American East Conference 2022-23
Tournament Winner: University of Vermont
Regular Season Champion: University of Vermont
Top Scorer: Sherif Gross-Bullock (17.1)
American East Conference Final: University of Vermont - University of Massachusetts - Lowell 72-59 UMass Lowell (Pat Duquette): Allin Blunt 14, Everette Hammond 8, Ayinde Hikim 6, Abdoul Coulibaly 7, Max Brooks 4, Brayden O'Connor 2, Cam Morris 8, Yuri Covington 10, Mikey Watkins 0 Standings 2022-23
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 Bryant American East Conference Final  University of Vermont won American East Conference Championship
 Champs Again! Vermont Wins Another AEC Title-Mar 12, 2023
BURLINGTON, Vt. - The Vermont Catamounts are once again America East men's basketball champions! The top-seeded Catamounts defeated second-seeded UMass Lowell, 72-59, in the 2023 #Jersey Mike's America East men's basketball championship game on Saturday morning at a sold out Patrick Gym.
After trailing at halftime, Vermont outscored UMass Lowell by 17 points in the second half to claim their second-straight America East title, fourth in five seasons and 10th since 2003. Dylan Penn (6'3''-G) led Vermont with 21 points on way to earning Most Outstanding Player honors. He averaged 23.3 points per game over Vermont's three wins. Penn was joined on the All-Championship team by teammates Aaron Deloney and Matt Veretto (6'8''-F) and UMass Lowell's Allin Blunt (6'7''-F) and Everette Hammond (6'3''-G-1999). Vermont's Nick Fiorillo (6'7''-F), a senior with a 3.70 GPA majoring in business administration, was the men's basketball Elite 18 honoree for having the highest GPA among champion game participants. Winners of 15-straight games, Vermont will learn its NCAA draw during the selection show on CBS on Sunday at 6 p.m. How it Happened Both teams struggled offensively in the first half. After UMass Lowell went up 8-7 on a Abdoul Coulibaly (6'9''-F-2000) layup with 17:24 left, the River Hawks went over eight minutes without a field goal. During that stretch, Vermont went on a 9-1 run and opened up a 16-9 lead on Ileri Ileri Ayo-Faleye (6'8''-F)'s layup with 11:13 left in the half. UMass Lowell countered with a 20-5 spurt to open up a 29-21 advantage, capping the run on Cam Morris' reverse layup with UVM cut the cap to four at halftime as UML led 29-25 at the break. The Catamounts scored the first five points of the second half to retake the lead 30-29. Hammond's three with 13:09 left put UML back on top, 37-35. Vermont's 6-0 run put it back on top 41-37 and they extended that advantage to 57-46 via a 10-3 spurt. Sullivan's four-point play with 2:03 left iced the game for Vermont as it put them up 63-50. By The Numbers Vermont held UMass Lowell to 37.7 percent shooting, 11 percentage points lower than their season average. The Catamounts shot 53.8 percent overall in the second half and 42.9 percent from three-point land to help them outscore the River Hawks by 17 in the second. Penn finished with a game-high 21 points. Three other Cats found double figures (Matt Veretto - 15, Finn Sullivan - 14, Aaron Deloney - 10). Allin Blunt's 14 points paced UMass Lowell and Yuri Covington (6'1''-G) had 10 off the bench. The History The title is Vermont's 10th all-time, all since 2003. It's their second straight and fourth in five years. The 10 crowns is the most in league history. The Catamounts improved to 10-6 all-time in title games while the River Hawks fell to 0-2. Home teams are now 32-7 all-time in America East championship games. Vermont is the 26th top seed to win the America East Tournament. John Becker surpassed Will Brown and Jim Calhoun and sits alone as the only America East coach to win six titles. In addition to this year, Becker's teams captured the crown in 2012, '17, '19, '20 and '22. Penn earned Most Outstanding Player honors in a second conference after earning the honor last season for Bellarmine in the ASUN. Courtesy of americaeast.com  All-AEC Awards 2023-Mar 12, 2023
All-Tournament MVP:
 Dylan Penn (6'3''-G) of VermontPlayer of the Year: Finn Sullivan (6'4''-G) of VermontDefensive Player of the Year:  Kellen Tynes (6'3''-G) of MaineRookie of the Year: Jonathan Beagle (6'9''-F) of AlbanyNewcomer of the Year: Sherif Gross-Bullock (6'5''-G) of BryantSixth Man of the Year: Aaron Deloney (6'0''-PG) of VermontCoach of the Year: Pat Duquette of UMass Lowell
First Team Clarence Daniels (6'6''-F) of UNH Robin Duncan (6'5''-G) of Vermont Sherif Gross-Bullock (6'5''-G) of Bryant Everette Hammond (6'3''-G-1999) of UMass Lowell Finn Sullivan (6'4''-G) of Vermont
Second Team  Abdoul Coulibaly (6'9''-F-2000) of UMass Lowell Jacob Falko (6'3''-G) of Binghamton Dylan Penn (6'3''-G) of Vermont Charles Pride (6'4''-G) of Bryant Earl Timberlake Jr. (6'6''-G-2000) of Bryant
Third Team Allin Blunt (6'7''-F) of UMass Lowell Nick Johnson (6'4''-G) of UNH Gedi Juozapaitis (6'4''-G-1998) of Maine Colton Lawrence (6'3''-G) of UMBC Kellen Tynes (6'3''-G) of Maine
All-Defensive Team Max Brooks (6'7''-F) of UMass Lowell Robin Duncan (6'5''-G) of Vermont Armon Harried (6'5''-G-2001) of Binghamton Nick Johnson (6'4''-G) of UNH Kellen Tynes (6'3''-G) of Maine
All-Freshman Team Jonathan Beagle (6'9''-F) of Albany Dion Brown (6'3''-G) of UMBC Jaden Clayton (6'1''-G-2003) of Maine TJ Hurley (6'5''-G) of Vermont Ridvan Tutic (6'10''-F-2002) of UNH
All-Academic Team Gedi Juozapaitis (6'4''-G-1998) of Maine Kjell De Graaf (6'10''-F) of NJIT Dan Petcash (6'4''-G) of Binghamton Matteo Picarelli (6'2''-G-2001) of UMBC Matt Veretto (6'8''-F) of Vermont
All-Tournament Team Dylan Penn (6'3''-G) of Vermont Aaron Deloney (6'0''-PG) of Vermont Matt Veretto (6'8''-F) of Vermont Everette Hammond (6'3''-G-1999) of UMass Lowell Allin Blunt (6'7''-F) of UMass Lowell |
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