February 21, 2013 After a 79-69 loss at Boston University on Wednesday night, the Great Danes can no longer mathematically win the America East Conference...
There are a ton of teams that call the Albany area home, with many of which seeing success in their immediate pasts. However, there is no debate as to which team is Albany's best, and it's one that is being ignored to near-criminal levels by the area as a whole.
February 7, 2013 Now this is the way to treat an outclassed opponent. Jump on them right away and don't give them a chance to hang around.
This is the formula UAlbany used in taking apart UMBC (University of Maryland-Baltimore County) 79-56...
Despite battling injuries and fatigue at a crucial juncture in the season, the UAlbany Great Danes will take part in this year's BracketBusters event, which pits low to mid major college basketball programs against one another. The matchups were announced today, with the Great Danes drawing a road date with Fairfield out of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
After a week that featured three straight losses and an appearance on SportsCenter's Not Top Ten, the UAlbany Great Danes got back on track with a 79-46 win over Binghamton in Saturday's Big Purple Growl. They also erased the memories of any bad plays with an amazing alley oop from DJ Evans to Gary Johnson.
It was a rough week for the UAlbany Great Danes basketball team after three straight losses to Boston U, Stony Brook and Vermont. However, things took a turn towards the lighter side when center Blake Metcalf was featured on SportsCenter's Not Top Ten yesterday for taking a shot to the groin from Vermont's Brian Voelkel...
One week ago, yours truly asserted that the UAlbany Great Danes needed to win two out of three home games against Boston University, Vermont, and Stony Brook to be taken seriously in the America East Conference this season. Last night, the Great Danes fell to Stony Brook 65-49 to complete that stretch at 0-3, proving that they are nowhere near good enough to compete for a conference championship this season.
University at Albany Vice President and Director of Athletics Lee McElroy has announced a two-year contract extension for head women's basketball coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson. With the extension in place, Abrahamson-Henderson will remain at the helm of the Great Dane program through the 2016-17 season.
As the RPI football team sat idle this past weekend, the College Football season got underway across the country, including a pair of games here in the Capital Region. The final results from both games were on different ends of the spectrum, as Union suffered a tough 17-14 loss to Salve Regina, while UAlbany opened their final season at University Field with a 41-20 victory over Colgate.
Earlier today, and just four days before their 2012 season opener against Colgate, UAlbany announced that the Great Danes' offensive coordinator Ryan McCarthy has been promoted to associate head football coach. McCarthy is in his 11th season with the UAlbany football program and fifth as offensive coordinator.
Over the last 3 unofficial weekends of summer, Brian Cady is doing a local "College Football Tour," learning everything you need to know to get you ready for the 2012 College Football season in the Capital Region. Every Saturday during "Cady's Corner" from 10-11am, Brian will be joined by a head coach from one of the area college programs - UAlbany, RPI and Union.
UAlbany men’s lacrosse players Ty, Miles and Lyle Thompson, along with former standout Mike Banks, are all making appearances in “Crooked Arrows,” Hollywood’s first feature film about the sport of lacrosse. The movie, produced by J. Todd Harris, Mitchell Peck and Adam Leff, is set to open this Friday, May 18, with showings locally at Crossgates Cinema.
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