Yale Bulldogs

The Bulldogs won 24 of 30 games in 2025-26 but beat the number only 12 times in 27. February was the clearest gap: six wins in seven, one cover.

Favored nearly every night

Yale was favored 26 times and an underdog twice, a count only seven Division I teams came in under. Laying points, the Bulldogs went 21-5 and covered 11 of 25. One unit on the 26 priced favorite moneylines lost 0.20 units: short prices, few losses, almost exactly level.

The five favorite losses all came at -225 or shorter: Rhode Island 86-77 at -450 in November, Princeton 76-60 at -345, Harvard 67-65 at Yale at -850, Cornell 72-69 at -225, and Penn 88-84 in the Ivy League final at -535.

February: 6-1, one cover

In February Yale won six of seven and covered once, an 83-70 win at Dartmouth. The misses included wins by 12 over Brown at -15.5, by four over Penn at -9.5 and by one at Harvard at -4.5.

The Ivy rivals

Cornell and Penn were each met three times and each beaten twice. Against Cornell Yale covered twice, including the 88-76 Ivy semifinal; against Penn once. Harvard split two, with no Yale cover. Princeton split two as well: 60-76 on the road in January, 78-53 at home in March, covering 14.5.

Home and road

At home: 10-2, four covers in ten. On the road: 9-3, five covers in 11. Neutral floors: 5-1, with three of six covered.

The total

Fifteen overs and 13 unders, no lean. The biggest total of the season, 174.5, came with a 102-68 home win over Cornell that still stayed under.

After the final

The Ivy final loss sent Yale to the NIT, where UNC Wilmington won 68-67 at Yale, a first-round exit decided by a single point.

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