Just a reminder that the 2009 National Championship is tonight at 8pm ET. #1 Penn State and #2 Texas meet tonight in Tampa. The match will be broadcast on ESPN2.

• There are over 300 teams currently in Division I. But in the 29 years the NCAA has had the championship tournament, only 25 teams have made it to a Final Four. Only 5 of those schools are in the Eastern Time Zone (including Tennessee in 2005). Only 2 of those went on to the Finals. Penn State is the only eastern school to have won the title.

• Only 10 different teams have ever won the National Championship. Penn State has won 3, while Texas has won once (which means after tonight only 10 teams will still have ever won the championship).

• Penn State has been in every NCAA tournament since its inception in 1981. Texas has only missed three.

• Penn State and Texas were ranked #1 and #2 in every weekly poll this year by both the AVCA and Volleyball Magazine.

• The Lady Vols have played both the potential champions a few times over the years. Tennessee is 1-10 vs Texas, and 4-5 vs Penn State. The Lady Vols have faced both teams in the tournament. In 1984, Texas defeated Tennessee 3-1 in the regional. In 2005, Tennessee knocked #2 Penn State out of the tournament 3-1 in the regional semifinals.