The 2025–26 Albany Great Danes women's basketball team represented the University at Albany, SUNY during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Great Danes, led by eighth-year head coach Colleen Mullen, played their home games at the Broadview Center in Albany, New York as members of the America East Conference.

Previous season The Great Danes finished the 2024–25 season 27–7, 14–2 in AmEast play, to finish as America East regular-season champions. They defeated New Hampshire and Maine, before falling to Vermont in the AmEast tournament championship game. As a regular-season champion who failed to win their conference tournament, the Great Danes were granted an automatic bid to the WBIT, where they were defeated by Saint Joseph's in the first round.

Offseason Departures Albany departures Makayla Noble 0 F 5'10" Freshman Salisbury, NC Transferred to Barton (DII) Laycee Drake 2 G 5'6" Senior Hancock, NY Transferred to St. Bonaventure Lily Phillips 3 G 5'11" Graduate Greenwich, NY Graduated Kaci Donovan 4 F 6'1" Graduate Owego, NY Graduated Manuela Piljevic 6 G 5'10" Freshman Cordeaux Heights, Australia Transferred to Dodge City (NJCAA) Kayla Cooper 20 F 6'0" Graduate Frederick, MD Graduated Meghan Huerter 23 G 5'11" Senior Clifton Park, NY Graduated Abby Ray 24 G 5'8" Senior Saratoga Springs, NY Graduated Jessica Tomasetti 55 G 5'5" Graduate North Potomac, MD Graduated

Incoming transfers Albany transfers Júlia Palomo Vicente 35 G 5'7" Graduate La Seu d'Urgell, Spain Evansville Lara Langermann 55 G 5'7" Junior Breckerfeld, Germany New Mexico

Recruiting class There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Preseason On October 20, 2025, the America East Conference released their preseason poll. Albany was picked to finish fourth in the conference.

Preseason rankings +AmEast Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 63 (7) 2 55 (2) 3 46 4 Albany 42 5 37 6 26 7 24 8 23 9 8

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Preseason All-America East Team No players were named to the Preseason All-America East Team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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See also 2025–26 Albany Great Danes men's basketball team

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