Vermont Catamounts men's basketball explained

Vermont Catamounts
Current:2024–25 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
University:University of Vermont
Conference:America East
Location:Burlington, Vermont
Coach:John Becker
Tenure:14th
Arena:Patrick Gym
Capacity:3,228
Nickname:Catamounts
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Ncaaroundof32:2005
Ncaatourneys:2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Tournament:2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Conference Season:1947, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
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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.

History

Retired numbers

See main article: List of NCAA men's basketball retired numbers. Five Catamount players have had their numbers retired by the University of Vermont:

Vermont Catamounts retired numbers
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10 1992–1996 2000 [1]
11 2000–2005 2019 [2]
22 2001–2005 2019
33 1988–1992 1992
45 Trevor Gaines 1998–2002 2011
Notes

Awards

America East Coach of the Year[3]

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

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
1947Larry Killick1969
1948John Durkin1991
1950Arthur Collier1977
1950Edward Kotlarczyk1979
1951Ralph Kehoe1973
1953Gary Clairmont1987
1954Nat Campana1975
1955Keith Jampolis1983
Earl Steinman2004
1956Roland Massimino1983
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
1991Matt Johnson2001
1992Kevin Roberson1993
Kenny White2002
1996Eddie Benton2006
Erik Nelson2009
2001Tony Orciari2011
2002Trevor Gaines2012
2005T.J. Sorrentine2015
Taylor Coppenrath2015
2009Mike Trimboli2020
2010Marqus Blakely2020

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

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

  1. 16
First Round L 51–80
  1. 15
First Round L 53–70
  1. 13
First Round
Second Round 		W 60–57
L 61–72
  1. 16
First Round L 56–79
  1. 16
First Four
First Round		W 71–59
L 58–77
  1. 13
First Round L 70–80
  1. 13
First Round L 69–76
  1. 13
First Round L 71–75
  1. 15
First Round L 61–78
  1. 13
First Round L 47-64

NIT results

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

First Round L 57–59
First Round L 60–63
First Round L 56–63
First Round L 64–91

CBI results

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

First Round
Quarterfinals 		Green Bay
Oregon State 		W 76–72
L 70–71 OT
First Round Santa Clara L 67–77
First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals 		Hofstra
Radford
Louisiana–Monroe 		W 85–81
W 78–71
L 65–71
First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals 		Western Carolina
Seattle
Nevada 		W 79–74
W 73–54
L 72–86

Coaches

1906–1908Thomas Hayes12–9.571--
1920–1921P.A. Larned10–5.667--
1921–25Thomas Keady56–15.789--
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--
1934–1940John P. Sabo50–34.595--
1940–1943
1945–1965		John C. Evans260–196.5711 (Yankee Conference)-
1965–1972Arthur Loche69–96.418--
1972–1981Peter Salzberg105–128.441--
1981–1986Bill Whitmore45–94.324--
1986–2005Tom Brennan264–276.4893 (America East)3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
2005–2011Mike Lonergan126–68.6491 (America East)1 (2010)
2011–presentJohn Becker257–102.7167 (America East)7 (2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Records

All-time leaders

See also: Vermont Catamounts men's basketball statistical leaders.

Points

1Eddie Benton1992–199610423.82,474
2Taylor Coppenrath2001–200511421.42,442
3T.J. Sorrentine2000–200512016.82,013
4Mike Trimboli2005–200912615.92,008
5Anthony Lamb2016–202011816.41,933
6Marqus Blakely2006–201012914.51,875
7Tony Orciari1997–200110916.01,743
8Mike Evelti1978–198210715.91,697
9Trae Bell-Haynes2014–201813911.71,629
10Kevin Roberson1988–199211213.41,503

Assists

1Brian Voelkel2010–20141345.0679
2Mike Trimboli2005–20091265.0624
3Kenny White1988–19921144.9565
4T.J. Sorrentine2000–20051204.6548
5Trae Bell-Haynes2014–20181393.7518
6Howard Hudson1982–19861025.0511
7Eddie Benton1992–19961024.4458
8David Roach1996–20001064.1435
9Jeff Brown1978–19821054.1428
10Corey Wielgus1977–19821013.4341

Rebounds

1Brian Voelkel2010–20141348.71,168
2Kevin Roberson1988–19921129.41,054
3Marqus Blakely2006–20101298.11,044
4Benny Becton1960–19636614.9986
5Trevor Gaines1998–20021117.9880
6Taylor Coppenrath2001–20051147.4839
7Erik Nelson1994–19981037.7795
8Anthony Lamb2016–20201186.5765
9Milt Goggins1963–19666112.1740
10Mike Evelti1978–19821076.9735

Results against nationally ranked opponents

Vermont has played a ranked opponent 36 times, going 2–34.[4]

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

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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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Abrami . Alex . Danforth . Austin. The five UVM basketball stars whose numbers hang in Patrick Gym . . November 4, 2019 . October 15, 2019.
  2. Web site: Abrami . Alex . 'This is surreal:' One more time, Coppenrath and Sorrentine fill Patrick Gym . . November 4, 2019 . October 26, 2019.
  3. Web site: MBB Record Book . 2010-12-02 . PDF . .
  4. Web site: Men's Basketball - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football, Basketball, and Softball Polls and Rankings.

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