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As a high school basketball player in the state of Vermont, the goal is to play your last game of the season at UVM’s Patrick Gym for the Division I state championship.

Three members of the Vermont men’s basketball team did that (on more than one occasion) and now Patrick Gym serves as a more permanent home.

Matt Glass, Pat Bergmann and Clancy Rugg – a trio of Vermont high school basketball rivals in the day – suit up and make some big plays for the Catamounts. Enough so, that the Burlington Free Press featured the native Vermonters in a piece this weekend.

John Fantino breaks down the solid impact each has had on a UVM team that has won six of seven including a big win against Albany last week and a road win at UMBC this weekend. And perhaps just as important as their on-court presence, the three Vermonters bring some excitement to the fans who get to see one of their own on the Green Mountain State’s biggest stage.

“When one of these guys scores or comes off the floor after having a nice stretch of minutes, the cheers are definitely a little bit louder,” UVM coach John Becker said in the article. 

Check out the full story, here.

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