Yale Bulldogs men's basketball

Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
2024–25 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team
UniversityYale University
First season1896 (1896)
Head coachJames Jones (26th season)
ConferenceIvy League
LocationNew Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
ArenaPayne Whitney Gymnasium
(capacity: 2,532)
NicknameBulldogs
Student sectionTBD
ColorsYale blue and white
   
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA tournament Elite Eight
1949
Other NCAA tournament results
Appearances1949, 1957, 1962, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1896, 1897, 1899, 1900
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1901, 1903
Conference tournament champions
2019, 2022, 2024, 2025
Conference regular-season champions
1902, 1903, 1907, 1915, 1917, 1923, 1933, 1949, 1957, 1962, 2002, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2025

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. The team has reached the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament eight times, in 1949, 1957, 1962, 2016, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2025. The current head coach is James Jones.