Vermont is certainly the favorite when the co-regular season champions take to the SEFCU Arena floor on Saturday to play the University at Albany, but the matchup might be getting much more favorable for the Great Danes. 

According to the Burlington Free Press, Vermont senior guard Mike Trimboli may miss the America East Conference Tournament because of a "undisclosed illness."

Trimboli is a likely First Team All-Conference selection after averaging a team-best 16.3 points, in addition to 4.9 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. 

Trimboli is also 32 points away from the 2,000-point mark for his career and before missing the season finale at Maine, had started 123 consecutive games. 

Vermont is still a very deep team (they scored 93 points and beat the Black Bears without Trimboli), but this would certainly help UAlbany.