Peter Hooley

It was the plan all along, and on Wednesday night, Peter Hooley returned back to UAlbany. Hooley, who left the team indefinitely on Jan. 17 to return home to Australia to be with his mother Sue, who was battling cancer, has been away from the team for nearly a month...

The University at Albany men's basketball team kept its America East season perfect on Tuesday, beating Binghamton on the road, 62-46. The Danes win has them at 17-7 overall and 12-0 in the league. The 12-game league winning streak matches the longest such streak in league history, as the 2004-05 Vermont team also won 12...

After leading by double-figures with eight minutes to play, UAlbany held on for a one-point win against New Hampshire on Wednesday night at SEFCU Arena. The Danes overcame some spotty free-throw shooting down the stretch to register the 63-62 win, a win that puts them at 10-0 in conference play and 15-7 overall...

Before beating Stony Brook on Monday night, the UAlbany basketball program learned it will have to spend some time without star guard Peter Hooley. Hooley has left the team indefinitely to return home to Australia to spend time with his mother Sue, who is battling colon cancer...

On the road. Without their best player. Against the league's best player. Against the preseason league favorite. In a rematch of the 2014 America East title game. It was set up for the UAlbany men's basketball team to lose to Stony Brook on Monday night...

Justin Andrews of News 10 ABC joined me this morning to talk about the state of the local sports scene. We talked more about the emotion of the Peter Hooley fundraiser on Wednesday, and about the Union/RPI hockey matchups this week.

We're accustomed to junior guard Peter Hooley being a big part of wins for the UAlbany men's basketball team and coach Will Brown. That was no different on Wednesday night, as the Danes top scorer led the way with 16 points, but on this special night, Brown was part of a big win for Hooley as well...

Sam Rowley converted on a turnaround jump hook with 3.5 seconds left to lift the UAlbany men's basketball team to a 64-62 win on the road at New Hampshire on Tuesday night. The win moves the Danes to 7-7 overall and 2-0 in America East play...

The UAlbany men's basketball team (6-7, 1-0) looked like the reigning America East champions on Saturday night as they opened up defense of their conference title with a 80-56 drubbing of the University of Maine at SEFCU Arena. The Danes shot 52 percent for the game and connected on nine three-pointers in the rout...

The UAlbany Great Danes extended their winning streak to three games on Monday night, topping Fairfield at SEFCU Arena. The 77-66 win moves the Danes to 5-6 overall. Evan Singletary had 21 points in 31 minutes to pace UA. He connected on four three-pointers to help extend the Stags defense and provide UAlbany with an outside threat...

After back-to-back America East championships and the program's first NCAA tournament win, the UAlbany men's basketball team is picked to finish third in the preseason conference coaches poll. The Danes, who beat Stony Brook in the A-East title game before beating Mount St...

The UAlbany Great Danes’ season came to an end on Thursday afternoon in Orlando, as the 16th-seeded Purple and Gold fell to the top-seeded Florida Gators, 67-55, in the second round of the NCAA tournament. I spoke with UAlbany color commentator Zach Bye this morning, and he shared his thoughts on the Danes's run...