T. J. Sorrentine
| Brown Bears | |
|---|---|
| Position | Associate head coach |
| League | Ivy League |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
July 29, 1982 Pawtucket, Rhode Island |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Listed weight | 185 lb (84 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
St. Raphael Academy (Pawtucket, Rhode Island) |
| College | Vermont (2000–2005) |
| NBA draft | 2005 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2005–2008 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 2005 | Basket Trapani |
| 2005–2006 | Florida Flame |
| 2007 | Porto |
| 2007–2008 | Krka |
| As coach: | |
| 2008–2011 | Brown (assistant) |
| 2011–present | Brown (associate HC) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
Thomas John "T. J." Sorrentine (born July 29, 1982) an American former basketball player and current associate head coach of Brown University. Sorrentine is widely known from his collegiate playing career at Vermont, hitting a three-pointer with 1:10 remaining to help the 13-seed Catamounts defeat fourth-seeded Syracuse 60–57 in overtime in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament for the school's first-ever tournament win.
Sorrentine starred at point guard for St. Raphael Academy under his father, Thomas "Saar" Sorrentine, a legendary Rhode Island high school coach and New England Basketball Hall of Fame inductee. Sorrentine was named the Rhode Island Player of the Year by both Gatorade and USA Today in 2000 after leading St. Raphael's to back-to-back state titles.
When Sorrentine arrived at Vermont to play for Tom Brennan for the 2000-01 season, he made an immediate impact, leading the team in assists, and finishing second on the team in scoring, earning America East Rookie of the Year honors in the process. A year later in 2002, Sorrentine, along with Taylor Coppenrath and the late Trevor Gaines, helped guide UVM to its first-ever 20-win season and first America East Regular Season title in the process. Sorrentine scored 18.8 points per game and dished out four assists per game to win America East Player of the Year honors, the first Catamount to do so since the 1991-92 season. Sorrentine also earned AP All-American Honorable Mention honors, as well.
With expectations at an all-time high in Burlington for the 2002-03 season, Sorrentine broke both his wrists before the start of the season, and sat out the entire season as a redshirt. Still, in Sorrentine's absence, the Catamounts went 21-12, winning their first-ever America East Championship, defeating Boston University for a trip to the 2003 NCAA Tournament. Returning from injury a year later, the tandem of Sorrentine and Coppenrath combined to bring Vermont to a 22-9 record, another America East Championship, and a trip to the 2004 NCAA Tournament, where the Catamounts fell to eventual national champion Connecticut in the first round.
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