Ivy League women's basketball championship history
A look back at the Ivy League women's basketball champions.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Ivy League was the last conference to hold an annual women’s basketball tournament, with the winner getting an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.
The Ivy League features eight teams, including Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale.
Unlike the men’s basketball side, the regular-season champion isn’t guaranteed a spot in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament.
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Read below for a list of Ivy League tournament champions.
2021: NO CHAMPION
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The league did not hold a season in 2020-21 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2020: PRINCETON
Princeton was awarded the Ivy League's automatic tournament bid after the conference canceled the postseason tournament because of the coronavirus outbreak.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}2019: PRINCETON
Princeton repeated as champions in 2019. They defeated Penn, 65-54. Bella Alaire won a second tournament MVP.
2018: PRINCETON
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Princeton bounced back in 2018. The Tigers defeated Penn, 63-34. Bella Alaire was named tournament MVP.
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2017: PENN
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Michelle Nwokedi helped Penn to an Ivy League tournament championship. (Photo by Corey Perrine/Getty Images)
Penn was the first Ivy League tournament champions in 2017. The Quakers defeated Princeton, 57-49. Michelle Nwokedi was named tournament MVP.