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
Ivy League men's basketball Ivy League men's basketball The following is a list of the men's basketball champions of the Ivy League. The Ivy League was the last Division I conference without a tournament following the regular season. At the conclusion of the regular season the team with the best league record was the league champion and received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. If two or more teams tied for first place they shared the league title and a playoff was held to determine the recipient of the NCAA tournament bid. Beginning in 2017 a tournament consisting of the top four