PRINCETON, N.J. – Yale and Harvard became the first two men's teams to clinch berths in Ivy Madness on Saturday — each securing wins over Penn and Cornell, respectively. Dartmouth earned a pivotal road win over Columbia while Brown defeated Princeton on Friday evening. 

BROWN 80, PRINCETON 71
On Friday night, Brown grabbed 21 points from Landon Lewis on 10-for-12 shooting to help the Bears defeat Princeton 80-71. Malcolm Wrisby-Jefferson added eight assists for Brown. Princeton was led by Jackson Hicke's 26 points and eight rebounds. Brown travels to Columbia and Cornell next weekend while Princeton will host Harvard and Dartmouth. 

DARTMOUTH 64, COLUMBIA 63
Dartmouth earned a pivotal win in the Ivy League standings — holding off Columbia 64-63 on Saturday afternoon in New York City. The Big Green were paced by Jackson Munro's 13 points and Brandon Mitchell-Day's 11 rebounds. Kenny Noland had 17 points for Columbia. The Big Green — who now sit in a fourth-place tie with Cornell — will travel to Penn and Princeton next weekend while Columbia will host Brown and Yale.

HARVARD 74, CORNELL 37
Tey Barbour's career-high 30 points helped Harvard clinch a berth in Ivy Madness with a 73-54 win over Cornell on Saturday afternoon. Barbour was 10-for-15 from the field and 6-for-7 from the free throw line. Robert Hinton (16) and Thomas Batties III (10) joined Barbour in double figure scoring. Cornell was led by Jake Fiegen and Cooper Noard's 11 points apiece. Harvard will travel to Princeotn and Penn next weekend while Cornell will host Yale and Brown. 

YALE 74, PENN 70
Isaac Celiscar poured in 16 points on 6-for-9 shooting to lead Yale to an Ivy Madness clinching win over Penn on Saturday. The Bulldogs move to 9-2 in Ivy League play, one game ahead of Harvard atop the league standings. Penn was led by Michael Zanoni's 20 points. Yale will travel to Cornell on Friday night (ESPNU) and Columbia next Saturday while Penn will host Dartmouth and Harvard. 

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 in Ithaca on March 13-15. Full information is available at IvyMadness.com.