The 2016–17 CAA men's basketball season marked the 32nd season of

Colonial Athletic Association The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina. Most of its members are public universi ...

basketball. The season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the

2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 11, 2016. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic, and ended with the Final Four in Glendale, Arizona on April 3, 2017. Practices officially began on September 30, 2 ...

in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in late February. On February 23, 2017, UNC Wilmington clinched the regular season CAA championship, their third consecutive CAA championship. The College of Charleston finished in second place. The CAA tournament was held from March 3–6, 2017 at North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. UNC Wilmington defeated College of Charleston to win the tournament championship, their second consecutive tournament championship. As a result, UNC Wilmington received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. College of Charleston received a bid to the

National Invitation Tournament The National Invitational Tournament (NIT) is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played at regional sites and traditionally at Madison Square Garden (Final Four) in New York City ...

. Towson was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational, but declined the invitation.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

*On March 7, 2016, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with Drexel. On March 24, 2016, Drexel announced that

Zach Spiker Zachary John Spiker (born September 30, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and the current head basketball coach for the Drexel Dragons. A native of Morgantown, West Virginia, Spiker played college basketball at Ithaca College. He was ...

was hired to replace Bruiser Flint as head coach. * James Madison, despite finishing with 21 wins, fired head coach

Matt Brady Matt Brady (born October 1, 1965) is an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Maryland men's basketball team. He is a former head coach at James Madison and Marist. Career Early career After playin ...

on March 14, 2016. He was 139–127 in eight seasons with James Madison. On March 31, 2016, the school hired

Louis Rowe Louis Rowe (born December 26, 1972) is an American basketball coach who most recently was the head coach of his alma mater, James Madison University, being introduced as the head coach on March 31, 2016. Rowe had been an assistant at James Madi ...

, a JMU alum, as head coach. * Delaware Head coach

Monté Ross Monté Ross (born August 11, 1970) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach at North Carolina A&T. He previously served as the head men's basketball coach at the University of Delaware The University of Delaware (c ...

was fired following the season. On May 24, the school hired Martin Ingelsby as his replacement.

Coaches

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(asst.) , 3 , 51–48 , 25–29 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, Delaware , Martin Ingelsby ,

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(asst.) , 1 , 13–20 , 5–13 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, Drexel ,

, Army , 1 , 9–23 , 3–15 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, Elon ,

Matt Matheny Matt Matheny (born February 11, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Elon University. He replaced Ernie Nestor in March 2009. Matheny led the Phoenix to a 21-12 record in 2012-13, th ...

, Davidson
(asst.) , 8 , 126–130 , 23–31 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, Hofstra , Joe Mihalich ,

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, 4 , 69–64 , 36–34 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, James Madison ,

, Bowling Green
(asst.) , 1 , 10–23 , 7–11 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, Northeastern ,

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{asst.) , 11 , 177–174 , 109–87 , 1 , 1 , - ! style=, Towson ,

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, Pittsburgh
(asst.) , 6 , 98–101 , 54–52 , 0 , 0 , - ! style=, UNC Wilmington , Kevin Keatts , Louisville
(asst.) , 3 , 72–28 , 41–13 , 2 , 2 , - ! style=, William & Mary ,

Tony Shaver Tony Shaver (born January 28, 1954) is an American college basketball coach. From the 2003–04 through 2018–19 seasons, he was the head men's basketball coach at the College of William & Mary. He arrived at William & Mary after a 17-year tenur ...

, Hampden-Sydney College , 14 , 192–239 , 110–153 , 0 , 0 , - ''Notes:'' * All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. * Year at school includes 2016–17 season. * Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2016–17 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

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, - , 9, , Drexel , - , 10, , Delaware ''() first place votes''

Preseason Awards

Source {, class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;" ! Award ! Recipients , - , Preseason Player of the Year ,

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(UNC Wilmington) , - , Preseason All-CAA First Team , William Adala Moto (Towson)
Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)
Rokas Gustys (Hofstra)
Omar Prewitt (William & Mary) , - , Preseason All-CAA Second Team , Shakir Brown (James Madison)
Daniel Dixon (William & Mary)
Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington)
Cameron Johnson (College of Charleston)
Mike Morsell (Towson) , - , Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention , Brian Bernardi (Hofstra)
C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)
Chivarsky Corbett (Delaware)
Yohanny Dalembert (James Madison)
Jeremy Miller (Northeastern)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Rodney Williams (Drexel) Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)

