Black Ivy League institutions as being "Howard University, Hampton University, Spelman College, Fisk University, Morehouse College, Tuskegee University and Dillard University." The "North Star" News described "Howard, Fisk, Hampton, Morehouse, Morgan, Tuskegee, and Cheyney ... as the equivalent of a Black Ivy League." Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has also been mentioned as being included in the group. In 1976, the "Chicago Tribune" included "Morehouse, Atlanta University, Morris Brown, Gannon, Clark and Spelman..." The actual Ivy League is an eight-member athletic conference. At one point in history, some of these institutions debated forming a Black Ivy League athletic conference without reaching an agreement. Although
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