The 2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Bulldogs, led by seventeenth-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 23–7, 13–1 in Ivy League play, to win the Ivy League championship. They received the Ivy's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first NCAA bid since 1962, where they defeated Baylor in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to

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Previous season

The

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lost their

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against

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53–51. Despite having posted an 11–3 Ivy League record and a 22–10 overall record the Bulldogs were not invited to a postseason tournament.

Departures

Recruiting

Recruiting class of 2016

Roster

Schedule

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References

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