Regular season

Conference matrix

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CAA Players of the Week

* Nov. 14 – T. J. Williams (Northeastern) * Nov. 21 – Devontae Cacok (UNCW) * Nov. 28 – Luke Eddy (Elon) * Dec. 5 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston), Brian Dawkins (Elon) * Dec. 12 – Denzel Ingram (UNCW), Rodney Williams (Drexel) * Dec. 19 – Alex Murphy (Northeastern) * Dec. 26 – T. J. Williams (Northeastern) (2) * Jan. 2 – Daniel Dixon (William & Mary) * Jan. 9 – Joe Chealey (Charleston) * Jan. 16 – William Adala Moto (Towson),

(UNCW) * Jan. 23 – Tyler Seibring (Elon), Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra) * Jan. 30 – Omar Prewitt (William & Mary), Tyler Seibring (Elon) (2) * Feb. 6 – Daniel Dixon (William & Mary) (2) * Feb. 13 – Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra) (2) * Feb. 20 – Mike Morsell (Towson) * Feb. 27 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW)

CAA Rookies of the Week

* Nov. 14 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra),

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(Charleston) * Nov. 21 – Kurk Lee (Drexel) * Nov. 28 – Max Boursiquot (Northeastern) * Dec. 5 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)(2) * Dec. 12 – Ryan Daly (Delaware) * Dec. 19 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)(3) * Dec. 26 – Kári Jónsson (Drexel) * Jan. 2 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(2) * Jan. 9 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(3) * Jan. 16 – Grant Riller (Charleston)(2) * Jan. 23 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(4) * Jan. 30 – Grant Riller (Charleston)(3) * Feb. 6 – Bolden Brace (Northeastern), Kurk Lee (Drexel)(2) * Feb. 13 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(5), Grant Riller (Charleston)(4) * Feb. 20 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(6) * Feb. 27 – Bolden Brace (Northeastern)(2)

CAA honors and awards

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Ryan Daly Ryan Patrick Daly (born January 6, 1998) is an American basketball player who last played for the Agua Caliente Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens men's basketball, Delaware Blue Hens and ...

(Delaware) , - , Dean Ehlers Leadership Award , Evan Bailey (College of Charleston) , - , First Team , C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)
Joe Chealey (College of Charleston)
Daniel Dixon (William & Mary)

(UNC Wilmington)
T. J. Williams (Northeastern) , - , Second Team , Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington)
Omar Prewitt (William & Mary)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra) , - , Third Team , Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)
Ryan Daly (Delaware)
John Davis (Towson)
Mike Morsell (Towson)
Rodney Williams (Drexel) , - , All-Defensive Team , Devon Begley (Northeastern)
Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)
Cameron Johnson (College of Charleston)
Deshaun Morman (Towson) , - , All-Rookie Team , Ryan Daly (Delaware)
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
Kurk Lee (Drexel)
Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)

(College of Charleston) , - , All-Academic Team , William Adala Moto (Towson)
Evan Bailey (College of Charleston)
Dimitrije Cabarkapa (James Madison)
Rokas Gustys (Hofstra)
Curtis Lochner (Delaware)
John Moran (Drexel)
Ambrose Mosley (UNC Wilmington)
Paul Rowley (William & Mary)
Patrick Ryan (Elon)
Hunter Sabety (Hofstra)
Steven Santa Ana (Elon)
Paulius Satkus (James Madison)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Dainan Swoope (Elon)
Rodney Williams (Drexel) , - , All-Tournament Team , C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)
Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)
Joe Chealey (College of Charleston)
Ryan Daly (Delaware)
Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington) , - , Tournament MVP , C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament

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NCAA tournament

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National Invitation Tournament

The College of Charleston was invited to play in the

2017 National Invitation Tournament The 2017 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I Teams that were not selected to participate in the 2017 NCAA tournament. The annual tournament was played on campus sites in the first three rounds ...

. {, class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;" , - ! Seed ! School ! First round ! Second round ! Quarterfinals ! Semifinals ! Championship , - , 5 , College of Charleston , Eliminated by

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74–81 , , , , , - class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" , , Bids , , W-L (%): , , , , , , , , , , TOTAL:

References

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