Yale Bulldogs men's basketball Yale Bulldogs men's basketball The Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, competing in the Ivy League. The team plays home games in the John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium (capacity 2,532). The current head coach is James Jones. Yale has been named national champion on six occasions – in 1896, 1897, 1899, and 1900 by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll, which began retroactive selections with the 1895–96 season; and in 1901 and 1903 by the Helms Athletic Foundation, which began retroactive selections with the 1900–01 season. Penn and Yale played in the
Yale Bulldogs football the attendance qualification. Choosing to stay together rather than stand their ground separately in the increasingly competitive I-A subdivision, the Ivy League moved down into I-AA starting with the 1982 season. Yale has been both an independent and affiliated with the Ivy League. Yale has won 27 national championships from NCAA-designated major selectors. Yale claims each of these championships. Yale has won fifteen conference championships, all in the Ivy League, with eight outright and seven shared. † Co-championship Career records of Yale head coaches. Harvard and Yale have been competing against each other in football since 1875. The annual rivalry