Albany at Vermont

Vermont can clinch the No. 2 seed in the American East Conference Tournament with a win here. The Catamounts should do just that. Vermont is 11-4 in league and 19-11 overall compared to Albany's 7-8 conference mark and 11-19 overall record. The Catamounts rank 97th in field goal percentage and 145th in defensive efficiency. Albany is 177th in shooting from the floor and 287th in defensive efficiency. Vermont has made the most shots from 3-point range in the American East. Albany ranks 282nd nationally in opponent 3-point field goal percentage. No chance the Catamounts under-rate Albany either. Not after the Great Danes upset them, 75-68, as 5.5-point home underdogs on Jan. 19. Vermont didn't have Noah Barnett and TJ Long, two of its six best players, in that game. Vermont has gone 8-3 since that upset. Albany is 4-7 in its last 11 games. Take Vermont.