2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 18–11 (9–5 Ivy) |
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Home arena | John J. Lee Amphitheater |
Seasons |
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x-Princeton † | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 8 | – | 21 | .276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Ivy League champions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner |
The 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 18th-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 18–11, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. In the inaugural Ivy League tournament, they defeated Harvard before losing to Princeton in the championship game.
Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2015–16 season 23–7, 13–1 in Ivy League to win the Ivy League championship. They received the Ivy's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first NCAA bid since 1962, where they defeated Baylor in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Duke.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
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Khaliq Ghani | 00 | G | 6'5" | 205 | Senior | Inglewood, CA | Graduated |
Jack Montague | 4 | G | 6'0" | 185 | Senior | Brentwood, TN | Expelled |
Nick Victor | 21 | G | 6'5" | 220 | Senior | Dallas, TX | Graduated |
Justin Sears | 22 | F | 6'8" | 205 | Senior | Plainfield, NJ | Graduated |
Brandon Sherrod | 35 | F | 6'6" | 240 | Senior | Bridgeport, CT | Graduated |
Sem Kroon | 50 | F | 6'10" | 240 | Sophomore | Riverside, CT | Left the team for personal reasons |
2016 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Jordan Bruner PF | Columbia, SC | Spring Valley High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Nov 13, 2015 | |
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Eric Monroe PG | San Diego, CA | Saint Augustine High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | Aug 4, 2015 | |
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Miye Oni SF | Porter Ranch, CA | Viewpoint School, Suffield Academy | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Jul 1, 2015 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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2017 Recruiting class
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Azar Swain SG | Boston, MA | The Rivers School | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 160 lb (73 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59 | ||||||
Jalen Gabbidon SG | Harrisburg, PA | Glenelg Country School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Aug 7, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Paul Atkinson PF | Palm Beach Gardens, FL | Westminster Academy | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 220 lb (100 kg) | Sep 4, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2016* 5:00 pm, P12N | at Washington | W 98–90 | 1–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,456) Seattle, WA | |||||||
11/17/2016* 7:00 pm | Lehigh | W 89–81 OT | 2–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,062) New Haven, CT | |||||||
11/20/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at No. 8 Virginia | W 62–38 | 2–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (14,242) Charlottesville, VA | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at Pittsburgh | L 70–75 | 2–2 | Petersen Events Center (6,719) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
11/26/2016* 1:00 pm | at Vermont | L 65–67 | 2–3 | Patrick Gym (2,173) Burlington, VT | |||||||
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | at Bryant | L 70–79 | 2–4 | Chace Athletic Center Smithfield, RI | |||||||
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | Albany | W 59–55 | 3–4 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,204) New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/08/2016* 8:00 pm | at Sacred Heart | W 66–52 | 4–4 | William H. Pitt Center Fairfield, CT | |||||||
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | Delaware | W 81–63 | 5–4 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,014) New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/13/2016* 7:00 pm | Central Connecticut | W 90–59 | 6–4 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (756) New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/22/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at Temple | L 77–83 | 6–5 | Liacouras Center (4,775) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/02/2017* 7:00 pm | Hartford | W 88–72 | 7–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (747) New Haven, CT | |||||||
01/07/2017* 2:00 pm | Mitchell | W 102–46 | 8–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (739) New Haven, CT | |||||||
Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
01/13/2017 8:00 pm | at Penn | W 68–60 | 9–5 (1–0) | Palestra (2,903) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
01/14/2017 8:00 pm, ONE | at Princeton | L 58–66 | 9–6 (1–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,262) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
01/20/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Brown | W 75–74 | 10–6 (2–1) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,217) Providence, NJ | |||||||
01/27/2017 8:00 pm | Brown | W 85–75 | 11–6 (3–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,673) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/03/2017 7:00 pm | at Columbia | W 87–78 | 12–6 (4–1) | Levien Gymnasium (2,187) New York City, NY | |||||||
02/04/2017 6:00 pm | at Cornell | W 78–71 | 13–6 (5–1) | Newman Arena (875) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
02/10/2017 7:00 pm | Dartmouth | W 73–64 | 14–6 (6–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,284) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/11/2017 7:00 pm, ONE | Harvard | L 67–75 | 14–7 (6–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/17/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | Princeton | L 52–71 | 14–8 (6–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,846) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/18/2017 1:00 pm, ASN | Penn | L 55–71 | 14–9 (6–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,567) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/24/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Harvard | L 64–77 | 14–10 (6–5) | Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
02/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Dartmouth | W 99–86 | 15–10 (7–5) | Leede Arena (937) Hanover, NH | |||||||
03/03/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Cornell | W 90–63 | 16–10 (8–5) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,411) New Haven, CT | |||||||
03/04/2017 7:00 pm | Columbia | W 75–71 | 17–10 (9–5) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,787) New Haven, CT | |||||||
Ivy League Men's tournament | |||||||||||
03/11/2017 4:00 pm, ESPNU | (3) | vs. (2) Harvard Semifnals | W 73–71 | 18–10 | The Palestra (8,722) Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
03/12/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3) | vs. (1) Princeton Championship | L 59–71 | 18–11 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | RV | Not released | ||||||||||||||||||
Coaches' | RV | RV |
References
- ^ 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball schedule