The 2016–17 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by 16th-year head coach Will Brown, played their home games at SEFCU Arena as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 10–6 in America East play to finish in a tie for third place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the No. 3 seed in the America East tournament where they defeated Hartford and Stony Brook to advance to the Championship game where they lost to Vermont. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament where they lost in the first round to Saint Peter's.
Previous season The Great Danes finished the 2015–16 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.
Preseason Albany was picked to finish third in the preseason America East poll. Joe Cremo was selected to the preseason All-America East team.
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
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| American East regular season
!colspan=12 style=| America East tournament
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