New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

Thought the Albany women’s hoops team was excited when it won the America East tourney?

Well, you should have seen how excited the Danes got on Monday night when they found out their NCAA Tournament fate. Albany is College Station bound as the defending national champion Texas A&M Aggies wait. The NCAA selection committee awarded Albany a No. 14 seed, setting up the matchup with the No. 3 Aggies.

Prior to Monday night, Albany had been projected as a No. 15 seed by ESPN Bracketology so imagine the Danes’ reaction when they saw “Albany” with a “14” next to it. Several news stations in the capital region attended the viewing party to bring you exclusive video of Albany’s excitement. Fox 23, CBS 6 and even the Troy Record broke out the video cameras.

“This is cool, it’s crazy,” guard Lindsey Lowrie told the Times Union’s Tim Wilkin. “We thought we were going to be playing in Maryland. We’re glad we’re going to Texas. We’re all very excited.”

The Danes and Aggies tip-off on Friday night at about 6:30 p.m. EST from College Station. You can catch tip-off on ESPN2.

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