2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament was a women's college conference tournament held March 11–12, 2017 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. It was the first postseason tournament held by the Ivy League in women's basketball. Penn won the tournament, earning an automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Tournament.
| 2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Classification | Division I |
| Season | 2016–17 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Site | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Champions | Penn (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Mike McLaughlin (1st title) |
| MVP | Michelle Nwokedi (Penn) |
| Attendance | 10,042 |
| Television | ESPNU, ESPN3 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn† | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 13 | .552 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
The Ivy League was the last NCAA Division I conference not to hold a postseason tournament, instead choosing to award its automatic bids to the NCAA men's and women's tournaments to its regular-season champions. In March 2016, the Ivies announced that they would institute men's and women's conference tournaments beginning with the 2016–17 season. Both tournaments will initially be held at the same site. The conference also reduced by one the number of regular-season games that its members are allowed to schedule.[1]
Seeds
The top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings will participate in the tournament and will be seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn | 13-1 | |
| 2 | Princeton | 9-5 | |
| 3 | Harvard | 8-6 | |
| 4 | Brown | 7-7 | 2-0 vs. Cornell |
Schedule
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup# | Television | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semifinals – Saturday, March 11 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 11:00 AM | #1 Penn vs. #4 Brown | ESPN3 | 6,209 |
| 2 | 6:30 PM | #2 Princeton vs. #3 Harvard | |||
| Championship – Sunday, March 12 | |||||
| 2 | 3 | 4:00 PM | #1 Penn vs. #2 Princeton | ESPNU | 3,833 |
| *Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding. | |||||
Bracket
| Semifinals Saturday, March 11 The Palestra | Championship Game Sunday, March 12 The Palestra | ||||||||
| 1 | Penn | 71 | |||||||
| 4 | Brown | 60 | |||||||
| 1 | Penn | 57 | |||||||
| 2 | Princeton | 49 | |||||||
| 2 | Princeton | 68 | |||||||
| 3 | Harvard | 47 | |||||||
Broadcasters
- TV/Internet Streaming– ESPN: Brenda VanLengen & Carol Ross– All games[2]
- Radio– Westwood One: Lance Medow & Kim Adams– Championship[3]
References
- "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
- "ESPN to Provide Coverage of More Than 20 Women's Conference Championships During Champ Week" (Press release). ESPN Media Zone. March 11, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
- "The Ivy League Women's Championship on Westwood One" (Press release). Westwood One. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.