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
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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2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
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]

See also

• 2017 Ivy League men's basketball tournament

References

1. "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.
2. "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.
3. "The Ivy League Women's Championship on Westwood One" (Press release). Westwood One. March 11, 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2017.