The 2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive

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among

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members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor

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, which was formed in 1902. Harvard and Pennsylvania co-shared the league title after finishing the regular season 12–2 within the Ivy League. Pennsylvania earned the league's bid to the

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after defeating Yale in the semifinals and Harvard in the finals of the inaugural conference tournament. Seth Towns of

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was named

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All-Ivy Teams

NCAA tournament

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