2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference Ivy League
2016–17 record 3–4 (0–0 Ivy)
Head coach James Jones (18th year)
Assistant coach Matt Kingsley
Assistant coach Justin Simon
Assistant coach Anthony Goins
Home arena John J. Lee Amphitheater
2016–17 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Brown 0 0       5 4   .556
Columbia 0 0       3 4   .429
Yale 0 0       3 4   .429
Princeton 0 0       2 3   .400
Harvard 0 0       2 4   .333
Penn 0 0       2 4   .333
Cornell 0 0       2 5   .286
Dartmouth 0 0       0 6   .000
2017 Ivy League Tournament winner

The 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Yale University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by eighteenth year head coach James Jones, play their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and are members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Bulldogs 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.

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Khaliq Ghani 00 G 6'5" 205 Senior Inglewood, CA Graduated
Jake Montague 4 G 6'0" 185 Senior Brentwood, TN Graduated
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 due to personal reasons

Recruiting

Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Jordan Bruner
#38 PF
Columbia, SC Spring Valley High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Nov 13, 2015 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 79
Eric Monroe
#62 PG
San Diego, CA Saint Augustine High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Aug 4, 2015 
Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 69
Miye Oni
SF
Porter Ranch, CA Viewpoint School, Suffield Academy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jul 1, 2015 
Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

Recruiting class of 2017

Roster

2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Home town
G 1 Dallier, AnthonyAnthony Dallier (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Northfield Mount Hermon Wexford, PA
G 2 Monroe, EricEric Monroe 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Fr St. Augustine San Diego, CA
G 3 Copeland, AlexAlex Copeland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Harvard-Westlake Los Angeles, CA
F 10 Anderson, EricEric Anderson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Haverford School West Chester, PA
G 11 Mason, MakaiMakai Mason 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Hotchkiss School Greenfield, MA
G 13 Phills, TreyTrey Phills 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) So Charlotte Chrisitian Charlotte, NC
F 20 Greene, MattMatt Greene 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Hotchkiss School Brooklyn, NY
F 22 Williams, AustinAustin Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Bolles School Jacksonville, FL
F 23 Bruner, JordanJordan Bruner 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Fr Spring Valley Columbia, SC
G 24 Oni, MiyeMiye Oni 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Viewpoint
Suffield Academy
Porter Ranch, CA
G 25 Edwards, A. J.A. J. Edwards 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr South Kent School Seattle, WA
G 30 Russell, LandonLandon Russell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Nolan Catholic Fort Worth, TX
F 32 Reynolds, BlakeBlake Reynolds 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Jackson Jackson, MO
G 34 Ryan, ThomasThomas Ryan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Hotchkiss School New York City, NY
F 44 Downey, SamSam Downey 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Lake Forest Lake Forest, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (Attendance)
City, State
Non-conference regular season

11/13/2016*
5:00 PM, P12N
at Washington W 98–90  1–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (7,456)
Seattle, WA

11/17/2016*
7:00 PM
Lehigh W 89–81 OT 2–0
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,062)
New Haven, CT

11/20/2016*
1:00 PM, ACCN Extra
at No. 8 Virginia L 62–38  2–1
John Paul Jones Arena (14,242)
Charlottesville, VA

11/22/2016*
7:00 PM, ACCN Extra
at Pittsburgh L 70–75  2–2
Petersen Events Center (6,719)
Pittsburgh, PA

11/26/2016*
1:00 PM
at Vermont L 65–67  2–3
Patrick Gym (2,173)
Burlington, VT

11/30/2016*
7:00 PM
at Bryant L 70–79  2–4
Chace Athletic Center 
Smithfield, RI

12/03/2016*
2:00 PM
Albany W 59–55  3–4
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,204)
New Haven, CT

12/08/2016*
8:00 PM
at Sacred Heart   
William H. Pitt Center 
Fairfield, CT

12/11/2016*
2:00 PM
Delaware   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

12/13/2016*
7:00 PM
Central Connecticut   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

12/22/2016*
7:00 PM, ESPNU
at Temple   
Liacouras Center 
Philadelphia, PA

01/02/2017*
7:00 PM
Hartford   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

01/07/2017*
2:00 PM
Mitchell   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
Ivy League regular season

01/13/2017
8:00 PM
at Penn   
Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA

01/14/2017
8:00 PM, ONE
at Princeton   
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ

01/20/2017
8:00 PM, ESPN3
at Brown   
Pizzitola Sports Center 
Providence, NJ

01/27/2017
8:00 PM
Brown   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

02/03/2017
at Columbia   
Levien Gymnasium 
New York City, NY

02/04/2017
6:00 PM
at Cornell   
Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY

02/10/2017
7:00 PM
Dartmouth   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

02/11/2017
7:00 PM, ONE
Harvard   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

02/17/2017
8:00 PM
Princeton   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

02/18/2017
1:00 PM, ASN
Penn   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

02/24/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3
at Harvard   
Lavietes Pavilion 
Cambridge, MA

02/25/2017
7:00 PM
at Dartmouth   
Leede Arena 
Hanover, NH

03/03/2017
7:00 PM, ESPN3
Cornell   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT

03/04/2017
7:00 PM
Columbia   
John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
Ivy Men's Tournament

03/11–12/2017
vs.    
Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

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