2022 CAA men's basketball tournament

The 2022 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's college basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 5–8, 2022, at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.^[1] The winner, the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA tournament.

2022 CAA men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2021–22
Teams	9
Site	Entertainment and Sports Arena Washington, D.C.
Champions	Delaware (2nd title)
Winning coach	Martin Ingelsby (1st title)
MVP	Jyare Davis (Delaware)
Top scorer	Jaylen Sims (UNCW) (60 points)
Television	FloHoops, CBSSN
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2021–22 CAA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Towson	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
UNC Wilmington	15	–	3		.833			27	–	9		.750
Hofstra	13	–	5		.722			21	–	11		.656
Drexel	10	–	8		.556			15	–	14		.517
Delaware †	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
Charleston	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Elon	7	–	11		.389			10	–	22		.313
James Madison*	6	–	12		.333			15	–	14		.517
William & Mary	4	–	14		.222			5	–	27		.156
Northeastern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	22		.290
† 2022 CAA tournament winner *Ineligible for conference tournament due to changing conferences in 2022

Seeds

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	Towson	15–3	2–0 vs. Hofstra
2	UNC Wilmington	15–3	1–1 vs. Hofstra
3	Hofstra	13–5
4	Drexel	10–8	1–1 vs. Towson
5	Delaware	10–8	0–2 vs. Towson
6	Charleston	8–10
7	Elon	7–11
8	William & Mary	4–14
9	Northeastern	2–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Saturday, March 5
1	1	5:00 pm	No. 8 William & Mary vs. No. 9 Northeastern	63–68	FloHoops
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 6
2	2	12:00 pm	No. 1 Towson vs. No. 9 Northeastern	68–61	FloHoops
	3	2:30 pm	No. 4 Drexel vs. No. 5 Delaware	56–66
3	4	6:00 pm	No. 2 UNCW vs. No. 7 Elon	75–58
	5	8:30 pm	No. 3 Hofstra vs. No. 6 Charleston	76–92
Semifinals – Monday, March 7
4	6	6:00 pm	No. 1 Towson vs. No. 5 Delaware	56–69	CBSSN
	7	8:30 pm	No. 2 UNCW vs. No. 6 Charleston	60–57
Championship – Tuesday, March 8
5	8	7:00 pm	No. 5 Delaware vs. No. 2 UNCW	59–55	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Saturday, March 5 FloHoops					Quarterfinals Sunday, March 6 FloHoops					Semifinals Monday, March 7 CBS Sports Network					Championship Tuesday, March 8 CBS Sports Network
						1	Towson	68
	8	William & Mary	63			9	Northeastern	61
	9	Northeastern	68*								1	Towson	56
											5	Delaware	69
						4	Drexel	56
						5	Delaware	66
																5	Delaware	59
																2	UNC Wilmington	55
						2	UNC Wilmington	75
						7	Elon	58
											2	UNC Wilmington	60
											6	Charleston	57
						3	Hofstra	76
						6	Charleston	92

* denotes overtime game

See also

• 2022 CAA women's basketball tournament