ITHACA, N.Y. – Tickets to the 2026 Ivy League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments are on sale now! The 2026 edition of Ivy Madness will be held at Cornell’s Newman Arena at Bartels Hall in Ithaca on March 13-15. Full information is available at
IvyMadness.com.
MEN'S TOURNAMENT DAILY PRICES:
Bleacher Seating: $45 (plus fees)
Chairbacks Behind Team Benches: $65 (plus fees)
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT DAILY PRICES:
Bleacher Seating: $30 (plus fees)
Chairbacks Behind Team Benches: $40 (plus fees)
The three-day event will begin on Thursday with all four women’s teams participating in a free, open to the public shootaround starting at 3 p.m. Friday’s slate has all four men’s teams taking part in an open shootaround before the attention shifts to the women’s semifinals on Friday night. Saturday will include both men’s semifinals (11 a.m. and 2 p.m.) following by the women’s championship game (5:30 p.m.). Sunday’s standalone game will be the men’s championship at 12 p.m.
On the women’s side, the Ivy League is ranked as the ninth-best Division I conference in the NET rankings as three programs – Princeton (38), Columbia (59), and Harvard (82) are ranked inside of the top-85 of the NET. Multiple Ivies on the women's side have already recorded wins against the Big Ten (2), Big East (6), ACC (2) and SEC (1). On the men’s side, the Ivy League has two teams ranked in the Field of 68 mid-major top-20 and named three players to the Lou Henson Award Early Season Watch List.
IVY MADNESS SCHEDULE
Thursday, March 12
Full women’s team shootarounds (open to the general public from 3:30 p.m. – 7:10 p.m.)
Friday, March 13
Full men’s team shootarounds (open to the general public from 10:30 a.m. – 2:10 p.m.)
Game 1: Women’s Semifinal No. 1 vs. No. 4 (4:30 p.m.)
Game 2: Women’s Semifinal No. 2 vs. No. 3 (7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, March 14
Game 3: Men’s Semifinal No. 1 vs. No. 4 (11 a.m.)
Game 4: Men’s Semifinal No. 2 vs. No. 3 (2 p.m.)
Game 5: Women's Championship Game: Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2 (5:30 p.m.)
Sunday, March 15
Game 6: Men's Championship Game: Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4 (12 p.m.)
All game times are subject to change.
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