2020 CAA men's basketball tournament

2020 CAA men's basketball tournament
2020 CAA men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2019–20
Teams	10
Site	Entertainment and Sports Arena; Washington, D.C.
Champions	Hofstra (1st title)
Winning coach	Joe Mihalich (1st title)
MVP	Desure Buie (Hofstra)
Top scorer	Eli Pemberton (Hofstra); (62 points)
Television	FloHoops, CBSSN
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2019–20 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Hofstra†	14	–	4	.778	26	–	8	.765
William & Mary	13	–	5	.722	21	–	11	.656
Towson	12	–	6	.667	19	–	13	.594
Delaware	11	–	7	.611	22	–	11	.667
Charleston	11	–	7	.611	17	–	14	.548
Northeastern	9	–	9	.500	17	–	16	.515
Elon	7	–	11	.389	13	–	21	.382
Drexel	6	–	12	.333	14	–	19	.424
UNC Wilmington	5	–	13	.278	10	–	22	.313
James Madison	2	–	16	.111	9	–	21	.300

† 2020 CAA tournament winner

The 2020 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 7–10, 2020 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Seeds

All 10 CAA teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Hofstra	14–4
2	William & Mary	13–5
3	Towson	12–6
4	Charleston	11–7	2–0 vs. Delaware
5	Delaware	11–7	0–2 vs. Charleston
6	Northeastern	9–9
7	Elon	7–11
8	Drexel	6–12
9	UNC Wilmington	5–13
10	James Madison	2–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 7
1	1	4:00 pm	No. 8 Drexel vs. No. 9 UNC Wilmington	66–55	FloHoops
1	2	6:30 pm	No. 7 Elon vs. No. 10 James Madison	63–61	FloHoops
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 8 Drexel	61–43	FloHoops
2	4	2:30 pm	No. 4 Charleston vs. No. 5 Delaware	67–79
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 2 William & Mary vs. No. 7 Elon	63–68
3	6	8:30 pm	No. 3 Towson vs. No. 6 Northeastern	62–72
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
4	7	6:00 pm	No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 5 Delaware	75–61	CBSSN
4	8	8:30 pm	No. 7 Elon vs. No. 6 Northeastern	60–68	CBSSN
Championship – Tuesday, March 10
5	9	7:00 pm	No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 6 Northeastern	70–61	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

First round Saturday, March 7 FloHoops			Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8 FloHoops			Semifinals Monday, March 9 CBS Sports Network			Championship Tuesday, March 10 CBS Sports Network

			1	Hofstra	61

			8	Drexel	43
8	Drexel	66

9	UNC Wilmington	55
						1	Hofstra	75

						5	Delaware	61



			4	Charleston	67

			5	Delaware	79



									1	Hofstra	70

									6	Northeastern	61



			2	William & Mary	63

			7	Elon	68
7	Elon	63

10	James Madison	61
						7	Elon	60

						6	Northeastern	68



			3	Towson	62

			6	Northeastern	72