Men's Basketball

No. 16 Penn to Face No. 1 Kansas in NCAA First-Round

PRINCETON, N.J. – Penn, which claimed 2018 Ivy League Tournament crown yesterday, will represent the Ivy League in the NCAA Tournament.

The Quakers earned a 16th seed and will travel to Wichita, Kansas, to face the University of Kansas in a first-round game on Thursday at 2 p.m. the game will be televised live on TBS and Westwood One Radio. 

Harvard, which earned a share of the 2018 Ivy League Championship, earned a berth in the 2018 National Invitational Tournament (NIT). The Crimson will travel to second-seeded Marquette in the opening round on Wednesday, March 14 at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
 
Penn defeated Harvard, 68-65 in the Ivy League Tournament. The Quakers won their first ever Ivy League Tournament title and, in the process, became the first team to ever knock off the tournament's top seed.

The Ivy League boasts multiple teams in the postseason for the seventh time in nine years years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2017-18).