1971–72 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

The 1971–72 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 1971–72 men's college basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by 15th year head coach Joe Vancisin, 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 7–17, 5–9 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

1971–72 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–17 (5–9 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Vancisin (15th season)
Home arena	John J. Lee Amphitheater

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1*		Fordham	L 82–119	0–1	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
December 4*		at Connecticut	L 64–66	0–2	Hugh S. Greer Field House  Storrs, CT
December 8		at Brown	L 68–72	0–3 (0—1)	Marvel Gymnasium  Providence, RI
December 11*		Holy Cross	L 90–94	0–4 (0—1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
December 15		Brown	W 73–70	1–4 (1—1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
December 17*		at Utah	L 78–87	1–5 (1—1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 18*		vs. Oklahoma City	L 99–100	1–6 (1—1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, Utah
December 21*		at Wake Forest	W 85–75	2–6 (1—1)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
December 27*		at St. Louis	L 70–95	2–7 (1—1)	St. Louis Arena  St. Louis, Missouri
December 29*		at SMU	L 80–81	2–8 (1—1)	Moody Coliseum  University Park, Texas
January 1*		at Xavier	L 69–75	2–9 (1—1)	Schmidt Fieldhouse  Cincinnati, Ohio
January 4*		Australian Nat’ls Exhibition game	W 103–90	2–9 (1—1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
January 7		Cornell	W 91–87	3–9 (2—1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
January 8		Columbia	W 71–61	4–9 (3—1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
January 29*		M. I. T.	W 79–56	5–9 (3—1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
February 4		at Columbia	L 69–85	5–10 (3—2)	University Heights Gymnasium  New York City
February 5		at Cornell	W 91–87	6–10 (4—2)	Barton Hall  Ithaca, NY
February 11		Harvard	L 74–92	6–11 (4—3)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
February 12		Dartmouth	W 101–91	7–11 (5—3)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
February 18		at Princeton	L 60–73	7–12 (5—4)	Jadwin Gymnasium  Princeton, NJ
February 19		at Penn	L 62–71	7–13 (5—5)	The Palestra  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 25		at Dartmouth	L 73–84	7–14 (5—6)	Alumni Gymnasium  Hanover, NH
February 26		at Harvard	L 72–88	7–15 (5—7)	Malkin Athletic Center  Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 3		Penn	L 65–86	7–16 (5—8)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
March 4		Princeton	L 65–86	7–16 (5—8)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium  New Haven, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.