Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
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The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T79205 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament Context triple: [Harvard Crimson men’s basketball, conferenceTournament, Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament]
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NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
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National Championship Game
The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
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Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.
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Cathedral of College Basketball
The Cathedral of College Basketball is a famed nickname for The Palestra, a historic Philadelphia arena renowned as one of the most iconic and tradition-rich venues in college basketball.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament Target entity description: The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
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A.
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament is an annual single-elimination college basketball championship held each March in the United States, widely known as “March Madness” and one of the most popular sporting events in the country.
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B.
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament is the annual single-elimination championship that determines the top women’s college basketball team in the United States.
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C.
National Championship Game
The National Championship Game is the final, winner-take-all matchup that determines the NCAA Division I men’s basketball national champion.
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Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series was a former system used in NCAA Division I FBS college football to determine national championship matchups and major bowl game participants through a combination of polls and computer rankings.
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Cathedral of College Basketball
The Cathedral of College Basketball is a famed nickname for The Palestra, a historic Philadelphia arena renowned as one of the most iconic and tradition-rich venues in college basketball.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
college basketball conference tournament
ⓘ
postseason basketball tournament ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Postseason Tournament
Ivy Madness ⓘ |
| championQualification | automatic berth in the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | NCAA Division I ⓘ |
| conference | Ivy League ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| determines | Ivy League automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament ⓘ |
| featuresConference |
Brown Bears men’s basketball
ⓘ
Columbia Lions men’s basketball ⓘ Cornell Big Red men’s basketball ⓘ Dartmouth Big Green men’s basketball ⓘ Harvard Crimson men’s basketball ⓘ Penn Quakers basketball ⓘ
surface form:
Penn Quakers men’s basketball
Princeton Tigers men’s basketball ⓘ Yale Bulldogs men’s basketball ⓘ |
| finalists | winners of the two semifinals ⓘ |
| format | single-elimination ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| gender | men’s ⓘ |
| governingRules | NCAA men’s college basketball rules ⓘ |
| hasBracket | four-team bracket ⓘ |
| inception | 2017 ⓘ |
| locationPolicy | hosted at campus or neutral sites selected by the Ivy League ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | televised on national sports networks ⓘ |
| numberOfTeams | 4 ⓘ |
| organizingBody | Ivy League ⓘ |
| partOf |
NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
ⓘ
surface form:
NCAA Division I men’s basketball postseason
|
| primaryPurpose |
award conference’s automatic NCAA tournament bid
ⓘ
determine Ivy League men’s basketball postseason champion ⓘ |
| region | Northeastern United States ⓘ |
| regularSeasonRole | seeding based on Ivy League regular-season standings ⓘ |
| scheduling | held in March ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | top four teams in the Ivy League regular-season standings ⓘ |
| semifinalMatchups |
No. 1 seed vs. No. 4 seed
ⓘ
No. 2 seed vs. No. 3 seed ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| tieBreakerBasis | Ivy League regular-season tiebreaker procedures ⓘ |
| tournamentType | conference championship ⓘ |
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Subject: Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament Description of subject: The Ivy League Men’s Basketball Tournament is the postseason championship event that determines the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Ivy League Men’s Basketball Postseason Tournament
this entity surface form:
Ivy League postseason tournaments
this entity surface form:
Ivy League tournament
subject surface form:
Ivy League men's basketball
this entity surface form:
Ivy League men's basketball tournament
subject surface form:
Ivy League men's basketball
this entity surface form:
Ivy League men's basketball tournament
this entity surface form:
Ivy League men’s basketball tournament