Albany–Siena rivalry

Albany—Siena rivalry
Albany Great Danes
Siena Saints
SportBasketball
First meetingJanuary 5, 1940[1]
Latest meetingNovember 16, 2024
Albany, 70–60
Next meeting2025
TrophyAlbany Cup
Statistics
Meetings total61
All-time seriesSiena leads 35–26
Largest victoryAlbany, 86–51 (2023)
Longest win streakSiena, 5 (2005–2009)
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The Albany–Siena rivalry, also known as the Albany Cup, is a college basketball rivalry between the Siena Saints and the Albany Great Danes. With the two campuses separated by 8 miles (13 km), it is one of the geographically closest rivalries in NCAA Division I. While the first meeting between the two schools occurred in 1940, the game between the two schools became a yearly event starting in 2001 with both teams in Division I.[2]

Until the 2016 game, which was played at UAlbany's SEFCU Arena, all games between the two rival schools had been contested at the MVP Arena (formerly the Times Union Center until 2021), which is normally Siena's home arena.[3] This caused a brief war of words between the coaches of both teams (Jimmy Patsos of Siena and Will Brown of Albany) in the run-up to that contest.[4]

All-time results (since 2001)

Albany victoriesSiena victories
No.DateLocationWinnerScore
1 November 27, 2001 Pepsi Arena Siena 60–48
2 November 22, 2002 Pepsi Arena Siena 79–75
3 November 21, 2003 Pepsi Arena Siena 71–50
4 November 23, 2004 Pepsi Arena Albany 86–65
5 December 3, 2005 Pepsi Arena Siena 82–74OT
6 December 2, 2006 Pepsi Arena Siena 76–732OT
7 December 1, 2007 Times Union Center Siena 73–71
8 December 6, 2008 Times Union Center Siena 71–64
9 December 5, 2009 Times Union Center Siena 83–54
10 December 4, 2010 Times Union Center Albany 88–82OT
11 December 3, 2011 Times Union Center Siena 64–60
12 December 1, 2012 Times Union Center Albany 69–56
13 November 8, 2013 Times Union Center Albany 74–62
14 December 13, 2014 Times Union Center Albany 77–68
15 December 12, 2015 Times Union Center Siena 78–70
16 November 27, 2016 SEFCU Arena Albany 81–72
17 December 9, 2017 Times Union Center Albany 74–69
18 November 12, 2022 MVP Arena Siena 75–62
19 November 26, 2023 MVP Arena Albany 86–51
20 November 16, 2024 Broadview Center Albany 70–60
Series: Siena leads 11–9

Source:[5]

References

  1. ^ UAlbany 2016–17 Media Guide. Albany, NY: University at Albany Athletics Department. 2016. p. 57 – via Issuu.
  2. ^ UAlbany 2016–17 Media Guide. Albany, NY: University at Albany Athletics Department. 2016. pp. 57–61 – via Issuu.
  3. ^ Wilkin, Tim (November 17, 2016). "UAlbany-Siena basketball rivalry heats up early". Albany (NY) Times Union. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. ^ McGuire, Mark (November 18, 2016). "UAlbany-Siena rivalry turning into feud". Daily Gazette. Schenectady, NY. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  5. ^ UAlbany 2016–17 Media Guide. Albany, NY: University at Albany Athletics Department. 2016. pp. 58–61 – via Issuu.