Ivy League

The Ivy League, also called the Ancient Eight, is an association of United States universities generally concerned with scholastics? and sports.

• Brown University
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Dartmouth College
• Harvard University
• Princeton University
• University of Pennsylvania
• Yale University

More information and history can be found at http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/extras/local/history.html

The "ivy" has been attributed among other things to the ivy growing on institutions' walls, and the Roman numerals for the original four (IV) teams in the sports league.