Ivy League knew infected the Ivy League colleges". A business writer, warning in 2001 against discriminatory hiring, presented a cautionary example of an attitude to avoid (the bracketed phrase is his): The phrase "Ivy League" historically has been perceived as connected not only with academic excellence, but also with social elitism. In 1936, sportswriter John Kieran noted that student editors at Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Columbia, Dartmouth, and Penn were advocating the formation of an athletic association. In urging them to consider "Army and Navy and Georgetown and Fordham and Syracuse and Brown and Pitt" as candidates for membership, he exhorted: Aspects
2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament The 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason conference tournament for the Ivy League. The tournament was March 11 and 12, 2017 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The tournament marked the first postseason tournament held by the Ivy League in men's basketball. Princeton, the regular season champions and undefeated in conference play, beat Yale in the championship to win the tournament championship. As a result, Princeton received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Ivy League was the last NCAA Division I