2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team
2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball | |
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America East Regular Season Co-Champions America East Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round | |
Conference | America East Conference |
2014–15 record | 24–9 (14–2 America East) |
Head coach | Katie Abrahamson-Henderson (5th year) |
Assistant coach | Tahnee Balerio |
Assistant coach | Mary Grimes |
Assistant coach | Isoken Uzamere[1] |
Home arena | SEFCU Arena |
2014–15 America East Conference women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany † | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hartford | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass Lowell* | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMBC | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vermont | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Binghamton | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2015 America East Tournament winner As of March 20, 2015 *ineligible for postseason play due to Div. I transitions; Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2014–15 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes were led by fifth year head coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson and play their home games at SEFCU Arena. They were members of the America East Conference. The Great Danes enter the season as 3-time consecutive champs in the America East after winning the 2014 America East tournament.[2] They finished the season 24–9, 14–2 in America East play to share the America East regular season title with Maine. They were also champions of the America East Women's Tournament for the fourth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they lost in the first round to Duke.
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
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Roster |
Schedule
Date Time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (Attendance) City, State | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
11/14/2014* 7:00 PM, AETV |
St. Francis Brooklyn Preseason WNIT First Round |
W 90–47 | 1–0 |
SEFCU Arena (1,290) Albany, NY | |||||||
11/16/2014* 7:00 PM |
at Penn State Preseason WNIT Second Round |
W 54–53 | 2–0 |
Bryce Jordan Center (8,607) University Park, PA | |||||||
11/20/2014* 8:00 PM |
at WKU Preseason WNIT Semifinals |
L 54–63 | 2–1 |
E. A. Diddle Arena (1,296) Bowling Green, KY | |||||||
11/26/2014* 7:00 PM |
at Canisius | W 64–59 | 3–1 |
Koessler Athletic Center (715) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
12/02/2014* 7:00 PM, AETV |
Hofstra | L 55–65 | 3–2 |
SEFCU Arena (548) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/06/2014* 4:00 PM |
at Colgate | W 67–48 | 4–2 |
Cotterell Court (370) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
12/10/2014* 7:00 PM |
at Marist | L 58–61 | 4–3 |
McCann Field House (1,417) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
12/13/2014* 5:00 PM |
at Siena | W 76–57 | 5–3 |
Times Union Center (512) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/15/2014* 7:00 PM |
at Quinnipiac | L 62–66 | 5–4 |
TD Bank Sports Center (N/A) Hamden, CT | |||||||
12/19/2014* 4:00 PM |
at Pepperdine | W 61–36 | 6–4 |
Firestone Fieldhouse (311) Malibu, CA | |||||||
12/21/2014* 4:00 PM |
at Cal State Fullerton | W 71–49 | 7–4 |
Titan Gym (110) Fullerton, CA | |||||||
12/28/2014* 2:00 PM, AETV |
Northeastern | L 67–70 | 7–5 |
SEFCU Arena (823) Albany, NY | |||||||
12/30/2014* 2:00 PM |
at No. 9 North Carolina | L 56–71 | 7–6 |
Carmichael Arena (4,123) Chapel Hill, NC | |||||||
01/03/2015 12:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Maine | W 49–43 | 8–6 (1–0) |
Cross Insurance Center (2,029) Bangor, ME | |||||||
01/07/2015 7:00 PM, AETV |
New Hampshire | W 76–65 | 9–6 (2–0) |
SEFCU Arena (380) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/11/2015 2:00 PM |
at UMass Lowell | W 78–50 | 10–6 (3–0) |
Costello Athletic Center (157) Lowell, MA | |||||||
01/14/2015 7:00 PM |
at Binghamton | W 82–49 | 11–6 (4–0) |
Binghamton University Events Center (1,235) Vestal, NY | |||||||
01/19/2015 7:00 PM, AETV |
Stony Brook | W 69–59 | 12–6 (5–0) |
SEFCU Arena (1,007) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/22/2015 12:00 PM |
at UMBC | W 72–62 | 13–6 (6–0) |
Retriever Activities Center (395) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
01/25/2015 2:00 PM, AETV/TWCSC |
Hartford | W 82–58 | 14–6 (7–0) |
SEFCU Arena (2,185) Albany, NY | |||||||
01/29/2015 7:00 PM |
at Vermont | W 89–48 | 15–6 (8–0) |
Patrick Gym (342) Burlington, VT | |||||||
02/01/2015 1:00 PM, AETV |
Maine | L 44–52 | 15–7 (8–1) |
SEFCU Arena (986) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/04/2015 7:00 PM |
at New Hampshire | W 74–48 | 16–7 (9–1) |
Lundholm Gym (487) Durham, NH | |||||||
02/07/2015 5:00 PM, AETV/TWCSC |
UMass Lowell | W 93–57 | 17–7 (10–1) |
SEFCU Arena (3,471) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/11/2015 12:00 PM, AETV |
Binghamton | W 75–53 | 18–7 (11–1) |
SEFCU Arena (1,925) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/18/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
UMBC | W 84–68 | 19–7 (12–1) |
SEFCU Arena (548) Albany, NY | |||||||
02/22/2015 4:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Stony Brook | L 64–68 | 19–8 (12–2) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,098) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
02/26/2015 7:00 PM |
at Hartford | W 65–50 | 20–8 (13–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,492) Hartford, CT | |||||||
03/01/2015 2:00 PM, AETV |
Vermont | W 76–48 | 21–8 (14–2) |
SEFCU Arena (824) Albany, NY | |||||||
2015 America East Tournament | |||||||||||
03/07/2015 6:00 PM, ESPN3 |
vs. Vermont Quarterfinals |
W 63–33 | 22–8 |
Binghamton University Events Center (N/A) Vestal, NY | |||||||
03/08/2015 4:30 PM, ESPN3 |
vs. UMBC Semifinals |
W 66–37 | 23–8 |
Binghamton University Events Center (472) Vestal, NY | |||||||
03/13/2015 4:30 PM, ESPNU |
Hartford Championship Game |
W 84–75 | 24–8 |
SEFCU Arena (1,574) Albany, NY | |||||||
2015 NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/20/2015* 12:00 PM, ESPN2 |
at No. 16 Duke First Round |
L 52–54 | 24–9 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (N/A) Durham, NC | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
No Change | ||
(RV) | Received Votes | |
(NR) | Not Ranked |
See also
References
- ↑ "Isoken Uzamere Promoted to Assistant Coach for UAlbany Women's Basketball". Sport Balla. Retrieved 2014-05-27.
- ↑ "UAlbany women romp in America East final, NCAAs next". Times Union. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ↑ http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=8000&SPSID=84568