# 2022–23 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 23rd-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 20–7, 10–4 to finish in a tie for 1st place. In the Ivy Tournament, they defeated Cornell in the semifinals before losing to Princeton in the Ivy Championship title. They received an automatic bid to the NIT, losing to Vanderbilt in the first round.

## Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2021–22 season 19–12, 11–3 in Ivy League play to finish in second place. They defeated Penn and Princeton to win the Ivy League Tournament and earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Tournament. They received the #14 seed in the East Region and drew #3 seed Purdue in the First Round. They would go on to lose to the Boilermakers, 56–78.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Sarah Lawrence | W 96–41 | 1–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (695) New Haven, CT |
| November 11, 2022* 9:30 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Eastern Washington Outrigger Rainbow Classic | W 74–60 | 2–0 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| November 13, 2022* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Mississippi Valley State Outrigger Rainbow Classic | W 80–51 | 3–0 | Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI |
| November 15, 2022* 12:00 am, ESPN+ | | at Hawaii Outrigger Rainbow Classic Championship Game | W 62–59 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 | Stan Sheriff Center (4,421) Honolulu, HI |
| November 20, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | John Jay | W 112–55 | 5–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (602) New Haven, CT |
| November 22, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Vermont | W 73–44 | 6–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (678) New Haven, CT |
| November 27, 2022* 3:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | L 62–65 | 6–1 | CU Events Center (5,780) Boulder, CO |
| November 30, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Howard | W 86–40 | 7–1 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (752) New Haven, CT |
| December 3, 2022* 6:30 pm, SNY | | at Stony Brook | W 77–72 | 8–1 | Island Federal Arena (2,515) Stony Brook, NY |
| December 6, 2022* 6:30 pm, FS1 | | at Butler | L 61–71 | 8–2 | Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,042) Indianapolis, IN |
| December 10, 2022* 1:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 16 Kentucky | L 59–69 | 8–3 | Rupp Arena (20,264) Lexington, KY |
| December 12, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Fairfield | W 77–64 | 9–3 | Leo D. Mahoney Arena (2,552) Fairfield, CT |
| December 22, 2022* 7:00 pm, SNY/FloHoops | | at Monmouth | W 76–44 | 10–3 | OceanFirst Bank Center (1,296) West Long Branch, NJ |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| December 31, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | L 60–62 | 10–4 (0–1) | Levien Gymnasium (1,011) New York, NY |
| January 6, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | L 77–81 | 10–5 (0–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (662) New Haven, CT |
| January 7, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 58–54 | 11–5 (1–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,894) New Haven, CT |
| January 13, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Cornell | L 82–94 | 11–6 (1–3) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| January 16, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 81–78 | 12–6 (2–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,144) New Haven, CT |
| January 21, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+/NESN | | Penn | W 70–63 | 13–6 (3–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,922) New Haven, CT |
| January 28, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Princeton | W 87–65 | 14–6 (4–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,041) New Haven, CT |
| February 3, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Harvard | W 68–57 | 15–6 (5–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA |
| February 4, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 72–53 | 16–6 (6–3) | Leede Arena (806) Hanover, NH |
| February 11, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 99–68 | 17–6 (7–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,706) New Haven, CT |
| February 17, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | at Penn | L 64–66 | 17–7 (7–4) | The Palestra (2,685) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 18, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Princeton | W 93–83 $^{OT}$ | 18–7 (8–4) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,629) Princeton, NJ |
| February 25, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cornell | W 76–58 | 19–7 (9–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,920) New Haven, CT |
| March 4, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 84–75 | 20–7 (10–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,003) Providence, RI |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| March 11, 2023 11:00 am, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (4) Cornell Semifinals | W 80–60 | 21–7 | Jadwin Gymnasium (4,160) Princeton, NJ |
| March 12, 2023 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) | at (2) Princeton Championship | L 65–74 | 21–8 | Jadwin Gymnasium (3,607) Princeton, NJ |
| NIT ||||||
| March 14, 2023 9:00 pm, ESPNU | | at (2) Vanderbilt First round – Clemson bracket | L 62–71 | 21–9 | Memorial Gymnasium (5,290) Nashville, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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