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

The 2018–19 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented University at Albany, SUNY in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the SEFCU Arena in Albany, New York and were led by 18th-year head coach Will Brown. They were members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 12–20, 7–9 in America East play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East tournament to UMBC.

## Previous season

The Great Danes finished the 2017–18 season 22–10, 10–6 in America East Conference play to finish in fourth place. In the America East tournament, they were defeated by Stony Brook in the quarterfinals. Despite finishing with 22 wins, they opted to not play in a postseason tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 9, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Iona | L 68–72 | 0–1 | Hynes Athletic Center (1,871) New Rochelle, NY |
| November 14, 2018* 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Boston University | L 61–71 | 0–2 | SEFCU Arena (2,579) Albany, NY |
| November 17, 2018* 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Canisius | W 75–66 | 1–2 | Koessler Athletic Center (1,540) Buffalo, NY |
| November 19, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Oneonta | W 79–62 | 2–2 | SEFCU Arena (1,659) Albany, NY |
| November 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Holy Cross | L 65–69 | 2–3 | SEFCU Arena (1,614) Albany, NY |
| November 23, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Milwaukee Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic campus game | L 70–79 | 2–4 | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (952) Milwaukee, WI |
| November 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, CBSSN | | vs. LIU Brooklyn Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic semifinals | L 77–80 | 2–5 | SSE Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| November 30, 2018* 2:30 pm, CBSSN | | vs. Dartmouth Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic 3rd place game | L 77–91 | 2–6 | SSE Arena Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| December 8, 2018* 7:00 pm | | Monmouth | W 82–63 | 3–6 | SEFCU Arena (1,902) Albany, NY |
| December 11, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Yale | L 63–71 | 3–7 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (904) New Haven, CT |
| December 15, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | L 52–61 | 3–8 | SEFCU Arena (1,740) Albany, NY |
| December 18, 2018* 7:00 pm, FSN | | at Providence | L 43–73 | 3–9 | Dunkin' Donuts Center (4,855) Providence, RI |
| December 20, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Manhattan | W 77–67 | 4–9 | SEFCU Arena (1,412) Albany, NY |
| December 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Kent State | L 68–70 | 4–10 | MAC Center (2,114) Kent, OH |
| December 31, 2018* 3:30 pm | | at Niagara | W 79–74 | 5–10 | Gallagher Center (829) Lewiston, NY |
| America East Conference regular season ||||||
| January 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | L 51–80 | 5–11 (0–1) | SEFCU Arena (2,733) Albany, NY |
| January 12, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Maine | L 62–66 | 5–12 (0–2) | SEFCU Arena (1,793) Albany, NY |
| January 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | L 72–84 | 5–13 (0–3) | Costello Athletic Center (411) Lowell, MA |
| January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | L 64–65 $^{OT}$ | 5–14 (0–4) | UMBC Event Center (1,659) Baltimore, MD |
| January 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | L 66–67 $^{OT}$ | 5–15 (0–5) | SEFCU Arena (2,316) Albany, NY |
| January 26, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Hartford | W 84–77 | 6–15 (1–5) | SEFCU Arena (2,085) Albany, NY |
| January 30, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 62–42 | 7–15 (2–5) | Lundholm Gym (283) Durham, NH |
| February 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Binghamton | W 64–50 | 8–15 (3–5) | SEFCU Arena (3,891) Albany, NY |
| February 9, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | L 49–67 | 8–16 (3–6) | SEFCU Arena (3,116) Albany, NY |
| February 13, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | L 54–86 | 8–17 (3–7) | SEFCU Arena (1,876) Albany, NY |
| February 17, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | W 63–54 | 9–17 (4–7) | Cross Insurance Center (989) Bangor, ME |
| February 21, 2019 7:00 pm | | at Stony Brook | W 74–70 | 10–17 (5–7) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,210) Stony Brook, NY |
| February 23, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMBC | W 84–75 | 11–17 (6–7) | SEFCU Arena (2,306) Albany, NY |
| February 27, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | New Hampshire | L 58–62 | 11–18 (6–8) | SEFCU Arena (1,560) Albany, NY |
| March 2, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Hartford | L 80–82 $^{OT}$ | 11–19 (6–9) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,458) West Hartford, CT |
| March 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Binghamton | W 73–58 | 12–19 (7–9) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,164) Vestal, NY |
| America East tournament ||||||
| March 9, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | (6) | at (3) UMBC Quarterfinals | L 54–62 | 12–20 | UMBC Event Center (2,766) Baltimore, MD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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