| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2015–16 |
| Team: | Yale Bulldogs |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Short Conf: | Ivy |
| Record: | 23–7 |
| Conf Record: | 13–1 |
| Hc Year: | 17th |
| Asst Coach1: | Matt Kingsley |
| Asst Coach2: | Justin Simon |
| Asst Coach3: | Anthony Goins |
| Champion: | Ivy League champions |
| Bowl Result: | Second Round |
The 2015–16 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by seventeenth-year head coach James Jones, 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 23–7, 13–1 in Ivy League play, to win the Ivy League championship. They received the Ivy's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their first NCAA bid since 1962, where they defeated Baylor in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Duke.
The Bulldogs lost their one-game playoff against Harvard 53–51. Despite having posted an 11–3 Ivy League record and a 22–10 overall record the Bulldogs were not invited to a postseason tournament.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armani Cotton | 12 | G | 6'7" | 215 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| 20 | G | 6'4" | 185 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Grey Kelley | 32 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Matt Townsend | 42 | F | 6'7" | 240 | Senior | Graduated |
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