2013 CAA men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2013
Conference:CAA
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:7
Arena:Richmond Coliseum
City:Richmond, VA
Champions:James Madison
Titlecount:4th
Television:NBC Sports Network

The 2013 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was held March 9–11 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA. The champion, James Madison, received an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA tournament.

The 2013 tournament featured only seven teams due to UNC-Wilmington and Towson ineligible for postseason play as a result of low APR scores,[1] and Old Dominion and Georgia State being banned from the CAA tournament due to bylaws that deny access to championships that provide automatic NCAA bids to schools that have announced they will depart the league. Old Dominion and Georgia State were still eligible for an at-large bid to other postseason tournaments.[2]

Seeds

2013 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament seeds
SeedSchoolConf.Over.
1Northeastern‡† 14-419-11
2Delaware 13-518-13
3James Madison11-7 17-14
4George Mason10-8 17-13
5Drexel 9-9 13-17
6William & Mary7-11 13-16
7Hofstra4-14 7-24
‡ – CAA regular season champions.
† – Received a bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

SessionGameTime*Matchup#Television
First Round – Saturday, March 9
13:30 PMComcast SportsNet
6:00 PMComcast SportsNet
8:30 PMComcast SportsNet
Semifinals – Sunday, March 10
22:00 PMNBC Sports Network
4:30 PMNBC Sports Network
Championship Game – Monday, March 11
7:00 PMNBC Sports Network
  • Game Times[3] in ET. #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

All times listed are Eastern

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Blank. