# 2023–24 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 24th-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League.
Yale captured its third Ivy League tournament in five seasons with a dramatic 62–61 victory over Brown capped off by a memorable buzzer-beating floater by Matt Knowling. The Bulldogs went on to upset the #4 seed in the East Region, Auburn, in the NCAA tournament. Their season came to an end with a loss to San Diego State in the second round.

## Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2022–23 season 20–7, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for 1st place. In the Ivy Tournament, they defeated Cornell in the semifinals, before losing to Princeton in the championship game. They received an automatic bid to the NIT, losing to Vanderbilt in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Vassar | W 102–53 | 1–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (950) New Haven, CT |
| November 10, 2023* 9:00 p.m. | | at No. 11 Gonzaga | L 71–86 | 1–1 | McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA |
| November 12, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Loyola Marymount | W 83–80 | 2–1 | Gersten Pavilion (1,571) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 17, 2023* 6:00 p.m. | | vs. Colgate Atlantic Slam | W 68–50 | 3–1 | Avenir Centre Moncton, NB |
| November 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Weber State Atlantic Slam | L 65–75 $^{OT}$ | 3–2 | Avenir Centre Moncton, NB |
| November 19, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | vs. Gardner–Webb Atlantic Slam | W 71–70 $^{OT}$ | 4–2 | Avenir Centre Moncton, NB |
| November 26, 2023* 4:00 p.m. | | at Rhode Island | L 72–76 | 4–3 | Ryan Center (3,511) Kingston, RI |
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | W 79–71 | 5–3 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (629) New Haven, CT |
| December 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Vermont | L 65–66 | 5–4 | Patrick Gym Burlington, VT |
| December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Fairfield | L 71–75 | 5–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (747) New Haven, CT |
| December 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Colby–Sawyer | W 95–36 | 6–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (612) New Haven, CT |
| December 11, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Quinnipiac | W 73–66 | 7–5 | M&T Bank Arena (1,156) Hamden, CT |
| December 22, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 2 Kansas | L 60–75 | 7–6 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| December 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Santa Clara | W 66–58 | 8–6 | Leavey Center (1,751) Santa Clara, CA |
| January 3, 2024* 4:00 p.m. | | at Howard | W 86–78 $^{OT}$ | 9–6 | Burr Gymnasium (557) Washington, D.C. |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 80–70 | 10–6 (1–0) | Pizzitola Sports Center (777) Providence, RI |
| January 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 89–70 | 11–6 (2–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,845) New Haven, CT |
| January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 76–51 | 12–6 (3–0) | Leede Arena (773) Hanover, NH |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Harvard | W 78–65 | 13–6 (4–0) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA |
| February 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Princeton | W 70–64 | 14–6 (5–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT |
| February 3, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Penn | W 74–58 | 15–6 (6–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,784) New Haven, CT |
| February 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cornell | W 80–78 | 16–6 (7–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT |
| February 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Penn | W 76–62 | 17–6 (8–0) | The Palestra (2,203) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Princeton | L 62–73 | 17–7 (8–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (4,358) Princeton, NJ |
| February 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cornell | L 62–65 | 17–8 (8–2) | Newman Arena (3,644) Ithaca, NY |
| February 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Columbia | W 84–76 | 18–8 (9–2) | Levien Gymnasium (1,397) New York, NY |
| March 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | W 80–56 | 19–8 (10–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,380) New Haven, CT |
| March 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 80–60 | 20–8 (11–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT |
| March 9, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Brown | L 81–84 $^{OT}$ | 20–9 (11–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,580) New Haven, CT |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPNews | (2) | vs. (3) Cornell Semifinals | W 69–57 | 21–9 | Levien Gymnasium (2,605) New York, NY |
| March 17, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (2) | vs. (4) Brown Championship | W 62–61 | 22–9 | Levien Gymnasium (2,278) New York, NY |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2024* 4:15 p.m., TNT | (13 E) | vs. (4 E) No. 7 Auburn First Round | W 78–76 | 23–9 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (11,051) Spokane, WA |
| March 24, 2024* 9:40 p.m., TBS | (13 E) | vs. (5 E) No. 24 San Diego State Second Round | L 57–85 | 23–10 | Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena (11,514) Spokane, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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