The 2022–23 CAA men's basketball season was the 37th 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 2022 and March 2023. The season ended with the
2023 CAA men's basketball tournament
The 2023 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's college basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held Ma ...
.
This was the first CAA season after
James Madison left to join the
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams participa ...
, and also the first season for four new CAA members—
Hampton,
Monmouth
Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...
,
North Carolina A&T
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (also known as North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina A&T, N.C. A&T, or simply A&T) is a public, historically black land-grant research university in Greensboro, North Caro ...
, and
Stony Brook.
This was also the last season for the conference under the Colonial Athletic Association name. On July 20, 2023, the CAA announced it had changed its name to
Coastal Athletic Association.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
*
Billy Taylor replaced
Mike Schrage
Mike Schrage (born April 2, 1976) is an American basketball coach, currently a Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Duke University. He was formerly the head coach for the Elon Phoenix men's basketball team. He has a wife (Amanda) and two child ...
as Elon head coach.
*
Willie Jones Willie Jones may refer to:
Sports
*Willie Jones (American football) (born 1957), former American football player with the Oakland Raiders
*Willie Jones (third baseman) (1925–1983), American Major League Baseball player
* Willie Jones (catcher) ( ...
was fired as North Carolina A&T head coach before the season began.
Phillip Shumpert was hired as interim head coach.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2022–23 season.
* Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2021–22 season.
Preseason
Preseason poll
Source
''() first place votes''
Preseason All-Conference Teams
Source
Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year:
Aaron Estrada
Aaron Estrada (born February 3, 2001) is an American men's college basketball player for the Hofstra Pride of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) who is two-time Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year (2022, 2023). He led the 2022â ...
(Hofstra)
Regular season
Rankings
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Postseason
Colonial Athletic Association tournament
NCAA tournament
The CAA had one bid to the
2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2022– ...
, that being the automatic bid of Charleston by winning the conference tournament.
National Invitation tournament
Hofstra received an automatic bid to the
2023 National Invitation Tournament
The 2023 National Invitation Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams not selected to participate in the 2023 NCAA tournament. The tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 30. Th ...
as regular-season conference champions.
College Basketball Invitational
The Basketball Classic
Awards and honors
Regular season
CAA Player of the Week
* Nov. 14 – Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)
* Nov. 21 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra),
Ryan Larson (Charleston)
* Nov. 28 – Cam Holden (Towson)
* Dec. 5 – Jyáre Davis (Delaware), Jordan Nesbitt (Hampton)
* Dec. 12 – Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)
* Dec. 19 – Jyáre Davis (Delaware)(2)
* Dec. 26 – Maleeck Harden-Hayes (UNCW)
* Jan. 2 – Amari Williams (Drexel)
* Jan. 9 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(2), Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)(2)
* Jan. 16 – Dalton Bolon (Charleston)
* Jan. 23 – Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)(3)
* Jan. 30 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(3)
* Feb. 6 – Tyler Thomas (Hofstra)
* Feb. 13 – Pat Robinson III (Charleston)
* Feb. 20 – Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)(2)
* Feb. 27 – Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)(3)
CAA Rookie of the Week
* Nov. 14 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)
* Nov. 21 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)(2)
* Nov. 28 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)(3)
* Dec. 5 – Jack Collins (Monmouth)
* Dec. 12 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)(4)
* Dec. 19 – Noah Ross (UNCW)
* Dec. 26 – Max Mackinnon (Elon), Jared Turner (Northeastern)
* Jan. 2 – Duncan Powell (North Carolina A&T)
* Jan. 9 – Duncan Powell (North Carolina A&T)(2)
* Jan. 16 – Charlie Williams (William & Mary)
* Jan. 23 – Justin Moore (Drexel)
* Jan. 30 – Jack Collins (Monmouth)(2)
* Feb. 6 – Max Mackinnon (Elon)(2)
* Feb. 13 – Max Mackinnon (Elon)(3)
* Feb. 20 – Max Mackinnon (Elon)(4)
* Feb. 27 – Kyrese Mullen (Hampton)
Postseason
CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards
Attendance
References
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