Vermont Catamounts men's basketball

NCAA Division 1 program
Vermont Catamounts
2023–24 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
UniversityUniversity of Vermont
Head coachJohn Becker (13th season)
ConferenceAmerica East
LocationBurlington, Vermont
ArenaPatrick Gym
(Capacity: 3,228)
NicknameCatamounts
ColorsGreen and gold[1]
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Alternate jersey
Team colours
Alternate
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.

History

Retired numbers

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

Vermont Catamounts retired numbers
No. Player Pos. Tenure No. ret. Ref.
10 Eddie Benton PG 1992–1996 2000 [2]
11 T. J. Sorrentine PG 2000–2005 2019 [3]
22 Taylor Coppenrath C 2001–2005 2019 [3]
33 Kevin Roberson C 1988–1992 1992 [2]
45 Trevor Gaines [n 1] 1998–2002 2011 [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]

  • Tom Brennan – 1991, 1998, 2002
  • Mike Lonergan – 2007, 2011
  • John Becker – 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024

America East Player of the Year

America East Defensive Player of the Year

  • Marqus Blakely – 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
  • Taylor Coppenrath – 2002
  • Mike Trimboli – 2006
  • Brian Voelkel – 2011
  • Four McGlynn – 2012
  • Anthony Lamb – 2017

America East Newcomer of the Year

  • Shamir Bogues – 2024

America East Sixth Man of the Year

  • Cam Ward – 2015, 2018
  • Darren Payen – 2017
  • Ryan Davis – 2020
  • Aaron Deloney – 2022, 2023

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
  • Kevin Roberson – 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
  • Taylor Coppenrath – 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Chris Holm – 2007
  • Mike Trimboli – 2007, 2009
  • Marqus Blakely – 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Evan Fjeld – 2011
  • Matt Glass – 2012
  • Brian Voelkel – 2013, 2014
  • Sandro Carissimo – 2014
  • Clancy Rugg – 2014
  • Ethan O'Day – 2015
  • Trae Bell-Haynes – 2017, 2018
  • Anthony Lamb – 2019, 2020
  • Ernie Duncan – 2019
  • Stef Smith – 2020
  • Ryan Davis – 2021, 2022
  • Ben Shungu – 2022
  • Finn Sullivan – 2023
  • Robin Duncan – 2023
  • Shamir Bogues – 2024

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
  • Kevin Roberson – 1990
  • Tony Oriciari – 1998
  • Taylor Coppenrath – 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
  • Dylan Penn – 2023
  • Aaron Deloney – 2024

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
  • T.J Long – 2024

All-Conference Defensive Team

  • Marqus Blakely – 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
  • Robin Duncan – 2023
  • Shamir Bogues – 2024
  • Ileri Ayo-Faleye – 2024

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
  • Taylor Coppenrath – 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
  • T.J Hurley – 2023

All-American

  • Anthony Lamb – (2019 Honorable Mention – AP)
  • Trae Bell-Haynes – (2017, 2018 Honorable Mention – AP)
  • Marqus Blakely – (2008, 2009 Honorable Mention – AP)
  • Taylor Coppenrath – (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

Class Name Year Inducted
1909 Ray Collins 1969
1922 Fredrick Harris 1972
1925 Claire Cayward 1969
1928 Howard Prentice 1971
Kiki Price 1974
1929 Seeley Estabrook 1979
1931 Walter Sargent 1978
1932 Edward Winant 1971
1933 Chester Taft 1977
1934 John Beckley 1971
1935 Enos Ramon 1974
Whitey Palmer 1975
Edward Saba 1976
1937 Austin Ross 1973
1938 Tommy Tomasetti 1980
1939 Elmer Nelson 1975
1941 Frank Taylor 1969
Donald Maley 1977
Richard Healy 1993
Henri Beauchemin 2007
1947 Larry Killick 1969
1948 John Durkin 1991
1950 Arthur Collier 1977
1950 Edward Kotlarczyk 1979
1951 Ralph Kehoe 1973
1953 Gary Clairmont 1987
1954 Nat Campana 1975
1955 Keith Jampolis 1983
Earl Steinman 2004
1956 Roland Massimino 1983
1957 Alan McLam 1981
1959 Clyde Lord 1974
Bob Kuchar 1985
1960 Charlie Isles 1976
1961 Joseph Barry 1982
1963 Benny Becton 1980
Jack Shabel 1990
Richard Ader 2017
1965 Charles Foster 1984
1965 Ralph D'Altilia 1988
1966 Layne Higgs 1982
Milt Goggans 2018
1969 David Lapointe 1981
1970 Frank Martiniuk 1980
Sandy Magid 1996
1977 Warren Prehmus 1987
1982 Michael Evelti 1992
Jeff Brown 1993
1989 Joe Calavita 2000
1991 Matt Johnson 2001
1992 Kevin Roberson 1993
Kenny White 2002
1996 Eddie Benton 2006
Erik Nelson 2009
2001 Tony Orciari 2011
2002 Trevor Gaines 2012
2005 T.J. Sorrentine 2015
Taylor Coppenrath 2015
2009 Mike Trimboli 2020
2010 Marqus Blakely 2020

