And now the finish to the weekend.

Vermont 56, BU 55 I learned two things from this game:

1. Early leads are as fallable in college hoops as in the pros. Not like this isn't the millionth example of such a thing, but at one point in the first half Vermont led 16-2. They won the game on their last shot with about 5 seconds on the clock.

2. There are few things worse than the opponent celebrating a trip to the NCAA tournament on your floor.

The two stories here were the horror show of a first half the Terriers put together and the play of Catamount center Matt Sheftic. BU shot in the neighborhood of 22 percent in the first half. They had an off day overall, certainly (they shot 35.8 percent for the game), but the first half was horrific. Billy Collins was out of rhythm all game, which is always a bad sign.

But back to Sheftic, who went 10-17 from the floor and scored 23 of Vermont's 56. BU had nothing to counter him, and even his misses were often converted into a Vermont second chance. He took his fourth foul with something like five and half minutes to go, and for whatever reason BU didn't challenge him again. I'd have done everything in my power to get him to pick up his fifth.

It wasn't a well played game, but was exciting even with the unfortunate ending. With its 20-9 record there's some light talk about BU getting into the NIT, but we'll see.

BU 69, Maine 65 In the one game I didn't go to today, the BU women's team upset Maine to take the America East berth for the NCAA women's tournament. Maine had gone undefeated in league play, and was the odds on favorite to take the title. I didn't see any of the game and listened to very little, but BU had a reasonably big lead (8-12 points) for much of the contest, with Maine chipping away at the end. With a 16-14 record, I have some feeling that they'll draw UConn in a 1-16 matchup.

UNH 1, BU 0 (OT) And in the last game of the night, BU played its second overtime game in as many nights (and third of the playoffs- a Hockey East record) but couldn't equal last night's performance. The winning score appears to have gone in off Ryan Whitney, which (and pardon me while I meta-blog) makes him fraught with greatness. I'm sure Mario is looking forward to having Whitney back him up on the blue line.

BU played better than expected after last night's journey into early morning, putting up a 12-5 shot advantage in the first period. From there on in UNH tended to have the upper hand, though BU kept things interesting. Sean Fields proved to be the biggest thing going in the BU end, performing feats of goaltending heretofore unseen. He was named the tournament MVP, which is fitting given that without him, the Icedogs never would have gotten out of Providence.

The good thing here is that the loss won't keep BU out of the NCAAs. Their record (24-13-3) belies a high pairwise rating (fourth), which will probably give them a number 2 seed at either Providence or Worcester. Not sure who else I'd want in the regional.

So there you have it. Four games in 30 hours, and the only title BU takes is in a game I didn't go to. Go figure.