1977–78 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team

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.

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

1977–78 Ivy League men's basketball standings

	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

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	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.