2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team

The 2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont in the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont and were led by eleventh-year head coach John Becker. They finished the season 28–6, 17–1 in America East play, to finish as regular-season champions. They defeated NJIT, Binghamton and UMBC to with the America East tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the West Region where they lost in the first round to Arkansas.

2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball
America East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	America East Conference
Record	28–6 (17–1 America East)
Head coach	John Becker (11th season)
Associate head coach	Ryan Schneider
Assistant coaches	Bryson Johnson Chris Santo
Home arena	Patrick Gym

2021–22 America East Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	17	–	1		.944			28	–	6		.824
UMBC	11	–	7		.611			18	–	14		.563
Stony Brook*	10	–	8		.556			18	–	13		.581
New Hampshire	10	–	8		.556			15	–	13		.536
Hartford	9	–	9		.500			12	–	20		.375
Albany	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
Binghamton	8	–	10		.444			12	–	17		.414
UMass Lowell	7	–	11		.389			15	–	16		.484
NJIT	6	–	12		.333			11	–	18		.379
Maine	3	–	15		.167			6	–	23		.207
*Ineligible for the 2022 AmEast tournament due to changing conferences in 2022
† 2022 AmEast tournament winner

This was to be the team's last season at Patrick Gym, but their new arena, Tarrant Event Center, was put on indefinite hold, due to a combination of the COVID-19 pandemic and rising borrowing costs.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Catamounts finished the 2020–21 season 10–5, 10–4 in America East play, to tie the regular-season conference championship with UMBC. They lost to Hartford in the first round of the America East tournament.

Roster

2021–22 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Evan Guillory 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Fr New Hampton School Springfield, MO G 1 Aaron Deloney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Jr Grant HS Portland, OR G 2 Sam Alamutu  6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Rothesay Netherwood School Ajax, ON G 4 Kam Gibson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Western Carolina Cincinnati, OH F 5 Duncan Demuth 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Oklahoma State Seminole, FL F 12 Bailey Patella 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Vermont Academy Lenox, MA F 14 Isaiah Powell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Colonie HS Albany, NY G 15 Finn Sullivan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr San Diego San Diego, CA G 20 Eric Beckett 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Tilton School Ajax, ON G 21 Justin Mazzulla 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr George Washington Johnston, RI G 24 Ben Shungu 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Rice Memorial HS South Burlington, VT G 25 Michel Ndayishimiye (W)  5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Rice Memorial HS Burlington, VT F 32 Nick Fiorillo (W) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS So Scarborough HS Scarborough, ME F 34 Georges Lefebvre 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Cape Fear Academy Montreal, QC F 35 Ryan Davis 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Conant HS Schaumburg, IL G 55 Robin Duncan 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Evansville Harrison HS Evansville, IN	Head coach John Becker (Catholic) Assistant coach(es) Ryan Schneider (Marist) Bryson Johnson (Bucknell) Chris Santo (Saint Anselm) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 11, 2022

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 30, 2021* 2:00 p.m.		Saint Michael's	W 105–60		Patrick Gym (2,438) Burlington, VT
November 6, 2021* 2:00 p.m.		Saint Anselm	W 94–72		Patrick Gym (2,348) Burlington, VT
Non-conference regular season
November 11, 2021* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	W 71–57	1–0	McLeod Center (1,773) Cedar Falls, IA
November 13, 2021* 2:00 p.m., B1G+		at No. 21 Maryland	L 57–68	1–1	Xfinity Center (13,424) College Park, MD
November 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		WPI	W 81–48	2–1	Patrick Gym (2,004) Burlington, VT
November 19, 2021* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Yale	W 61–53	3–1	Patrick Gym (2,188) Burlington, VT
November 22, 2021* 1:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Oakland Gulf Coast Showcase	L 61–63	3–2	Hertz Arena (415) Estero, FL
November 23, 2021* 11:00 a.m., FloSports		vs. Evansville Gulf Coast Showcase	W 58–49	4–2	Hertz Arena (337) Estero, FL
November 24, 2021* 1:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Appalachian State Gulf Coast Showcase	W 65–63	5–2	Hertz Arena (213) Estero, FL
November 27, 2021* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UNC Greensboro	L 51–54	5–3	Greensboro Coliseum (1,739) Greensboro, NC
December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Dartmouth	W 83–65	6–3	Patrick Gym (2,321) Burlington, VT
December 7, 2021* 6:30 p.m., FS1		at Providence	L 58–68	6–4	Dunkin' Donuts Center (5,087) Providence, RI
December 10, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Brown	W 70–65	7–4	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,226) Providence, RI
December 19, 2021* 1:00 p.m.		at Northeastern	Canceled due to COVID-19 issues		Matthews Arena  Boston, MA
December 22, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Colgate	W 78–68	8–4	Patrick Gym (1,964) Burlington, VT
America East regular season
January 6, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		New Hampshire	W 82–68	9–4 (1–0)	Patrick Gym (1,779) Burlington, VT
January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Stony Brook	W 98–65	10–4 (2–0)	Patrick Gym (1,929) Burlington, VT
January 15, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at UMBC	W 86–69	11–4 (3–0)	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,028) Catonsville, MD
January 19, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at NJIT	W 83–57	12–4 (4–0)	Wellness and Events Center (314) Newark, NJ
January 22, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Hartford	W 82–72	13–4 (5–0)	Patrick Gym (2,519) Burlington, VT
January 26, 2022 6:31 p.m., ESPN+		at Stony Brook	W 80–67	14–4 (6–0)	Island Federal Arena (2,504) Stony Brook, NY
January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Maine	W 81–68	15–4 (7–0)	Patrick Gym (2,452) Burlington, VT
January 31, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Albany Rescheduled from January 2	W 73–61	16–4 (8–0)	Patrick Gym (2,096) Burlington, VT
February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		NJIT	W 90–67	17–4 (9–0)	Patrick Gym (2,036) Burlington, VT
February 5, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN3		at UMass Lowell	W 78–67	18–4 (10–0)	Costello Athletic Center (602) Lowell, MA
February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Binghamton	W 82–51	19–4 (11–0)	Patrick Gym (2,124) Burlington, VT
February 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Albany	W 76–63	20–4 (12–0)	SEFCU Arena (2,403) Albany, NY
February 14, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Hartford Rescheduled from January 8	L 74–75 OT	20–5 (12–1)	Chase Arena (390) West Hartford, CT
February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at New Hampshire	W 71–50	21–5 (13–1)	Lundholm Gym (791) Durham, NH
February 19, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN3		UMBC	W 86–59	22–5 (14–1)	Patrick Gym (2,645) Burlington, VT
February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Binghamton	W 66–49	23–5 (15–1)	Binghamton University Events Center (1,855) Vestal, NY
February 26, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		UMass Lowell	W 62–61	24–5 (16–1)	Patrick Gym (2,606) Burlington, VT
March 1, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Maine	W 75–56	25–5 (17–1)	Cross Insurance Center (697) Bangor, ME
America East tournament
March 6, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(8) NJIT Quarterfinals	W 98–59	26–5	Patrick Gym (2,199) Burlington, VT
March 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	(6) Binghamton Semifinals	W 74–42	27–5	Patrick Gym (2,290) Burlington, VT
March 12, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	(1)	(2) UMBC Championship	W 82–43	28–5	Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT
NCAA tournament
March 17, 2022 9:20 p.m., TNT	(13 W)	vs. (4 W) No. 17 Arkansas First round	L 71–75	28–6	KeyBank Center (16,194) Buffalo, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern.

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