2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Yale Bulldogs Yale Bulldogs script.svg 150 Ivy League Ivy 23–7 13–1 James Jones 17th Matt Kingsley Justin Simon Anthony Goins John J. Lee Amphitheater Ivy League champions NCAA tournament Second Round 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 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. 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 were not 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 no 2015 Alex Copeland #78 PG North Hollywood, CA Harvard-Westlake High School 6 2 165 06/07/2014 0 0 68 Eli Lininger #83 SF Eugene, OR South Eugene High School 6 5 210 10/21/2013 0 0 67 Matt Greene #121 PF New York City, NY Hotchkiss School 6 6 210 07/28/2014 0 0 55 Trey Phills SG Charlotte, NC Charlotte Christian School 6 2 180 09/14/2014 0 0 NR Blake Reynolds PF Jackson, MO Jackson High School 6 7 190 09/25/2014 0 0 NR 2015 Yale Commit List for 2015 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Yale Bulldogs Basketball Recruiting 2015 2015-10-06 yes Recruiting class of 2016 yes 2016 Eric Monroe #63 PG San Diego, CA Saint Augustine High School 6 2 170 0 0 69 Miye Oni SF Suffield, CT Suffield Academy 6 6 190 07/01/2015 0 0 NR 2016 Yale Commit List for 2016 Men's Basketball Recruiting ESPN – Yale Bulldogs Basketball Recruiting 2016 2015-10-06 yes Roster 2015 Yale Bulldogs y y Khaliq Ghani 00 G 6 5 205 SR Inglewood, CA Loyola Anthony Dallier 1 G 6 6 190 JR Wexford, PA Northfield Mount Hermon Alex Copeland 3 G 6 3 170 FR Los Angeles, CA Harvard-Westlake Jake Montague 4 G 6 0 185 SR Brentwood, TN Brentwood Eric Anderson 5 G/F 6 7 215 SO West Chester, PA Haverford School Makai Mason y 11 G 6 1 185 SO Greenfield, MA Hotchkiss School Trey Phills 13 G 6 2 185 FR Charlotte, NC Charlotte Christian Matt Greene 20 F 6 7 205 FR Brooklyn, NY Hotchkiss School Nick Victor 21 G 6 5 220 SR Dallas, TX Winchendon Justin Sears y 22 F 6 8 205 SR Plainfield, NJ Plainfield Landon Russell 23 G 6 2 180 SO Fort Worth, TX Nolan Catholic A. J. Edwards 25 G 6 5 190 JR Seattle, WA South Kent School Blake Reynolds 32 F 6 7 220 FR Jackson, MO Jackson Thomas Ryan 34 G 6 4 190 FR New York City, NY Hotchkiss School Brandon Sherrod 35 F 6 6 240 SR Bridgeport, CT Choate Rosemary Hall Eli Lininger 42 F 6 6 200 FR Eugene, OR South Eugene Sam Downey 44 F 6 9 230 JR Lake Forest, IL Lake Forest Sem Kroon 50 F 6 10 240 SO Riverside, CT Northfield Mount Hermon James Jones (Albany) Matt Kingsley (Wesleyan) Justin Simon (Yale) Anthony Goins (St. John's) https://yalebulldogs.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/2015-16 September 2, 2024 Schedule 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2015 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00449E; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season November 13, 2015 3:00 p.m. yes yes Fairfield William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT Connecticut 6 Classic   70–57 1–0 November 16, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes Sacred Heart John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT Connecticut 6 Classic 778 99–77Yale sweeps Fairfield, Conn., knocks off Sacred Heart, 99–77 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/_/id/2529 ESPN.com 17 November 2015 2–0 November 19, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes Lehigh Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA 995 79–67 3–0 November 22, 2015 4:30 p.m. yes yes SMU Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX 6,852 ESPNews 69–71 3–1 November 25, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes Duke 6 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 9,314 ESPNU 61–80 3–2 November 29, 2015 2:00 p.m. yes yes Albany SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 2,418 54–88 3–3 December 2, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes Bryant John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 696 79–40 4–3 December 5, 2015 2:00 p.m. yes Vermont John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 1,114 72–54 5–3 December 9, 2015 8:00 p.m. yes yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL 11,648 ESPN3 65–69 5–4 December 13, 2015 4:00 p.m. yes yes USC Galen Center Los Angeles, CA 4,117 P12N 56–68 5–5 December 30, 2015 7:00 p.m. yes yes Central Connecticut William H. Detrick Gymnasium New Britain, CT 1,237 62–42 6–5 January 2, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes yes Hartford Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT 1,133 88–53 7–5 January 6, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes NJIT John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 886 83–65 8–5 January 8, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes Daniel Webster John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 622 94–53 9–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00449E; color:#FFFFFF;"| Ivy League regular season January 16, 2016 5:00 p.m. Brown John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 1,878 77–68 10–5 1–0 January 23, 2016 5:00 p.m. yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 1,302 ESPN3 90–66 11–5 2–0 January 29, 2016 7:00 p.m. Penn John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 1,666 81–58 12–5 3–0 January 30, 2016 7:00 p.m. Princeton John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 2,187 79–75 13–5 4–0 February 5, 2016 5:00 p.m. Columbia John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 2,219 FS1 86–72 14–5 5–0 February 6, 2016 7:00 p.m. Cornell John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 1,684 83–52 15–5 6–0 February 12, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 787 75–65 16–5 7–0 February 13, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 67–55 17–5 8–0 February 19, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 4,211 63–75 17–6 8–1 February 20, 2016 6:00 p.m. yes Penn The Palestra Philadelphia, PA 3,246 79–58 18–6 9–1 February 26, 2016 7:00 p.m. Harvard John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 2,532 FS1 59–50 19–6 10–1 February 27, 2016 8:00 p.m. Dartmouth John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 2,018 ASN 76–71 OT 20–6 11–1 March 4, 2016 6:00 p.m. yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,734 ASN 88–64 21–6 12–1 March 5, 2016 7:00 p.m. yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,720 71–55 22–6 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00449E; color:#FFFFFF;"|NCAA tournament March 17, 2016 2:45 p.m. yes yes 12 W 5 W Baylor 21 Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI First Round 11,656 CBS 79–75 23–6 March 19, 2016 2:40 p.m. yes yes 12 W 4 W Duke 19 Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, RI Second Round 11,679 CBS 64–71 23–7 AP poll Eastern W West Source:http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/schedule 2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball schedule 2015-10-06 2015-10-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20151002060215/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/m-baskbl/2015-16/schedule dead References Category:Yale Bulldogs men's basketball seasons Yale Yale Yale Bulldogs Yale Bulldogs