The 2013

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was held March 9–11 at the

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. The champion,

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, received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament. The 2013 tournament featured only seven teams due to UNC-Wilmington and Towson ineligible for postseason play as a result of low APR scores, and Old Dominion and Georgia State being banned from the CAA tournament due to bylaws that deny access to championships that provide automatic NCAA bids to schools that have announced they will depart the league. Old Dominion and Georgia State were still eligible for an

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to other postseason tournaments.

Seeds

Schedule

Bracket

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Game summaries

References

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