2024–25 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball season

The 2024–25 CAA men's basketball season is the 39th season of Coastal Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2024 and March 2025. The season will end with the 2025 CAA men's basketball tournament.

2024–25 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationNovember, 2024 – March, 2025
Number of teams14
Regular season
ChampionTBD
  Runners-upTBD
Season MVPTBD
Top scorerTBD
Tournament
ChampionsTBD
  Runners-upTBD
Finals MVPTBD
CAA men's basketball seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Towson 13 1   .929 18 9   .667
UNC Wilmington 11 3   .786 21 6   .778
Charleston 10 4   .714 20 7   .741
William & Mary 10 4   .714 16 11   .593
Campbell 10 4   .714 15 12   .556
Elon 7 7   .500 16 11   .593
Northeastern 7 7   .500 15 12   .556
Monmouth 7 7   .500 9 18   .333
Hampton 6 8   .429 14 13   .519
Drexel 5 9   .357 13 14   .481
Delaware 5 9   .357 12 15   .444
Hofstra 4 10   .286 12 15   .444
Stony Brook 2 12   .143 6 21   .222
North Carolina A&T 1 13   .071 5 22   .185
2025 CAA tournament winner
As of February 15, 2025

This is the final CAA season for Delaware, which joins the C-USA on July 1, 2025.[1]

Head coaches

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Coaching changes

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Coaches

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Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Record at school CAA record CAA championships NCAA tournaments
Campbell Kevin McGeehan Richmond (assoc.) 12 169–182 8–10 0 0
Charleston Chris Mack Louisville (HC) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
Delaware Martin Ingelsby Notre Dame (asst.) 9 131–117 63–72 1 1
Drexel Zach Spiker Army (HC) 9 113–130 59–76 1 1
Elon Billy Taylor Iowa (asst.) 3 21–43 12–24 0 0
Hampton Ivan Thomas Georgetown (assoc. HC) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0
Hofstra Speedy Claxton Hofstra (asst.) 4 66–34 41–13 0 0
Monmouth King Rice Vanderbilt (asst.) 14 207–208 15–21 0 0
North Carolina A&T Monté Ross Temple (asst.) 2 7–25 5–13 0 0
Northeastern Bill Coen Boston College (asst.) 19 282–284 169–145 2 2
Stony Brook Geno Ford Stony Brook (Interim HC) 7 78–78 16–20 0 0
Towson Pat Skerry Pittsburgh (asst.) 14 213–199 121–105 0 0
UNC Wilmington Takayo Siddle NC State (asst.) 5 79–39 41–21 0 0
William & Mary Brian Earl Cornell (HC) 1 0–0 0–0 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
  • Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2023–24 season.

Preseason

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Preseason poll

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Source[5]

Rank Team Points
1 Towson (10) 166
2 Charleston (3) 157
3 UNC Wilmington (1) 143
4 Hofstra 122
5 Delaware 102
6 Northeastern 96
7 William & Mary 91
8 Monmouth 87
9 Stony Brook 80
10 North Carolina A&T 67
11 Drexel 66
12 Elon 46
13 Campbell 27
14 Hampton 24

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference teams

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Award Recipients
First Team Ante Brzovic (Charleston)
Gabe Dorsey (William & Mary)
Landon Glasper (North Carolina A&T)
Kyrese Mullen (Hampton)
Tyler Tejada (Towson)
Second Team CJ Fulton (Charleston)
Christian May (Towson)
TK Simpkins (Elon)
Masai Troutman (Northeastern)
Jaret Valencia (Monmouth)
Honorable Mention Derrin Boyd (Charleston)
Joshua Corbin (UNC Wilmington)
Jack Collins (Monmouth)
Chase Lowe (William & Mary)
Bo Montgomery (UNC Wilmington)
Joe Octave (Stony Brook)
Camian Shell (North Carolina A&T)
Jasin Sinani (Campbell)
Dylan Williamson (Towson)

Coastal Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Ante Brzovic (Charleston)

Regular season

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Rankings

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Legend
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RV   Received votes
(Italics)   Number of first place votes
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Final
Campbell AP
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Charleston AP
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Delaware AP
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Drexel AP
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Elon AP
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Hampton AP
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Hofstra AP
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Monmouth AP
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North Carolina A&T AP
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Northeastern AP
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Stony Brook AP
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Towson AP
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UNC Wilmington AP
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William & Mary AP
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Conference matrix

