2020 CAA men's basketball tournament

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.

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
CAA men's basketball tournaments

2019–20 CAA men's basketball standings

	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

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
	2	6:30 pm	No. 7 Elon vs. No. 10 James Madison	63–61
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 8 Drexel	61–43	FloHoops
	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
	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
	8	8:30 pm	No. 7 Elon vs. No. 6 Northeastern	60–68
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

* denotes overtime game

See also

• 2020 CAA women's basketball tournament