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2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team

2016–17 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball
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America East regular season and tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, First round
Conference America East Conference
2016–17 record 29–6 (16–0 America East)
Head coach John Becker (6th year)
Assistant coach Kyle Cieplicki
Assistant coach Ryan Schneider
Assistant coach Hamlet Tibbs
Home arena Patrick Gym
Seasons
← 2015–16
2017–18 →
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

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.

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 invititation to the College Basketball Invitational. There, they defeated Western Carolina and Seattle to advance to the semifinals before losing to Nevada.


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