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BURLINGTON, Vt. - Vermont faces Radford in the quarterfinal round of the CBI Tournament on Monday (March 23) at Patrick Gymnasium. The Catamounts are hosting a postseason home game for the first time in program history. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game can be heard on ESPN 101.3 FM (online: 1013ESPN.com) and it will be streamed online at CatamounTV.com. UVM is coming off an 85-81 win at Hofstra on Wednesday in the first round, while Radford posted a 78-57 victory at Delaware State in the first round.
TICKETS
Tickets are on sale online at UVMathletics.com, via the phone at 802-656-4410, in person at the UVM Athletic Ticket Office in Patrick Gymnasium or in person one hour before tipoff in the Patrick Gymnasium Lobby.
RELATED LINKS
Game Coverage - Live Stats | Live Audio | Live Video
CatamounTV Promo - CBI Quarterfinals
CatamounTV Highlights - Hofstra
Burlington Free Press Feature - Zach McRoberts
Game Notes (.pdf)
CBI Bracket (.pdf)
FAN FEST
A pregame Fan Fest will be held in the west lobby of Patrick Gymnasium starting at 5:30 p.m. on Monday ... All fans are invited to enjoy free food, drinks, and giveaways including Leonardo's pizza, Ben and Jerrys ice cream, Pom poms courtesy of the Alumni Association, and coca cola products ... The UVM Bookstore is selling gold t-shirts for Monday's CBI Quarterfinal game. T-shirts are available to purchase online now and will be available in the UVM Bookstore in the Davis Center on campus, as well as at the game on Monday. The t-shirts are on sale for $10.
LAST TIME OUT
On the 10th anniversary of Vermont's first men's basketball postseason win in school history, a 60-57 overtime victory against Syracuse in the 2005 NCAA Tournaemnt, the Catamounts won a postseason game for the fourth time in program hisotry and second time in UVM's CBI Tournament history ... Ethan O'Day scored a game-high 17 points to lead five Catamounts in double figures. The Catamounts led wire-to-wire and led 33-30 at the half. Vermotn shot 72.2 percent from the field in the second half alone (16-for-22) and finished the game shooting 55.8 percent from the floor to seal the win.
CATAMOUNTS & THE CBI
Vermont is making its seventh straight postseason appearance and 11th in the past 12 years ... The Catamounts are playing in the CBI for the third time ... UVM's first CBI appearance was in 2009, the Catamounts traveled to UW-Green Bay and defeated the Phoenix, 76-72, for the program's second postseason win in school history ... Vermont advanced to the quarterfinals where it fell at Oregon State, 71-70 in overtime ... The Catamounts were also selected to the CBI Tournament in 2013 ... UVM traveled to Santa Clara and fell to the Broncos, 77-67, in the first round ... Head coach John Becker is 1-1 in the CBI and the Catamounts are 2-2 in the tournament.
ABOUT RADFORD
Radford is 22-11 and posted a 12-6 mark (T-3rd) in the Big South this season ... The Highlanders, the No. 4 seed, advanced to the Big South Quarterfinals where it dropped a 67-66 decision to No. 5 Winthrop ... Javonte Green, an All-Big South First Time selection, leads Radford in scoring (15.2 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg) and steals (60) ... Green became the third player in Big South history to reach 1,000 career rebounds this season ... R.J. Price ranks second on the team in scoring (12.4 ppg) and ranks fifth all-time at Radford with 1,628 points ... Price has made 79 3-pointers ... As a team, Radford averages 72.9 points per game, while giving up 69.4 to opponents ... The Highlanders are shooting 46.0 percent from the field, 33.9 percent from 3-point range and 68.8 percent from the foul line this year ... Radford is out rebounding opponents 36.5 to 33.4 on the boards ... The Highlanders have posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1999 and are making their second straight CBI appearance ... The Highlanders won at Oregon State last year ... Radford is 1-3 all-time in the postseason as an NCAA Division I program (0-2 NCAA, 1-1 CBI) ... Head coach Mike Jones is in his fourth season at Radford.
THE SERIES
The Catamounts and Highlanders are meeting for the first time in men's basketball.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ...
- Vermont is making its seventh straight postseason appearance and 11th in the past 12 years.
- UVM is the 18th youngest team in the country with 10 underclassmen (7 frosh, 3 soph) on the roster
- Vermont is unbeaten on Long Island this year, won at Stony Brook, 57-48 ... Came back from down 17 points with 14 minutes left in the game to earn the win
- The Catamounts rank 11th in field goal percentage defense (38.3%) and 13th in scoring defense, allowing 57.7 points per game (a school record).
- Junior forward Ethan O'Day ranks 18th in the country in field goal percentage (57.4%).
- UVM owns two of the top-25 shooting performances in the country this season ... UVM shot 68.4 percent in the second game of the season at Siena (W, 87-64) and 66.7 percent versus UMass Lowell on Feb. 11 (W, 96-53).
