BASKETBALL
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Yale defense falls short on the road

Defensive woes plagued the Yale women’s basketball team Tuesday night, as the Bulldogs dropped their first road contest of the season to Manhattan College 63–57.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Strong second half fuels Yale victory

After a sluggish start, the Yale women’s basketball team surged in the fourth quarter to grind out a win in its opening game of the 2016–17 campaign at home against Binghamton.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Elis open season with a win

Taking the floor for the first time since last year’s historic NCAA Tournament run, the Elis silenced any doubters with a 98–90 victory over Pac-12 foe Washington.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Season begins for defending Ivy champions

The Yale men’s basketball team finds itself in limbo heading into its season opener this Sunday. Coming off the best season in program’s history, in which they captured their second straight Ivy League title and upset No. 5-seeded Baylor in the NCAA Tournament, the Bulldogs will have to make do without four-fifths of their starting lineup from last year’s unforgettable tournament run.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Makai Mason ’18 likely out for season

With the 2016–17 season opener just days away, the Yale men’s basketball team suffered a startling loss. First-team All-Ivy point guard Makai Mason ’18 is not expected to play this season after suffering a foot injury in a scrimmage on Saturday.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Bulldogs start season Sunday

After a nine-game losing streak in the middle of its Ivy campaign last year, the Yale women’s basketball team finished the season with three straight wins. The Bulldogs will look to build upon that late-season success when they tip off their 2016–17 season this Sunday.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Preseason poll has Elis third

Impressive as the Yale men's basketball team's upset of No. 5 Baylor in last year's March Madness was, Ivy League media do not expect to see the Bulldogs back in the tournament this year.

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Yale hoops heavily represented overseas

After winning the Ivy League championship for the past two years and making a historic run in last season’s NCAA Tournament that included the program’s […]

Halejian ’15 signs with pro basketball team in Switzerland

The former Yale captain and guard signed with the BC Winterthur women’s basketball team 18 months after suffering a season-ending ACL tear.

MEN’S BASKETBALL: Sears ’16 signs to play professionally in Germany

Yale men's basketball forward Justin Sears ’16, a two-time Ivy League Player of the Year, has signed a contract with the Giessen 46ers.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL: Success sparks outside interest in coach

In August 1999, four months after being named head coach of the Yale men’s basketball team, James Jones told The New York Times that an ideal head coach of Yale’s program is “a guy who doesn’t want to be here for 15 years.”

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