The 2019–20 CAA men's basketball season will mark the 35th 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 2019 and March 2020. Practices will commence in October 2019, and the season will end with the
2020 CAA men's basketball tournament
The 2020 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 7– ...
.
Head coaches
Coaching changes
*On March 13, 2019,
William & Mary announced that head coach
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 tenu ...
would not be retained for the following season. On April 2, 2019, William & Mary announced that
Dane Fischer was hired to replace Tony Shaver as head coach.
*
Elon fired head coach
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 ...
on March 18, 2019, following two consecutive losing seasons. On April 5, 2019, Elon announced the hiring of
Mike Schrage
Mike Schrage (born April 2, 1976) is an American basketball coach, currently a Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Duke Blue Devils men's basketball, Duke University. He was formerly the head coach for the Elon Phoenix men's basketball team. H ...
as head men's basketball coach.
Coaches
''Notes:''
* All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
* Year at school includes 2019–20 season.
* Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2018–19 season.
Preseason
Preseason poll
Source
''() first place votes''
Preseason All-Conference Teams
Source
Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Grant Riller (Charleston)
Regular season
Rankings
Conference matrix
This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.
Postseason
Colonial Athletic Association tournament
* March 7–10, 2020: Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament,
St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena
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The arena is home to the ...
,
Washington, D.C.
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NCAA tournament
The CAA had one confirmed bid to the
2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was a planned single-elimination tournament of 68 teams to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2019– ...
, that being the automatic bid of Hofstra by winning the conference tournament. The tournament was cancelled before any other at-large bids were awarded.
National Invitation tournament
The
2020 National Invitation Tournament
The 2020 National Invitational Tournament was to be a single-elimination tournament of 32 NCAA Division I men's college basketball teams not been selected to participate in the 2020 NCAA tournament. The tournament was to begin on March 17 and e ...
was canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
College Basketball Invitational
The
2020 College Basketball Invitational was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament
The
2020 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Awards and honors
Regular season
CAA Player-of-the-Week
* Nov. 11 – Jordan Roland (Northeastern)
* Nov. 18 –
Andy Van Vliet
Andy Van Vliet (born 27 July 1995) is a Belgian professional basketball player for Rostock Seawolves of the German Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for the University of Wisconsin and the College of William & Mary. He plays at ...
(William & Mary)
* Nov. 25 –
Desure Buie (Hofstra)
* Dec. 2 –
Nathan Knight
Nathan Solomon Kapahukula Knight (born September 20, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Zhejiang Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the William & Mary Tribe.
Early life
Kn ...
(William & Mary), Justyn Mutts (Delaware)
* Dec. 9 – Nathan Knight (William & Mary)(2)
* Dec. 16 –
Nate Darling
Nathan Joseph Darling (born August 30, 1998) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the San Diego Clippers of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the UAB Blazers and the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens. He is the first and o ...
(Delaware),
Brian Fobbs (Towson)
* Dec. 23 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)
* Dec. 31 – Desure Buie (Hofstra)(2)
* Jan. 6 – Nathan Knight (William & Mary)(3),
Grant Riller (Charleston)
* Jan. 13 – Allen Betrand (Towson)
* Jan. 20 – Camren Wynter (Drexel)
* Jan. 27 – Nate Darling (Delaware)(2)
* Feb. 3 – Desure Buie (Hofstra)(3), Grant Riller (Charleston)(2)
* Feb. 10 – Nate Darling (Delaware)(3), Marcus Sheffield II (Elon)
* Feb. 17 – Nathan Knight (William & Mary)(4)
* Feb. 24 – Desure Buie (Hofstra)(4)
* Mar. 3 – Brian Fobbs (Towson)(2)
CAA Rookie-of-the-Week
* Nov. 11 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern)
* Nov. 18 – Julien Wooden (James Madison)
* Nov. 25 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern)(2)
* Dec. 2 – Michael Christmas (James Madison)
* Dec. 9 – Hunter Woods (Elon)
* Dec. 16 – Hunter McIntosh (Elon)
* Dec. 23 – Shykeim Phillips (UNCW)
* Dec. 31 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern)(3)
* Jan. 6 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern)(4)
* Jan. 13 – Zac Ervin (Elon)
* Jan. 20 – Shykeim Phillips (UNCW)(2)
* Jan. 27 – Jason Gibson (Towson)
* Feb. 3 – Hunter McIntosh (Elon)(2)
* Feb. 10 – Imajae Dodd (UNCW)
* Feb. 17 – Hunter McIntosh (Elon)(3)
* Feb. 24 – Hunter McIntosh (Elon)(4)
* Mar. 3 – Shykeim Phillips (UNCW)(3)
Postseason
CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards
Attendance
References
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