- The Catamounts posted the best 3-point shooting performance by any team in the last five years in a 96-53 victory over UMass Lowell on Feb. 22 (per Matt Norlander, CBSSports.com) ... UVM made 16 3-pointers (tied for 15th among the most in an NCAA DI game this season) ... Set a new school record in single-game 3-point field goal percentage (76.2%), the second best 3FG% in an NCAA DI game this season ... shot 66.7% from the field, the 21st-best overall shooting performance this season.
- UVM advanced to the CBI Quarterfinals for the second time in school history with an 85-81 win at Hofstra on Wednesday ... Junior Ethan O'Day scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Catamounts.
- Head coach John Becker is in his fourth season at the helm of the Catamounts ... He owns a career record of 86-46 and is 51-13 in America East action ... He has posted a 20-win season in each of his first three years and won the America East title and an NCAA game in the First Four in 2012.
VERMONT IN AMERICA EAST
After being picked to finish fourth in the America East Preseason Poll, the Catamounts finished second in the league and were the No. 2 seed in the America East Playoffs ... UVM was the No. 2 seed or better for the 12th time in 14 years ... The Catamounts advanced to the America East semifinals for the 13th time in 14 years, falling to Stony Brook, 79-77 ... Vermont set a new America East mark for most 3-pointers in a half of a semifinal game with eight against the Seawolves.
HOME SWEET HOME
- Vermont is 12-4 at Patrick Gymnasium this season (2014-15) and 42-15 overall, 29-3 in league play since John Becker took over the program (2011-12).
- UVM is 132-35 at Patrick Gymnasium since the 2002-03 season and 74-19 at home over the last five years.
20 WINS
Vermont enters the game with a 19-13 record ... The Catamounts have recorded 20 or more wins in 11 of the last 13 years (21.5 average) ... John Becker is the first coach in school history and only coach in America East history to lead his team to three straight 20-win seasons in their first three seasons ... UVM is the only Division I school in New England with a current streak of six straight 20-win seasons.
POSTSEASON GAMES AT PATRICK
3/17/93 - NCAA Tournament 1st Rd - Women's Basketball - #9 Rutgers 80, #8 Vermont 74
3/14/02 - WNIT 1st Rd - Women's Basketball - Vermont 70, Holy Cross 63
3/17/02 - WNIT 2nd Rd - Women's Basketball - Vermont 60, St. Joseph's 55
3/20/08 - WNIT 1st Rd - Women's Basketball - Vermont 69, Dartmouth 50
VERMONT'S POSTSEASON APPEARANCES
2015 - CBI Tournament First Round at Hempstead, N.Y. - Vermont 85, Hofstra 81
2014 - NIT First Round - Athens, Ga. - #2 Georgia 63, #7 Vermont 56
2013 - CBI Tournament First Round at Santa Clara, Calif. - Santa Clara, 77, Vermont 67
2012 – NCAA Tournament First Four Round - Dayton, Ohio - #16 Vermont 71, #59 Lamar
Second Round - Greensboro, N.C. - #1 North Carolina 77, #16 Vermont 58
2011 – NIT First Round – Cleveland, Ohio - #2 Cleveland State 63, #7 Vermont 60
2010 – NCAA Tournament First Round – Buffalo, N.Y. - #1 Syracuse 79, #16 Vermont 56
2009 – CBI Tournament First Round – Green Bay, Wis. - Vermont 76, Wisconsin Green Bay 72
Quarterfinals – Corvallis, Ore. - Oregon State 71, Vermont 70 (OT)
2007 – NIT First Round – Manhattan, Kan. - #2 Kansas State 59, #7 Vermont 57
2005 – NCAA Tournament First Round – Worcester, Mass. - #13 Vermont 60, #4 Syracuse 57 (OT)
Second Round – Worcester, Mass. - #5 Michigan State 72, #13 Vermont 61
2004 – NCAA Tournament First Round – Buffalo, N.Y. -#2 Connecticut 70, #15 Vermont 53
2003 – NCAA Tournament First Round – Salt Lake City, Utah - #1 Arizona 80, #16 Vermont 51
AMERICA EAST IN THE CBI
2009 - First Round - Vermont 76, at UW-Green Bay 72
2009 - Quarterfinals - at Oregon State 71, Vermont 70 (ot)
2010 - First Round - Boston U 96, at Oregon State 78
2010 - Quarterfinals - at Boston U 92, Morehead State 89 (ot)
2010 - Semifinals - at VCU 88, Boston U 74
2013 - First Round - at Santa Clara 77, Vemront 67
2014 - First Round - at Siena 66, Stony Brook 55
2015 - First Round - Vermont 85, at Hofstra 81
2015 - First Round - at Mercer 72, Stony Brook 70
WHAT'S NEXT
The CBI Tournament field is re-bracketed after the quarterfinals games are completed.
