A Guide to the Ivy League Tournament

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