2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2021–22
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2022–23
Team:Yale Bulldogs
Conference:Ivy League
Short Conf:Ivy
Record:19–12
Conf Record:11–3
Hc Year:22nd
Assoc Coach:Matt Kingsley
Asst Coach2:Justin Simon
Asst Coach3:Alington Paul
Champion:Ivy League tournament champions
Bowl Result:First Round

The 2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 22nd-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. They finished the season 19–12, 11–3 in Ivy League play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated Penn and Princeton to win the Ivy League tournament. They received the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 14 seed in the East Region, where they lost in the first round to Purdue.

Previous seasons

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ivy League chose not to conduct a season in 2020–21.[1] [2] The 2019–20 Bulldogs' team went 23–8 and won the Ivy League regular season title. The Ivy League tournament was canceled on March 10 and Yale was awarded the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament,[3] which was canceled on March 11.[4]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Ivy League regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Ivy League tournament|-|-!colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournamentSource[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ivy League cancels basketball season for 2020-21 as part of ban on winter sports due to COVID-19. November 7, 2021. CBSSports.com. en.
  2. Web site: 2020-11-13. What the Ivy League's canceling its seasons means for college basketball, other sports. 2021-11-30. ESPN.com. en.
  3. Web site: Ivy League cancels conference basketball tournaments because of coronavirus . ESPN.com. 10 March 2020.
  4. Web site: NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships. March 12, 2020. NCAA.org. en.
  5. News: 2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule. Yale University. December 22, 2021. en.