William McCormack
Staff Reporter
william.mccormack@yale.edu
William McCormack covered Yale men's basketball from 2018 to 2022. He served as Sports Editor and Digital Editor for the Managing Board of 2022 and also reported on the athletic administration as a staff reporter. Originally from Boston, he was in Timothy Dwight College.
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WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Brodeur, Penn overshadow Swain’s three-point record in 69–61 Yale loss

PHILADELPHIA — Guard Azar Swain ’21 made school history Saturday night, hitting a trio of three-pointers to raise his season total to 74, the most […]

February 16, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale alone in first after runaway 88–64 win at Princeton

PRINCETON — Basketball fans filed into Princeton’s Jadwin Gymnasium expecting a battle Friday night, a showdown between two teams that entered the evening tied for […]

February 15, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Princeton, Penn pose road test, first-place battle for Bulldogs

As Yale men’s basketball searches for a solo spot atop the Ivy League standings this weekend, guard Azar Swain ’21 is on the cusp of […]

February 14, 2020

Lukas Flippo
WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Swain, Yale overcome Harvard heartbreaker with 75–57 Dartmouth win

Yale men’s basketball forward Wyatt Yess ’21 got a text from his head coach, James Jones, on Friday night. The junior had played ten minutes […]

February 9, 2020

LUKAS FLIPPO, WILLIAM MCCORMACK & MARISA PERYER
A Fight Until The End: The Yale-Harvard Basketball Game in Photos

February 8, 2020

MarisaPeryer
WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Swain’s 33 nearly complete second-half comeback as Yale falls to Harvard, 78–77

The Elis fought with Harvard on their home court Friday evening, and momentum swung wildly in the second half as guard Azar Swain ’21 poured […]

February 7, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
‘He just had a plan’: An oral history of Yale men’s basketball in its first season under James Jones

As Yale prepares to host Harvard and Dartmouth at the John J. Lee Amphitheater this Friday and Saturday, James Jones — the winningest head coach […]

February 7, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: First-place Elis host Harvard and Dartmouth

The final 11 seconds of last season’s Yale–Harvard men’s basketball game made its way to the screens of sports fans across the nation in February […]

February 7, 2020

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WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: For James Jones and Yale, scheduling a real struggle

Back in December 2014, Yale men’s basketball made headlines after upsetting defending national champion Connecticut, 45–44. With just 3.5 seconds to play on that first […]

February 6, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Shooting secures weekend sweep in 86–71 win over Cornell

In New Haven, fans of Yale men’s basketball head coach James Jones aren’t too difficult to come by these days. On Saturday night, Head of […]

February 2, 2020

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Elis score inside, outside (and everywhere) in 93–62 trouncing of Columbia

The Elis drained a season-high 14 three-pointers Friday night, scoring 53 points in the second half to run away with their 12th win in 13 […]

January 31, 2020