The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Great Danes, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and were members of the

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. They finished the season 21–12, 12–4 in America East play, to finish in second place. They defeated

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and

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to win America East women's tournament for the sixth straight year and they received an automatic bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to

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in the first round.

Media

All home games and conference road games streamed on either

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on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games streamed on the opponents' websites. Selected games were broadcast on the radio on

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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Media

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References