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2019 Ivy League women's basketball tournament

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2019 Ivy League women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2018–19
Teams4
SitePayne Whitney Gymnasium
New Haven, Connecticut
ChampionsPrinceton (2nd title)
Winning coachCourtney Banghart (2nd title)
MVPBella Alarie (Princeton)
TelevisionESPNU, ESPN3
← 2018
2018–19 Ivy League women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Penn 12 2   .857 24 6   .800
Princeton *† 12 2   .857 22 10   .688
Harvard 9 5   .643 17 12   .586
Yale 6 8   .429 16 13   .552
Dartmouth 6 8   .429 13 14   .481
Cornell 6 8   .429 12 14   .462
Columbia 4 10   .286 8 19   .296
Brown 1 13   .071 9 21   .300
2019 Ivy League Tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of March 23, 2019
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2019 Ivy League women's basketball tournament was a women's college conference tournament held March 16 and 17, 2019, at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Princeton defeated Penn to earn the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA tournament.[1][2]

Seeds

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Only the top four teams in the 2018–19 Ivy League regular-season standings will participate in the tournament and be seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff.

Seed School Overall Conference Tiebreaker
1 Princeton 12–2 20–9 2–0 vs. Harvard
2 Penn 12–2 22–5 1–1 vs. Harvard
3 Harvard 9–5 16–11
4 Cornell 6–8 12–13 3–1 vs. Yale, Dartmouth

Schedule

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Session Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
Semifinals – Saturday, March 16
1 1 6:00 PM #1 Princeton vs. #4 Cornell ESPN3
2 8:30 PM #2 Penn vs. #3 Harvard
Championship – Sunday, March 17
2 3 4:00 PM #1 Princeton vs. #2 Penn ESPNU

*Game times in Eastern Time. #Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket

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Semifinals
Saturday, March 16
Payne Whitney Gymnasium
Final
Sunday, March 17
Payne Whitney Gymnasium
      
1 Princeton 68
4 Cornell 47
1 Princeton 65
2 Penn 54
2 Penn 91
3 Harvard 62

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Ivy League Men's & Women's Basketball Tournaments" (Press release). Ivy League. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  2. ^ "Alarie helps Princeton women beat Penn to win Ivy title". USA TODAY. Retrieved March 18, 2019.