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Welcome to the first-ever postseason Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament.
Welcome to the last-ever postseason Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament.
Welcome to Ivy League absurdity.
This past summer, the "powers that be" voted to institute a brand new championship tournev to determine the "official" Ivy champion, discarding the old format whereby regular season double round robin competition determined the "official" champ.
Then, midway through the 1985-that be discovered an obscure Ivy regulation which prohibits any postseason tourney from determining the "official" champ.
Coin Toss
Because Harvard and Dartmouth completed the regular season in a 9-3 tie, a coin toss was held Sunday morning, with the winner of the flip awarded the option of home court advantage throughout the tournament or a first-round bye.
Calling tails, the Crimson won the toss and selected home-floor advantage. The squad will thus entertain Cornell--for the second time in five days--in the tournament's opening round tomorrow evening at Briggs, while Dartmouth will be idle until Saturday.
Final Regular Season Ivy Standings Ivy Overall School W L W L HARVARD 9 3 17 7 Dartmouth 9 3 14 10 Yale 7 5 12 12 Princeton 6 6 10 14 Brown 5 7 11 13 Cornell 3 9 9 15 Penn 3 9 4 20
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