1977–78 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

American college basketball season

1977–78 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–16 (3–11 Ivy)
Head coach	Ray Carazo (3rd season)
Home arena	John J. Lee Amphitheater
Seasons← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 20 Penn	12	–	2	.857	20	–	8	.714
Princeton	11	–	3	.786	17	–	9	.654
Columbia	11	–	3	.786	15	–	11	.577
Harvard	7	–	7	.500	11	–	15	.423
Dartmouth	5	–	9	.357	10	–	16	.385
Cornell	5	–	9	.357	9	–	17	.346
Yale	3	–	11	.214	8	–	16	.333
Brown	2	–	12	.143	4	–	22	.154

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977–78 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 1977–78 men's college basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 3rd year head coach Ray Carazo, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–16, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 29*	Lafayette	L 52–66	0–1	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
December 3*	at Connecticut	L 57–73	0–2	Hugh S. Greer Field House Storrs, CT
December 7	at Brown	W 73–66	1–2 (1–0)	Marvel Gymnasium Providence, RI
December 10*	Holy Cross	L 62–67	1–3 (1–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
December 12*	Fordham	W 83–72	2–3 (1–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
December 28*	vs. Rochester	W 72–50	3–3 (1–0)	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, NY
December 29*	vs. DePaul	L 52–100	3–4 (1–0)	Blue Cross Arena Rochester, NY
January 7*	Clark	W 70–66	4–4 (1–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
January 10*	at Colgate	W 91–60	5–4 (1–0)	Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
January 14*	Fairfield	L 72–73	5–5 (1–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
January 17*	Williams	W 69–57	6–5 (1–0)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
January 27	Columbia	L 51–55	6–6 (1–1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
January 28	Cornell	L 64–88	6–7 (1–2)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
February 3	at Dartmouth	L 45–71	6–8 (1–3)	Alumni Gym Hanover, NH
February 4	at Harvard	L 74–76	6–9 (1–4)	Lavietes Pavilion Boston, Massachusetts
February 7	Brown	W 74–57	7–9 (2–4)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
February 10	Penn	L 78–96	7–10 (2–5)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
February 11	Princeton	L 49–72	7–11 (2–6)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
February 17	at Cornell	L 63–71	7–12 (2–7)	Barton Hall Ithaca, NY
February 18	at Columbia	L 71–88	7–13 (2–8)	Levien Gymnasium Manhattan, NY
February 24	at Princeton	L 49–52	7–14 (2–9)	Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ
February 25	at Penn	L 59–67	7–15 (2–10)	Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 3	Harvard	W 77–69	8–15 (3–10)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
March 4	Dartmouth	L 40–42	8–16 (3–11)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

"1977–78 Ivy League Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
"1977—1978" (PDF). Yale Bulldogs. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
"1977–78 Yale Bulldogs Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
"Yale Game-By-Game Results" (PDF). Yale.prestosports.com.

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