Black Ivy League in each of its institutions, including faculty holding endowed professorships, head athletic coaches, deans, and one president, Ruth Simmons (Dillard graduate) of Brown University. From 1967 to 1976, black enrollment in Ivy League colleges rose from 2.3% to 6.3%. In addition, Ivy League alumni who are African-American have formed the Black Ivy Alumni League, as well as separate black alumni groups for each individual university. The Black Ivy Alumni League notes that "over 50,000 alumni of African descent connected through our Ivy League experiences." African Americans who earned undergraduate degrees at Ivy League schools include President Barack Obama; his wife,
Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament set. (This difference is because unlike the men's NIT, the WNIT is neither owned nor operated by the NCAA.) Prior to the formal tournament, the Ivy League used a one-game playoff if necessary to break ties eight times with two teams, and in 2001-02, a three-team tournament, in order to settle the conference championship. Since 1974, the Ivy League has had regular season titles for women's basketball. Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament The Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament is the conference tournament in basketball for the Ivy League. As with the men's Ivy League tournament, it is a single-elimination tournament