2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Ivy League champions | |
NCAA tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 23–7 (13–1 Ivy) |
Head coach |
|
Assistant coaches |
|
Home arena | John J. Lee Amphitheater |
Seasons |
| Conf | Overall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x-Yale † | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 22 | – | 7 | .759 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Ivy League champions † – NCAA Tournament participant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by seventeenth year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the 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.
Previous season
The Bulldogs lost their One-game playoff against Harvard 53–51. Despite having posted an 11–3 Ivy League record and a 22–10 overall record the Bulldogs weren't invited to a postseason tournament.
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Armani Cotton | 12 | G | 6'7" | 215 | Senior | New York City, NY | Graduated |
Javier Duren | 20 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Senior | St. Louis, MO | Graduated |
Grey Kelley | 32 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Senior | Newton, MA | Graduated |
Matt Townsend | 42 | F | 6'7" | 240 | Senior | Chappaqua, NY | Graduated |
Recruiting
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Copeland #78 PG | North Hollywood, CA | Harvard-Westlake High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Jun 7, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 68 | ||||||
Eli Lininger #83 SF | Eugene, OR | South Eugene High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Oct 21, 2013 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 67 | ||||||
Matt Greene #121 PF | New York City, NY | Hotchkiss School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Jul 28, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 55 | ||||||
Trey Phills SG | Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Christian School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 14, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Blake Reynolds PF | Jackson, MO | Jackson High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Sep 25, 2014 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
Sources:
|
Recruiting class of 2016
US college sports recruiting information for 2016 recruits | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Eric Monroe #63 PG | San Diego, CA | Saint Augustine High School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 69 | ||||||
Miye Oni SF | Suffield, CT | 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 | ||||||
Overall recruiting rankings: | ||||||
Sources:
|
Roster
2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Roster |
Schedule
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/13/2015* 3:00 pm | vs. Fairfield Connecticut 6 Classic | W 70–57 | 1–0 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT | |||||||
11/16/2015* 7:00 pm | Sacred Heart Connecticut 6 Classic | W 99–77[1] | 2–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (778) New Haven, CT | |||||||
11/19/2015* 7:00 pm | at Lehigh | W 79–67 | 3–0 | Stabler Arena (995) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
11/22/2015* 4:30 pm, ESPNews | at SMU | L 69–71 | 3–1 | Moody Coliseum (6,852) Dallas, TX | |||||||
11/25/2015* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | at No. 6 Duke | L 61–80 | 3–2 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC | |||||||
11/29/2015* 2:00 pm | at Albany | L 54–88 | 3–3 | SEFCU Arena (2,418) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/02/2015* 7:00 pm | Bryant | W 79–40 | 4–3 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (696) New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/05/2015* 2:00 pm | Vermont | W 72–54 | 5–3 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,114) New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/09/2015* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Illinois | L 65–69 | 5–4 | State Farm Center (11,648) Champaign, IL | |||||||
12/13/2015* 4:00 pm, P12N | at USC | L 56–68 | 5–5 | Galen Center (4,117) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
12/30/2015* 7:00 pm | at Central Connecticut | W 62–42 | 6–5 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (1,237) New Britain, CT | |||||||
01/02/2016* 7:00 pm | at Hartford | W 88–53 | 7–5 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,133) Hartford, CT | |||||||
01/06/2016* 7:00 pm | NJIT | W 83–65 | 8–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (886) New Haven, CT | |||||||
01/08/2016* 7:00 pm | Daniel Webster | W 94–53 | 9–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (622) New Haven, CT | |||||||
Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
01/16/2016 5:00 pm | Brown | W 77–68 | 10–5 (1–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,878) New Haven, CT | |||||||
01/23/2016 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Brown | W 90–66 | 11–5 (2–0) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,302) Providence, RI | |||||||
01/29/2016 7:00 pm | Penn | W 81–58 | 12–5 (3–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,666) New Haven, CT | |||||||
01/30/2016 7:00 pm | Princeton | W 79–75 | 13–5 (4–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,187) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/05/2016 5:00 pm, FS1 | Columbia | W 86–72 | 14–5 (5–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,219) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/06/2016 7:00 pm | Cornell | W 83–52 | 15–5 (6–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,684) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/12/2016 7:00 pm | at Dartmouth | W 75–65 | 16–5 (7–0) | Leede Arena (787) Hanover, NH | |||||||
02/13/2016 7:00 pm | at Harvard | W 67–55 | 17–5 (8–0) | Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
02/19/2016 7:00 pm | at Princeton | L 63–75 | 17–6 (8–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (4,211) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
02/20/2016 6:00 pm | at Penn | W 79–58 | 18–6 (9–1) | The Palestra (3,246) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
02/26/2016 7:00 pm, FS1 | Harvard | W 59–50 | 19–6 (10–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT | |||||||
02/27/2016 8:00 pm, ASN | Dartmouth | W 76–71 OT | 20–6 (11–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,018) New Haven, CT | |||||||
03/04/2016 6:00 pm, ASN | at Cornell | W 88–64 | 21–6 (12–1) | Newman Arena (1,734) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
03/05/2016 7:00 pm | at Columbia | W 71–55 | 22–6 (13–1) | Levien Gymnasium (2,720) New York City, NY | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
03/17/2016* 2:45 pm, CBS | (12 W) | vs. (5 W) No. 21 Baylor First Round | W 79–75 | 23–6 | Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,656) Providence, RI | ||||||
03/19/2016* 2:40 pm, CBS | (12 W) | vs. (4 W) No. 19 Duke Second Round | L 64–71 | 23–7 | Dunkin' Donuts Center (11,679) Providence, RI | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Source: 2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball schedule[2]