Stony Brook Seawolves women's basketball
In Stony Brook's first America East season, the Seawolves finished in seventh place but earned two upsets in the tournament to advance to the finals.[10][11][12] After another second-place finish in the conference regular season in 2006–07 at 14–2, the Seawolves were upset by UMBC in the quarterfinals and McHugh resigned three months later.She won a program record 24 games in 2013–14[16] as Stony Brook returned to the America East Championship for the first time since 2002, but were blown out 70–46 by Albany.[20] In McCombs' first two seasons, Stony Brook finished with 17 wins and in third place in the America East, earning bids to the WBI both times, losing to Siena in 2015 and Youngstown State in 2016.[29] As the top seed, Stony Brook advanced to the America East Championship with a 28–3 record, set to face Maine at home, but the game was canceled a day before as the COVID-19 pandemic began to sweep through the United States.The Seawolves, as the second seed in the America East Tournament, earned a bye to the semifinals, routing UMass Lowell to set up a championship rematch with top-seeded Maine.[31] On the road, Stony Brook came back from an 11-point deficit to upset Maine 64–60 and clinch its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history.[36] However, Stony Brook was banned from the America East tournament because the team announced it would be leaving the conference to join the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).