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The college basketball season officially tips off tonight as the University at Albany opens its 2015-16 season on the road at Kentucky. The Wildcats are ranked No. 1 in some polls and No. 2 in others. For the record, I think the Danes will stay close for a while and ultimately lose in the 15-20 range...

UAlbany has been to three straight America East tournament's in men's basketball. Four in women's basketball. Two in men's lacrosse. But the Danes added a few more sports to their tournament resumes on Sunday afternoon, claiming America East titles in field hockey and women's soccer...

After a big win on Saturday against Rhode Island, the UAlbany football team is heading to James Madison this weekend. It's a huge test for the Danes, as JMU is one of the top programs in the CAA and the FCS as a whole. Zach Bye, broadcaster for the Danes, joined us today to talk about the matchup and what UAlbany needs to do to keep the matchup close...

Coming off a 35-7 win over Rhode Island in the CAA opener on Saturday, the UAlbany Great Danes are off to a great start in Greg Gattuso's second year as head coach. After getting beat by FBS Buffalo, the Danes are 1-0 in FCS play as they look to move up the ranks...

It may be football season, but we already have an eye towards basketball season as the UAlbany men's hoop team came out with its schedule for the 2015-16 season. Obviously, the matchup at Kentucky highlights the non-conference schedule. On the conference side of things, the Danes don't get back-to-back home games until Feb...

After advancing to its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament last March, the UAlbany women's basketball program is set for another run in 2015-16. The Danes return the best player in the America East in Shereesha Richards and also are armed with a bevy of solid recruits...

After a successful debut season for UAlbany football head coach Greg Gattuso in 2014, the Great Danes are looking to make more noise in the CAA this season. This year, operating under the slogan : "A New Era," the Danes are ushering in a new alternate uniform for the first time...

UAlbany Head Coach Will Brown joined Armen and Levack in-studio on Friday afternoon for an hour.

For the second straight season, UAlbany senior attackmen Lyle Thompson has been named the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Most Outstanding Player. Thompson helped the Danes advance to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second consecutive season...

Quite honestly, I didn't like lacrosse. For a long time. I was a college baseball player, and like most baseball and lacrosse players, I enveloped myself in the rivalry of the two sports. It's not so much a rivalry as it is just often a casual indifference from one sport to the other...

With UAlbany and three prominent Section II products in the NCAA lacrosse tournament this weekend, local fans had multiple reasons to be optimistic. But after play concluded and the Final Four was set? Notttt so much. Underdog UAlbany hung tough, and even held a 9-8 lead at one point against top-seeded Notre Dame, but the Danes couldn't pull the upset, falling 14-10...

Here at 104.5 The Team, we are getting ready for UAlbany lacrosse on Saturday (3 PM, ESPN U). The Great Danes take on No. 1 Notre Dame in the NCAA quarterfinal with a spot in the final four on the line. It's also a rematch of last year's NCAA quarterfinal that saw Notre Dame take down UA after being down five goals in the final quarter...