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1 GM #13 VERMONT (27-6, 14-2 AMERICA EAST) VS. #4 FLORIDA STATE (27-7, 13-5 ACC) > 34 MARCH 21, 2019 -- 2 P.M. -- HARTFORD, CONN. -- XL CENTER (15,564) 2018-19 SCHEDULE & RESULTS BROADCAST INFO OVERALL: 27-6 Local Radio: 101.3 the Game | 1013theGame.com Play by Play: Jake Marsh CONFERENCE: 14-2 Color Commentator: Ethan O’Day HOME: 16-2 2018-19 National Radio: Westwood One Play by Play: TBA ROAD: 11-4 Color Commentator: TBA #13 VERMONT #4 FLORDIA STATE NEUTRAL: 0-0 CATAMOUNTS SEMINOLES Television Broadcoast: TBS Sat O.27 CONCORDIA (EXH) W, 80-43 (27-6, 14-2 AE) (27-7, 13-5 ACC) Play by Play: Carter Blackburn Sun N.4 ST. MICHAEL’S (EXH) W, 90-61 Color Commentator: Debbie Antonelli Fri N. 9 at Boston University W, 78-72 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Sideline Reporter: John Schriffen Mon N. 12 at No. 2 Kansas+ L, 84-68 W, 66-49 L, 73-63 JUMP BALL Wed N. 14 NVU-LYNDON+ W, 122-56 vs. #3 UMBC (3/16/19) vs. #1 Duke (3/16/19) Fri N. 16 at Louisville+ L, 86-78 Vermont is back in the NCAA Wed N. 21 YALE W, 79-70 STATS LEADERS STATS LEADERS Tournament for the first time since 2017 Sun N. 25 BUCKNELL L, 69-61 Points per Game Points per Game after winning its seventh America East Wed N. 28 at George Wash. W, 69-53 Anthony Lamb, 21.4 Mfiondu Kabengele, 12.9 Championship. Fri N. 30 at Towson W, 70-64 Ernie Duncan, 13.8 Terance Mann, 11.2 The Catamounts are the No. 13 seed for Mon D. 3 at George Mason W, 72-67 Stef Smith, 12.3 Trent Forrest, 9.1 the second straight trip and third time Sat D. 8 HARVARD W, 71-65 Rebounds per Game Rebounds per Game in program history. Sun D. 16 NORTHEASTERN W, 75-70 Anthony Lamb, 7.8 Terance Mann, 6.4 Tue D. 18 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 83-76 Stef Smith, 4.2 Mfiondu Kabengele, 5.7 UVM is 2-5 in the NCAA Tournament Fri D. 21 at Lipscomb L, 91-66 Robin Duncan, 3.7 Christ Koumadje, 5.6 with wins in 2005 and 2012. Wed J. 2 DARTMOUTH W, 73-59 Assists per Game Assists per Game Robin Duncan, 2.5 Trent Forrest, 3.8 Sat J. 5 at UAlbany* W, 80-51 As a No. 13 seed, Vermont is 1-2 with Wed J. 9 at Maine* W, 73-49 Anthony Lamb, 2.2 Terance Mann, 2.5 Ernie Duncan, 2.1 David Nichols, 1.7 a 60-57 overtime upset over No. 4 Sat J. 12 HARTFORD* W, 81-62 Syracuse in 2005. Wed J. 16 at New Hampshire* W, 73-59 HEAD COACH HEAD COACH Sat J. 19 BINGHAMTON* W, 78-50 The Green and Gold enter the Big Dance Wed J. 23 UMBC* L, 74-61 John Becker Leonard Hamilton Overall: 554-425 with a season-high six-game win streak. Sat J. 26 at Stony Brook* W, 73-52 Overall: 199-127 UVM: 193-83 FSU: 354-215 Sat F. 2 at UMass Lowell* W, 74-65 Wed F. 6 MAINE* W, 86-63 PROBABLE STARTERS Sat F. 9 UALBANY* W, 67-49 Wed F. 13 NEW HAMPSHIRE* W, 73-44 Sat F. 16 at Hartford* W, 77-75 Thu F. 21 at UMBC* L, 65-56 Sat F. 23 at Binghamton* W, 69-63 Sat M. 2 STONY BROOK* W, 56-50 Tue M. 5 UMASS LOWELL* W, 74-57 Sat M. 9 #8 MAINE $ W, 73-57 Tue M. 12 #7 BINGHAMTON $ W, 84-51 CATAMOUNT AVERAGES (2018-19) Sat M. 16 #3 UMBC $ W, 66-49 No. Name (Ht., Wt., Cl.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notable Thu M. 21 #4 Florida State & 2 p.m. 0 Stef Smith (6-1, 170, So.) G 12.3 4.2 1.5 Set AE Semifinal Record with 8 3-pters (Mar. 12) 1 Skyler Nash (6-6, 215, R-Fr.) G 2.5 2.0 0.5 Scored 1st career pts at No. 4 Kentucky last yr Home Games in BOLDFACE 3 Anthony Lamb (6-6, 227, Jr.) F 21.4 7.8 2.2 America East Player of the Year + Indicates NIT Season Tip-Off 4 Robin Duncan (6-5, 190, Fr.) G 4.5 3.7 2.5 America East All-Rookie Team *Indicates America East Conference Game 5 Samuel Dingba (6-5, 205, R-Sr.) F 2.9 3.4 0.2 America East All-Defensive Team 12 Bailey Patella (6-5, 185, So.) F 1.9 1.5 0.4 Has a 50.0 FG% this season $ America East Tournament 14 Isaiah Moll (6-6, 220, Fr.) F 5.5 3.0 1.0 Shot 57.1% in the America East Tournament & NCAA Tournament 15 Ra Kpedi (6-9, 220, So.) F 2.5 1.5 0.2 Shot 57.1% from the floor in March 20 Ernie Duncan (6-3, 190, R-Sr.) G 13.8 1.7 2.1 Third Catamount to ever make 300 3-pters ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 21 Everett Duncan (6-6, 192, R-Jr.) G 6.3 3.5 0.8 Had double-double at UMBC (16 pts, 10 rebs) 24 Ben Shungu (6-2, 200, R-So.) G 4.0 2.9 1.2 9 pts, 4 rebs, and 2 blks in AE Championship Dustin Parker 25 Kevin Garrison (6-0, 180, Fr.) G 1.4 0.0 0.1 Vermont Boys Athlete of the Year as HS Sr. Asst. Director of Media Relations & Sports Info 35 Ryan Davis (6-8, 250, Fr.) F 3.5 1.9 0.3 3.8 ppg, 8.6 mpg in March Email: [email protected] 44 Jake Lorenzo (7-0, 220, Fr.) C 1.0 0.3 0.0 1st 7fter @ UVM since Rob Nunnery (1992-95) Phone: 802-656-7699 (W), 802-356-2950 (C) 2 2018-19 RECORD IN UNIS INSIDE THE MATCHUP WHITE 14-2 GREEN 4-1 BLACK 3-3 GOLD 6-0 GRAY 0-0 FINAL AMERICA EAST STANDINGS 2018-19 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct. Strk VERMONT IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT Vermont 14-2 0.875 27-6 0.806 W4 Stony Brook 12-4 0.750 24-8 0.750 L1 Date Opponent Round Results UVM High Scorer UMBC 11-5 0.688 22-12 0.625 W2 3/16/17 #4 Purdue First Round L, 80-70 Anthony Lamb, 20 Hartford 10-6 0.625 18-15 0.563 W1 3/16/12 #1 North Carolina First Round L, 77-58 Sandro Carissimo, 11 UMass Lowell 7-9 0.438 15-17 0.469 L2 3/14/12 #16 Lamar First Four W, 71-59 Four McGlynn, 18 Albany 7-9 0.438 12-20 0.375 L1 3/19/10 #1 Syracuse First Round L, 79-56 Marqus Blakely, 17 Binghamton 5-11 0.313 10-23 0.313 W1 UNH 3-13 0.188 5-24 0.172 W1 3/20/05 #5 Michigan State Second Round L, 72-61 T.J. Sorrentine, 26 Maine 3-13 0.188 5-27 0.156 L9 3/18/05 #4 Syracuse First Round W, 60-57 (OT) Germain Mopa Njila, 20 3/18/04 #2 UConn First Round L, 70-53 T.J. Sorrentine, 19 LAST MEETING WITH FLORIDA STATE 3/20/03 #1 Arizona First Round L, 80-51 Taylor Coppenrath, 18 CATS IN THE BIG DANCE • Vermont is 2-6 all-time in the NCAA Tournament, dating back to its first bid in 2003 • The No. 13 seed matches UVM’s highest seed in program history (2005 and 2017) • The Catamounts registered their first tournament win in program history when Vermont defeated No. 4 Syracuse 60-57 in overtime for to advance to the Second Round in Worcester, Massachusetts • Germain Mopa Njila paced UVM in the victory with 20 points and T.J. Sorrentine drilled a deep three in the extra frame to down the Orange • Vermont’s other victory came in the 2012 NCAA Tournament when the 16th-seeded Catamounts defeated No. 16 Lamar in the play-in round to face top-seeded North Carolina days later • The win was in John Becker’s first season with the Catamounts who were led by Four McGlynn’s D. 30, 1976 | Vermont hosted Florida State in the 18 points Vermont Classic but fell 76-67 to the visiting Seminoles. Mark Sobolewski had a team-high 17 CATS AGAINST THIS YEAR’S FIELD points for the Catamounts while Tom Perrin (12 • Vermont is 2-2 against members of the 2019 NCAA Tournament field points) and Kevin Kelly (10 points) rounded out • The Catamounts defeated Yale 79-70 at home (Nov. 21) and hosted Northeastern for a 75-70 UVM’s starters in the double digits. Greg Davis (12 victory (Dec. 16) points) and Ron Gottschalk (10 points) registered • UVM’s losses came on the road, dropping the second game of the season to second-ranked double figures off the bench. Vermont trailed 31- Kansas 84-68 (Nov. 12) at Allen Fieldhouse and an 86-78 loss at Lousville (Nov. 16) 29 at the half and shot 55.8% from the floor while holding FSU to 49.2% from the floor. The Seminoles • NCAA Tournament qualifiers have narrowly outscored the Catamounts by 2.5 points in the were led by 20 points from Carlton Byrd. four games this season 3 VERMONT’S ROAD TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT 2019 AMERICA EAST MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Semifinals Title Game Semifinals Quarterfinals Saturday, March 9 Tuesday, March 12 Saturday, March 16 Tuesday, March 12 Saturday, March 9 at higher seeds at higher seeds at highest remaining seed at higher seeds at higher seeds #1 Vermont#1 Vermont #2 Stony#2 Stony Brook Brook (24-6,(24-6, 14-2 14-2 AE) AE)73 (24-7,(24-7, 12-4 12-4 AE) AE)72 #8 Maine#8 Maine #7 Binghamton#7 Binghamton (5-26,(5-26, 3-13 3-13 AE) AE) 57 (9-22,(9-22, 5-11 5-11 AE) AE) 78 7:00 p.m.