# 2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2015–16 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes were led by sixth year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson and played their home games at SEFCU Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 28–5, 15–1 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Maine. They were also champions of the America East Women's Tournament for the fifth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset Florida in the first round before falling to Syracuse in the second round.
On April 1 it was announced that Katie Abrahamson-Henderson has resign from Albany and accept her coaching position at Central Florida. She finished at Albany with a 6-year record of 144–46.

## 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 ||||||
| 11/15/2015* 1:00 pm | | Pepperdine | W 64–49 | 1–0 | SEFCU Arena (863) Albany, NY |
| 11/18/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Boston University | W 83–43 | 2–0 | Case Gym (231) Boston, MA |
| 11/21/2015* 3:00 pm | | vs. Toledo URI Tournament | W 63–55 | 3–0 | Ryan Center (417) Kingston, RI |
| 11/22/2015* 12:00 pm | | at Rhode Island URI Tournament | W 67–58 | 4–0 | Ryan Center (425) Kingston, RI |
| 11/27/2015* 12:00 pm | | at No. 4 Tennessee | L 55–63 | 4–1 | Thompson–Boling Arena (9,806) Knoxville, TN |
| 12/01/2015* 7:00 pm | | Providence | W 71–58 | 5–1 | SEFCU Arena (856) Albany, NY |
| 12/05/2015* 3:00 pm | | at Army | L 62–65 | 5–2 | Christl Arena (754) West Point, NY |
| 12/09/2015* 7:00 pm | | at Fairfield | W 62–50 | 6–2 | Alumni Hall (123) Fairfield, CT |
| 12/12/2015* 5:00 pm | | at Siena | W 61–42 | 7–2 | Times Union Center (1,206) Albany, NY |
| 12/18/2015* 11:00 pm | | vs. UC Davis Women of Troy Classic semifinals | W 80–70 | 8–2 | Galen Center (425) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/20/2015* 6:00 pm | | at USC Women of Troy Classic championship | L 67–68 | 8–3 | Galen Center (977) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/30/2015* 6:00 pm | | Yale | W 74–70 | 9–3 | SEFCU Arena (832) Albany, NY |
| American East regular season ||||||
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm | | at UMBC | W 77–42 | 10–3 (1–0) | Retriever Activities Center (317) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/09/2016 2:00 pm | | Vermont | W 72–43 | 11–3 (2–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,362) Albany, NY |
| 01/13/2016 12:00 pm | | at New Hampshire | W 78–52 | 12–3 (3–0) | Lundholm Gym (1,537) Durham, NH |
| 01/16/2016 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | W 64–59 | 13–3 (4–0) | SEFCU Arena (986) Albany, NY |
| 01/18/2016 2:00 pm | | at Binghamton | W 59–47 | 14–3 (5–0) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,775) Vestal, NY |
| 01/21/2016 7:00 pm | | Stony Brook | W 73–54 | 15–3 (6–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,392) Albany, NY |
| 01/27/2016 11:00 am | | at UMass Lowell | W 85–55 | 16–3 (7–0) | Tsongas Center (3,363) Lowell, MA |
| 01/31/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | W 78–41 | 17–3 (8–0) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,516) Hartford, CT |
| 02/03/2016 7:00 pm | | UMBC | W 63–39 | 18–3 (9–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,704) Albany, NY |
| 02/06/2016 2:00 pm | | at Vermont | W 75–40 | 19–3 (10–0) | Patrick Gym (474) Burlington, VT |
| 02/08/2016 2:00 pm | | Binghamton | W 64–58 | 20–3 (11–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,403) Albany, NY |
| 02/11/2016 12:00 pm | | New Hampshire | W 75–48 | 21–3 (12–0) | SEFCU Arena (3,016) Albany, NY |
| 02/14/2016 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | L 53–65 | 21–4 (12–1) | Cross Insurance Center (3,231) Bangor, ME |
| 02/17/2016 7:00 pm | | at Stony Brook | W 62–49 | 22–4 (13–1) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,004) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/25/2016 7:00 pm | | UMass Lowell | W 88–57 | 23–4 (14–1) | SEFCU Arena (1,197) Albany, NY |
| 02/28/2016 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 84–39 | 24–4 (15–1) | SEFCU Arena (1,647) Albany, NY |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2016 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Vermont Quarterfinals | W 95–43 | 25–4 | Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY |
| 03/06/2016 4:15 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Binghamton Semifinals | W 79–43 | 26–4 | Binghamton University Events Center (2,904) Vestal, NY |
| 03/11/2016 4:30 pm, ESPNU | | Maine Championship Game | W 59–58 | 27–4 | SEFCU Arena (1,519) Albany, NY |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (12 SF) | vs. (5 SF) No. 25 Florida First Round | W 61–59 | 28–4 | Carrier Dome (2,445) Syracuse, NY |
| 03/20/2016* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (12 SF) | at (4 SF) No. 14 Syracuse Second Round | L 59–76 | 28–5 | Carrier Dome (3,842) Syracuse, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SF=Sioux Falls Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |