#135 Yale Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Yale Bulldogs
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #135
 
Conference Rank: #3 Ivy League
 
 
2023-24 Record: 23-10, 11-3
2023-24 Postseason: NCAA
Coach: James Jones
Coach Record: 396-311 at Yale, 396-311 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Danny Wolf, Forward, 14.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 2.4 apg, 1.3 bpg
Matt Knowling, Forward, 11.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 2.6 apg
August Mahoney, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 2.5 rpg, 1.3 apg
 
Key Returning Players:
John Poulakidas, Senior, Guard, 13.4 ppg, 2.3 rpg, 1.9 apg
Bez Mbeng, Senior, Guard, 11.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 4.1 apg, 1.9 spg
Nick Townsend, Junior, Forward, 6.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 1.1 apg
Casey Simmons, Junior, Forward, 3.5 ppg, 2.0 rpg
Yassine Gharram, Senior, Guard, 2.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.3 apg
Samson Aletan, Sophomore, Center, 2.2 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Jack Molloy, Junior, Forward, 1.7 ppg, 1.4 rpg
 
Key New Players:
Jeannot Basima, Freshman, Guard
Riley Fox, Freshman, Guard
Isaac Celiscar, Freshman, Guard
Jordan Brathwaite, Freshman, Guard
Trevor Mullin, Freshman, Guard
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: None
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 74.7 (144th in nation, 4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.5 (55, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 46.7 (63, 3)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.1 (72, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 7.3 (192, 7)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.1 (119, 4)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.7 (233, 4)
Rebound Margin: 3.9 (58, 1)
Assists Per Game: 15.0 (68, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.6 (14, 2)