2019–20 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

2019–20 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
2019–20 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
Ivy League regular season champions
Conference	Ivy League
Record	23–7 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coach	James Jones (21st season);
Associate head coach	Matt Kingsley
Assistant coaches	Justin Simon; Tobe Carberry;
Home arena	John J. Lee Amphitheater
	Seasons ← 2018–19 2021–22 →

The 2019–20 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represent Yale University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 21st-year head coach James Jones, play their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League. The Bulldogs earned the league's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament by being the regular season conference champions, after it was announced on March 10, 2020 that the Ivy League tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

ConferenceIvy League

Record23–7 (11–3 Ivy)

Headcoach

James Jones (21st season)

Associate headcoachMatt Kingsley

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2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
x-Yale	11	–	3	.786	23	–	7	.767
Harvard	10	–	4	.714	21	–	8	.724
Princeton	9	–	5	.643	14	–	13	.519
Penn	8	–	6	.571	16	–	11	.593
Brown	8	–	6	.571	15	–	12	.556
Dartmouth	5	–	9	.357	12	–	17	.414
Cornell	4	–	10	.286	7	–	20	.259
Columbia	1	–	13	.071	6	–	24	.200

x – Ivy League champions Ivy League tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, SNY		at Stony Brook	W 74–69 ^OT	1–0	Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,183) Stony Brook, NY
November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Oberlin	W 94–37	2–0	John J. Lee Amphitheater (642) New Haven, CT
November 11, 2019* 9:00 pm		at San Francisco	L 79–84 ^OT	2–1	War Memorial Gymnasium (1,727) San Francisco, CA
November 17, 2019* 2:30 pm, ESPN+		at Oklahoma State NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game	L 57–64	2–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,260) Stillwater, OK
November 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Siena	W 100–89 ^3OT	3–2	John J. Lee Amphitheater (746) New Haven, CT
November 23, 2019* 4:00:00 pm, BTN Plus		at Penn State NIT Season Tip-Off campus-site game	L 56–58	3–3	Bryce Jordan Center (6,091) University Park, PA
November 25, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Western Michigan NIT Season Tip-Off Orlando Bracket	W 73–51	4–3	HP Field House (250) Orlando, FL
November 26, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Bucknell NIT Season Tip-Off Orlando Bracket Championship Game	W 81–61	5–3	HP Field House (250) Orlando, FL
December 1, 2019* 3:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+		Vermont	W 65–52	6–3	John J. Lee Amphitheater (812) New Haven, CT
December 4, 2019* 7:30 pm		at Albany	W 61–52	7–3	SEFCU Arena (2,337) Albany, NY
December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm		at Lehigh	W 78–65	8–3	Stabler Arena (818) Bethlehem, PA
December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm, NESN		at UMass	W 83–80 ^OT	9–3	Mullins Center (2,212) Amherst, MA
December 22, 2019* 3:00 pm, ACCN		at Clemson	W 54–45	10–3	Littlejohn Coliseum (5,632) Clemson, SC
December 30, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCN		at North Carolina	L 67–70	10–4	Dean Smith Center (20,765) Chapel Hill, NC
January 12, 2020* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Johnson & Wales	W 108–58	11–4	John J. Lee Amphitheater (787) New Haven, CT
Ivy League regular season
January 17, 2020 7:30 pm, ESPN+		Brown	W 70–56	12–4 (1–0)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,584) New Haven, CT
January 20, 2020* 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at Howard	W 89–75	13–4	Burr Gymnasium (2,097) Washington, D.C.
January 24, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Brown	W 73–62	14–4 (2–0)	Pizzitola Sports Center (2,575) Providence, RI
January 31, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Columbia	W 93–62	15–4 (3–0)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,594) New Haven, CT
February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cornell	W 86–71	16–4 (4–0)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,506) New Haven, CT
February 7, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU		Harvard	L 77–78	16–5 (4–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,706) New Haven, CT
February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Dartmouth	W 75–57	17–5 (5–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,524) New Haven, CT
February 14, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPNews		at Princeton	W 88–64	18–5 (6–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,163) Princeton, NJ
February 15, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Penn	L 61–69	18–6 (6–2)	The Palestra (3,856) Philadelphia, PA
February 21, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cornell	W 81–80 ^2OT	19–6 (7–2)	Newman Arena (631) Ithaca, NY
February 22, 2020 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN+		at Columbia	W 83–65	20–6 (8–2)	Levien Gymnasium (2,065) New York, NY
February 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Penn	W 76–73	21–6 (9–2)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,106) New Haven, CT
February 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Princeton	W 66–63	22–6 (10–2)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,066) New Haven, CT
March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Dartmouth	W 72–61	23–6 (11–2)	Leede Arena Hanover, NH
March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Harvard	L 69–83	23–7 (11–3)	Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
Ivy League tournament
March 14, 2020 11:00 am, ESPNU	(1)	(4) Penn Semifinals	Canceled^[1]		Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA
NCAA Tournament
March 19/20, 2020* TBD		vs. TBD First Round
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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