Yale Bulldogs men's basketball

Yale Bulldogs
Yale Bulldogs
	2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
University	Yale University
First season	1896
Head coach	James Jones (19th season)
Conference	Ivy League
Location	New Haven, Connecticut
Arena	Payne Whitney Gymnasium ; (Capacity: 2,532)
Nickname	Bulldogs
Colors	Yale blue and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta Champions
	1896, 1897, 1899, 1900
Pre-tournament Helms Champions
	1901, 1903
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
	1949
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
	2016
NCAA Tournament Appearances
	1949, 1957, 1962, 2016, 2019
Conference tournament champions
	2019
Conference regular season champions
	1902, 1903, 1907, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1933, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1963, 2002, 2016, 2019, 2020

The Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, competing in the Ivy League. The team plays home games in the John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium. The current head coach is James Jones.^[2]

History[]

Yale has been named national champion on six occasions – in 1896, 1897, 1899, and 1900 by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll, which began retroactive selections with the 1895–96 season; and in 1901 and 1903 by the Helms Athletic Foundation, which began retroactive selections with the 1900–01 season.^[3] Penn and Yale played in the First College Basketball game with 5 men on a team in 1897.

Yale has won seven Ivy League championships – 1957, 1962, 1963, 2002, 2016, 2019 and 2020. It also won the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, the forerunner to the Ivy League, eight times – 1902, 1903, 1907, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1933 and 1949. The Bulldogs captured the first official Ivy League title in 1957 as they finished 12–2 and lost to eventual national champion North Carolina, 90–74, in the NCAA East Regional. The 1962 club finished 13–1 in Ivy play, but lost in overtime to Wake Forest, 92–82, in the East Regional. The 1963 team tied Princeton for the Ivy title with an 11–3 record, but fell to the Tigers in a playoff, 65–53. In 2002, the Bulldogs were part of the first three-way tie in Ivy history. Yale beat Princeton 76–60 in the first Ivy playoff game, but fell to Penn 77–58 in the game to determine the NCAA berth. In 2015, Yale tied Harvard for the Ivy title with an 11–3 record, with a playoff between the two to determine the NCAA automatic bid. Harvard won that playoff game at the Palestra in Philadelphia on March 14, 2015 by a score of 53–51, thus preventing Yale from reaching the NCAA Tournament in which the Bulldogs had not appeared in 53 years.^[4] The Bulldogs won the Ivy League championship outright in 2016 with a 13–1 conference record to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 54 years. The team has appeared in five NCAA Tournaments overall (in 1949, 1957, 1962, 2016 and 2019). On March 17, 2016, Yale defeated the Baylor Bears 79–75 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the school's first Tournament victory.

Postseason history[]

NCAA Tournament results[]

Yale has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times. The Bulldogs' combined record is 1–6.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1949	Elite Eight Regional Third Place	Illinois Villanova	L 67–71 L 67–78
1957	First Round	North Carolina	L 74–90
1962	First Round	Wake Forest	L 82–92^OT
2016	First Round Second Round	Baylor Duke	W 79–75 L 64–71
2019	First Round	LSU	L 74–79

NIT results[]

Yale has been to the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) once. Their record is 1–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2002	First round Second Round	Rutgers Tennessee Tech	W 67–65 L 61–80

CIT results[]

Yale has been to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) twice. Their combined record is 4–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2012	First Round	Fairfield	L 56–68
2014	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final	Quinnipiac Holy Cross Columbia VMI Murray State	W 69–68 W 71–66 W 72–69 W 75–62 L 57–65

References[]

^ "Yale University – Identity Guidelines". Retrieved April 19, 2017.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
^ Longman, Jere (March 14, 2015). "Late Shot Extends Harvard's Run and Yale's Drought in Ivy League". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2015.

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Yale University – Identity Guidelines". Retrieved April 19, 2017.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 529. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.

[4] Longman, Jere (March 14, 2015). "Late Shot Extends Harvard's Run and Yale's Drought in Ivy League". The New York Times. Retrieved March 16, 2015.

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v t Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
Venues	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1932–present)
Culture & lore	Handsome Dan
People
	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1902–03 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1977–78 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

v t Ivy League men's basketball
Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championships & awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2019–20 2020–21