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
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