Ivy League Group Agreement to all intercollegiate sports, effective with the 1955–56 basketball season. This is generally reckoned as the formal formation of the Ivy League. As part of the transition, Brown, the only Ivy that hadn't joined the EIBL, did so for the 1954–55 season. A year later, the Ivy League absorbed the EIBL. The Ivy League claims the EIBL's history as its own. Through the EIBL, it is the oldest basketball conference in Division I. As late as the 1960s many of the Ivy League universities' undergraduate programs remained open only to men, with Cornell the only one to have
Ivy League men's basketball teams in the standings will be held to determine the recipient of the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. However, the league championship will still be based on regular season standings. The 2017 tournament will be held at The Palestra. The Ivy League began a tournament bracket in 2017 for the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Prior to 2017, the Ivy League awarded the league's automatic bid to the best team in the conference based on regular season record. Ivy League men's basketball The following is a list of the men's basketball champions of the Ivy League. The Ivy