The big news Thursday was that the MAAC Tournament was leaving Trenton and moving to Albany for the 2009, but University at Albany Director of Athletics Dr. Lee McElroy said competiting with the MAAC will be important when the tournament-time comes around.

"We've got to produce in head-to-head competition. We have one on Decemeber 6 (vs. Siena) and that's important and we have another MAAC oppoenent that we're playing this season as well."

UAlbany played Canisius, a MAAC opponent during the 2007-08 schedule, but that was an ESPN BracketBusters game and not orginially scheduled.

The Great Danes will host the Golden Griffins at SEFCU as a return date this upcoming season for the BracketBusters game.

UAlbany's 2007-08 non-conference schedule
at Bucknell
at Central Connecticut State
vs. Columbia
vs. Lehigh
at Siena
at Delaware
at St. Bonaventure
vs. St. Francis (NY)
at Duke
vs. Boise State
at Iowa State
at Canisius (BracketBusters)