# 2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by second year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 24–8, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East women's tournament, where they lost to Hartford. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Penn in the first round.
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 ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:00 pm | | at No. 15 Maryland | L 58–91 | 0–1 | Xfinity Center (4,021) College Park, MD |
| 11/16/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Monmouth | W 68–44 | 1–1 | OceanFirst Bank Center (365) West Long Branch, NJ |
| 11/19/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Fordham | W 59–52 $^{OT}$ | 2–1 | SEFCU Arena (1,209) Albany, NY |
| 11/22/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wagner | W 89–44 | 3–1 | SEFCU Arena (889) Albany, NY |
| 11/27/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Central Connecticut | W 72–60 | 4–1 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (647) New Britain, CT |
| 11/30/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | St. John's | L 66–71 | 4–2 | SEFCU Arena (913) Albany, NY |
| 12/03/2017* 12:00 pm | | at Holy Cross | W 65–56 | 5–2 | Hart Center (965) Worcester, MA |
| 12/06/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Manhattan | W 62–56 | 6–2 | Draddy Gymnasium (137) Riverdale, NY |
| 12/09/2017* 5:00 pm | | at Siena Albany Cup | W 78–63 | 7–2 | Times Union Center (1,502) Albany, NY |
| 12/17/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | St. Bonaventure | W 69–52 | 8–2 | SEFCU Arena (979) Albany, NY |
| 12/19/2017* 1:00 pm | | vs. Southern Illinois Puerto Rico Classic | W 68–57 | 9–2 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (105) San Juan, PR |
| 12/21/2017* 1:00 pm | | vs. Northern Illinois Puerto Rico Classic | W 97–91 $^{OT}$ | 10–2 | Coliseo Rubén Zayas Montañez (122) San Juan, PR |
| 12/30/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Dartmouth | W 76–61 | 11–2 | SEFCU Arena (1,036) Albany, NY |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | L 55–70 | 11–3 (0–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (722) West Hartford, CT |
| 01/06/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 66–53 | 12–3 (1–1) | SEFCU Arena (921) Albany, NY |
| 01/10/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | W 72–68 $^{OT}$ | 13–3 (2–1) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (502) Stony Brook, NY |
| 01/13/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | W 68–54 | 14–3 (3–1) | SEFCU Arena (921) Albany, NY |
| 01/15/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Binghamton | W 63–46 | 15–3 (4–1) | SEFCU Arena (1,084) Albany, NY |
| 01/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | W 61–52 | 16–3 (5–1) | Tsongas Center (632) Lowell, MA |
| 01/21/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | W 78–75 | 17–3 (6–1) | Retriever Activities Center (281) Catonsville, MD |
| 01/24/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3 | | Vermont | W 67–55 | 18–3 (7–1) | SEFCU Arena (2,248) Albany, NY |
| 01/27/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | W 64–58 | 19–3 (8–1) | SEFCU Arena (1,188) Albany, NY |
| 02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 68–74 | 19–4 (8–2) | Lundholm Gym (451) Durham, NH |
| 02/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 93–60 | 20–4 (9–2) | SEFCU Arena (903) Albany, NY |
| 02/08/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Vermont | L 57–62 | 20–5 (9–3) | Patrick Gym (336) Burlington, VT |
| 02/11/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 66–53 | 21–5 (10–3) | SEFCU Arena (1,377) Albany, NY |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMBC | W 79–45 | 22–5 (11–3) | SEFCU Arena (1,158) Albany, NY |
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | W 57–53 | 23–5 (12–3) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,672) Vestal, NY |
| 02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | L 69–74 $^{OT}$ | 23–6 (12–4) | Cross Insurance Center (3,140) Bangor, ME |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (7) Vermont Quarterfinals | W 60–42 | 24–6 | Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME |
| 03/04/2018 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (6) Hartford Semifinals | L 56–58 | 24–7 | Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/16/2018* 7:00 pm | | at Penn First Round | L 61–76 | 24–8 | Palestra (609) Philadelphia, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |