Yale Men’s Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 10, 2024 · CSM Staff
 
Yale Bulldogs
 
Ivy League (22-9, 11-3)
 
 
Big Wins: Princeton (70-64), vs Cornell (69-57)
Bad Losses: Fairfield (71-75), Brown (81-84)
Coach: James Jones
 
Probable Starters:
Danny Wolf, Sophomore, Forward, 14.3 ppg, 9.8 rpg, 2.3 apg, 1.4 bpg
Matt Knowling, Senior, Forward, 11.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg, 2.6 apg
John Poulakidas, Junior, Guard, 13.1 ppg, 1.9 apg
Bez Mbeng, Junior, Guard, 11.3 ppg, 4.2 apg, 4.1 rpg, 1.8 spg
August Mahoney, Senior, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 1.4 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Nick Townsend, Sophomore, Forward, 6.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg
Yassine Gharram, Junior, Guard, 2.5 ppg, 1.4 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 75.8 (113th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.1 (50, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.2 (49, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 41.8 (62, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.3 (198, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.9 (130, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 71.9 (179, 4)
Rebound Margin: 4.5 (48, 1)
Assists Per Game: 15.1 (61, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.5 (12, 2)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2023 NIT First Round loss to Vanderbilt
2022 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Purdue
2019 NCAA Round of 64 loss to LSU
2016 NCAA Round of 64 win over Baylor
2016 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Duke
2014 CIT First Round win over Quinnipiac
2014 CIT Second Round win over Holy Cross
2014 CIT Quarterfinal win over Columbia
2014 CIT Semifinal win over VMI
2014 CIT Final loss to Murray State
2012 CIT First Round loss to Fairfield
 
*all team stats through 3/10