Ivy League Basketball
In U.S. college basketball, Ivy League rules call for a one-game playoff if two teams are tied for the conference title in both men's and women's basketball, with the winner claiming the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. If more than two teams are tied, a series of one-game playoffs is held.
In men's basketball, eight seasons have ended in such a playoff, with the most recent being the 2010–11 season in which Harvard and Princeton finished tied. Before 2011, the last time a playoff was needed was 2001–02, when Yale, Penn, and Princeton ended in the only three-way tie in Ivy men's basketball history. A three-way playoff in women's basketball occurred most recently in the 2007–08 season, in which Cornell, Dartmouth, and Harvard all finished at 11–3 in league play. It was determined that Dartmouth would play Harvard in the first playoff game, with the winner facing Cornell. Dartmouth won the first playoff game, with Cornell winning the playoff final.
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