2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team

The 2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Catamounts, led by sixth-year head coach John Becker, played their home games at Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 29–6, 16–0 in America East play to win the America East regular season championship. In the America East tournament, they defeated Maine, New Hampshire and Albany to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As a No. 13 seed in the Midwest region, they lost to No. 4-seeded Purdue in the first round.

2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball
America East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record29–6 (16–0 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Kyle Cieplicki
  • Ryan Schneider
  • Hamlet Tibbs
Home arenaPatrick Gym
Seasons
2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 16 0   1.000 29 6   .829
Stony Brook 12 4   .750 18 14   .563
Albany 10 6   .625 21 14   .600
New Hampshire 10 6   .625 20 12   .625
UMBC 9 7   .563 21 13   .618
UMass Lowell* 5 11   .313 11 20   .355
Hartford 4 12   .250 9 23   .281
Binghamton 3 13   .188 12 20   .375
Maine 3 13   .188 7 25   .219
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.
2017 America East tournament winner

Previous season

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The Catamounts finished the 2015–16 season 23–14, 11–5 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. They defeated Maine and New Hampshire to advance to the championship game of the America East tournament where they lost to Stony Brook. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational. There, they defeated Western Carolina and Seattle to advance to the semifinals before losing to Nevada.

Preseason

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Vermont was picked to finish first in the preseason America East poll.[1] Trae Bell-Haynes was selected to the preseason All-America East team.[2]

Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes
Dylan Sinnickson 5 F 6'5" 195 Senior Sands Point, NY Walk-on; graduated
Ethan O'Day 32 F 6'9" 201 Senior Mansfield, CT Graduated

Incoming Transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Samuel Dingba 5 F 6'5" 205 Junior Yaoundé, Cameroon Transferred from Quinnipiac. Under NCAA transfer rules, Dinga will not play for the 2016–17 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility.

2016 incoming recruits

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Anthony Lamb
#86 PF
Rochester, NY Greece Athena High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sep 7, 2015 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 65
Ben Shungu
PG
Burlington, VT Rice Memorial High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jan 19, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 0
Kian Dalyrimple
SG
Dix Hills, NY Half Hallow Hills West High School 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 177 lb (80 kg) May 12, 2016 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2016 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 29, 2016.

