2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball season

The 2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902.

2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationJanuary 6
– March 11, 2018
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Ivy League Digital Network
Regular season
ChampionsHarvard and Penn
Season MVPSeth Towns, Harvard
[[2018|Ivy League tournament]]
ChampionsPenn
  Runners-upHarvard
2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
x-Harvard122 .8571814  .563
x-Penn122 .857249  .727
Yale95 .6431615  .516
Cornell68 .4291216  .429
Princeton59 .3571316  .448
Columbia59 .357819  .296
Brown410 .2861116  .407
Dartmouth311 .214720  .259
x – Ivy League co-champions
2018 Ivy League Tournament winner

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 2018 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating Yale in the semifinals and Harvard in the finals of the inaugural conference tournament.

Seth Towns of Harvard was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

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