How this weekend's games can determine the Ivy champion

[bonarae]

http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/m ... _March_4-5

The scenarios going into this weekend are as follows:

If Harvard and Princeton both win OR both lose Friday:
• A Princeton win Saturday would clinch the outright Ivy title for the Tigers.
• A Harvard win Saturday would force Princeton to defeat Penn Tuesday, March 8 to necessitate a playoff.
• A Harvard win Saturday, coupled with a Princeton loss at Penn Tuesday, would give the outright Ivy title to the Crimson.

If Harvard wins Friday, Princeton loses Friday:
• A Harvard win Saturday would clinch the outright Ivy title for the Crimson.
• A Princeton win Saturday, coupled with a Princeton win Tuesday at Penn, would clinch the outright title for the Tigers.
• A Princeton win Saturday, coupled with a Princeton loss Tuesday at Penn, would force a playoff.

If Harvard loses Friday, Princeton wins Friday:
• A Princeton win EITHER Saturday OR Tuesday at Penn would clinch the outright title for the Tigers.
• A Harvard win Saturday would only result in a playoff if Princeton loses at Penn Tuesday. Harvard would not be able to have an outright title if it loses Friday and Princeton wins Friday.

Harvard faces Penn and Princeton at home this weekend. Princeton faces Dartmouth and Harvard on the road this weekend. Dartmouth is the last-place team in Ivy men's basketball this season.

How the Ivy League handles playoff situations:

The Ivy League conducts a playoff in men's basketball when two or more teams tie for the regular-season title. The tied teams share the League championship and the playoff game(s) are conducted merely to determine the team to receive the League's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship. While it has been a while, a playoff is not new to the Ancient Eight in men's hoops. The League has conducted seven men's basketball playoffs in its history, the last coming in the 2001-02 season when Penn, Princeton and Yale tied for the Ivy title. Penn won the NCAA Tournament bid by defeating Yale in Easton, Pa., after the Bulldogs had gotten past Princeton two days earlier at The Palestra.

We hope that Harvard can play their best to punch their second ever Big Dance ticket. (The first and last time we were there was before most of us were born, in 1946. We lost to NYU that year.)

[Ivytalk]

Thanks for the effort, bonarae! Harvard knows deep down that it really needs a sweep this weekend to have a shot.

[Ivytalk]

We're halfway to the sweep! Buh-bye, Quackers!

[TwinTownBisonFan]

bonare - thanks... what a mess

i had no idea how to explain all of that in the march madness thread


good luck to Harvard - I like seeing teams make the dance that rarely get a chance.

[UNHWildCats]

wow Harvard has never won an IVY mens title in 100 years.

[Ivytalk]

Harvard gets it done, thumping Princeton by 79-64.

Now I'm doing something I've never done before: rooting for Penn on Tuesday night: Go, Quackers! Just the Tigers! them good and hard!

[TwinTownBisonFan]

tonights game was excellent... a lot of fun to watch - congrats to Harvard

(but I am hoping for the playoff game)

[Ivytalk]

Big playoff game in New Haven, boys! Pack the Yale arena with crimson!

[dbackjon]

Big playoff game in New Haven, boys! Pack the Yale arena with crimson!

You going?

[Ivytalk]

Big playoff game in New Haven, boys! Pack the Yale arena with crimson!

You going?

Wish I could, but I'll be in NYC for a long-planned getaway with Mrs. Ivy. If the game's on ESPN3, I may be able to sneak a peek!

[bonarae]

Wish I could, but I'll be in NYC for a long-planned getaway with Mrs. Ivy. If the game's on ESPN3, I may be able to sneak a peek!

The game's on ESPN3 and on WHRB (radio stream).