Vermont Catamounts men's basketball

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Vermont Catamounts
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UniversityUniversity of Vermont
Head coach John Becker (14th season)
Conference America East
Location Burlington, Vermont
Arena Patrick Gym
(capacity: 3,228)
Nickname Catamounts
ColorsGreen and gold [1]
   
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NCAA tournament round of 32
2005
NCAA tournament appearances
2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference tournament champions
2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference regular season champions
1947, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

The Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont. The school's team currently competes in the America East Conference and plays its home games at Patrick Gym. The team has reached the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament ten times, in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024. UVM famously upset Syracuse University in the first round of the 2005 tournament. The Catamounts are coached by John Becker.

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History

Retired numbers

Five Catamount players have had their numbers retired by the University of Vermont:

Vermont Catamounts retired numbers
No.PlayerPos.TenureNo. ret.Ref.
10 Eddie Benton PG 1992–19962000 [2]
11 T. J. Sorrentine PG 2000–20052019 [3]
22 Taylor Coppenrath C 2001–20052019 [3]
33 Kevin Roberson C 1988–19921992 [2]
45Trevor Gaines [n 1] 1998–20022011 [2]
Notes
  1. Posthumously retired. He died on July 21, 2010 at the age of 29 after he collapsed playing pick-up basketball.

Awards

America East Coach of the Year [4]

America East Player of the Year

America East Defensive Player of the Year

America East Rookie of the Year

America East Newcomer of the Year

America East Sixth Man of the Year

All-Conference First Team

All-Conference Second Team

All-Conference Third Team

All-Conference Defensive Team

All-Conference Rookie Team

All-American

Hall of Fame

ClassNameYear Inducted
1909Ray Collins1969
1922Fredrick Harris1972
1925Claire Cayward1969
1928Howard Prentice1971
Kiki Price1974
1929Seeley Estabrook1979
1931Walter Sargent1978
1932Edward Winant1971
1933Chester Taft1977
1934John Beckley1971
1935Enos Ramon1974
Whitey Palmer1975
Edward Saba1976
1937Austin Ross1973
1938Tommy Tomasetti1980
1939Elmer Nelson1975
1941Frank Taylor1969
Donald Maley1977
Richard Healy1993
Henri Beauchemin2007
1947 Larry Killick 1969
1948John Durkin1991
1950Arthur Collier1977
1950Edward Kotlarczyk1979
1951Ralph Kehoe1973
1953Gary Clairmont1987
1954Nat Campana1975
1955Keith Jampolis1983
Earl Steinman2004
1956 Roland Massimino 1983
1957Alan McLam1981
1959Clyde Lord1974
Bob Kuchar1985
1960Charlie Isles1976
1961Joseph Barry1982
1963Benny Becton1980
Jack Shabel1990
Richard Ader2017
1965Charles Foster1984
1965Ralph D'Altilia1988
1966Layne Higgs1982
Milt Goggans2018
1969David Lapointe1981
1970Frank Martiniuk1980
Sandy Magid1996
1977Warren Prehmus1987
1982Michael Evelti1992
Jeff Brown1993
1989Joe Calavita2000
1991 Matt Johnson 2001
1992 Kevin Roberson 1993
Kenny White2002
1996 Eddie Benton 2006
Erik Nelson2009
2001Tony Orciari2011
2002Trevor Gaines2012
2005 T.J. Sorrentine 2015
Taylor Coppenrath 2015
2009Mike Trimboli2020
2010 Marqus Blakely 2020

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Catamounts have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament ten times. Their combined record is 2–10.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
2003 #16First Round #1 Arizona L 51–80
2004 #15First Round #2 Connecticut L 53–70
2005 #13First Round
Second Round
#4 Syracuse
#5 Michigan State
W 60–57 OT
L 61–72
2010 #16First Round #1 Syracuse L 56–79
2012 #16First Four
First Round
#16 Lamar
#1 North Carolina
W 71–59
L 58–77
2017 #13First Round #4 Purdue L 70–80
2019 #13First Round #4 Florida State L 69–76
2022 #13First Round #4 Arkansas L 71–75
2023 #15First Round #2 Marquette L 61–78
2024 #13First Round #4 Duke L 47-64

NIT results

The Catamounts have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) four times. Their combined record is 0–4.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2007 First Round Kansas State L 57–59
2011 First Round Cleveland State L 60–63
2014 First Round Georgia L 56–63
2018 First Round Middle Tennessee L 64–91

CBI results

The Catamounts have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) four times. Their combined record is 5–4.

