Yale Men’s Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule
March 9, 2025 · CSM Staff
Yale Bulldogs
Ivy League (22-7, 13-1)
Big Wins: 12/20 Akron (74-58), 1/31 at Princeton (77-70)
Bad Losses: 11/24 vs Delaware (94-100), 3/1 at Harvard (69-74)
Coach: James Jones
Probable Starters:
Nick Townsend, Junior, Forward, 15.4 ppg, 7.2 rpg, 3.6 apg
Casey Simmons, Junior, Forward, 8. Ppg, 4.6 rpg
Samson Aletan, Sophomore, Center, 7.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.6 bpg
John Poulakidas, Senior, Guard, 19.2 ppg, 1.3 apg
Bez Mbeng, Senior, Guard, 13.4 ppg, 5.6 apg, 5.5 rpg, 1.9 spg
Key Role Players:
Isaac Celiscar, Freshman, Forward, 7.0ppg, 5.1 rpg
Trevor Mullin, Sophomore, Guard, 3.2 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 82.2 (21st in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 69.7 (106, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 49.1 (11, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 40.1 (19, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.6 (189, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 38.5 (13, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.5 (131, 5)
Rebound Margin: 7.6 (14, 1)
Assists Per Game: 16.7 (26, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 10.3 (42, 1)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 64 win over Auburn |
| 2024 | NCAA | Round of 32 loss to San Diego State |
| 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 3/9
