The tournaments will determine the conference’s automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships.

Ivy League Sports reports.

The Ivy League Adds Men’s, Women’s Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017

PRINCETON, N.J. — The Ivy League is set to add another milestone in its storied history, adding men’s and women’s basketball tournaments to its slate of conference championships beginning with the 2016-17 academic year.

The League’s Council of Presidents approved four-team tournaments in men’s and women’s basketball, with a one-game reduction for each team in the regular season. The tournaments will determine the conference’s automatic bids to the NCAA Division I Basketball Championships. The 2017 Ivy League Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments will both be held over the same two competition days, March 11 and 12, at The Palestra in Philadelphia.