2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. They defeated Vermont, Hartford and Maine to win America East Women's Tournament for the sixth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost to Connecticut in the first round.
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America East Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | America East Conference |
2016–17 record | 21–12 (12–4 America East) |
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Home arena | SEFCU Arena |
2016–17 America East Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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New Hampshire | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 26 | – | 6 | .813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 21 | – | 12 | .636 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell* | 0 | – | 16 | .000 | 3 | – | 26 | .103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 America East Tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll |
Media
All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. Selected games will be broadcast on the radio on WCDB.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/12/2016* 7:00 pm |
at No. 19 Kentucky Kentucky Classic |
L 46–70 | 0–1 |
Memorial Coliseum (4,667) Lexington, KY | |||||||
11/13/2016* 7:00 pm |
vs. No. 14 Miami (FL) Kentucky Classic |
L 53–77 | 0–2 |
Memorial Coliseum (150) Lexington, KY | |||||||
11/16/2016* 5:30 pm, AETV |
Army | W 65–59 | 1–2 |
SEFCU Arena Albany, NY | |||||||
11/19/2016* 7:00 pm, AETV |
Boston University | W 69–54 | 2–2 |
SEFCU Arena (1,119) Albany, NY | |||||||
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Fordham | L 82–89 2OT | 2–3 |
Rose Hill Gymnasium (381) Bronx, NY | |||||||
11/27/2016* 3:00 pm, AETV |
Siena | W 88–86 OT | 3–3 |
SEFCU Arena (2,082) Albany, NY | |||||||
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at St. John's | L 36–54 | 3–4 |
Carnesecca Arena (529) Queens, NY | |||||||
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm |
at Yale | L 53–64 OT | 3–5 |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (407) New Haven, CT | |||||||
12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Fairfield | W 59–45 | 4–5 |
SEFCU Arena (1,008) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/10/2016* 1:00 pm |
at Wagner | W 75–50 | 5–5 |
Spiro Sports Center (232) Staten Island, NY | |||||||
12/12/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Post | W 85–61 | 6–5 |
SEFCU Arena (1,002) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/18/2016* 1:00 pm |
at St. Bonaventure | L 59–67 | 6–6 |
Reilly Center (742) Olean, NY | |||||||
12/29/2016* 7:00 pm |
at Dartmouth | L 61–69 OT | 6–7 |
Leede Arena (213) Hanover, NH | |||||||
American East regular season | |||||||||||
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMass Lowell | W 93–67 | 7–7 (1–0) |
SEFCU Arena (1,103) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/07/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Stony Brook | W 64–54 | 8–7 (2–0) |
SEFCU Arena (1,158) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at New Hampshire | L 58–71 | 8–8 (2–1) |
Lundholm Gym (268) Durham, NC | |||||||
01/16/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMBC | L 56–64 | 8–9 (2–2) |
SECU Arena (956) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Binghamton | W 67–61 | 9–9 (3–2) |
Binghamton University Events Center (1,435) Binghamton, NY | |||||||
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Maine | L 62–73 | 9–10 (3–3) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,359) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/26/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Vermont | W 64–53 | 10–10 (4–3) |
SECU Arena (1,742) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/28/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Hartford | W 82–71 | 11–10 (5–3) |
SECU Arena (1,876) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UMass Lowell | W 79–60 | 12–10 (6–3) |
Costello Athletic Center (611) Lowell, MA | |||||||
02/04/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Stony Brook | W 75–57 | 13–10 (7–3) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,262) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
New Hampshire | W 64–55 | 14–10 (8–3) |
SEFCU Arena (1,076) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Binghamton | W 80–63 | 15–10 (9–3) |
SECU Arena (1,271) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/15/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UMBC | L 60–63 | 15–11 (9–4) |
Retriever Activities Center (555) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
02/18/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Maine | W 64–60 | 16–11 (10–4) |
SECU Arena (1,543) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Vermont | W 67–52 | 17–11 (11–4) |
Patrick Gym (426) Burlington, VT | |||||||
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Hartford | W 58–52 | 18–11 (12–4) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,524) Hartford, CT | |||||||
America East Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Vermont Quarterfinals |
W 65–45 | 19–11 |
Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME | |||||||
03/05/2017 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Hartford Semifinals |
W 57–55 | 20–11 |
Cross Insurance Arena (1,847) Portland, ME | |||||||
03/10/2017 4:30 pm, ESPNU |
Maine Championship Game |
W 66–50 | 21–11 |
SECU Arena (1,231) Albany, NY | |||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2017* 11:00 am, ESPN2 |
(16 B) | at (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut First Round |
L 55–116 | 21–12 |
Gampel Pavilion (5,670) Storrs, CT | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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AP | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
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No Change | ||
(RV) | Received Votes | |
(NR) | Not Ranked |