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 Back On Top! Vermont Wins 9th Mens #AEHoops Title (Photo: AEC)
Back On Top! Vermont Wins 9th Men's #AEHoops Title - Mar 12, 2022 
The Vermont Catamounts are America East men's basketball champions once again. Vermont won its ninth title all-time on Saturday morning in front of a sold-out crowd at Patrick Gym, dominating UMBC, 82-43.Vermont (28-5) controlled play the entire way to win by 39 points, the largest margin of victory in an America East championship game history. Ben Shungu (6'2''-G) scored 19 points and added six rebounds as he earned Reggie Lewis (6'2''-G-1991) Most Outstanding Player honors. Across his team's three #AEPlayoffs games, he averaged 19.0 points and 4.0 rebounds. He was joined on the All-Championship team by teammates Ryan Davis (6'8''-F) and Finn Sullivan (6'4''-G) and UMBC's Darnell Rogers (5'2''-PG-1997) and Szymon Wojcik (6'9''-F-1999). UMBC's Nathan Johnson (6'7''-F), a junior with a perfect 4.00 GPA majoring in financial economics, was the men's basketball Elite 18 honoree for having the highest GPA among champion game participants. The Numbers Vermont shot 57 percent from the field while holding UMBC to just 28 percent. The Catamounts dominated the paint, outscoring UMBC 56-16. UVM held a 39-28 edge on the glass. Shungu's 19 points came on 9-of-17 shooting. Davis, the Player of the Year scored a game-high 20 points in over 21 minutes of action. Sullivan added 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting. Rogers led UMBC with 10 points. The History With the win, Vermont wins its ninth title all-time with eight of those coming since 2003. The Catamounts improved to 8-6 all-time in title games while the Retrievers fell to 2-3. Home teams are now 31-7 all-time in America East championship games. Vermont is the 25th top seed to win the America East Tournament. John Becker joined Will Brown and Jim Calhoun as the only America East coaches to win five titles. In addition to this year, Becker's teams captured the crown in 2012, '17, '19 and '20. Courtesy of americaeast.com AEC Tournament Final: Vermont - UMBC 82-43 AEC Tournament Semifinals: Vermont - Binghamton 74-42 UMBC - Hartford 80-60 All-AEC Awards 2022 - Mar 12, 2022
All-Tournament MVP:  Ben Shungu (6'2''-G) of VermontPlayer of the Year: Ryan Davis (6'8''-F) of VermontDefensive Player of the Year: Jamel Horton (6'4''-G) of AlbanyRookie of the Year: Justin Neely (6'5''-SF) of AlbanySixth Man of the Year: Aaron Deloney (6'0''-PG) of VermontCoach of the Year: John Becker of Vermont
First Team Ryan Davis (6'8''-F) of Vermont Jacob Falko (6'2''-G) of Binghamton Keondre Kennedy (6'6''-G) of UMBC Ben Shungu (6'2''-G) of Vermont Austin Williams (6'4''-G) of Hartford
Second Team Jamel Horton (6'4''-G) of Albany Tykei Greene (6'4''-G-1999) of Stony Brook Nicholas Guadarrama (6'5''-F-1999) of UNH Jayden Martinez (6'7''-F) of UNH Anthony Roberts (6'4''-G) of Stony Brook
Third Team Matt Cerruti (6'4''-G) of Albany Isaiah Powell (6'6''-F) of Vermont Moses Flowers (6'3''-G) of Hartford L.J. Owens (6'3''-G) of UMBC Darnell Rogers (5'2''-PG-1997) of UMBC
All-Defensive Team Max Brooks (6'7''-F) of UMass Lowell Traci Carter (6'1''-G-1996) of Hartford Christian Hinckson (6'7''-F/G-1999) of Binghamton Jamel Horton (6'4''-G) of Albany Ben Shungu (6'2''-G) of VermontAll-Rookie Team Justin Neely (6'5''-SF) of Albany Aaron Reddish (6'7''-F) of Albany Kristians Feierbergs (6'8''-F-2002) of Maine Sam Ihekwoaba (6'5''-G) of Maine Keeshawn Mason (6'8''-F) of NJITAll-Academic Team  Stephane Ingo (6'9''-F) of Maine Matt Faw (6'9''-F) of NJIT Tykei Greene (6'4''-G-1999) of Stony Brook Nathan Johnson (6'7''-F) of UMBC L.J. Owens (6'3''-G) of UMBCAll-Tournament Team Ben Shungu (6'2''-G) of Vermont Darnell Rogers (5'2''-PG-1997) of UMBC Szymon Wojcik (6'9''-F-1999) of UMBC Ryan Davis (6'8''-F) of Vermont |
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