Vermont Catamounts men's basketball

Vermont Catamounts
2015–16 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
University University of Vermont
Conference America East
Location Burlington, VT
Head coach John Becker (5th year)
Arena Patrick Gym
(Capacity: 3,266)
Nickname Catamounts
Colors Green and Gold[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
2005
NCAA Tournament appearances
2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Conference tournament champions
2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012
Conference regular season champions
1947, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

The Vermont Catamounts Basketball team is the basketball team that represent 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 five times, in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2012. UVM famously upset Syracuse University in the first round of the 2005 tournament. The Catamounts are coached by John Becker.

History

Awards

America East Coach of the Year[2]

America East Player of the Year

America East Defensive Player of the Year

America East Rookie 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

Class Name Year Inducted
1909Ray Collins1969
1922Fredrick Harris1972
1925Claire Cayward1987
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
1965Charles Foster1984
1965Ralph D'Altilia1988
1966Layne Higgs1982
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

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Catamounts have appeared in the NCAA Division I Tournament five times. Their combined record is 2–5.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
2003 #16 First Round #1 Arizona L 51–80
2004 #15 First Round #2 Connecticut L 53–70
2005 #13 First Round
Second Round
#4 Syracuse
#5 Michigan State
W 60–57 OT
L 61–72
2010 #16 First Round #1 Syracuse L 56–79
2012 #16 First Four
Second Round
#16 Lamar
#1 North Carolina
W 71–59
L 58–77

NIT results

The Catamounts have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) three times. Their combined record is 0–3.

Year Round Opponent Result
2007 First Round Kansas State L 59–57
2011 First Round Cleveland State L 60–63
2014 First Round Georgia L 56–63

CBI results

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

Year Round Opponent Result
2009 First Round
Quarterfinals
Green Bay
Oregon State
W 76–72
L 70–71 OT
2013 First Round Santa Clara L 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

Years Coach Win Loss Win % Conference
Titles
NCAA Tournament
Appearances
1906–1908Thomas Hayes129.571--
1920–1921P.A. Larned105.667--
1921–25Thomas Keady5615.789--
1925–1928W.J. McAvoy3323.589--
1928–1929Claire Cayward710.412--
1929–1930K.L. Berry416.200--
1930–1931Howard Prentice413.235--
1931–1934J.H. Burke1627.372--
1934–1940John Sabo5034.595--
1940–1943
1945–1965
John C. Evans260196.571--
1965–1972Arthur Loche6996.418--
1972–1981Peter Salzberg105128.441--
1981–1986Bill Whitmore4594.324--
1986–2005Tom Brennan264276.4893 (America East)3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
2005–2011Mike Lonergan12668.6491 (America East)1 (2010)
2011–presentJohn Becker11063.6361 (America East)1 (2012)

Season-by-season results

Vermont Catamounts Basketball Season Log
All-Time Conference Record: 387–424 (.477)
All-Time Overall Record: 1185-1105 (.517)

Records

All-time leaders

Points

Rank Player Years Games PPG Avg. Total Points
1Eddie Benton1992–199610423.82,474
2Taylor Coppenrath2001–200511421.42,442
3T.J. Sorrentine2000–200512016.82,013
4Mike Trimboli2005–200912615.92,008
5Marqus Blakely2006–201012914.51,875
6Tony Orciari1997–200110916.01,743
7Mike Evelti1978–198210715.91,697
8Kevin Roberson1988–199211213.41,503
9Joe Calavita1984–198910913.41,503
10Warren Prehmus1973–19779614.61,402

Assists

Rank Player Years Games Ast. Avg. Total Assists
1Brian Voelkel2010–20141345.0679
2Mike Trimboli2005–20091265.0624
3Kenny White1988–19921144.9565
3T.J. Sorrentine2000–20051204.6548
5Howard Hudson1982–19861025.0511
6Eddie Benton1992–19961024.4458
7David Roach1996–20001064.1435
8Jeff Brown1978–19821054.1428
9Corey Wielgus1977–19821013.4341
10Nick Vier2006–20101312.5321

Rebounds

Rank Player Years Games Reb. Avg. Total 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
8Milt Goggins1963–19666112.1740
9Mike Evelti1978–19821076.9735
10Joe Calavita1984–19891096.5712

Results against nationally ranked opponents

Date Opponent Score Result
December 7, 1973at #6 North Carolina State42–97L
December 8, 1973at #13 North Carolina48–103L
October 29, 1973at #10 Vanderbilt56–91L
December 21, 1976at #2 Notre Dame48–89L
December 30, 1978vs. #12 Texas A&M76–104L
December 28, 1979at #1 Duke67–92L
December 3, 1988at #18 Villanova58–80L
November 19, 1999at #8 Connecticut52–89L
December 21, 2000at #21 Notre Dame86–96L
December 19, 2002at #23 North Carolina54–80L
March 20, 2003vs. #1 Arizona 51–80L
March 18, 2004vs. #9 Connecticut 53–70L
November 19, 2004at #1 Kansas61–68L
March 18, 2005vs. #11 Syracuse 60–57 (OT)W
March 20, 2005vs. #13 Michigan State 61–72L
November 23, 2005vs. #22 Nevada62–77L
November 13, 2006at #14 Boston College77–63W
December 6, 2008at #3 Pittsburgh51–80L
March 19, 2010vs. #3 Syracuse %56–79L
December 8, 2010vs. #18 Brigham Young $58–86L
December 7, 2011at #22 Saint Louis43–62L
March 16, 2012vs. #4 North Carolina %58–77L
November 13, 2012at #23 Connecticut49–67L
November 24, 2013at #6 Duke90–91L
November 15, 2015at #23 Purdue79–107L
TOTAL 2–23
% NCAA Tournament game
$ in Glens Falls, New York
All rankings from College Poll Archive[3]

References

  1. "Color Guidelines" (PDF). The University of Vermont Style Guide. University of Vermont. December 7, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
  2. "MBB Record Book" (PDF). University of Vermont. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  3. http://www.collegepollarchive.com/mbasketball/index.cfm#.Upv4MsRDuSo
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