2016–17 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

2016–17 Albany Great Danes men's basketball

Conference	America East Conference
2016–17 record	4–3 (0–0 America East)
Head coach	Will Brown (16th year)
Assistant coach	Chad O'Donnell
Assistant coach	Jon Iati
Assistant coach	Josh Pelletier
Home arena	SEFCU Arena

2016–17 America East Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UMBC	0	–	0	–	5	–	1	.833
Vermont	0	–	0	–	6	–	2	.750
Albany	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
New Hampshire	0	–	0	–	4	–	3	.571
Binghamton	0	–	0	–	5	–	4	.556
Maine	0	–	0	–	2	–	5	.286
UMass Lowell*	0	–	0	–	2	–	6	.250
Stony Brook	0	–	0	–	1	–	5	.167
Hartford	0	–	0	–	1	–	7	.125
* Ineligible for postseason during transition to Division I.

† 2017 America East Tournament winner As of December 6, 2016;

The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represents the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by sixteenth year head coach Will Brown, play their home games at SEFCU Arena and are members of the America East Conference.

Previous season

The Great Danes finished the season 24–9, 13–3 in America East play to finish in second place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to Hartford. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Ohio.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Evan Singletary	0	G	6'1"	195	Senior	Baltimore, MD	Graduated
Ray Sanders	1	G	6'4"	210	Senior	Tuscaloosa, AL	Graduated
Chas Brown	11	F	6'8"	220	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Transferred to Coppin State
Peter Hooley	12	G	6'4"	200	Senior	Hahndorf, Australia	Graduated
Reece Williams	13	G	6'1"	200	Senior	White Plains, NY	Graduated
Richard Peters	22	C	6'11"	275	RS Junior	Pickering, ON	Graduate transferred to Cal State Fullerton
Kyle McKinley	34	F/C	6'10"	220	Freshman	Stillwater, MN	Transferred to Northeast CC

Incoming Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Xavier Cochran	0	G	6'5"	195	Sophomore	Ann Arbor, MI	Junior college transferred from Owens CC
Terrel Martin-Garcia	14	F	6'6"	240	Junior	Catford, England	Junior college transferred from Missouri State–West Plains
Jaraan Lands	23	F	6'6"	240	Junior	Brownsville, IN	Junior college transferred from Eastern Arizona College

2016 incoming recruits

Albany did not have any incoming players in the 2016 recruiting class.

2017 incoming recruits

2017 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Brent Hank C	Melbourne, Australia	Trinity College	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jul 26, 2016
Brent Hank C	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Cameron Healy PG	Wahroonga, Australia	Montverde Academy Prep	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Cameron Healy PG	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Adam Lulka PF	Sydney, Australia	The King's School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (100 kg)	Aug 26, 2016
Adam Lulka PF	Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2016-09-26.

Roster

2016–17 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
1.5 !G	0	Cochran, XavierXavier Cochran	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Huron Owens CC	Ypsilanti, MI
1.5 !G	1	Anderson, CostaCosta Anderson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	South Atlanta Northern Oklahoma College	Atlanta, GA
1.5 !G	2	Andrews, JamirJamir Andrews	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Dublin Sheridan College	Livermore, CA
1.5 !G	3	Cremo, JoeJoe Cremo	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	2.0 !So	Scotia-Glenville	Scotia, NY
3.5 !F	10	Rowley, MikeMike Rowley	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Knox Grammar School	Sydney, Australia
1.5 !G	11	Grayson, MarqueeseMarqueese Grayson	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Tomball Gillette College	Tomball, TX
3.5 !F	12	Campbell, DevonteDevonte Campbell	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Culver Academy Missouri State–West Plains	Vaughan, Ontario
1.5 !G	13	Nichols, DavidDavid Nichols	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	2.0 !So	Midwest Elite Prep	South Holland, IL
3.5 !F	14	Martin-Garcia, TerrelTerrel Martin-Garcia	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Haberdashers Knights Academy Missouri State–West Plains	Catford, England
1.5 !G	22	Fruscio, NickNick Fruscio (W)	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Albany Academy	Albany, NY
3.5 !F	23	Lands, JarranJarran Lands	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Brownsburg Eastern Arizona	Brownsburg, IN
3.5 !F	24	Ennema, DallasDallas Ennema	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Sheldon	Sheldon, IA
3.5 !F	30	Charles, TravisTravis Charles	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	3.5 !RS Jr	Lincoln Howard College	Brooklyn, New York
3.5 !F	43	Stire, GreigGreig Stire	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Christian Brothers Academy	Schenectady, NY

