The 2026–27 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team will represent the University of Maine during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by tenth-year head coach Amy Vachon, will play their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine and compete as a member of the America East Conference. Maine will take part in the America East-Metro Conference challenge.
Previous season
The Black Bears finished the 2025–26 season 19–13 overall and 12–4 in America East play, finishing second in the conference. As the No. 2 seed in the America East tournament, they defeated No. 7 New Hampshire 77–58 in the quarterfinals before narrowly defeating No. 3 Binghamton 60–56 to advance to their second championship game in three seasons, losing to defending champions and top-seeded Vermont 43–61 to end their season.
Offseason Departures Maine departures Amiyah Donaldson 5 Guard 5'7" Senior Cleveland, OH Graduated, transferred to Hampton Asta Blauenfeldt 6 Guard 5'6" Senior Kongens Lyngby, Denmark Graduated Sarah Talon 12 Guard 5'10" Senior Windham, ME Graduated Adrianna Smith 33 Forward 6'0" Senior Reston, VA Graduated
Incoming transfers Maine incoming transfers Taylor Schwab 0 Guard 5'9" Junior Gig Harbor, WA Arizona Christian (NAIA)
Recruiting class There was no 2026 recruiting class.
Preseason On September 28, 2026, the America East Conference released its preseason poll. Maine was picked to finish fourth in the conference.
Preseason rankings +America East Preseason Poll Place Team Votes 1 60 (6) 2 57 (2) 3 48 (1) 4 41 5 40 6 29 7 25 8 16 9 8 Source:
Preseason All-America East Team No players were selected for the Preseason All-America East Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| America East regular season
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