The 2017–18 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by second-year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, played their home games at SEFCU Arena and were members of the America East Conference.UAlbany women's basketball 2016–2017 They finished the season 24–8, 12–4 in America East play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East women's tournament, where they lost to Hartford. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Penn in the first round.
Bernabei-McNamee left Albany on April 10 after two seasons for Boston College. On May 14, former Army assistant head coach Colleen Mullen was named the new head coach for the Great Danes.
Media All home games and conference road games were streamed on either ESPN3 on AmericaEast.tv. Most road games were streamed on the opponent's website. Selected games were broadcast on the radio on WCDB.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| America East regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| America East Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:white;"| WNIT
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP N/A Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2017–18 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team
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