Yale Men's Basketball 2025 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
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:
 
2024NCAARound of 64 win over Auburn
2024NCAARound of 32 loss to San Diego State
2023NITFirst Round loss to Vanderbilt
2022NCAARound of 64 loss to Purdue
2019NCAARound of 64 loss to LSU
2016NCAARound of 64 win over Baylor
2016NCAARound of 32 loss to Duke
2014CITFirst Round win over Quinnipiac
2014CITSecond Round win over Holy Cross
2014CITQuarterfinal win over Columbia
2014CITSemifinal win over VMI
2014CITFinal loss to Murray State
2012CITFirst Round loss to Fairfield
 
*all team stats through 3/9