The 2017–18 CAA men's basketball season will mark the 33rd 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, taking place between November 2017 and March 2018. Practices will commence in October 2017, and the season will end with the
2018 CAA men's basketball tournament
The 2018 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 3– ...
.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
*On March 17, 2017, head coach
Kevin Keatts left
UNC Wilmington
The University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW or UNC Wilmington) is a public research university in Wilmington, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina System and enrolls 17,499 undergraduate and graduate students eac ...
to accept the head coaching position at
NC State. On April 3, 2017, UNC Wilmington announced that
C.B. McGrath
Colin Bryan McGrath (born November 21, 1975) is an American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at UNC Wilmington. McGrath previously served under Roy Williams as an assistant coach with the University of North Carolina. Bor ...
was hired to replace Kevin Keatts as head coach.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
* Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2016–17 season.
Preseason
Preseason poll
Source
''() first place votes''
Preseason All-Conference Teams
Source
Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Joe Chealey (Charleston)
Regular season
Head coaches
*
Earl Grant, Charleston
*
Martin Ingelsby, Delaware
*
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 men's basketball, Drexel Dragons. A native of Morgantown, West Virginia, Spiker played college bask ...
, Drexel
*
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, the ...
, Elon
*
Joe Mihalich, Hofstra
*
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 Madiso ...
, James Madison
*
Bill Coen
Bill Coen (born May 3, 1961) is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the Northeastern University. He was previously an assistant coach under Al Skinner at Boston College and Rhode Island
...
, Northeastern
*
Pat Skerry
Patrick Joseph Skerry (born January 21, 1970) is the head coach of the Towson University Tigers men's basketball team.
Biography
Playing career
Skerry played collegiate basketball at Tufts University where he set the school record for career ass ...
, Towson
*
C.B. McGrath
Colin Bryan McGrath (born November 21, 1975) is an American college basketball coach, most recently the head coach at UNC Wilmington. McGrath previously served under Roy Williams as an assistant coach with the University of North Carolina. Bor ...
, UNC Wilmington
*
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 ...
, William & Mary
Rankings
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Postseason
Colonial Athletic Association tournament
* March 3–6, 2017: Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament,
North Charleston Coliseum,
North Charleston, South Carolina
NCAA tournament
The CAA had one bid to the
2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, that being the automatic bid of College of Charleston by winning the conference tournament.
National Invitation tournament
College Basketball Invitational
CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament
Awards and honors
Regular season
CAA Player-of-the-Week
* Nov. 13 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)
* Nov. 20 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)
* Nov. 27 – Mike Morsell (Towson),
David Cohn
David Cohn (דייוויד כהן; born March 28, 1995) is an American-Israeli basketball player. He plays for the Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League. Cohn earlier played in Israel and Germany. He plays the point guard position.
B ...
(William & Mary)
* Dec. 4 – Connor Burchfield (William & Mary),
Tramaine Isabell
Tramaine Isabell (born June 27, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Artland Dragons of the ProA. He played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers, Drexel Dragons, and Saint Louis Billikens.
College career
He started his c ...
(Drexel)
* Dec. 11 –
Justin Wright-Foreman
Justin Jamel Wright-Foreman (born October 27, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League. He previously played for the Shenzhen Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played ...
(Hofstra)
* Dec. 18 – Stuckey Mosley (James Madison), Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)(2)
* Dec. 26 –
Grant Riller
Grant Lucas Riller (born February 8, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Texas Legends of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the College of Charleston Cougars.
High school career
Riller played basketball f ...
(Charleston)
* Jan. 2 –
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
* Jan. 8 – Nathan Knight (William & Mary)(2)
* Jan. 15 – Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)(3)
* Jan. 22 –
Joe Chealey
Joseph Emmanuel Chealey (born November 1, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Eilat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He played college basketball for College of Charleston located in South Carolina. He was bor ...
(Charleston)
* Jan. 29 – Tramaine Isabell (Drexel)(2), Zane Martin (Towson)
* Feb. 5 – Joe Chealey (Charleston)(2), Tyler Seibring (Elon)
* Feb. 12 –
Devontae Cacok
Devontae Calvin Cacok ( ; born October 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. He played college basketball for the UNC Wilmington Seahawks, where in the 2017–18 season he led the nation ...
(UNCW), Grant Riller (Charleston)(2)
* Feb. 19 – Grant Riller (Charleston)(3)
* Feb. 26 –
David Cohn
David Cohn (דייוויד כהן; born March 28, 1995) is an American-Israeli basketball player. He plays for the Newcastle Eagles in the British Basketball League. Cohn earlier played in Israel and Germany. He plays the point guard position.
B ...
(William & Mary)(2), Tramaine Isabell (Drexel)(3)
CAA Rookie-of-the-Week
* Nov. 13 – Tomas Murphy (Northeastern)
* Nov. 20 – Jarvis Doles (Drexel)
* Nov. 27 –
Matt Lewis (James Madison)
* Dec. 4 – Ryan Allen (Delaware)
* Dec. 11 – Jalen Ray (Hofstra)
* Dec. 18 – Kevin Anderson (Delaware)
* Dec. 26 – Kevin Anderson (Delaware)(2)
* Jan. 2 – Vasa Pusica (Northeastern)
* Jan. 8 – Matt Lewis (James Madison)(2)
* Jan. 15 – Tomas Murphy (Northeastern)(2)
* Jan. 22 – Darius Banks (James Madison)
* Jan. 29 – Matt Lewis (James Madison)(3)
* Feb. 5 – Ryan Allen (Delaware)(2)
* Feb. 12 – Ryan Allen (Delaware)(3)
* Feb. 19 – Matt Lewis (James Madison)(4)
* Feb. 26 – Jalen Ray (Hofstra)(2)
Postseason
CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards
Attendance
References
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