The 2025–26 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 26th-year head coach James Jones, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2024–25 season 22–8, 13–1 in Ivy League play to finish in first place. In the Ivy League Tournament, they defeated Princeton and Cornell to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 2025 NCAA Tournament. As the No. 13 seed in the South region, the Bulldogs were defeated in the first round by No. 4 seed Texas A&M.
Preseason On October 23, 2025, the Ivy League released their preseason media poll. Yale was picked to finish first in the conference.
Preseason rankings +Ivy League Preseason Poll Place Team Points 1 Yale 168 (21) 2 126 3 124 4 97 5 72 6 68 7 66 8 35
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Roster
Schedule and results
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