2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
Ivy League tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	19–12 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coach	James Jones (22nd season);
Associate head coach	Matt Kingsley
Assistant coaches	Justin Simon; Alington Paul;
Home arena	John J. Lee Amphitheater
	Seasons ← 2019–20 2022–23 →

2021–22 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Princeton	12	–	2	.857	23	–	7	.767
Yale †	11	–	3	.786	19	–	12	.613
Penn	9	–	5	.643	12	–	16	.429
Cornell	7	–	7	.500	15	–	11	.577
Dartmouth	6	–	8	.429	9	–	16	.360
Harvard	5	–	9	.357	13	–	13	.500
Brown	5	–	9	.357	13	–	16	.448
Columbia	1	–	13	.071	4	–	22	.154

† 2022 Ivy League Tournament winner

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]

Roster

2021–22 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Jalen Gabbidon	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
G	1	Eze Dike	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Montreal, Quebec
G	2	Bez Mbeng	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Potomac, Maryland
G	3	August Mahoney	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Saratoga Springs, New York
G	4	John Poulakidas	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Naperville, Illinois
G	5	Azar Swain	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Brockton, Massachusetts
G	10	Matthue Cotton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Voorhees, New Jersey
G	11	Emir Buyukhanli	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Ankara, Turkey
G	12	Teo Rice	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Bethesda, Maryland
G	13	Michael Feinberg	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Hidden Hills, California
F	14	Jameel Alausa	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
F	15	EJ Jarvis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Washington, D.C.
F	20	Jack Molloy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Greenwich, Connecticut
F	21	Luke Kolaja	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	Montclair, New Jersey
F	22	Matt Knowling	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Ellington, Connecticut
F	23	Yussif Basa-Ama	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Bolgatanga, Ghana
G	24	Yassine Gharram	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	San Diego, California
F	30	Jake Lanford	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Charleston, South Carolina
F	35	Isaiah Kelly	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Augusta, Georgia

Head coach

James Jones (Albany)

Assistant coach(es)

Matt Kingsley (Wesleyan)
Justin Simon (Yale)
Alington Paul (SUNY Delhi)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 22, 2021

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Vassar	W 88–42	1–0	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,468) New Haven, CT
November 12, 2021* 8:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass	W 91–71	2–0	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,590) New Haven, CT
November 14, 2021* 12:00 pm, FS1		at Seton Hall Fort Myers Tip-Off campus-site game	L 44–80	2–1	Prudential Center (8,265) Newark, NJ
November 16, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Siena	W 82–54	3–1	Times Union Center (4,729) Albany, NY
November 19, 2021* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Vermont	L 53–61	3–2	Patrick Gym (2,188) Burlington, VT
November 23, 2021* 12:00 pm		vs. Southern Utah Fort Myers Tip-Off Palms semifinals	L 85–88 ^OT	3–3	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (573) Ft. Myers, FL
November 24, 2021* 11:00 am		vs. Milwaukee Fort Myers Tip-Off Palms consolation game	W 69–56	4–3	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (333) Ft. Myers, FL
November 28, 2021* 1:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+		Stony Brook	L 81–85	4–4	John J. Lee Amphitheater (568) New Haven, CT
December 1, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Lehigh	W 82–72	5–4	John J. Lee Amphitheater (636) New Haven, CT
December 4, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 21 Auburn	L 64–86	5–5	Auburn Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL
December 7, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Albany	W 71–52	6–5	John J. Lee Amphitheater (777) New Haven, CT
December 12, 2021* 7:00 pm, FloSports.TV		vs. Iona Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational	L 77–91	6–6	Barclays Center (7,124) Brooklyn, NY
December 14, 2021* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Monmouth	L 60–69	6–7	John J. Lee Amphitheater (892) New Haven, CT
December 23, 2021* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Howard	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues at Howard		John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
December 28, 2021* 10:00 pm		at Saint Mary's	L 60–87	6–8	University Credit Union Pavilion (2,904) Moraga, CA
Ivy League regular season
January 2, 2021 12:00 pm, NESN+/ESPN+		Columbia	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues		John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
January 7, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dartmouth	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues		Leede Arena Hanover, NH
January 9, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPNU		at Harvard	Postponed due to COVID-19 issues		Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
January 15, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Cornell	W 96–69	7–8 (1–0)	John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
January 17, 2022 5:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+		at Brown	W 66–63	8–8 (2–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center (525) Providence, RI
January 22, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN+		at Penn	L 68–76	8–9 (2–1)	The Palestra (125) Philadelphia, PA
January 25, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Columbia Rescheduled from January 2	W 83–72	9–9 (3–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (0) New Haven, CT
January 29, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Princeton	W 80–74	10–9 (4–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (241) Princeton, NJ
February 4, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Dartmouth	W 72–69	11–9 (5–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (125) New Haven, CT
February 5, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Harvard	W 58–55	12–9 (6–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,104) New Haven, CT
February 9, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Harvard Rescheduled from January 9	W 62–59	13–9 (7–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,325) Boston, MA
February 12, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Columbia	W 84–59	14–9 (8–1)	Levien Gymnasium (977) New York, NY
February 18, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Penn	W 81–72	15–9 (9–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT
February 19, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Princeton	L 75–81	15–10 (9–2)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,268) New Haven, CT
February 22, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		Dartmouth Rescheduled from January 7	W 66–61	16–10 (10–2)	Leede Arena (473) Hanover, NH
February 26, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cornell	L 65–71	16–11 (10–3)	Newman Arena (0) Ithaca, NY
March 5, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Brown	W 74–65	17–11 (11–3)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,203) New Haven, CT
Ivy League tournament
March 12, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPNU	(2)	vs. (3) Penn Semifinals	W 67–61	18–11	Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
March 13, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(2)	vs. (1) Princeton Championship	W 66–64	19–11	Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
NCAA tournament
March 18, 2022 2:00 p.m., TBS	(14 E)	vs. (3 E) No. 10 Purdue First Round	L 56–78	19–12	Fiserv Forum (17,500) Milwaukee, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[5]

References

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

[1] "Ivy League cancels basketball season for 2020-21 as part of ban on winter sports due to COVID-19". CBSSports.com. Retrieved November 7, 2021.

[2] "What the Ivy League's canceling its seasons means for college basketball, other sports". ESPN.com. November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2021.

[3] "Ivy League cancels conference basketball tournaments because of coronavirus". ESPN.com. March 10, 2020.

[4] "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships". NCAA.org. March 12, 2020.

[5] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". Yale University. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

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