The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 9–12, 2019 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. Northeastern defeated Hofstra 82–74 in the championship game and received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was the second title for Northeastern in the CAA, the last coming in 2015.
Seeds All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals.
SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 21 Hofstra15–32 Northeastern14–43Charleston12–64William & Mary10–85Delaware8–106Drexel7–112–0 vs Elon7Elon7–110–2 vs Drexel8James Madison6–121–1 vs Towson1–1 vs Hofstra9Towson6–121–1 vs James Madison0–2 vs Hofstra10UNC Wilmington5–13
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision First round – Saturday March 9, 2019114:00 pmNo. 9 Towson vs No. 8 James Madison73–74CAA.tv26:30 pmNo. 10 UNC Wilmington vs No. 7 Elon93–86CAA.tv Quarterfinals – Sunday March 10, 20192312:00 pmNo. 8 James Madison vs No. 1 Hofstra67–76CAA.tv42:30 pmNo. 5 Delaware vs No. 4 William & Mary85–79CAA.tv356:00 pmNo. 10 UNC Wilmington vs No. 2 Northeastern59–80CAA.tv68:30 pmNo. 6 Drexel vs No. 3 Charleston61–73CAA.tv Semifinals – Monday March 11, 2019476:00 pmNo. 1 Hofstra vs No. 5 Delaware78–74OTCBSSN88:30 pmNo. 2 Northeastern vs No. 3 Charleston70–67CBSSN Championship – Tuesday March 12, 2019597:00 pmNo. 1 Hofstra vs No. 2 Northeastern74–82CBSSN *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes overtime game
Game summaries
First round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Championship
Team and tournament leaders
Team leaders Team Points Rebounds Assists StealsBlocksMinutesCollege of Charleston 2 tied 34 Brantley 17 Riller 10 2 tied 4 Brantley 2 Riller 72Delaware Horton 47 Carter 15 Anderson 10 Anderson 4 Bryant 1 Horton 82Drexel Butler 14 Butler 9 Wynter 6 Juric 5 2 tied 2 Wynter 40Elon Santa Ana 26 2 tied 7 Santa Ana 3 Seibring 4 Seibring 2 Seibring 35Hofstra Wright-Foreman 88 Taylor 32 Buie 10 3 tied 4 Taylor 10 Wright-Foreman 122James Madison Lewis 49 Wilson 15 Lewis 7 2 tied 5 Lewis 1 Lewis 76Northeastern Pusica 50 Brace 23 Pusica 15 Occeus 7 Pusica 2 Gresham 99Towson Fobbs 18 Tunstall 10 4 tied 2 5 tied 1 Tunstall 2 Fobbs 36UNC Wilmington Cacok 37 Cacok 25 Toews 10 Gadsden 3 Cacok 4 Toews 64William & Mary Pierce 26 Knight 11 Knight 7 2 tied 2 Knight 4 Pierce 38
See also 2019 CAA women's basketball tournament
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