2018–19 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
Appearance
2018–19 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball | |
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Ivy League regular season co-champions Ivy League Tournament champions | |
NCAA Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 22–8 (10–4 Ivy) |
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Home arena | John J. Lee Amphitheater |
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x-Harvard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x-Yale † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† 2019 Ivy League tournament winner |
The 2018–19 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 20th-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League.
Previous season
The Bulldogs finished the 2017–18 season 16–15, 9–5 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. In the Ivy League Tournament, they lost to Penn in the semifinal round.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Noah Yates | 4 | F | 6'7" | 195 | Senior | Point Pleasant Beach, NJ | Graduated |
Eric Anderson | 10 | G | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | West Chester, PA | Graduated |
Makai Mason | 11 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Senior | Greenfield, MA | Transferred to Baylor |
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 | |||||||||||
November 9, 2018* 11:00 pm, ESPNU |
vs. California Pac-12 China Game |
W 76–59 | 1–0 |
Baoshan Sports Center (4,048) Shanghai, China | |||||||
November 17, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Memphis | L 102–109 2OT | 1–1 |
FedExForum (14,646) Memphis, TN | |||||||
November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Vermont | L 70–79 | 1–2 |
Patrick Gym (2,582) Burlington, VT | |||||||
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm |
at Bryant | W 103–61 | 2–2 |
Chace Athletic Center (982) Smithfield, RI | |||||||
December 1, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Miami (FL) Hoophall Miami Invitational |
W 77–73 | 3–2 |
American Airlines Center (5,749) Miami, FL | |||||||
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Lehigh | W 97–87 | 4–2 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (847) New Haven, CT | |||||||
December 8, 2018* 5:30 pm, ESPN |
at No. 3 Duke | L 58–91 | 4–3 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC | |||||||
December 11, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Albany | W 71–63 | 5–3 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (904) New Haven, CT | |||||||
December 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Monmouth | W 66–58 | 6–3 |
OceanFirst Bank Center (4,100) West Long Branch, NJ | |||||||
December 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Iona | W 99–84 | 7–3 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,136) New Haven, CT | |||||||
January 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Kennesaw State | W 92–65 | 8–3 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (784) New Haven, CT | |||||||
January 5, 2019* 10:00 pm |
at Cal State Northridge | W 94–90 OT | 9–3 |
Matadome (1,138) Northridge, CA | |||||||
January 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Skidmore | W 88–59 | 10–3 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (632) New Haven, CT | |||||||
Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
January 19, 2019 3:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Brown | W 70–67 | 11–3 (1–0) |
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,363) Providence, RI | |||||||
January 25, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Brown | W 79–71 | 12–3 (2–0) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,094) New Haven, CT | |||||||
February 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at Harvard | L 49–65 | 12–4 (2–1) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Allston, MA | |||||||
February 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Dartmouth | W 89–68 | 13–4 (3–1) |
Leede Arena (989) Hanover, NH | |||||||
February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Princeton | W 74–60 | 14–4 (4–1) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,767) New Haven, CT | |||||||
February 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Penn | W 78–65 | 15–4 (5–1) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,185) New Haven, CT | |||||||
February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Columbia | W 70–64 | 16–4 (6–1) |
Levien Gymnasium (1,532) New York, NY | |||||||
February 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Cornell | W 98–92 | 17–4 (7–1) |
Newman Arena (3,614) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNews |
Dartmouth | W 77–59 | 18–4 (8–1) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,241) New Haven, CT | |||||||
February 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Harvard | L 86–88 | 18–5 (8–2) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT | |||||||
March 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Cornell | W 88–65 | 19–5 (9–2) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,344) New Haven, CT | |||||||
March 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Columbia | L 75–83 | 19–6 (9–3) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,688) New Haven, CT | |||||||
March 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Penn | L 66–77 | 19–7 (9–4) |
The Palestra (2,968) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
March 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Princeton | W 81–59 | 20–7 (10–4) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,794) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
Ivy League Tournament | |||||||||||
March 16, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPNU |
(2) | (3) Princeton Semifinals |
W 83–77 | 21–7 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,633) New Haven, CT | ||||||
March 17, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(2) | (1) Harvard Championship |
W 97–85 | 22–7 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,572) New Haven, CT | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 21, 2019 12:40 pm, truTV |
(14 E) | vs. (3 E) No. 12 LSU First Round |
L 74–79 | 22–8 |
VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena (12,429) Jacksonville, FL | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |