Vermont Men’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Vermont Catamounts

America East (23-10, 14-2)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/10 at Colgate (73-72), 3/11 vs Umass-Lowell (72-59)
Bad Losses: 11/27 Long Beach State (58-78), 1/8 at New Hampshire (60-67)
Coach: John Becker
 
Probable Starters:
Matt Veretto, Senior, Forward, 8.8 ppg, 3.0 rpg
Dylan Penn, Senior, Guard, 13.5 ppg, 2.2 apg
Kam Gibson, Senior, Guard, 7.3 ppg
Finn Sullivan, Senior, Guard, 11.9 ppg, 2.3 apg, 4.9 rpg
Robin Duncan, Senior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 4.4 apg, 7.3 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Ileri Ayo-Faleye, Sophomore, Forward, 3.1 ppg, 1.9 rpg
Nick Fiorillo, Junior, Forward, 4.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg
TJ Hurley, Freshman, Guard, 5.3 ppg
Aaron Deloney, Senior, Guard, 11.6 ppg, 1.9 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.9 (151st in nation (4th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 67.2 (93, 3)
Field-Goal Percentage: 47.2 (39, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 44.8 (250, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.7 (49, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 36.2 (68, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.8 (245, 8)
Rebound Margin: -0.9 (246, 6)
Assists Per Game: 13.6 (144, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.6 (7, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Arkansas
2019 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Florida State
2018 NIT First Round loss to Middle Tennessee State
2017 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Purdue
2016 CBI First Round win over Western Carolina
2016 CBI Quarterfinal win over Seattle
2016 CBI Semifinal loss to Morehead State
2015 CBI First Round win over Hofstra
2015 CBI Quarterfinal win over Radford
2015 CBI Semifinal loss to Louisiana Monroe
2014 NIT First Round loss to Georgia
2013 CBI First Round loss to Santa Clara
2012 NCAA Opening Round win over Lamar
2012 NCAA Round of 64 loss to North Carolina
2011 NIT First Round loss to Cleveland State
2010 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Syracuse
2009 CBI First Round win over UW-Green Bay
2009 CBI Second Round loss to Oregon State
2007 NIT First Round loss to Kansas State
2005 NCAA Round of 64 win over Syracuse
2005 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Michigan State
 
*all team stats through 3/5