The Vermont Catamounts Men's Basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents the

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. The school's team currently competes in the

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and plays its home games at

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. The team has reached the

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eight times, in 2003, 2004,

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, 2017,

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, and

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. UVM famously upset

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in the first round of the 2005 tournament. The Catamounts are coached by John Becker.

History

Retired numbers

Five Catamount players have had their numbers retired by the

: ;Notes

Awards

America East Coach of the Year * Tom Brennan – 1991, 1998, 2002 * Mike Lonergan – 2007, 2011 * John Becker – 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 America East Player of the Year * Matt Johnson – 1991 *

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– 1992 * T.J. Sorrentine – 2002 *

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– 2003, 2004, 2005 *

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– 2008, 2009 *

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– 2017, 2018 * Anthony Lamb – 2019, 2020 * Ryan Davis – 2021, 2022 America East Defensive Player of the Year *

– 2008, 2009, 2010 *Brendan Bald – 2011 *Brian Voelkel – 2014 * Dre Wills – 2017 * Ben Shungu – 2020 America East Rookie of the Year * Eddie Benton – 1993 *Tony Orciari – 1998 * T.J. Sorrentine – 2001 *

– 2002 *Mike Trimboli – 2006 *Brian Voelkel – 2011 *Four McGlynn – 2012 *Anthony Lamb – 2017 America East Sixth Man of the Year *Cam Ward – 2015, 2018 *Darren Payen – 2017 * Ryan Davis – 2020 *Aaron Deloney – 2022 All-Conference First Team *Ed Kotlarczyk – 1949 *Keith Galli – 1950 *Clyde Lord – 1957, 1958, 1959 *Benny Becton – 1961 *Ralph D'Altilia – 1965 *Frank Martiniuk – 1970 *Ron Gottschalk – 1975 *Mike Evelti – 1981, 1982 *

– 1991, 1992 * Matt Johnson – 1991 * Eddie Benton – 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 *Erik Nelson – 1998 *Tony Oriciari – 2000, 2001 *Trevor Gaines – 2002 * T.J. Sorrentine – 2002, 2004, 2005 *

– 2003, 2004, 2005 *Chris Holm – 2007 *Mike Trimboli – 2007, 2009 *

– 2008, 2009, 2010 *Evan Fjeld – 2011 *Matt Glass – 2012 *Brian Voelkel – 2013, 2014 *Sandro Carissimo – 2014 *Clancy Rugg – 2014 *Ethan O'Day – 2015 *

– 2017, 2018 * Anthony Lamb – 2019, 2020 *Ernie Duncan – 2019 *Stef Smith – 2020 * Ryan Davis – 2021, 2022 *Ben Shungu – 2022 All-Conference Second Team *Ken Pierce – 1949 *Keith Galli – 1950 *Nat Campana – 1953, 1954 *Earl Steinman – 1955 *Bob Kuchar – 1958, 1959 *Charlie Isles – 1960 *Richie Ader – 1962 *Layne Higgs – 1966 *Dave Lapointe – 1968 *Frank Martiniuk – 1969 *Joe Calavita – 1987 *

– 1990 *Tony Oriciari – 1998 *

– 2002 *Mike Trimboli – 2006, 2008 *Clancy Rugg – 2013 *Dre Wills – 2015 *Anthony Lamb – 2017 *Ernie Duncan – 2018 *Drew Uruqhart – 2018 *Stef Smith – 2021 *Ben Shungu – 2021 All-Conference Third Team *Erik Nelson – 1997 *Tony Oriciari – 1999 *Tobe Carberry – 2000 *Grant Anderson – 2003 *Martin Klimes – 2006, 2007 *Colin McIntosh – 2009 *Maurice Joseph – 2010 *Evan Fjeld – 2010 *Brendan Bald – 2011 *Brian Voelkel – 2012 *Sandro Carissimo – 2013 *Ethan O'Day – 2016 * Kurt Steidl – 2016 *Trae Bell-Haynes – 2016 *Ernie Duncan – 2017 *Payton Henson – 2017, 2018 *Isaiah Powell – 2022 All-Conference Defensive Team *

– 2008, 2009, 2010 *Garvey Young – 2010 *Brendan Bald – 2011 *Brian Voelkel – 2012, 2013, 2014 *Ethan O'Day – 2014, 2015 *Dre Wills – 2015, 2016, 2017 *Ernie Duncan – 2018 * Anthony Lamb – 2019 *Samuel Dingba – 2019 *Ben Shungu – 2020, 2021, 2022 All-Conference Rookie Team *Rahim Huland El – 1988 *Kenny White – 1989 *Brian Tarrant – 1990 * Eddie Benton – 1993 *Erik Nelson – 1995 *David Roach – 1997 *Tony Orciari – 1998 *Trevor Gaines – 1999 * T.J. Sorrentine – 2000 *

– 2001 *Josh Duell – 2005 *Mike Trimboli – 2006 *Joe Trapani – 2007 *Garvey Young – 2009 *Brian Voelkel – 2011 *Four McGlynn – 2012 *Kurt Steidel – 2014 *Trae Bell-Haynes – 2015 *Ernie Duncan – 2016 *Anthony Lamb – 2017 *Stef Smith – 2018 *Robin Duncan – 2019 All-American * Anthony Lamb – (2019 Honorable Mention – AP) *

– (2017, 2018 Honorable Mention – AP) *

– (2008, 2009 Honorable Mention – AP) *

– (2003, 2004, 2005 Honorable Mention – AP) * T.J. Sorrentine – (2002 Honorable Mention – AP) *Mike Evelti – (1981 Honorable Mention – AP) *Ron Gottschalk - (1975 Honorable Mention - AP)

Hall of Fame

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Catamounts have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament eight times. Their combined record is 2–8.

NIT results

The Catamounts have appeared in the

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(NIT) four times. Their combined record is 0–4.

CBI results

The Catamounts have appeared in the

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(CBI) four times. Their combined record is 5–4.

Coaches

Season-by-season results

Records

All-time leaders

Points

Assists

Rebounds

Results against nationally ranked opponents

Vermont has played a ranked opponent 35 times, going 2–33. : % NCAA Tournament game : $ in Glens Falls, New York

Media

The Catamounts receive regular television, newspaper and radio coverage throughout the year. All home conference games are broadcast on

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, while radio broadcasts can be heard on WCPV (101.3 ESPN). Three television stations –

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, and

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– provide local coverage, while

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provides extensive reporting of Vermont basketball, as well.

References

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