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Yale men’s basketball bests Brown, 79-58, in Ivy League opener

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Two teams with strong revenge motives met at John J. Lee Amphitheater Saturday.

Brown had defeated Yale on the last day of the regular season last year (84-81) to prevent Yale from sharing the regular season Ivy title with Princeton.

But then Yale overcame a six-point deficit with 27 seconds left to defeat Brown in the Ivy League championship game in March, 62-61.

It was Yale that prevailed Saturday in the rematch, 79-58.

“Really good team win for us. We got contributions from everyone,” Yale coach James Jones said.

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Yale men’s basketball narrowly clipped by UTEP in Sun Bowl Invitational final

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James Jones’ team is growing up quickly before his eyes – both out of skill and necessity.

With leading scorer and senior guard John Poulakidas still sidelined with a foot injury, senior guard Yassine Gharram off the team and junior forward Casey Simmons injured, the Bulldogs staged a ferocious second-half rally and fell narrowly to UTEP in the final of the Sun Bowl Invitational Saturday, 75-74.

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Yale men’s basketball falls at Rhode Island, 84-78

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No one ever accused Yale men’s basketball coach James Jones of playing an easy out-of-conference schedule.

Yale traveled to Kingston, R.I. to take on the 7-0 Rhode Island Rams Monday night.

Rhody won 84-78 to start the season 8-0 for the first time since the 1946-47 season.

Jones called it “a tough loss on the road.”

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