Postseason

NCAA tournament results

The Catamounts have appeared in the NCAA Division I tournament ten times. Their combined record is 2–9.

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
First Round		 #16 Lamar
#1 North Carolina		 W 71–59
L 58–77
2017 #13 First Round #4 Purdue L 70–80
2019 #13 First Round #4 Florida State L 69–76
2022 #13 First Round #4 Arkansas L 71–75
2023 #15 First Round #2 Marquette L 61–78
2024 #13 First 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.

Year Round Opponent Result
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.

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 Record Pct. Conference Titles NCAA Tournament Appearances
1906–1908 Thomas Hayes 12–9 .571 - -
1920–1921 P.A. Larned 10–5 .667 - -
1921–25 Thomas Keady 56–15 .789 - -
1925–1928 W.J. McAvoy 33–23 .589 - -
1928–1929 Claire Cayward 7–10 .412 - -
1929–1930 K.L. Berry 4–16 .200 - -
1930–1931 Howard Prentice 4–13 .235 - -
1931–1934 J.H. Burke 16–27 .372 - -
1934–1940 John P. Sabo 50–34 .595 - -
1940–1943
1945–1965		 John C. Evans 260–196 .571 1 (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 .489 3 (America East) 3 (2003, 2004, 2005)
2005–2011 Mike Lonergan 126–68 .649 1 (America East) 1 (2010)
2011–present John Becker 257–102 .716 7 (America East) 7 (2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Season-by-season results

