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Cameron Lyle may be an athlete, but he’s also a hero.

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After a 27-3 season that included an 18-0 mark in America East play en route to a conference title, the UAlbany Great Danes women's basketball team has earned a 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play North Carolina in Newark, Delaware on Sunday at 2:30 p.m..

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Coming into Selection Sunday, the Albany Great Danes were unsure as to where they were going to be playing and as what seed. Now they know, as the selection committee has chosen them as a 15 seed and the opponent of the 2 seed Duke Blue Devils in Philadelphia in the midwest region.

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By now you know that the UAlbany Great Danes are going dancing. You also know that they had to beat Vermont to get there. And from those two things, you can probably infer that Great Danes fans went nuts once they got the job done, as evidenced by this fan shot video of the celebration.

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Yesterday, I broke down the America East men's championship game between the UAlbany Great Danes and Vermont Catamounts. Now it's time to take a look at the women's title game between the Great Danes and Hartford Hawks.

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After a thrilling run through the first two rounds of the America East basketball championships, UAlbany is faced with the daunting task of heading north to Patrick Gym in Burlington to take on the second seeded Vermont Catamounts on Saturday.

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Make room on that bandwagon Great Danes fans. I want a seat!  Listen, I am all about the Big East Tournament. I love St. John's even though we stink and have no shot. I am all about the Big East. I grew up watching it, loved it and I won't get all pollyannish, but I am going to miss the real Big East, make no mistake

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UAlbany head basketball coach Will Brown has done a number of good things in the Albany community in his 12 year tenure as the head coach of the Great Danes, including work with a number of charitable organizations. He has extended that charitable spirit to this weekend's America East basketball tournament, as he has purchased 400 student tickets to Saturday's quarterfinal game against Maine.

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After their team bus crashed on the way to a game against Boston University last week, the University of Maine has decided to withdraw its women's basketball team from this week's America East basketball championships.

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The most successful regular season for UAlbany in years came to a conclusion Sunday in a tough loss at Stony Brook 75-70. The 21 win Great Danes finished 5th in the America East Conference. Their 1st round opponent in the conference tourney will be the 6th seeded Maine Black Bears Saturday at 8:00 P

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UAlbany women's basketball clinched the America East regular season championship on Wednesday night with a 55-46 win over New Hampshire, due largely to the efforts of sophomore center Megan Craig.

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After a bus accident last night involving Maine's women's basketball team, the team's scheduled America East conference game tonight against Boston University has been postponed.

The accident was a result of the team's bus driver, who was not identified, suffering from some sort of medical condition and passing out, according to Athletic Director Steve Abbott, resulting in the bus crossing the median into oncoming traffic before stopping on the shoulder, miraculously not striking any cars in the process

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