2021 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament is the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament will be held March 6–9, 2021 at the Atlantic Union Bank Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled to be played at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., however it was relocated due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first time since 1986 that the CAA has crowned its men's basketball champion at an on-campus facility.

2021 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season202021
Teams10
SiteAtlantic Union Bank Center
Harrisonburg, VA
TelevisionFloHoops, CBSSN
2020–21 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northeastern71 .875  86  .571
James Madison51 .833  105  .667
Hofstra84 .667  127  .632
Charleston53 .625  78  .467
Delaware54 .556  77  .500
William & Mary44 .500  67  .462
Drexel35 .375  87  .533
Towson28 .200  312  .200
UNC Wilmington15 .167  78  .467
Elon05 .000  36  .333
2021 CAA Tournament winner
As of February 7, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

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
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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9
10

Schedule

Session Game Time* Matchup Score Television
First round – Saturday, March 6
1 1 4:00 pm No. 8 Seed vs. No. 9 Seed FloHoops
2 6:30 pm No. 7 Seed vs. No. 10 Seed
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 7
2 3 12:00 pm No. 1 Seed vs. Game 1 Winner FloHoops
4 2:30 pm No. 4 Seed vs. No. 5 Seed
3 5 6:00 pm No. 2 Seed vs. Game 2 Winner
6 8:30 pm No. 3 Seed vs. No. 6 Seed
Semifinals – Monday, March 8
4 7 6:00 pm Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner CBSSN
8 8:30 pm Game 5 Winner vs. Game 6 Winner
Championship – Tuesday, March 9
5 9 7:00 pm Game 7 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

  First Round
Saturday, March 6
FloHoops
Quarterfinals
Sunday, March 7
FloHoops
Semifinals
Monday, March 8
CBS Sports Network
Championship
Tuesday, March 9
CBS Sports Network
                                     
       
  1  
     
8  
9  
   
   
       
       
  4
    5  
     
       
 
 
       
       
  2
     
7  
10  
 
   
       
       
  3
    6  
     

* denotes overtime game

See also

  • 2021 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament

References

  1. Washburn, Rob (13 January 2021). "2021 HERCULES TIRES CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HELD AT ATLANTIC UNION BANK CENTER". CAASports.com. Richmond, VA: CAA. Archived from the original (Web) on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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