Suny Albany fun facts:
- Coached for 40 years by legend Richard "Doc" Sauers who retired with 702 wins up there among the all-time leaders when he left.
- Now coached by local product Will Brown from Miller Place who was a star cager at now defunct Dowling College in Oakdale. He's the longest tenured and most successful America East coach.
- Left Div. 3 for Div. 2 in 1997. Left Div. 2 for Div. 1 in 1999. The same season we last won a tournament game.
- Only Ncaa tournament win was against Robert Morris conference rival Mt. Saint Mary. They got it the same year RM smoked us in the Nit laugher.
- Played very well thrice in the #1/16 matchup against UConn, Duke and Florida. Only ever got smoked by defending national champ Virginia. But I guess UMBC enacted conference revenge.
- Aussie Aussie Aussie, oi oi oi. Owe much of their success to recruits from down under where Brown has had a unique pipeline to for some time now. Typical rosters have 3 of them and this year is no different. Prolific scorer and deep threat Aussie Cam Healy is their best player. Plus who could ever forget Aussie Peter Hooley's mother's angel guided 40 ft. game winning desperation 3 propelling the Danes to their most recent tournament bid.
- Their Chris Mullin is Jamar Wilson.
- Would have had an amazing season last year if not for the defection of not one but two all conference 1st team players in Joe Cremo and David Nichols to high majors Nova and Florida State respectively.
- Most famous alums include politician and pioneering gay rights activist Harvey Milk and "Cocoon" actor Steve Guttenburg.
- Once sported the ugliest uniforms in the history of college basketball:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ugly+albany+basketball+uniforms&id=63E0204339CA62730272D2F2C23484E8946E245A&FORM=IQFRBA-"podiate" - it's a verb.