Yale Bulldogs men's basketball

Yale Bulldogs

2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

University

Yale University

First season

1896

Conference

Ivy League

Location

New Haven, CT

Head coach

James Jones (17th year)

Arena

Payne Whitney Gymnasium
(Capacity: 2,532)

Nickname

Bulldogs

Colors

Yale Blue and White^[1]

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 appearances

1949, 1957, 1962, 2016

Conference regular season champions

1902, 1903, 1907, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1933, 1949, 1957, 1962, 1963, 2002, 2015, 2016

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 (capacity 2,532). 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]

Yale has won six Ivy League championships – 1957, 1962, 1963, 2002, 2015, and 2016. Before the official formation of the Ivy League, there was the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League – the forerunner to the Ivy Group. Yale won eight EIBL titles – 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, preventing Yale from reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time 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 four NCAA Tournaments overall (in 1949, 1957, 1962, and 2016). On March 17, 2016, Yale defeated the Baylor Bears 79–75 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament for the school's first-ever Tournament victory.

Postseason history

NCAA Tournament results

Yale has appeared in the NCAA Tournament four times. The Bulldogs' combined record is 1–5.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
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

NIT results

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

Year	Round	Opponent	Result/Score
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/Score
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". Yale.edu. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
↑ http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2010-11/files/2010-11_quick_facts.pdf
↑ 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 (14 March 2015). "Late Shot Extends Harvard’s Run and Yale’s Drought in Ivy League". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

External links

Official website

Yale Bulldogs men's basketball

Venues	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1932–present)

Culture & lore	History Handsome Dan

People	Head coaches Retired jerseys

Seasons	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 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 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold

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	No conference tournament Player of the Year

Seasons	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 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 2015–16

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