Vermont is hosting both America East basketball title games: Everything to know.

For University of Vermont men's and women's basketball fans, there's just one place to be on Friday and Saturday: Patrick Gym.

For the first time in school history, both UVM basketball teams are hosting the America East Conference championship game: In a callback to past glory, the Catamount women take on Albany at 5 p.m. Friday while the Catamount men seek back-to-back crowns in Saturday morning's showdown vs. UMass Lowell.

To set the mood and get primed for a potential hoops heaven for Catamount faithful, here's what to know ahead of both title games.

Pre-game coverage: UVM women

► Profile of head coach Alisa Kresge, who has returned Catamounts to top of America East

► Follow Friday's game with live updates from the BFP

Pre-game coverage: UVM men

► How Robin Duncan persuaded Dylan Penn to transfer to Vermont

Can I purchase tickets to the women's championship game?

► Sales to the general public began on Monday, March 6. Tickets can be purchased online at uvmathletics.com/tickets. Capacity at Patrick Gym is 3,266.

► Season-ticket holders have until Thursday, March 9 at 5 p.m. to purchase their regular-season seats. They can do so through their online ticket account, calling UVM Ticket Office (802-656-4410) or in person at the UVM Ticket Office.

► According to a news release, UVM students were told to watch their email for ticket information.

► Championship ticket prices: Courtside ($30), reserved ($20), general admission ($18), general admission ages 12-and-under ($10), UVM students (TBD).

Can I purchase tickets to the men's championship game?

► Sales to the general public begin Thursday, March 9 at 3 p.m. Tickets will be sold inside the Patrick Gym Ticket Office and online at uvmathletics.com/tickets. Capacity at Patrick Gym is 3,266.

► UVM students can claim tickets in person at the Patrick Gym lobby starting at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 11.

► Championship ticket prices: Courtside ($55), padded reserve ($45), reserved ($40), UVM students (free).

Streaming/radio/TV options for the women's championship game?

Game day: Friday, 5 p.m.

TV: ESPNU (check your TV provider)

Stream: ESPN+ (subscription)

Radio: WVMT-AM 620

Streaming/radio/TV options for the men's championship game?

Game day: Saturday, 11 a.m.

TV: ESPN2 (check your TV provider)

Stream: ESPN+ (subscription)

Radio: The Game 97.1 FM/960 AM

The matchup: Vermont women vs. Albany

The Vermont women’s basketball team is riding a 16-game win streak, good for the fifth best in the county, into the America East championship.

The league’s top-ranked team reached the title game after a fourth-quarter run against Maryland-Baltimore County led to a 75-63 on Sunday at Patrick Gym. Vermont (24-6) faces defending champion No. 2 Albany (22-10).

Vermont hasn't won the league tourney since the second of back-to-back crowns in 2010.

Vermont, led by first team all-conference selections Emma Utterback and Anna Olson, is hosting the championship game for the first time since 2001. Utterback is averaging 13.9 points per game and 4.3 assists over 35.2 minutes per contest (shooting 42% from the field). Olson, a junior, adds 11.8 ppg and a team-high 6.4 rpg over 30.2 minutes.

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The Catamounts and Great Danes split the season series, with Vermont winning most recently 53-49 in Burlington on Feb. 4.

Vermont held the Great Danes to eight points in the third quarter of the Feb. 4 matchup to hold on for the home win.

Albany also boasts two all-conference first team selections in junior guard Kayla Cooper and senior forward Helene Haegerstrand (also a 2021-22 first team pick). Cooper (18 points, 10 rebounds in the second meeting against UVM) is averaging 15.2 ppg and 8.2 rpg. The 6-foot-1 Haegerstrand averages 14.6 ppg.

Albany leads the all-time series 23-5, but the Great Danes haven’t beaten Vermont at home since 2017.

The matchup: Vermont men vs. UMass Lowell

When the Catamount men visited UMass Lowell on Jan. 11, they lost 80-65 with America East's soon-to-be player of the year Finn Sullivan sidelined with an illness and freshman TJ Hurley out with an ankle injury.

The Catamounts (22-10) haven't lost since, compiling a 14-game winning streak, the third longest in coach John Becker's tenure, and seizing their seventh straight regular-season crown.

Vermont's roll includes a 93-81 decision over the RiverHawks (26-7) in the team's second meeting on Feb. 11.

The Catamounts arrive in their ninth championship game in 13 years — and their fifth time hosting since 2017 — following routs of NJIT (84-57) and Binghamton (79-57), respectively, in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.

The River Hawks, searching for their first NCAA Tournament since transitioning from D-II to D-I a decade ago, blasted Maine 85-54 in their first playoff game before outlasting New Hampshire 75-64 in the semifinals.

Sullivan (11.8 ppg, 4.9 rpg) and Robin Duncan (7.8 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 4.5 apg) made the all-league first team for Vermont, while Dylan Penn (13.2 ppg) landed on second team and Aaron Deloney (11.7 ppg) garnered the sixth man award for the second straight season.

For Lowell, Everett Hammond (13.8 ppg) earned first-team honors, Abdoul Karim Coulibaly (11.5 ppg) was picked for second team and Allin Blunt (10.4 ppg) for third team.

History of Vermont in America East finals at Patrick Gym

2022: Vermont men 83, UMBC 42

► The Catamounts smash the America East title-game record for margin of victory in dismantling UMBC to seize their ninth conference tournament championship, a league record.

2019: Vermont men 66, UMBC 49

► A sparkling second half powers the Catamounts past nemesis UMBC, one year after a final-second heartbreak.

2018: UMBC 65, Vermont men 62

► Jairus Lyles pours in tiebreaking 3-pointer, just UMBC's second lead of the game, to stun Vermont in the final seconds. Lyles and UMBC then shocked the world by becoming the first No. 16 seed to beat a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

2017: Vermont men 56, Albany 53

► The Cats claw back from a late nine-point deficit to solve the Great Danes, secure a perfect season against America East foes (19-0) and reach their first NCAA Tournament in five years.

2013: Albany 54, Vermont men 49

► The Great Danes spoil Vermont's party and its title defense in a defensive slugfest.

2010: Vermont men 83, Boston University 70

► Marqus Blakely's late-game, ferocious dunk puts the finishing touches on the Catamounts' first league tourney crown in five years.

2007: Albany 60, Vermont men 59

► Vermont fumbles away game and championship, losing to archrival Albany as the No. 1 seed.

2005: Vermont men 80, Northeastern 57

► Taylor Coppenrath, T.J. Sorrentine and coach Tom Brennan cap their final game at Patrick Gym with a three-peat.

2004: Vermont men 72, Maine 53

► Coppenrath returns from injury to produce a tournament-record 43 points as Vermont retained its crown.

2001: Delaware 69, Vermont women 64 (OT)

► The Blue Hens erase a 15-point second-half deficit to end Vermont's reign atop America East.

2000: Vermont women 77, Maine 50 (OT)

► Catamounts romp past rival Maine with strong shooting performance from deep.

Note: Vermont also hosted and won the 1992 and 1993 conference championships when America East was known as North Atlantic Conference.

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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: America East basketball championship games: What to know for Vermont