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 play, 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 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
2017 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Ivy League regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Ivy League men's tournament
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Rankings
References