YearRoundOpponentResult
2009 First Round
Quarterfinals
Green Bay
Oregon State
W 76–72
L 70–71 OT
2013 First RoundSanta ClaraL 67–77
2015 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Hofstra
Radford
Louisiana–Monroe
W 85–81
W 78–71
L 65–71
2016 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Western Carolina
Seattle
Nevada
W 79–74
W 73–54
L 72–86

Coaches

YearsCoachRecordPct.Conference TitlesNCAA Tournament Appearances
1906–1908Thomas Hayes12–9.571--
1920–1921P.A. Larned10–5.667--
1921–25 Thomas Keady 56–15.789--
1925–1928W.J. McAvoy33–23.589--
1928–1929Claire Cayward7–10.412--
1929–1930K.L. Berry4–16.200--
1930–1931Howard Prentice4–13.235--
1931–1934J.H. Burke16–27.372--
1934–1940 John P. Sabo 50–34.595--
1940–1943
1945–1965
John C. Evans 260–196.5711 (Yankee Conference)-
1965–1972 Arthur Loche 69–96.418--
1972–1981 Peter Salzberg 105–128.441--
1981–1986 Bill Whitmore 45–94.324--
1986–2005 Tom Brennan 264–276.4893 (America East)3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
2005–2011 Mike Lonergan 126–68.6491 (America East)1 (2010)
2011–present John Becker 257–102.7167 (America East)7 (2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Season-by-season results

Vermont Catamounts Basketball Season Log
All-Time Conference Record: 502–437 (.535)
All-Time Overall Record: 1384-1161 (.544)

Records

All-time leaders

Points

RankPlayerCareerGamesAverageTotal
1 Eddie Benton 1992–199610423.82,474
2 Taylor Coppenrath 2001–200511421.42,442
3 T.J. Sorrentine 2000–200512016.82,013
4Mike Trimboli2005–200912615.92,008
5 Anthony Lamb 2016–202011816.41,933
6 Marqus Blakely 2006–201012914.51,875
7Tony Orciari1997–200110916.01,743
8Mike Evelti1978–198210715.91,697
9 Trae Bell-Haynes 2014–201813911.71,629
10 Kevin Roberson 1988–199211213.41,503

Assists

RankPlayerCareerGamesAverageTotal
1Brian Voelkel2010–20141345.0679
2Mike Trimboli2005–20091265.0624
3Kenny White1988–19921144.9565
4 T.J. Sorrentine 2000–20051204.6548
5 Trae Bell-Haynes 2014–20181393.7518
6Howard Hudson1982–19861025.0511
7 Eddie Benton 1992–19961024.4458
8David Roach1996–20001064.1435
9Jeff Brown1978–19821054.1428
10Corey Wielgus1977–19821013.4341

Rebounds

RankPlayerCareerGamesAverageTotal
1Brian Voelkel2010–20141348.71,168
2 Kevin Roberson 1988–19921129.41,054
3 Marqus Blakely 2006–20101298.11,044
4Benny Becton1960–19636614.9986
5Trevor Gaines1998–20021117.9880
6 Taylor Coppenrath 2001–20051147.4839
7Erik Nelson1994–19981037.7795
8 Anthony Lamb 2016–20201186.5765
9Milt Goggins1963–19666112.1740
10Mike Evelti1978–19821076.9735

Results against nationally ranked opponents

Vermont has played a ranked opponent 36 times, going 2–34. [5]

DateOpponent
December 7, 1973at No. 6 North Carolina StateL 42–97
December 8, 1973at No. 13 North CarolinaL 48–103
October 29, 1973at No. 10 VanderbiltL 56–91
December 21, 1976at No. 2 Notre DameL 48–89
December 30, 1978vs. No. 12 Texas A&ML 76–104
December 28, 1979at No. 1 DukeL 67–92
December 3, 1988at No. 18 VillanovaL 58–80
November 19, 1999at No. 8 ConnecticutL 52–89
November 29, 1999at No. 15 Ohio StateL 51–74
December 21, 2000at No. 21 Notre DameL 86–96
December 19, 2002at No. 23 North CarolinaL 54–80
March 20, 2003vs. No. 1 Arizona %L 51–80
March 18, 2004vs. No. 9 Connecticut %L 53–70
November 19, 2004at No. 1 KansasL 61–68
March 18, 2005vs. No. 11 Syracuse %W 60–57OT
March 20, 2005vs. No. 13 Michigan State %L 61–72
November 23, 2005vs. No. 22 NevadaL 62–77
November 13, 2006at No. 14 Boston CollegeW 77–63
December 6, 2008at No. 3 PittsburghL 51–80
March 19, 2010vs. No. 3 Syracuse %L 56–79
December 8, 2010vs. No. 18 Brigham Young $L 58–86
December 7, 2011at No. 22 Saint LouisL 43–62
March 16, 2012vs. No. 4 North Carolina %L 58–77
November 13, 2012at No. 23 ConnecticutL 49–67
November 24, 2013at No. 6 DukeL 90–91
November 15, 2015at No. 23 PurdueL 79–107
December 1, 2016at No. 20 South CarolinaL 50–68
December 21, 2016at No. 13 ButlerL 69–81
March 16, 2017vs. No. 15 Purdue %L 70–80
November 12, 2017at No. 5 KentuckyL 69–72
November 12, 2018at No. 2 KansasL 68–84
March 21, 2019vs. No. 10 Florida State %L 69–76
November 19, 2019at No. 7 VirginiaL 55–61
November 13, 2021at No. 21 MarylandL 57–68
March 17, 2022vs. No. 17 Arkansas %L 75–71
March 17, 2023vs. No. 6 Marquette %L 78–61
 % NCAA Tournament game
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Media

The Catamounts receive regular television, newspaper and radio coverage throughout the year. All home conference games are broadcast on ESPN3, while radio broadcasts can be heard on WCPV (101.3 ESPN). Three television stations – WCAX-TV, WFFF-TV, and WPTZ – provide local coverage, while The Burlington Free Press provides extensive reporting of Vermont basketball, as well.

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