The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was held March 13–16, 2019 at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware. The champion received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Towson won the conference tournament championship game over Drexel, 53–49 to send Towson to their first ever NCAA tournament.
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. JMU Drexel and Towson have secured first round byes SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker 1Tiebreaker 2Tiebreaker 31 James Madison17–12 Drexel14–43UNC Wilmington11–72–2 vs. TOW, DEL1–1 vs. JMU4Towson11–72–2 vs. TOW, UNCW0–2 vs. JMU1–1 vs. DREXEL5Delaware11–72–2 vs. UNCW, TOW0–2 vs. JMU0–2 vs. DREXEL6Northeastern9–97William & Mary7–118Elon4–149Hofstra3–151–1 vs. HOF2–0 vs. NU10Charleston3–151–1 vs. CHAR0–2 vs. NU
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision First round – Wednesday March 13, 20191112:00 pmNo. 9 Hofstra vs. No. 8 Elon77–75CAA.tv22:30 pmNo. 10 Charleston vs. No. 7 William & Mary41–61CAA.tv Quarterfinals – Thursday March 14, 20192312:00 pmNo. 9 Hofstra vs. No. 1 James Madison57–50CAA.tv42:30 pmNo. 5 Delaware vs. No. 4 Towson49–59CAA.tv355:00 pmNo. 7 William & Mary vs. No. 2 Drexel60–71CAA.tv67:30 pmNo. 6 Northeastern vs. No. 3 UNC Wilmington75–64CAA.tv Semifinals – Friday March 15, 2019471:00 pmNo. 9 Hofstra vs. No. 4 Towson48–69CAA.tv84:00 pmNo. 2 Drexel vs. No. 6 Northeastern73–69OTCAA.tv Championship – Saturday March 16, 2019591:00 pmNo. 2 Drexel vs. No. 4 Towson49–53CBS Sports Live *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed
Bracket
* denotes overtime game
See also 2019 CAA men's basketball tournament
References
External links 2019 CAA Women's Basketball Championship