2016 – 17 Yale Bulldogs men 's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2016 – 17 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Bulldogs , led by 18th-year head coach James Jones , played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven , Connecticut and were members of the Ivy League . They finished the season 18 – 11 , 10 – 4 in Ivy League play to finish in third place . In the inaugural Ivy League Tournament , they defeated Harvard before losing to Princeton in the championship game
Ivy League Tournament
2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament
2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team