Vermont Catamounts Basketball Season Log
1900s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1900–01 No Coach 1–10
1901–02 No Coach 1–4
1902–03 No Coach 2–5
1903–04 No Coach 5–6
1904–05 No Coach 3–6
1905–06 No Coach 1–1
1906–07 Thomas E. Hayes 7–4
1907–08 Thomas E. Hayes 7–4
1920s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1920–21 P.A. Larned 10–5
1921–22 Thomas Keady 15–4
1922–23 Thomas Keady 12–6
1923–24 Thomas Keady 15–2
1924–25 Thomas Keady 14–3
1925–26 W. J. McAvoy 12–9
1926–27 W. J. McAvoy 11–5
1927–28 W. J. McAvoy 10–9
1928–29 Claire Cayward 7–10
1929–30 K. L. Berry 4–16
1930s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1930–31 Howard Prentice 4–13
1931–32 J.H. Burke 6–9
1932–33 J.H. Burke 6–8
1933–34 J.H. Burke 4–10
1934–35 John Sabo 8–5
1935–36 John Sabo 7–6
1936–37 John Sabo 10–4
1937–38 John Sabo 10–4
1938–39 John Sabo 10–5
1939–40 John Sabo 5–10
1940s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1940–41 John Evans 9–5
1941–42 John Evans 10–5
1942–43 John Evans 10–6
1945–46 John Evans 10–4
1946–47 John Evans 19–3
1947–48 John Evans 14–6
Yankee Conference (1948–1976)
1948–49 John Evans 2–1 15–5
1949–50 John Evans 2–3 9–11
1950s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1950–51 John Evans 4–1 14–6
1951–52 John Evans 3–1 14–6
1952–53 John Evans 1–2 11–10
1953–54 John Evans 1–2 13–7
1954–55 John Evans 4–1 6–15
1955–56 John Evans 2–3 6–12
1956–57 John Evans 3–2 15–5
1957–58 John Evans 5–5 15–10
1958–59 John Evans 4–6 12–10
1959–60 John Evans 2–8 9–11
1960s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1960–61 John Evans 3–7 9–11
1961–62 John Evans 3–7 12–12
1962–63 John Evans 2–8 10–13
1963–64 John Evans 4–6 11–10
1964–65 John Evans 1–9 7–13
1965–66 Arthur Loche 3–7 12–8
1966–67 Arthur Loche 1–9 9–15
1967–68 Arthur Loche 5–5 12–12
1968–69 Arthur Loche 3–7 14–11
1969–70 Arthur Loche 3–7 8–16
1970s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1970–71 Arthur Loche 1–9 9–15
1971–72 Arthur Loche 0–10 5–19
1972–73 Peter Salzberg 2–12 8–16
1973–74 Peter Salzberg 3–9 9–17
1974–75 Peter Salzberg 8–4 16–10
1975–76 Peter Salzberg 6–6 15–10
1976–77 Peter Salzberg 9–16
1977–78 Peter Salzberg 11–15
1978–79 Peter Salzberg 9–17
America East (1979–present)
1979–80 Peter Salzberg 4–4 12–15 America East quarterfinal
(L Holy Cross 90–74)
1980s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1980–81 Peter Salzberg 5–5 16–12 America East semifinal
(W Boston University 85–84 3OT)
(L Northeastern 76–69 OT)
1981–82 Bill Whitmore 2–8 10–16
1982–83 Bill Whitmore 4–8 10–19 America East quarterfinal
(W Colgate 62–61)
(L Boston University 80–75)
1983–84 Bill Whitmore 3–11 7–21 America East quarterfinal
(L Canisius 90–76)
1984–85 Bill Whitmore 5–12 9–19 America East quarterfinal
(L Siena 65–56)
1985–86 Bill Whitmore 5–13 9–19 America East quarterfinal
(L Northeastern 81–62)
1986–87 Tom Brennan 3–15 5–23 America East quarterfinal
(L Niagara 109–90)
1987–88 Tom Brennan 2–16 3–24
1988–89 Tom Brennan 4–14 6–21
1989–90 Tom Brennan 4–8 13–17 America East Final
(W Maine 78–75)
(W Northeastern 76–62)
(L Boston University 75–57)
1990s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
1990–91 Tom Brennan 5–5 15–13 America East quarterfinal
(L Hartford 85–65)
1991–92 Tom Brennan 7–7 16–13 America East semifinal
(W Northeastern 74–64)
(L Delaware 76–64)
1992–93 Tom Brennan 4–10 10–17 America East quarterfinal
(L Northeastern 91–68)
1993–94 Tom Brennan 3–11 12–15 America East quarterfinal
(L Maine 77–55)
1994–95 Tom Brennan 7–9 14–13 America East quarterfinal
(L Northeastern 73–71 OT)
1995–96 Tom Brennan 10–8 12–15 America East quarterfinal
(L Maine 84–75)
1996–97 Tom Brennan 7–11 11–16 America East quarterfinal
(L Hartford 70–44)
1997–98 Tom Brennan 11–7 16–11 America East quarterfinal
(L Drexel 51–42)
1998–99 Tom Brennan 7–11 11–16 America East quarterfinal
(L Hofstra 69–59)
