Vermont Catamounts men's basketball

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.

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


 * 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, 2024

America East Player of the Year
 * Matt Johnson – 1991
 * Kevin Roberson – 1992
 * T.J. Sorrentine – 2002
 * Taylor Coppenrath – 2003, 2004, 2005
 * Marqus Blakely – 2008, 2009
 * Trae Bell-Haynes – 2017, 2018
 * Anthony Lamb – 2019, 2020
 * Ryan Davis – 2021, 2022
 * Finn Sullivan - 2023

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)

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

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

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

Results against nationally ranked opponents
Vermont has played a ranked opponent 36 times, going 2–34.


 * % 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 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.