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This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  Campbell Charleston Delaware Drexel Elon Hampton Hofstra Monmouth North Carolina A&T Northeastern Stony Brook Towson UNC Wilmington William & Mary
vs. Campbell 0-0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
vs. Charleston 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
vs. Delaware 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Drexel 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Elon 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
vs. Hampton 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Hofstra 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0
vs. Monmouth 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0
vs. North Carolina A&T 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
vs. Northeastern 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
vs. Stony Brook 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0
vs. Towson 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0
vs. UNC Wilmington 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–0
vs. William & Mary 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0
Total 2-1 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–2 0–5 2–2 0–4 3–1 2–2 4–0

Postseason

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Colonial Athletic Association tournament

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NCAA tournament

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The CAA had one bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, that being the automatic bid of Charleston by winning the conference tournament.

Seed Region School First Four First Round Second Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
Bids W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–1 (.000) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

National Invitation tournament

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Hofstra received an automatic bid to the 2025 National Invitation Tournament as regular-season conference champions.

Seed School First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Bids W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

College Basketball Invitational

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Seed School First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Bids W-L (%): 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) 0–0 (–) TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Awards and honors

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Regular season

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CAA Player & Rookie of the Week

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Week Date Awarded Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
Week 1 November 11 Ante BrzovicCharleston Collin O'Connor – Stony Brook [6]
Week 2 November 18 Jean Aranguren – Hofstra Ryan Williams – Northeastern [7]
Abdi Bashir Jr. – Monmouth
Week 3 November 25 Nick Dorn – Elon Izaiah Pasha – Delaware [8]
Week 4 December 2 Cruz Davis – Hofstra Izaiah Pasha (2) – Delaware [9]
Week 5 December 9 Rashad King – Northeastern Collin O'Connor (2) – Stony Brook [10]
Week 6 December 16 Nolan Dorsey – Campbell Justas Stonkus – Charleston [11]
Week 7 December 23 Donovan Newby – UNC Wilmington Etienne Strothers – Hampton [12]
Sam Sherry – Elon
Week 8 December 30 Deywilk Tavarez – Charleston Daniel Johnson – Hampton [13]
Week 9 January 6 Ante Brzovic (2) – Charleston Isaiah Mbeng – William & Mary [14]
Week 10 January 13 Nendah Tarke – Towson Caleb Embeya – Towson [15]
Week 11 January 20 John Camden – Delaware Izaiah Pasha (3) – Delaware [16]
Deywilk Tavarez (2) – Charleston
Week 12 January 27 Colby Duggan – Campbell Isaiah Mbeng (2) – William & Mary [17]
Bo Montgomery – UNC Wilmington
Week 13 February 3 Madison Durr – Monmouth Collin O'Connor (3) – Stony Brook [18]
Week 14 February 10 Ante Brzovic (3) – Charleston Izaiah Pasha (4) – Delaware [19]
Rashad King (2) – Northeastern
Week 15 February 17
Week 16 February 24
Week 17 March 3

Postseason

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CAA All-Conference teams and awards

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Award Recipients
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Man of the Year
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
All-Defensive Team
All-Rookie Team
All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP

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Attendance

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Team Arena Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Game 8 Total Average % of Capacity
Game 9 Game 10 Game 11 Game 12 Game 13 Game 14 Game 15 Game 16
Campbell John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center 3,095 0%
Charleston TD Arena 5,100 0%
Delaware Bob Carpenter Center 5,100 0%
Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center 2,509 0%
Elon Schar Center 5,100 0%
Hampton Hampton Convocation Center 7,200 0%
Hofstra Mack Sports Complex 5,023 0%
Monmouth OceanFirst Bank Center 4,100 0%
North Carolina A&T Corbett Sports Center 5,000 0%
Northeastern Matthews Arena 6,000 0%
Stony Brook Island Federal Credit Union Arena 4,160 0%
Towson SECU Arena 5,200 0%
UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum 5,200 0%
William & Mary Kaplan Arena 8,600 0%

References

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  1. ^ "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". conferenceusa.com. November 28, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  2. ^ "Chris Mack Named Next Head Charleston Men's Basketball Coach". College of Charleston Athletics. May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  3. ^ Communications, Hampton Athletic. "Ivan Thomas Named Hampton Head Men's Basketball Coach". caasports.com. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  4. ^ "William & Mary selects Brian Earl to lead men's basketball". W&M News. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  5. ^ McQuiggan, Miles. "Towson Tabbed as CAA Men's Basketball Favorite; Charleston's Brzovic Selected as Preseason Player of the Year". caasports.com. Retrieved November 14, 2024.
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