# 2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by first year head coach Colleen Mullen, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 13–18, 9–7 in America East play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Binghamton in the quarterfinals before losing to Maine in the semifinals of the America East women's tournament.
Bernabei-McNamee left Albany on April 10 after two seasons for Boston College. On May 14, former Army assistant head coach Colleen Mullen was named the new head coach for the Great Danes.

## 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.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/09/2018* 7:00 pm | | at No. 22 South Florida | L 37–74 | 0–1 | Yuengling Center (2,269) Tampa, FL |
| 11/12/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cornell | L 34–48 | 0–2 | Newman Arena (269) Ithaca, NY |
| 11/14/2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Manhattan | W 60–54 | 1–2 | SEFCU Arena Albany, NY |
| 11/18/2018* 4:00 pm | | at Rutgers | L 39–65 | 1–3 | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,625) Piscataway, NJ |
| 11/21/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Monmouth | L 56–64 | 1–4 | OceanFirst Bank Center (140) West Long Branch, NJ |
| 11/25/2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Holy Cross | L 50–56 | 1–5 | SEFCU Arena (978) Albany, NY |
| 11/28/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Canisius | L 42–48 | 1–6 | SEFCU Arena (747) Albany, NY |
| 12/01/2018* 2:00 pm | | at Lafayette | L 66–67 $^{2OT}$ | 1–7 | Kirby Sports Center (404) Easton, PA |
| 12/05/2018* 7:00 pm | | Central Connecticut | L 53–60 | 1–8 | SEFCU Arena (901) Albany, NY |
| 12/08/2018* 2:00 pm | | Marist | L 56–74 | 1–9 | SEFCU Arena (996) Albany, NY |
| 12/15/2018* 1:00 pm | | at St. Francis Brooklyn | W 67–60 | 2–9 | Generoso Pope Athletic Complex (448) Brooklyn, NY |
| 12/19/2018* 11:30 am | | at Purdue | L 41–53 | 2–10 | Mackey Arena (7,038) West Lafayette, IN |
| 12/29/2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | W 62–58 | 3–10 | Levien Gymnasium (552) New York, NY |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Binghamton | W 61–56 | 4–10 (1–0) | SEFCU Arena (854) Albany, NY |
| 01/05/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Vermont | L 39–52 | 4–11 (1–1) | Patrick Gym (588) Burlington, VT |
| 01/12/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | L 65–76 | 4–12 (1–2) | Cross Insurance Center (1,733) Bangor, ME |
| 01/16/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 63–56 $^{OT}$ | 5–12 (2–2) | SEFCU Arena (785) Albany, NY |
| 01/19/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMBC | W 64–44 | 6–12 (3–2) | SEFCU Arena (840) Albany, NY |
| 01/23/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Stony Brook | W 68–54 | 7–12 (4–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (651) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/26/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | L 35–82 | 7–13 (4–3) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (702) West Hartford, CT |
| 01/30/2019 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | New Hampshire | W 59–41 | 8–13 (5–3) | SEFCU Arena (1,911) Albany, NY |
| 02/02/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | W 71–62 | 9–13 (6–3) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,799) Vestal, NY |
| 02/09/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Vermont | W 65–40 | 10–13 (7–3) | SEFCU Arena (936) Albany, NY |
| 02/13/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | W 56–53 | 11–13 (8–3) | Tsongas Center (962) Lowell, MA |
| 02/16/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | L 61–67 | 11–14 (8–4) | SEFCU Arena (1,017) Albany, NY |
| 02/20/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Stony Brook | L 52–68 | 11–15 (8–5) | SEFCU Arena (884) Albany, NY |
| 02/23/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | L 60–69 | 11–16 (8–6) | UMBC Event Center (437) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/27/2019 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 78–53 | 12–16 (9–6) | Lundholm Gym (369) Durham, NH |
| 03/02/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hartford | L 56–68 | 12–17 (9–7) | SEFCU Arena (996) Albany, NY |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (4) | (5) Binghamton Quarterfinals | W 61–56 | 13–17 | SEFCU Arena (472) Albany, NY |
| 03/10/2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | (4) | at (1) Maine Semifinals | L 51–66 | 13–18 | Memorial Gym (1,233) Orono, ME |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |