2019–20 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

The 2019–20 CAA men's basketball season will mark the 35th season of Colonial Athletic Association 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.

Head coaches

Coaching changes On March 13, 2019, William & Mary announced that head coach Tony Shaver 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 on March 18, 2019, following two consecutive losing seasons. On April 5, 2019, Elon announced the hiring of Mike Schrage as head men's basketball coach.

Coaches Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record CAA record CAA championships NCAA TournamentsCollege of CharlestonEarl GrantClemson (asst.)6101–6551–3911DelawareMartin IngelsbyNotre Dame (asst.)444–5519–3500DrexelZach SpikerArmy435–6216–3800ElonMike SchrageOhio State (asst.)10–00–000HofstraJoe MihalichNiagara7115–8463–4300James MadisonLouis RoweBowling Green (asst.)434–6419–3500NortheasternBill CoenBoston College (asst.)14224–197137–9522TowsonPat SkerryPittsburgh (asst.)9124–13768–7400UNC WilmingtonC.B. McGrathNorth Carolina (asst.)321–4412–2400William & MaryDane FischerGeorge Mason (asst.)10–00–000 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

RankTeamPoints1 Hofstra (14) 3312 College of Charleston (18) 3233 Northeastern (4) 2914 James Madison (3) 2535 Delaware (2) 2416 Towson 1947 William & Mary 1318 Drexel 1259 UNC Wilmington 11810 Elon 48 () first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams Source

Award Recipients First Team Brian Fobbs (Towson) Nathan Knight (William & Mary) Matt Lewis (James Madison) Eli Pemberton (Hofstra) Grant Riller (Charleston) Second Team Ryan Allen (Delaware) Darius Banks (James Madison) Desure Buie (Hofstra) Jordan Roland (Northeastern) Camren Wynter (Drexel) Honorable Mention Bolden Brace (Northeastern) Kai Toews (UNCW) Kevin Anderson (Delaware) Marcus Sheffield II (Elon) James Butler (Drexel)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Grant Riller (Charleston)

Regular season

Rankings + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week

  Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalCollege of Charleston APCDelaware APRVCDrexel APCElon APCHofstra APCJames Madison APCNortheastern APCTowson AP CUNC Wilmington APCWilliam & Mary APC

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.  CharlestonDelawareDrexelElonHofstraJames MadisonNortheasternTowsonUNC WilmingtonWilliam & Maryvs. Charleston – 0–10–11–11–10–22–00–21–01–1vs. Delaware1–0 – 1–10–20–10–20–11–10–12–0vs. Drexel1–01–1 – 1–11–00–21–02–00–11–1vs. Elon1–12–01–1 – 2–00–11–11–00–21–0vs. Hofstra1–11–00–10–2 – 0–10–20–10–21–1vs. James Madison2–02–02–01–01–0 – 1–02–00–21–0vs. Northeastern0–21–00–11–12–00–1 – 0–11–12–0vs. Towson2–01–10–20–11–00–21–0 – 0–20–1vs. UNC Wilmington0–11–01–02–02–02–01–12–0 – 1–1vs. William & Mary1–10–21–10–11–10–10–21–01–1 –Total 9–6 9–5 6–8 6–9 11–3 2–12 7–7 9–5 3–12 10–5

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association tournament

March 7–10, 2020: Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament, St. Elizabeths East Entertainment and Sports Arena, Washington, D.C.

NCAA tournament

The CAA had one confirmed bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, 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 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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 (William & Mary) Nov. 25 – Desure Buie (Hofstra) Dec. 2 – Nathan Knight (William & Mary), Justyn Mutts (Delaware) Dec. 9 – Nathan Knight (William & Mary)(2) Dec. 16 – Nate Darling (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

Award Recipients Player of the Year Nathan Knight (William & Mary) Coach of the Year Dane Fischer (William & Mary) Rookie of the Year Hunter McIntosh (Elon) Defensive Player of the Year Nathan Knight (William & Mary) Sixth Man of the Year Nicolas Timberlake (Towson) Dean Ehlers Leadership Award Desure Buie (Hofstra) Scholar-Athlete of the Year Tareq Coburn (Hofstra) First Team Desure Buie (Hofstra) Nate Darling (Delaware) Nathan Knight (William & Mary) Grant Riller (Charleston) Jordan Roland (Northeastern) Second Team Brian Fobbs (Towson) Matt Lewis (James Madison) Eli Pemberton (Hofstra) Marcus Sheffield (Elon) Camren Wynter (Drexel) Third Team Kevin Anderson (Delaware) Allen Bertrand (Towson) James Butler (Drexel) Isaac Kante (Hofstra) Andy Van Vliet (William & Mary) All-Defensive Team Desure Buie (Hofstra) Brevin Galloway (Charleston) Nathan Knight (William & Mary) Luke Loewe (William & Mary) Dennis Tunstall (Towson) All-Rookie Team Jason Gibson (Towson) Hunter McIntosh (Elon) Shykeim Phillips (UNCW) Tyson Walker (Northeastern) Hunter Woods (Elon)

Attendance TeamArenaCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8TotalAverage% of CapacityGame 9Game 10Game 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16Charleston TD Arena 5,100 4,014 3,853 5,005 3,726 3,938 3,651 3,350 4,224 63,435 4,229 4,340 4,301 4,905 4,186 5,108 3,762 5,072Delaware Bob Carpenter Center 5,100 Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center 2,509 1,129 795 882 1,201 1,233 1,066 830 926 15,883 1,059 1,109 1,007 1,147 950 1,162 852 1,594Elon Schar Center 5,100 Hofstra Mack Sports Complex 5,023 4,223 3,897 2,072 3,111 2,257 1,725 1,809 2,291 39,718 2,837 2,453 3,835 2,502 2,506 3,194 3,843James Madison JMU Convocation Center 6,426 Northeastern Matthews Arena 6,000 Towson SECU Arena 5,200 UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum 5,200 William & Mary Kaplan Arena 8,600 3,735 2,882 3,371 2,554 3,328 4,384 4,429 4,848 52,121 4,009 3,405 5,325 3,590 5,090 5,180

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