The 2026 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament, popularly referred to as "Ivy Madness", was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Ivy League of the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was held on March 13 and 14, 2026, at the Newman Arena on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Princeton won their sixth title and received the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
Seeds The top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings qualified for the tournament and will be seeded according to their records in conference play, resulting in a Shaughnessy playoff. If a tie for any of the top four positions exists, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
Head-to-head record between teams involved in the tie. Record against the top team(s) not involved in the tie in order of conference record, going down through the seedings until the tie is broken. Average of the teams' ranking in the following computer systems: NCAA NET, Sagarin, KenPom, and ESPN Basketball Percentage Index.
SeedSchoolRecordTiebreaker1Princeton 12–2 2Columbia 11–33Harvard 10–44Brown 8–6DNQPenn 7–7DNQCornell 4–10DNQYale 3–11DNQ Dartmouth 1–13
Schedule SessionGameTimeMatchupScoreTelevisionAttendanceSemifinals – Friday, March 13114:30 p.m.No. 1 Princeton vs. No. 4 Brown65–51 ESPN+78827:30 p.m.No. 2 Columbia vs. No. 3 Harvard65–67OTChampionship – Saturday, March 14235:30 p.m.No. 1 Princeton vs. No. 3 Harvard63–53ESPNU698Game times in Eastern Time. Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Bracket
* denotes overtime period
See also 2026 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
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