Roster

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2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Ben Shungu (W)   6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Rice Memorial Burlington, VT
G/F 1 Josh Hearlihy 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 213 lb (97 kg) RS Jr Northfield Mount Hermon
Tulane
Los Angeles, CA
G 2 Trae Bell-Haynes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Bill Crothers Secondary Toronto, ON
F 3 Anthony Lamb 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 227 lb (103 kg) Fr Greece Athena Rochester, NY
G 4 David Urso (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Central Catholic Pittsburgh, PA
F 5 Sam Dingba   6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Salisbury School
Qunnipiac
Yaoundé, Cameroon
F 12 Darren Payen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) RS Sr Hamden Hall
Hofstra
Milford, CT
G 14 Cam Ward 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Marshall Marshall, WI
G 15 Kian Dalyrimple   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 177 lb (80 kg) Fr Half Hollow Hills West Dix Hills, NY
G 20 Ernie Duncan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Harrison Evansville, IN
G 21 Everett Duncan   6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Harrison Evansville, IN
G 24 Dre Wills 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Mercersburg Academy Indianapolis, IN
F 25 Drew Urquhart 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 219 lb (99 kg) Jr Eastside Catholic Vancouver, BC
F 32 Josh Speidel   6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Columbus North Columbus, IN
G/F 34 Kurt Steidl 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 181 lb (82 kg) Sr Ridgefield Ridgefield, CT
F 35 Payton Henson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Siloam Springs
Tulane
Siloam Springs, AR
F 44 Nate Rohrer (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Jr Leland Underhill, VT
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2016*
7:00 pm
Quebec–Montreal W 89–66 
Patrick Gym (2,028)
Burlington, VT
11/07/2016*
7:00 pm
Saint Michael's W 94–65 
Patrick Gym (2,404)
Burlington, VT
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016*
1:00 pm
at Quinnipiac W 94–70  1–0
TD Bank Sports Center (1,517)
Hamden, CT
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm, FS2
at Providence L 58–80  1–1
Dunkin' Donuts Center (8,310)
Providence, RI
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm
at Marist W 76–72  2–1
McCann Field House (1,112)
Poughkeepsie, NY
11/19/2016*
1:00 pm
Lyndon State
Gulf Coast Showcase Opening Round
W 79–20  3–1
Patrick Gym (1,955)
Burlington, VT
11/21/2016*
11:00 am
vs. Wofford
Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals
W 60–59  4–1
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/22/2016*
5:00 pm
vs. Hofstra
Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals
W 87–73  5–1
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/23/2016*
7:30 pm
vs. Houston
Gulf Coast Showcase finals
L 71–72  5–2
Germain Arena 
Estero, FL
11/26/2016*
1:00 pm
Yale W 67–65  6–2
Patrick Gym (2,173)
Burlington, VT
12/01/2016*
6:30 pm
at No. 20 South Carolina L 50–68  6–3
Colonial Life Arena (11,579)
Columbia, SC
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm
Dartmouth W 73–58  7–3
Patrick Gym (2,186)
Burlington, VT
12/10/2016*
1:00 pm
Northeastern L 57–59  7–4
Patrick Gym (2,284)
Burlington, VT
12/17/2016*
1:00 pm
Eastern Michigan W 82–74  8–4
Patrick Gym (1,775)
Burlington, VT
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm, FSN
at No. 13 Butler L 69–81  8–5
Hinkle Fieldhouse (7,898)
Indianapolis, IN
12/29/2016*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Siena W 76–60  9–5
Times Union Center (6,176)
Albany, NY
01/02/2017*
7:00 pm
Harvard W 82–71  10–5
Patrick Gym (2,312)
Burlington, VT
America East regular season
01/05/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Maine W 90–77  11–5
(1–0)
Cross Insurance Center (798)
Bangor, ME
01/08/2017
4:00 pm
Hartford W 85–54  12–5
(2–0)
Patrick Gym (2,192)
Burlington, VT
01/11/2017
7:00 pm
at Binghamton W 67–50  13–5
(3–0)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,878)
Vestal, NY
01/13/2017
7:00 pm
UMBC W 81–72  14–5
(4–0)
Patrick Gym (2,341)
Burlington, VT
01/16/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at New Hampshire W 71–59  15–5
(5–0)
Lundholm Gym (881)
Durham, NH
01/19/2017
7:00 pm
UMass Lowell W 81–67  16–5
(6–0)
Patrick Gym (2,326)
Burlington, VT
01/25/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany W 60–49  17–5
(7–0)
SEFCU Arena (2,822)
Albany, NY
01/28/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Stony Brook W 71–64  18–5
(8–0)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009)
Stony Brook, NY
02/01/2017
7:00 pm
Maine W 74–53  19–5
(9–0)
Patrick Gym (2,384)
Burlington, VT
02/04/2017
7:00 pm
at Hartford W 79–66  20–5
(10–0)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,898)
Hartford, CT
02/06/2017
7:00 pm
Binghamton W 71–51  21–5
(11–0)
Patrick Gym (2,615)
Burlington, VT
02/09/2017
9:00 pm, ESPNU
New Hampshire W 82–74  22–5
(12–0)
Patrick Gym (1,775)
Burlington, VT
02/12/2017
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC W 77–74  23–5
(13–0)
Retriever Activities Center (1,219)
Catonsville, MD
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMass Lowell W 87–66  24–5
(14–0)
Tsongas Center (2,540)
Lowell, MA
02/22/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 62–50  25–5
(15–0)
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
02/25/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony Brook W 66–51  26–5
(16–0)
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
America East tournament
03/01/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) (8) Maine
Quarterfials
W 86–41  27–5
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
03/06/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) (4) New Hampshire
Semifinals
W 74–41  28–5
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
03/11/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN2
(1) (3) Albany
Championship
W 56–53  29–5
Patrick Gym (3,266)
Burlington, VT
NCAA tournament
03/16/2017*
7:27 pm, truTV
(13 MW) vs. (4 MW) No. 15 Purdue
First Round
L 70–80  29–6
BMO Harris Bradley Center (18,025)
Milwaukee, WI
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
MW=Midwest Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Vermont Chosen 2016-17 Men's #AEHoops Preseason Favorite". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016-17 Men's #AEHoops Preseason All-Conference Team". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.