2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents 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, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] 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.

2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	America East Conference
2017–18 record	24–8 (12–4 America East)
Head coach	Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Yolanda Griffith AJ Cohen Tony Perotti
Home arena	SEFCU Arena

2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Maine †	13	–	3		.813			23	–	10		.697
Albany	12	–	4		.750			24	–	8		.750
Binghamton	10	–	6		.625			20	–	12		.625
Stony Brook	10	–	6		.625			18	–	12		.600
Hartford	9	–	7		.563			19	–	13		.594
New Hampshire	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Vermont	5	–	11		.313			8	–	22		.267
UMBC	3	–	13		.188			5	–	26		.161
UMass Lowell	1	–	15		.063			4	–	26		.133
† 2018 America East Tournament winner As of 20 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Bernabei-McNamee left Albany on April 10 after two seasons for Boston College.[4] On May 14, former Army assistant head coach Colleen Mullen was named the new head coach for the Great Danes.[5]

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.

Roster

2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 00 Mackenzie Trpcic 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) So St. Mary's Hamilton, ON G 2 Kyara Frames 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Fr Bishop McNamara Laurel, MD G 3 Khepera Stokes 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS So Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Baltimore, MD G 4 De'jah Williams 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Imhotep Charter School Philadelphia, PA G 10 Patricia Conroy 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr St. Joseph Hill Academy Staten Island, NY F 13 Bose Aiyalogbe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) RS Sr Life Center Academy Lagos, Nigeria F 14 Amanda Kantzy  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Luleå Basketgymnasium Colorado State Spånga, Sweden G/F 15 Jessica Féquière 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Sr Champlain College Saint-Lambert Montreal, QE G 20 Kumsal Aslan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So St. Timothy's School Ankara, Turkey F 22 Heather Forster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Huntington Huntington, NY C 24 Alexi Schecter 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Lowell Lowell, MA G 32 Emma List 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Discovery Canyon Campus Colorado Springs, CO F/C 33 Tiana-Jo Carter 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Lake Region Naples, ME G/F 34 CeCe Mayo 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Shaker Latham, NY F 44 Chyanna Canada 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Nottingham Syracuse, NY	Head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee (West Liberty) Assistant coach(es) Yolanda Griffith (Florida Atlantic) AJ Cohen (Louisville) Tony Perotti (Tennessee) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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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

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

• 2017–18 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

References

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4. "Boston College hires Joanna Bernabei-McNamee as women's hoops coach". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 10, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
5. "UAlbany announces hiring of Colleen Mullen as women's basketball head coach". ualbanysports.com. Associated Press. May 14, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
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