The Siena–Albany 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]
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| First meeting | January 5, 1940[1] |
| Latest meeting | November 26, 2023 Albany, 86–51 |
| Next meeting | TBD |
| Trophy | Albany Cup |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 60 |
| All-time series | Siena leads 35–25 |
| Largest victory | Albany, 86–51 (2023) |
| Longest win streak | Siena, 5 (2005–2009) |
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)
edit| Albany victories | Siena victories |
| No. | Date | Location | Winner | Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Series: Siena leads 11–8 | ||||||||
Source:[5]
References
edit- ^ UAlbany 2016–17 Media Guide. Albany, NY: University at Albany Athletics Department. 2016. p. 57 – via Issuu.
- ^ UAlbany 2016–17 Media Guide. Albany, NY: University at Albany Athletics Department. 2016. pp. 57–61 – via Issuu.
- ^ Wilkin, Tim (November 17, 2016). "UAlbany-Siena basketball rivalry heats up early". Albany (NY) Times Union. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ McGuire, Mark (November 18, 2016). "UAlbany-Siena rivalry turning into feud". Daily Gazette. Schenectady, NY. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
- ^ UAlbany 2016–17 Media Guide. Albany, NY: University at Albany Athletics Department. 2016. pp. 58–61 – via Issuu.