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2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster

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24 Matt Veretto

  • Position Forward
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height 6-8
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown South Windsor, Conn.
  • Highschool East Catholic
  • Prev School Delaware

Biography

CAREER HONORS
• America East All-Championship Team (2022-23)

• America East Winter Scholar-Athlete (2022-23)
• America East All-Academic Team (2022-23, 2023-24)
• America East Academic Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)

GRADUATE SEASON (2023-24): Earned starts in 25 of 29 games played ... Averaged 8.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 1.3 assists ... Ranked fourth on the team in scoring ... Led the Cats in scoring four times, UVM was 3-1 (1-0 AE) in those contests ... Scored 14 points in the season-opening win vs. Merrimack (Nov. 6) ... Led Vermont with 18 points in a comeback win over College of Charleston (Nov. 16) ... Tallied 14 points on 6-for-11 shooting against Saint Louis (Nov. 17) ... Scored a career-high 23 points on 6-for-8 shooting from deep vs. VTSU-Johnson (Nov. 22) ... Was 6-for-10 from deep and tied a career-high 23 points at Bradley (Nov. 25) ... Scored 16 points and was 3-for-4 from beyond the arc in a win at Toledo (Dec. 20) ... Led Vermont with 16 points in a 17-point comeback win at Brown (Jan. 2) ... Registered 13 points and six rebounds vs. UMBC (Jan. 11) ... Had a season-high six rebounds in a road win at unbeaten Bryant (Jan. 27) ... Scored nine points in a road win at UAlbany (Feb. 22).

GRADUATE SEASON (2022-23): Averaged 8.9 points, 3.0 rebounds, and saw action in all 34 games in his return to college basketball ... Averaged 11.9 points per game in league play, which ranked No. 3 on Vermont ... Led conference play in field goal percentage (56.3%), effective field goal percentage (70.3%) and offensive efficiency rating (135.2) ... Made his UVM debut vs. Brown, playing in his first collegiate basketball game in 1,337 days (Nov. 7) ... Registered double figures in 15 games ... Reached double figures for the first time with a 12-point outing at Yale (Nov. 22) ... Sank 4-of-9 attempts from long range in a 14-point outing at Colgate (Dec. 10) ... Tallied 15 points on 6-for-10 shooting in his America East debut at UMBC (Jan. 1) ... Had 13 points in a home victory over Bryant (Jan. 5) ... Recorded back-to-back 16-point games against UAlbany (Feb. 4) and Maine (Feb. 8) ... Scored a career-high 20 pionts on 7-for-12 shooting (4-for-6 3PT) at Bryant (Feb. 25) ... Averaged 10.3 points per game in the America East Playoffs, including a 15-point outing (3-for-6 3PT) in the championship game vs. No. 2 UMass Lowell (Mar. 11) ... Was named to the America East All-Championship Team ... Matched a team-high 11 points vs. No. 2 Marquette in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 17).

BEFORE VERMONT: Transfers to the Catamounts after completing his undergraduate degree at UConn ... Last played collegiate basketball for Delaware in 2018-19 ... Averaged 6.4 ppg, 2.8 rpg, and a 39.1 3PT% for the Fightin' Blue Hens ... Helped lead East Catholic High School to a Connecticut State Championship in 2015, and was a three-time CCC Champion ... Named 2018 CIAC Connecticut Player of the Year and First Team All-State.

PERSONAL: Son of Christine and Leon Veretto ... Has one brother, Tyler ... Pursuing his Masters in Accounting ... Listed the Boston Celtics as his favorite sports team, and Lebron James as his favorite athlete ... Chose UVM because of the opportunity, "to be a part of a winning program and culture."

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Historical Player Information

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    2022-23Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'8" 220 lbs
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  • 24

    2023-24Graduate Student

    Forward
    6'8" 220 lbs
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