# 2019–20 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

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.

## Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2018–19 season 22–8 overall, 10–4 in Ivy League play, finishing as co-regular season champions, alongside Harvard. In the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Princeton in the semifinals, before defeating Harvard in the championship game, earning the Ivy League's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. As the 14 seed in the East Region, they were defeated in the first round by 3rd-seeded LSU.

## Schedule and results

| 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 | Canceled | 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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