1999–2000 Tom Brennan 11–7 16–12 America East quarterfinal
(L Drexel 71–59)
2000s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
2000–01 Tom Brennan 7–11 12–17 America East quarterfinal
(W New Hampshire 78–73)
(L Hofstra 68–55)
2001–02 Tom Brennan 13–3 21–8 America East semifinal
(W Stony Brook 74–59)
(L Maine 61–59 OT)
2002–03 Tom Brennan 11–5 21–12 America East tournament champions
(W Albany 81–62)
(W Hartford 67–51)
(W Boston University 56–55) 		NCAA first round
(L Arizona 80–51)
2003–04 Tom Brennan 15–3 22–9 America East tournament champions
(W New Hampshire 58–50)
(W Hartford 61–48)
(W Maine 72–53) 		NCAA first round
(L Connecticut 70–53)
2004–05 Tom Brennan 16–2 25–7 America East tournament champions
(W UMBC 76–61)
(W Northeastern 80–57) 		NCAA second round
(W Syracuse 60–57 OT)
(L Michigan State 72–61)
2005–06 Mike Lonergan 7–9 13–17 America East Final
(W Boston University 64–61)
(W Binghamton 66–59)
(L Albany 80–67)
2006–07 Mike Lonergan 15–1 25–8 America East Final
(W Hartford 90–73)
(W UMBC 72–63)
(L Albany 60–59) 		NIT first round
(L Kansas State 59–57)
2007–08 Mike Lonergan 9–7 16–15 America East semifinal
(W Binghamton 65–57)
(L UMBC 73–64)
2008–09 Mike Lonergan 13–3 24–9 America East quarterfinal
(L Albany 56–52 OT) 		CBI Quarterfinals
(W UW-Green Bay 76–72)
(L Oregon State 71–70 OT)
2009–10 Mike Lonergan 12–4 25–10 America East tournament champions
(W UMBC 76–59)
(W New Hampshire 57–38)
(W Boston University 83–70) 		NCAA first round
(L Syracuse 79–56)
2010s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
2010–11 Mike Lonergan 13–3 23–9 America East semifinal
(W Binghamton 57–46)
(L Stony Brook 69–47) 		NIT first round
(L Cleveland State 63–60)
2011–12 John Becker 13–3 24–12 America East tournament champions
(W Maine 50–40)
(W Hartford 77–73 2OT)
(W Stony Brook 51–43) 		NCAA second round
(W Lamar 71–59)
(L North Carolina 77–58)
2012–13 John Becker 11–5 21–12 America East tournament Final
(W UNH 61–42)
(W UMBC 85–72)
(L Albany 53–49) 		2013 CBI first round
(L Santa Clara 77–67)
2013–14 John Becker 15–1 22–10 America East Semi-finals
(W UNH 77–60)
(L Albany 58–67) 		2014 NIT first round
(L Georgia 56–63)
2014–15 John Becker 12–4 20–14 America East Semi-finals
(W UMBC 66–39)
(L Stony Brook 77–79) 		2015 CBI Semi-finals
(W Hofstra 85–81)
(W Radford 78–71)
(L Louisiana-Monroe 65–71)
2015–16 John Becker 11–5 23–14 America East tournament Final
(W Maine 99–82)
(W New Hampshire 63–56)
(L Stony Brook 74–80) 		2016 CBI Semi-finals
(W Western Carolina 79–74)
(W Seattle 73–54)
(L Nevada 72–86)
2016–17 John Becker 16–0 29–6 America East tournament champions
(W Maine 86–41)
(W New Hampshire 74–41)
(W Albany 56–53) 		NCAA first round
(L Purdue 70–80)
2017–18 John Becker 15–1 27–8 America East tournament Final
(W Maine 75–60)
(W Stony Brook 70–51)
(L UMBC 62–65) 		NIT first round
(L Middle Tennessee 64–91)
2018–19 John Becker 14–2 27–7 America East tournament champions
(W Maine 73–57)
(W Binghamton 84–51)
(W UMBC 66–49) 		NCAA first round
(L Florida State 69–76)
2019–20 John Becker 14–2 27–6 America East tournament champions
(W Maine 61–50)
(W UMBC 81–74)
(vs. Hartford canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic)
2020s
Season Head Coach Conf. Overall Conference tournament Postseason
2020–21 John Becker 10–4 10–5 America East tournament Semi-finals
(L Hartford 65–71)
2021–22 John Becker 17–1 28–6 America East tournament champions
(W NJIT 98–59)
(W Binghamton 74–42)
(W UMBC 82–43) 		NCAA first round
(L Arkansas 71–75)
2022–23 John Becker 14–2 23–11 America East tournament champions
(W NJIT 84–57)
(W Binghamton 79–57)
(W UMass Lowell 72–59) 		NCAA first round
(L Marquette 61–78)
2023–24 John Becker 15–1 28–7 America East tournament champions
(W Albany 75–72)
(W UNH 66–59)
(W UMass Lowell 66–61) 		NCAA first round
(L Duke 47–64)
All-Time Conference Record: 502–437 (.535)
All-Time Overall Record: 1384-1161 (.544)

