Albany Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:23:41 PDT

Things have changed for Will Brown and his staff.

For one thing, two members of that staff won't have to suit up for practice.

Down the stretch of last year's disappointing 15-16 season, the Great Danes were down to eight players—hence the need for assistants to grab uniforms for practice—but that has changed with a six-man recruiting class that included size and a point guard.

The Danes will be led by the 1-2 punch of Tim Ambrose and Will Harris, their two top scorers from last season, when Albany did salvage something by upsetting Vermont in the first round of the America East Tournament.

The Great Danes had lost seven of their last eight games and finished lower than fourth in the conference for the first time since 2003-04.