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: Behind Dingle’s 31 points, Penn hands Yale first Ivy loss

Yale cut Penn’s lead to one in the second half, but offensive missteps in the first and a big game from last season’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Jordan Dingle, prevented the Bulldogs from completing their comeback at the Palestra Saturday. Penn won 76–68.

January 22, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
IN PHOTOS: Yale men’s basketball takes down Cornell, Brown to open Ivy play

With a 96–69 win vs. Cornell (9–6, 1–3 Ivy) on Saturday and a 66–63 victory at Brown (9–11, 1–4) on Monday, Yale (8–8, 2–0) strung together its first two […]

January 20, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
IN PHOTOS: Yale women’s basketball starts Ivy play 3–1

Yale (10–6, 3–1 Ivy) currently sits third in the Ancient Eight standings behind Princeton (12–4, 4–0) and Columbia (11–3, 2–0). A pair of Rookie of […]

January 20, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale fends off late Brown run for 66–63 road win

Brown graduate forward Tamenang Choh scored a career-high 30 points and led a late second-half charge for the Bears, but Yale hung on to move to 2–0 in Ivy League play.

January 17, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Bulldogs open Ivy play in empty JLA, down Cornell 96–69

Yale made its long-awaited return to Ancient Eight action with a statement win on Saturday, finding scoring across the lineup, shutting down Cornell from deep and orchestrating a 28–6 second-half run to seal the victory.

January 15, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale-Harvard game postponed as Bulldogs’ COVID-19 pause continues

The Harvard postponement follows postponed games against Columbia and Dartmouth, making Yale the only team in the Ivy League that has not yet played a league game.

January 8, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Ivy opener postponed due to COVID-19 protocols in Yale program

The Ivy League said a new date and time for the rescheduled game vs. Columbia is still to be determined.

January 1, 2022

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Ivy League play returns, without the fans, when Bulldogs host Columbia Sunday

Yale is heavily favored to win the game, which will feature the first minutes of Ivy League conference basketball action in 666 days.

December 31, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
BASKETBALL: Ivy League to exhaust “all efforts” to reschedule conference games postponed due to COVID-19, will consider games unable to be rescheduled as “no contests”

All 16 Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball teams are set to tip off conference play this Sunday.

December 30, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale’s Thursday game vs. Howard canceled due to COVID-19 cases in Bison program

A Howard spokesperson said the contest would not be rescheduled for this season. The Bulldogs would have hosted the Bison with no fan attendance at the John J. Lee Amphitheater.

December 22, 2021

WILLIAM MCCORMACK
MEN’S BASKETBALL: Azar Swain, Yale’s all-time three-point leader, reflects on setting new school record

Swain, who is leading Yale with 19.3 points per game this season, tied Ed Petersen’s ’92 mark of 229 career three-pointers against Iona Sunday and officially set a new record Tuesday vs. Monmouth.

December 15, 2021