# 2019–20 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Vermont Catamounts men's basketball team represented the University of Vermont in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Patrick Gym in Burlington, Vermont and were led by ninth-year head coach John Becker. They finished the season 26–7, 14–2 in America East play to win the reagular season conference championship. They defeated Maine and UMBC to advance to the championship game of the America East tournament. However, the championship game, along with all other postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Catamounts finished the 2018–19 season 27–7, 14–2 in conference play to finish in first place. In the America East tournament, they defeated Maine in the quarterfinals, Binghamton in the semifinals, where they advanced to the championship game against UMBC, in which they won, giving them the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. As the No. 13 seed in the West region, they lost to No. 4 Florida State 76–69.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 26, 2019* 7:00 pm | | Brown | W 70–59 | | Patrick Gym (3,228) Burlington, VT |
| November 3, 2019* 4:00 pm | | Saint Michael's | W 84–48 | | Patrick Gym (2,838) Burlington, VT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at St. Bonaventure | W 61–59 | 1–0 | Reilly Center (4,489) St. Bonaventure, NY |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 pm | | at Bucknell | W 66–63 | 2–0 | Sojka Pavilion (2,321) Lewisburg, PA |
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Boston University | W 62–47 | 3–0 | Patrick Gym (1,463) Burlington, VT |
| November 16, 2019* 4:00 pm, FS2 | | at St. John's Hall of Fame Tip Off campus-site game | W 70–68 | 4–0 | Carnesecca Arena (4,054) Queens, NY |
| November 19, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | at No. 7 Virginia Hall of Fame Tip Off campus-site game | L 55–61 | 4–1 | John Paul Jones Arena (13,913) Charlottesville, VA |
| November 23, 2019* 7:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Central Connecticut Hall of Fame Tip Off Springfield semifinals | W 81–49 | 5–1 | Mohegan Sun Arena (7,862) Uncasville, CT |
| November 24, 2019* 8:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Rider Hall of Fame Tip Off Springfield championship | L 67–72 | 5–2 | Mohegan Sun Arena (5,822) Uncasville, CT |
| November 27, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Gallaudet | W 93–44 | 6–2 | Patrick Gym (2,819) Burlington, VT |
| December 1, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Yale | L 52–65 | 6–3 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (812) New Haven, CT |
| December 3, 2019* 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | at Cincinnati | L 73–82 | 6–4 | Fifth Third Arena (10,220) Cincinnati, OH |
| December 7, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Towson | W 55–38 | 7–4 | Patrick Gym (2,970) Burlington, VT |
| December 18, 2019* 7:00 pm | | UNC Greensboro | L 53–54 | 7–5 | Patrick Gym (2,592) Burlington, VT |
| December 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lipscomb | W 86–63 | 8–5 | Patrick Gym (2,641) Burlington, VT |
| December 31, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | George Washington | W 76–51 | 9–5 | Patrick Gym (3,228) Burlington, VT |
| January 2, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 77–68 | 10–5 | Leede Arena (1,800) Hanover, NH |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | L 77–81 | 10–6 (0–1) | Patrick Gym (2,847) Burlington, VT |
| January 11, 2020 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMBC | W 74–50 | 11–6 (1–1) | UMBC Event Center (2,004) Baltimore, MD |
| January 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Binghamton | W 72–53 | 12–6 (2–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,556) Vestal, NY |
| January 18, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hartford | W 74–57 | 13–6 (3–1) | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| January 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Maine | W 59–57 | 14–6 (4–1) | Cross Insurance Center (929) Bangor, ME |
| January 25, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | W 92–62 | 15–6 (5–1) | Patrick Gym (3,228) Burlington, VT |
| January 29, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 56–43 | 16–6 (6–1) | Lundholm Gym (888) Durham, NH |
| February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Albany | W 86–75 | 17–6 (7–1) | SEFCU Arena (4,219) Albany, NY |
| February 5, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maine | W 77–52 | 18–6 (8–1) | Patrick Gym (2,901) Burlington, VT |
| February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | W 69–68 | 19–6 (9–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,734) West Hartford, CT |
| February 12, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | New Hampshire | W 74–50 | 20–6 (10–1) | Patrick Gym (2,899) Burlington, VT |
| February 15, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 76–48 | 21–6 (11–1) | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| February 20, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stony Brook | W 63–54 | 22–6 (12–1) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (4,009) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 22, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMBC | L 64−66 | 22−7 (12−2) | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| February 29, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | W 94–77 | 23–7 (13–2) | Tsongas Center (2,821) Lowell, MA |
| March 3, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Albany | W 85–62 | 24–7 (14–2) | Patrick Gym Burlington, VT |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (1) | (8) Maine Quarterfinals | W 61–50 | 25–7 | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| March 10, 2020 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | (1) | (4) UMBC Semifinals | W 81–74 | 26–7 | Patrick Gym (3,266) Burlington, VT |
| March 14, 2020 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (1) | (3) Hartford Championship | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Patrick Gym Burlington, VT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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