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 conference teams were eligible for the tournament. The top 6 seeds received a bye to the Quarterfinals. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. SeedSchoolConferenceOverallTiebreaker1 † Hofstra14–422–81–1 vs. UNC Wilmington, 2–0 vs. Northeastern2 † UNC Wilmington14–422–71–1 vs. Hofstra, 1–1 vs. Northeastern3 Towson11–720–112–0 vs. William & Mary, 1–1 vs. James Madison4 James Madison11–721–101–1 vs. Towson, 1–1 vs. William & Mary5 William & Mary11–719–101–1 vs. James Madison, 0–2 vs. Towson6 Northeastern9–917–147 College of Charleston8–1016–138Elon 7–1116–159Drexel3–155–2410Delaware2–167–22† –CAA regular season championsOverall and conference records are as of the end of the regular season.
Schedule
SessionGameTime*Matchup#Television First round – Friday March 4, 2016116:00 pm#9 Drexel 57 vs #8 Elon 56CAA.tv28:30 pm#10 Delaware 63 vs #7 College of Charleston 67CAA.tv Quarterfinals – Saturday March 5, 20162312:00 pm#9 Drexel 67 vs #1 Hofstra 80Comcast SportsNet42:30 pm#5 William & Mary 79 vs #4 James Madison 64Comcast SportsNet356:00 pm#7 College of Charleston 64 vs #2 UNC Wilmington 66Comcast SportsNet68:30 pm#6 Northeastern 71 vs #3 Towson 60Comcast SportsNet Semifinals – Sunday March 6, 2016471:00 pm#5 William & Mary 67 vs #1 Hofstra 70NBCSN83:30 pm#6 Northeastern 70 vs #2 UNC Wilmington 73NBCSN Championship – Monday March 7, 2016597:00 pm#2 UNC Wilmington 80 vs #1 Hofstra 73 (OT)NBCSN *Game times in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* Denotes overtime period.
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Team and tournament leaders
Team leaders Team Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocks MinutesCollege of Charleston 2 Tied 28 Brantley 18 Hulsey 12 Hulsey 10 Johnson 3 Johnson 75 Delaware Holden 30 Jeffers 8 Holden 2 4 tied 1 Jeffers 3 Hayes 37 Drexel R. Williams 29 R. Williams 21 Te. Allen 10 Te. Allen 3 3 Tied 2 Te. Allen 71 Elon Eddy 11 Seibring 7 Seibring 3 Thompson 3 4 Tied 1 Seibring 33 Hofstra Tanksley 60 Gustys 47 Green 17 Tanksley 4 Green 5 Green 121James Madison Curry 20 Curry 11 McLean 4 4 Tied 1 2 Tied 1 Curry 40 Northeastern Ford 41 Stahl 17 Walker 8 3 Tied 2 4 Tied 1 Walker 78Towson Adala Moto 18 Adala Moto 12 Tied 2 Morsell 3 Parker–Rivera 1 Morsell 36UNC Wilmington Flemmings 53 Gettys 15 Ingram 17 Flemmings 3 Bryan 6 Flemmings 117William & Mary Malinowski 28 2 Tied 10 Cohn 9 2 Tied 4 4 Tied 1 Prewitt 62
See also Colonial Athletic Association 2016 CAA women's basketball tournament
References