# 2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2021–22 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by fourth-year head coach Colleen Mullen, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference.
They finished the season 23–10, 13–5 in America East play, to finish in a tie for third place. As the second seed in the America East tournament, they defeated New Hampshire in the quarterfinals, Vermont in the semifinals, and Maine in the finals to finish as tournament champions. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were the sixteenth seed in the Wichita Region. They were defeated in the first round by Louisville to end their season.

## Previous season

The Great Danes finished the 2020–21 season 7–11, 5–7 in America East play, to finish in fourth place. As the fourth seed in the America East tournament, they defeated New Hampshire in the quarterfinals before losing to Maine in the semifinals. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WNIT.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Hofstra | W 70–41 | 1–0 | SEFCU Arena (1,097) Albany, NY |
| November 16, 2021* 7:00 p.m. | | at Merrimack | L 52–65 | 1–1 | Hammel Court (511) North Andover, MA |
| November 24, 2021* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cornell | L 46–47 | 1–2 | Newman Arena (87) Ithaca, NY |
| November 28, 2021* Noon, ACCNX | | at Boston College | L 65–77 | 1–3 | Conte Forum (599) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 1, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Bryant | W 60–34 | 2–3 | SEFCU Arena (1,022) Albany, NY |
| December 5, 2021* 2:00 p.m. | | at Colgate | W 60–39 | 3–3 | Cotterell Court (291) Hamilton, NY |
| December 8, 2021* 11:00 a.m., SECN+ | | at Vanderbilt | L 41–52 | 3–4 | Memorial Gymnasium (3,688) Nashville, TN |
| December 12, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Siena Albany Cup | W 64–44 | 4–4 | SEFCU Arena (1,366) Albany, NY |
| December 15, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Canisius | W 65–46 | 5–4 | SEFCU Arena (835) Albany, NY |
| December 18, 2021* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | SUNY Canton | Cancelled | Cancelled | SEFCU Arena Albany, NY |
| December 21, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | CCSU | W 65–52 | 6–4 | SEFCU Arena (760) Albany, NY |
| December 28, 2021* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Union | W 88–37 | 7–4 | SEFCU Arena (759) Albany, NY |
| America East regular season ||||||
| January 8, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | W 50–39 | 8–4 (1–0) | SEFCU Arena (865) Albany, NY |
| January 12, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | W 58–52 | 9–4 (2–0) | Costello Athletic Center (124) Lowell, MA |
| January 15, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at NJIT | W 62–54 | 10–4 (3–0) | Wellness and Events Center (257) Newark, NJ |
| January 17, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Hartford Rescheduled from December 30 | L 49–52 | 10–5 (3–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (101) West Hartford, CT |
| January 19, 2022 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | UMBC | W 69–40 | 11–5 (4–1) | SEFCU Arena (812) Albany, NY |
| January 22, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | L 47–58 | 11–6 (4–2) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (668) Stony Brook, NY |
| January 26, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | W 56–44 | 12–6 (5–2) | SEFCU Arena (954) Albany, NY |
| January 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 57–53 | 13–6 (6–2) | SEFCU Arena (938) Albany, NY |
| January 31, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Binghamton Rescheduled from January 5 | W 52–41 | 14–6 (7–2) | Events Center (944) Vestal, NY |
| February 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UMBC | W 51–41 | 15–6 (8–2) | Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,106) Baltimore, MD |
| February 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 53–24 | 16–6 (9–2) | SEFCU Arena (828) Albany, NY |
| February 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Maine | L 55–64 | 16–7 (9–3) | Cross Insurance Center (945) Bangor, ME |
| February 12, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Vermont Rescheduled from January 2 | W 54–52 | 17–7 (10–3) | SEFCU Arena (824) Albany, NY |
| February 14, 2022 Noon, ESPN3 | | at Vermont Rescheduled from February 12 | L 55–63 | 17–8 (10–4) | Patrick Gym (327) Burlington, VT |
| February 16, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 61–48 | 18–8 (11–4) | SEFCU Arena (876) Albany, NY |
| February 19, 2022 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | W 55–46 | 19–8 (12–4) | Lundholm Gym (448) Durham, NH |
| February 23, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Maine | L 45–49 | 19–9 (12–5) | SEFCU Arena (932) Albany, NY |
| February 26, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | W 57–56 | 20–9 (13–5) | SEFCU Arena (1,058) Albany, NY |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | (7) New Hampshire Quarterfinals | W 49–44 | 21–9 | SEFCU Arena (727) Albany, NY |
| March 8, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | (3) Vermont Semifinals | W 67–54 | 22–9 | SEFCU Arena (732) Albany, NY |
| March 11, 2022 5:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (2) | at (1) Maine Final | W 56–47 | 23–9 | Memorial Gymnasium (1,329) Orono, ME |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (16 W) | at (1 W) No. 4 Louisville First round | L 51–83 | 23–10 | KFC Yum! Center (8,407) Louisville, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=Wichita. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
Source:

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: — = Not ranked :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
| AP | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked and did not receive votes |
The Coaches Poll did not release a Week 2 poll and the AP poll did not release a poll after the NCAA tournament.