# 2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented 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, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were 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.

## Media

All home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games streamed on the opponents' websites. Selected games were broadcast on the radio on WCDB.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 12, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 19 Kentucky Kentucky Classic | L 46–70 | 0–1 | Memorial Coliseum (4,667) Lexington, KY |
| November 13, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | vs. No. 14 Miami (FL) Kentucky Classic | L 53–77 | 0–2 | Memorial Coliseum (150) Lexington, KY |
| November 16, 2016* 5:30 p.m., AETV | | Army | W 65–59 | 1–2 | SEFCU Arena Albany, NY |
| November 19, 2016* 7:00 p.m., AETV | | Boston University | W 69–54 | 2–2 | SEFCU Arena (1,119) Albany, NY |
| November 22, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Fordham | L 82–89 $^{2OT}$ | 2–3 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (381) The Bronx, NY |
| November 27, 2016* 3:00 p.m., AETV | | Siena | W 88–86 $^{OT}$ | 3–3 | SEFCU Arena (2,082) Albany, NY |
| November 30, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at St. John's | L 36–54 | 3–4 | Carnesecca Arena (529) Queens, NY |
| December 3, 2016* 2:00 p.m. | | at Yale | L 53–64 $^{OT}$ | 3–5 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (407) New Haven, CT |
| December 6, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Fairfield | W 59–45 | 4–5 | SEFCU Arena (1,008) Albany, NY |
| December 10, 2016* 1:00 p.m. | | at Wagner | W 75–50 | 5–5 | Spiro Sports Center (232) Staten Island, NY |
| December 12, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Post | W 85–61 | 6–5 | SEFCU Arena (1,002) Albany, NY |
| December 18, 2016* 1:00 p.m. | | at St. Bonaventure | L 59–67 | 6–6 | Reilly Center (742) Olean, NY |
| December 29, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Dartmouth | L 61–69 $^{OT}$ | 6–7 | Leede Arena (213) Hanover, NH |
| American East regular season ||||||
| January 4, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 93–67 | 7–7 (1–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,103) Albany, NY |
| January 7, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | W 64–54 | 8–7 (2–0) | SEFCU Arena (1,158) Albany, NY |
| January 11, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 58–71 | 8–8 (2–1) | Lundholm Gym (268) Durham, NC |
| January 16, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | UMBC | L 56–64 | 8–9 (2–2) | SECU Arena (956) Albany, NY |
| January 19, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | W 67–61 | 9–9 (3–2) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,435) Binghamton, NY |
| January 22, 2017 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Maine | L 62–73 | 9–10 (3–3) | Cross Insurance Center (1,359) Bangor, ME |
| January 26, 2017 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Vermont | W 64–53 | 10–10 (4–3) | SECU Arena (1,742) Albany, NY |
| January 28, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 82–71 | 11–10 (5–3) | SECU Arena (1,876) Albany, NY |
| February 1, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | W 79–60 | 12–10 (6–3) | Costello Athletic Center (611) Lowell, MA |
| February 4, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | W 75–57 | 13–10 (7–3) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,262) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 6, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 64–55 | 14–10 (8–3) | SEFCU Arena (1,076) Albany, NY |
| February 9, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Binghamton | W 80–63 | 15–10 (9–3) | SECU Arena (1,271) Albany, NY |
| February 15, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at UMBC | L 60–63 | 15–11 (9–4) | Retriever Activities Center (555) Catonsville, MD |
| February 18, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Maine | W 64–60 | 16–11 (10–4) | SECU Arena (1,543) Albany, NY |
| February 23, 2017 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Vermont | W 67–52 | 17–11 (11–4) | Patrick Gym (426) Burlington, VT |
| February 26, 2017 2:00 p.m., 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 ||||||
| March 4, 2017 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | vs. Vermont Quarterfinals | W 65–45 | 19–11 | Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME |
| March 5, 2017 4:30 p.m., ESPN3 | | vs. Hartford Semifinals | W 57–55 | 20–11 | Cross Insurance Arena (1,847) Portland, ME |
| March 10, 2017 4:30 p.m., ESPNU | | Maine Championship game | W 66–50 | 21–11 | SECU Arena (1,231) Albany, NY |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2017* 11:00 a.m., 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. ||||||
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## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No change |
| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked |