2019 Ivy League men's basketball tournament

The 2019 Ivy League men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held on March 16 and 17, 2019, at the John J. Lee Amphitheater on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[1] League co-champions Harvard and Yale met in the final with Yale winning 97–85. Yale received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament. Yale lost 74–79 in the first round to (3) LSU.

2019 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams4
SiteJohn J. Lee Amphitheater
New Haven, Connecticut
ChampionsYale (1st title)
Winning coachJames Jones (1st title)
MVPAlex Copeland (Yale)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN2
← 2018
2018–19 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
x-Harvard 10 4   .714 19 12   .613
x-Yale 10 4   .714 22 8   .733
Princeton 8 6   .571 16 12   .571
Penn 7 7   .500 19 12   .613
Cornell 7 7   .500 15 16   .484
Brown 7 7   .500 20 12   .625
Columbia 5 9   .357 10 18   .357
Dartmouth 2 12   .143 11 19   .367
x Ivy League co-champions
2019 Ivy League tournament winner

This was the last Ivy League tournament to be held for three years due to COVID-19 disruptions. The 2020 edition was never played, and the Ivy League canceled its entire 2020–21 season.

Seeds

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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 Harvard 10–4 2–0 vs. Yale
2 Yale 10–4 0–2 vs. Harvard
3 Princeton 8–6
4 Pennsylvania 7–7 3–1 vs. Brown/Cornell

Schedule

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Session Game Time Matchup Score Television Attendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
1 1 12:30 pm No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 4 Penn 66–58 ESPNU
2 3:00 pm No. 2 Yale vs. No 3. Princeton 83–77
Championship – Sunday, March 17
2 3 12:00 pm No. 1 Harvard vs. No. 2 Yale 85–97 ESPN2
Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.

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Bracket

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Semifinals
Saturday, March 16
ESPNU
Championship
Sunday, March 17
ESPN2
      
1 Harvard 66
4 Penn 58
1 Harvard 85
2 Yale 97
2 Yale 83
3 Princeton 77

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2019 Ivy League Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments". Ivy League.
  2. ^ "Tournament Seeding Procedure & Tie-Breakers". Ivy League. Retrieved March 15, 2019.