Albany dominated the America East standings, so it was fitting that the Great Danes receive some of the league’s top regular season accolades for the first time since 2007. Continue reading “Will Brown, Jameel Warney Claim Top America East Awards”
Albany, whose 9-0 start in conference is no fluke, has won 12 of their last 13 games, their only loss being a game at Niagara where head coach Will Brown said his team’s flu symptoms helped create the Great Danes’ worst performance to date.
Albany and the America East community received the news it had feared on Friday.
Continue reading “Peter Hooley’s Mother Sue Passes Away”
As America East play gets set to resume after a snow storm rocked much of the Northeast, it appears that every game will be on. Hartford will make the trek down to Stony Brook this morning, while Albany decided to head up to Vermont early on Monday. Maine head coach Bob Walsh confirmed that New Hampshire made it up to Bangor to play on Wednesday night. Binghamton left Tuesday for UMBC, so it appears that all four games will be on time. Continue reading “America East Stock Watch: Jan. 28”
Will Brown called Saturday’s Albany practice “the worst of the season” and said he was extremely concerned how his team would react against UMBC Sunday afternoon.
Sam Rowley added, “I think that’s the source of our success is our bench. It goes beyond just the games. At practice, as Coach was saying, those guys took it to us starters at practice, and there’s no excuses for the starting five feeling sorry for themselves, and if you rest or take it easy, they’re going to beat you. Having them making us better every day in practice has been huge for us.”
Continue reading “How Exactly Did UMBC Get Down To Seven Players? (And Some Albany Notes)”
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and Albany just may be the team to beat in America East with or without Peter Hooley.
For the second time in four days, the Great Danes went on the road against a team picked above them in the preseason conference coaches’ poll and systematically took them apart, this time a 62-53 win over Hartford Thursday night at Chase Family Arena, in which the host Hawks (11-8, 4-2) led only once and that was 3-2.
It was de ja vu all over again for Stony Brook fans Monday night, many of whom were in approximately the same seat (albeit a much nicer one since Stony Brook Arena has been refurbished and rebranded as Island Federal Credit Union Arena) three years ago as the Seawolves’ shooting aim inexplicably disappeared at the worst possible time, shooting just 4-19 from behind the arc and 17-58 from the field as Vermont came in and took the America East title, 51-43. Continue reading “Albany Loss Hurts For Stony Brook, But It’s Not March Yet”
When Albany took the floor against Stony Brook on Monday night there was one notable absence from the floor at Island Federal Credit Union Arena. Continue reading “Albany With Peter Hooley In Mind Pulls Off Win At Stony Brook”
Two teams sit atop the conference through 12 games with 3-0 records. While just five teams have gone on the road in conference play and won, we are starting to see the field settle for what should be an exciting conference race. Continue reading “America East Stock Watch: Jan. 13”
UMBC is the only team that hasn’t opened up America East play, but before the Retrievers do tomorrow at UMass Lowell, here is a breakdown of whose stock is up and down after the holiday break. Continue reading “America East Stock Watch: Jan. 6”
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