# 2018–19 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont and were led by 8th-year head coach John Becker. They finished the season 27–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Maine, Binghamton, and UMBC to be champions of the America East tournament. They earned the America East's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to Florida State.

## Previous season

The Catamounts finished the 2017–18 season 27–8, 15–1 in the America East Conference play to finish in first place. In the America East tournament, they defeated Maine and Stony Brook to advance to the championship game, where they lost to UMBC. As a regular season conference champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Catamounts received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Middle Tennessee in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 27, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Concordia | W 80–43 | | Patrick Gym (2,318) Burlington, VT |
| November 4, 2018* 4:30 pm | | Saint Michael's | W 90–61 | | Patrick Gym (2,482) Burlington, VT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, NESNPlus | | at Boston University | W 78–72 | 1–0 | Case Gym (1,185) Boston, MA |
| November 12, 2018* 9:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 2 Kansas NIT Season Tip-Off campus game | L 68–84 | 1–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS |
| November 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | NVU–Lyndon NIT Season Tip-Off campus game | W 122–56 | 2–1 | Patrick Gym (2,053) Burlington, VT |
| November 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Louisville NIT Season Tip-Off campus game | L 78–86 | 2–2 | KFC Yum! Center (15,977) Louisville, KY |
| November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Yale | W 79–70 | 3–2 | Patrick Gym (2,582) Burlington, VT |
| November 25, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Bucknell | L 61–69 | 3–3 | Patrick Gym (2,446) Burlington, VT |
| November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at George Washington | W 69–53 | 4–3 | Charles E. Smith Center (2,252) Washington, D.C. |
| November 30, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Towson | W 70–64 | 5–3 | SECU Arena (1,458) Towson, MD |
| December 3, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at George Mason | W 72–67 | 6–3 | EagleBank Arena (2,704) Fairfax, VA |
| December 8, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 71–65 | 7–3 | Patrick Gym (2,959) Burlington, VT |
| December 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northeastern | W 75–70 | 8–3 | Patrick Gym (2,629) Burlington, VT |
| December 18, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | St. Bonaventure | W 83–76 $^{2ndOT}$ | 9–3 | Patrick Gym (2,389) Burlington, VT |
| December 21, 2018* 7:15 pm | | at Lipscomb | L 66–91 | 9–4 | Allen Arena (1,474) Nashville, TN |
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | W 73–69 | 10–4 | Patrick Gym (2,542) Burlington, VT |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Albany | W 80–51 | 11–4 (1–0) | SEFCU Arena (2,733) Albany, NY |
| January 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | W 73–49 | 12–4 (2–0) | Cross Insurance Center (995) Bangor, ME |
| January 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 81–62 | 13–4 (3–0) | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| January 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 73–59 | 14–4 (4–0) | Lundholm Gym (415) Durham, NH |
| January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Binghamton | W 78–50 | 15–4 (5–0) | Patrick Gym (2,812) Burlington, VT |
| January 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMBC | L 61–74 | 15–5 (5–1) | Patrick Gym (2,540) Burlington, VT |
| January 26, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | W 73–52 | 16–5 (6–1) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 2, 2019 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | W 74-65 | 17–5 (7–1) | Tsongas Center (2,378) Lowell, MA |
| February 6, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maine | W 86–63 | 18–5 (8–1) | Patrick Gym (2,472) Burlington, VT |
| February 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Albany | W 67–49 | 19–5 (9–1) | Patrick Gym (3,116) Burlington, VT |
| February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 73–44 | 20–5 (10–1) | Patrick Gym (2,152) Burlington, VT |
| February 16, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | W 77–75 | 21–5 (11–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,202) West Hartford, CT |
| February 21, 2019 7:00 pm | | at UMBC | L 56–65 | 21–6 (11–2) | UMBC Event Center (2,411) Catonsville, MD |
| February 23, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | W 69–63 | 22–6 (12–2) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,546) Vestal, NY |
| March 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | W 56-50 | 23-6 (13-2) | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| March 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | W 74–57 | 24–6 (14–2) | Patrick Gym (2,546) Burlington, VT |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | (8) Maine Quarterfinals | W 73–57 | 25–6 | Patrick Gym (2,750) Burlington, VT |
| March 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | (7) Binghamton Semifinals | W 84–51 | 26–6 | Patrick Gym (2,890) Burlington, VT |
| March 16, 2019 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (1) | (3) UMBC Championship | W 66–49 | 27–6 | Patrick Gym (3,070) Burlington, VT |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 21, 2019* 2:00 pm, TBS | (13 W) | vs. (4 W) No. 10 Florida State First Round | L 69–76 | 27–7 | XL Center (14,838) Hartford, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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