The 2015–16 CAA men's basketball season marked the 31st season of

Colonial Athletic Association The Coastal Athletic Association (CAA), formerly the ECAC South Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA' ...

basketball, taking place between November 2015 and March 2016. Practices commenced in October 2015, and the season ended with the

2016 CAA men's basketball tournament The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7, 2016 at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The champion, UNC Wilmington, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament. Seeds All 10 confer ...

Preseason

Preseason Poll

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Juan'ya Green, Hofstra

Regular season

Head coaches

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, Charleston * Monté Ross, Delaware *

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, Drexel *

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, Elon *

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, Hofstra *

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, James Madison *

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, Northeastern *

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, Towson *

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, UNC Wilmington * Tony Shaver, William & Mary

Rankings

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association tournament

* March 4–7, 2016: Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament,

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UNC Wilmington defeated Hofstra, 80–73 (OT), in the finals of the

to win the conference, and earn an automatic bid to the

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NCAA tournament

The CAA had one bid to the

, that being the automatic bid of UNC Wilmington by winning the conference tournament.

National Invitation tournament

The CAA had one bid to the

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, that being the automatic bid of Hofstra by winning the conference's regular season championship.

Vegas 16 tournament

Towson was invited to play in the

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College Basketball Invitational

No teams from the CAA accepted bids to play in the 2016 College Basketball Invitational.

CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

No teams from the CAA accepted bids to play in the 2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

Awards and honors

Regular season

CAA Player-of-the-Week

* Nov. 16 – Shakir Brown (James Madison), David Walker (Northeastern) * Nov. 23 – Canyon Barry (Charleston), Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) * Nov. 30 – Quincy Ford (Northeastern) * Dec. 7 – Tanner Samson (Elon) * Dec. 14 – Canyon Barry (Charleston) (2), Marvin King-Davis (Delaware) * Dec. 21 – Ron Curry (James Madison), Kory Holden (Delaware) * Dec. 28 – Canyon Barry (Charleston) (3), Quincy Ford (Northeastern) (2) * Jan. 4 – Quincy Ford (Northeastern) (3), Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (2) * Jan. 11 – Terry Tarpey (William & Mary) * Jan. 18 –

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(UNCW),

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(Hofstra) * Jan. 25 – Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (3) * Feb. 1 – Chris Flemmings (UNCW) (2) * Feb. 8 – Ron Curry (James Madison) (2),

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(William & Mary) * Feb. 15 – Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) (2) * Feb. 22 – Quincy Ford (Northeastern) (4), Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (4) * Feb. 29 – Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (5)

CAA Rookie-of-the-Week

* Nov. 16 – Terrell Allen (Drexel) * Nov. 23 – Dainan Swoope (Elon) * Nov. 30 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) * Dec. 7 – Nick Harris (Charleston) * Dec. 14 – Jeremy Miller (Northeastern) * Dec. 21 – Tyler Seibring (Elon) * Dec. 28 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) (2) * Jan. 4 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston) * Jan. 11 – Tyler Seibring (Elon) (2) * Jan. 18 – Tyler Seibring (Elon) (3) * Jan. 25 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) (3) * Feb. 1 – Marquise Pointer (Charleston) * Feb. 8 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) (4) * Feb. 15 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston) (2) * Feb. 22 – Terrell Allen (Drexel) (2) * Feb. 29 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston) (3)

Postseason

CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards

References

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