Head coach

Will Brown (Dowling)

Assistant coach(es)

Jon Iati (Albany (NY))
Josh Pelletier (Saint Rose)
Jared Knotts (Albany (NY))

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance) City, State
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPN3	at Penn State Hall of Fame Tip Off	W 87–81	1–0	22 – Cremo	10 – Cremo	5 – Cremo	Bryce Jordan Center (6,230) University Park, PA
11/14/2016* 7:00 PM, ESPNU	at No. 24 Cincinnati Hall of Fame Tip Off	L 51–74	1–1	13 – Nichols	6 – Tied	6 – Nichols	Fifth Third Arena (5,863) Cincinnati, OH
11/16/2016* 8:00 PM	SUNY Oneonta	W 97–56	2–1	16 – Rowley	8 – Charles	5 – Anderson	SEFCU Arena (3,163) Albany, NY
11/19/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Grand Canyon Hall of Fame Tip Off Springfield	L 77–82	2–2	24 – Cremo	10 – Rowley	3 – Nichols	Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT
11/20/2016* 8:00 PM, ESPN3	vs. Brown Hall of Fame Tip Off Springfield	W 80–76	3–2	21 – Grayson	12 – Stire	6 – Cremo	Mohegan Sun Arena (9,119) Uncasville, CT
11/27/2016* 7:00 PM	Siena Albany Cup	W 81–72	4–2	29 – Nichols	6 – Rowley	5 – Cremo	SEFCU Arena (4,538) Albany, NY
11/30/2016* 7:00 PM	Holy Cross	L 49–55	4–3	10 – Cremo/Stire	10 – Rowley	4 – Cremo	SEFCU Arena (2,518) Albany, NY
12/03/2016* 2:00 PM	at Yale	L 55–59	4–4	14 – Nichols	10 – Stire	5 – Nichols	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,204) New Haven, CT
12/07/2016* 7:00 PM	Marist			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
12/10/2016* 2:00 PM	Colgate			–	–	–	Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY
12/12/2016* 7:00 PM	at Canisius			–	–	–	Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY
12/17/2016* 7:00 PM	St. Francis Brooklyn			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
12/20/2016* 8:00 PM	at SMU			–	–	–	Moody Coliseum Dallas, TX
12/30/2016* 7:00 PM	at Columbia			–	–	–	Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY
01/02/2017* 7:00 PM	Cornell			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
American East regular season
01/05/2017 7:00 PM	at UMass Lowell			–	–	–	Costello Athletic Center Lowell, MA
01/08/2017 2:00 PM	at Stony Brook			–	–	–	Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY
01/11/2017 7:00 PM	New Hampshire			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
01/16/2017 1:00 PM	at UMBC			–	–	–	Retriever Activities Center Catonsville, MD
01/19/2017 7:00 PM	Binghamton			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
01/22/2017	Maine			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
01/25/2017 7:00 PM	Vermont			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
01/28/2017 7:00 PM	at Hartford			–	–	–	Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT
02/01/2017 7:00 PM	UMass Lowell			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
02/04/2017 7:00 PM	Stony Brook			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
02/06/2017 7:00 PM	at New Hampshire			–	–	–	Lundholm Gym Durham, NH
02/09/2017	at Binghamton			–	–	–	Binghamton University Events Center Vestal, NY
02/15/2017 7:00 PM	at UMBC			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
02/19/2017 2:00 PM	at Maine			–	–	–	Cross Insurance Center Bangor, ME
02/22/2017 7:00 PM	at Vermont			–	–	–	Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
02/25/2017 7:00 PM	Hartford			–	–	–	SEFCU Arena Albany, NY
America East Tournament
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*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

Albany Great Danes men's basketball

Venues	SEFCU Arena (1992–present)

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

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