Records

All-time leaders

Points

Rank Player Career Games Average Total
1 Eddie Benton 1992–1996 104 23.8 2,474
2 Taylor Coppenrath 2001–2005 114 21.4 2,442
3 T.J. Sorrentine 2000–2005 120 16.8 2,013
4 Mike Trimboli 2005–2009 126 15.9 2,008
5 Anthony Lamb 2016–2020 118 16.4 1,933
6 Marqus Blakely 2006–2010 129 14.5 1,875
7 Tony Orciari 1997–2001 109 16.0 1,743
8 Mike Evelti 1978–1982 107 15.9 1,697
9 Trae Bell-Haynes 2014–2018 139 11.7 1,629
10 Kevin Roberson 1988–1992 112 13.4 1,503

Assists

Rank Player Career Games Average Total
1 Brian Voelkel 2010–2014 134 5.0 679
2 Mike Trimboli 2005–2009 126 5.0 624
3 Kenny White 1988–1992 114 4.9 565
4 T.J. Sorrentine 2000–2005 120 4.6 548
5 Trae Bell-Haynes 2014–2018 139 3.7 518
6 Howard Hudson 1982–1986 102 5.0 511
7 Eddie Benton 1992–1996 102 4.4 458
8 David Roach 1996–2000 106 4.1 435
9 Jeff Brown 1978–1982 105 4.1 428
10 Corey Wielgus 1977–1982 101 3.4 341

Rebounds

Rank Player Career Games Average Total
1 Brian Voelkel 2010–2014 134 8.7 1,168
2 Kevin Roberson 1988–1992 112 9.4 1,054
3 Marqus Blakely 2006–2010 129 8.1 1,044
4 Benny Becton 1960–1963 66 14.9 986
5 Trevor Gaines 1998–2002 111 7.9 880
6 Taylor Coppenrath 2001–2005 114 7.4 839
7 Erik Nelson 1994–1998 103 7.7 795
8 Anthony Lamb 2016–2020 118 6.5 765
9 Milt Goggins 1963–1966 61 12.1 740
10 Mike Evelti 1978–1982 107 6.9 735

Results against nationally ranked opponents

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

Date Opponent
December 7, 1973 at No. 6 North Carolina State L 42–97
December 8, 1973 at No. 13 North Carolina L 48–103
October 29, 1973 at No. 10 Vanderbilt L 56–91
December 21, 1976 at No. 2 Notre Dame L 48–89
December 30, 1978 vs. No. 12 Texas A&M L 76–104
December 28, 1979 at No. 1 Duke L 67–92
December 3, 1988 at No. 18 Villanova L 58–80
November 19, 1999 at No. 8 Connecticut L 52–89
November 29, 1999 at No. 15 Ohio State L 51–74
December 21, 2000 at No. 21 Notre Dame L 86–96
December 19, 2002 at No. 23 North Carolina L 54–80
March 20, 2003 vs. No. 1 Arizona % L 51–80
March 18, 2004 vs. No. 9 Connecticut % L 53–70
November 19, 2004 at No. 1 Kansas L 61–68
March 18, 2005 vs. No. 11 Syracuse % W 60–57OT
March 20, 2005 vs. No. 13 Michigan State % L 61–72
November 23, 2005 vs. No. 22 Nevada L 62–77
November 13, 2006 at No. 14 Boston College W 77–63
December 6, 2008 at No. 3 Pittsburgh L 51–80
March 19, 2010 vs. No. 3 Syracuse % L 56–79
December 8, 2010 vs. No. 18 Brigham Young $ L 58–86
December 7, 2011 at No. 22 Saint Louis L 43–62
March 16, 2012 vs. No. 4 North Carolina % L 58–77
November 13, 2012 at No. 23 Connecticut L 49–67
November 24, 2013 at No. 6 Duke L 90–91
November 15, 2015 at No. 23 Purdue L 79–107
December 1, 2016 at No. 20 South Carolina L 50–68
December 21, 2016 at No. 13 Butler L 69–81
March 16, 2017 vs. No. 15 Purdue % L 70–80
November 12, 2017 at No. 5 Kentucky L 69–72
November 12, 2018 at No. 2 Kansas L 68–84
March 21, 2019 vs. No. 10 Florida State % L 69–76
November 19, 2019 at No. 7 Virginia L 55–61
November 13, 2021 at No. 21 Maryland L 57–68
March 17, 2022 vs. No. 17 Arkansas % L 75–71
March 17, 2023 vs. 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.

References

  1. ^ "Vermont Athletic Style Guide" (PDF). September 1, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Abrami, Alex; Danforth, Austin (October 15, 2019). "The five UVM basketball stars whose numbers hang in Patrick Gym". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Abrami, Alex (October 26, 2019). "'This is surreal:' One more time, Coppenrath and Sorrentine fill Patrick Gym". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "MBB Record Book" (PDF). University of Vermont. Retrieved 2010-12-02.
  5. ^ "Men's Basketball - College Poll Archive - Historical College Football, Basketball, and Softball Polls and Rankings".
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