||||||
| 1 | Yale | 65 | |||||||
| 2 | Princeton | 74 | |||||||
| 2 | Princeton | 77 | |||||||
| 3 | Penn | 70 | |||||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "2023 Ivy League Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments - Ivy League". ivyleague.com. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ "Tournament Seeding Procedure & Tie-Breakers". Ivy League. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ^ "TV Coverage".