2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team The 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 18th-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 18–11, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. In the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Harvard before losing to Princeton in the championship game. The Bulldogs finished the 2015–16 season 23–7, 13–1 in
2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament The 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason conference tournament for the Ivy League. The tournament was March 11 and 12, 2017 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The tournament marked the first postseason tournament held by the Ivy League in men's basketball. Princeton, the regular season champions and undefeated in conference play, beat Yale in the championship to win the tournament championship. As a result, Princeton received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Ivy League was the last NCAA Division I