twenty-something

Today is a big day for my alma matter. Our little ol' basketball team -- the "Hoop Cats," if you will -- takes to the court, and to the television, for a very big game. I wasn't lucky enough to get tickets, but I will be watching from the comfort of my living room.

After impressive quarterfinal and semifinal wins, the two-time defending America East Champion Vermont Catamounts (23-6) take on the second-seeded Northeastern Huskies (21-8) in the 2005 America East Championship title game. This is Vermont's third straight trip to the conference championship game, its fourth overall and the second time in as many years that it has hosted the title game at Patrick Gym. The winner earns an automatic bid to the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. More.

(And we are, and always will be, UVM, people -- not Vermont, like Athletics pretends we are, or like they always call us on TV.)

UPDATE: UVM kicked Northeastern's ass.