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The 2024 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 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was held March 16 and 17, 2024, at the Levien Gymnasium on the campus of Columbia University in New York City. [1]
The winner receives the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In 2020, the Ivy League canceled its tournament during the COVID-19 pandemic and awarded Yale an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the latter of which was later also cancelled. In 2021, the Ivy League did not play regular season matchups during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Ivy League canceled its entire 2020–21 season due to continued COVID-19 concerns. The tournament resumed in 2022 and was hosted by Harvard, followed by Princeton in 2023. In February 2023 the Ivy League announced it would be deviating from the previously announced order and that Columbia would host the 2024 tournament rather than Brown. [ 4 ]
The Ivy League isn’t immune to the modern realities of college sports. The transfer portal and the growth of name, image and likeness rights have eclipsed the promise of a prestigious four-year ...
The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Princeton earned the league title after finishing the regular season a League-best 12–2. However, in the Ivy League tournament, Princeton lost to Brown, 90–81.
At The College of New Jersey, one of the highest-ranked colleges in the Garden State, the early decision acceptance rate was 97% compared to the regular decision acceptance rate of 64%.
The 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 18 and ending with the championship game at the Alamodome in San Antonio , Texas, on April 7.
For comparison, Harvard's acceptance rate released for regular decision last spring, the lowest in the Ivy League, was 5.2% for the class of 2021. Cornell, which has the highest in the Ivy League ...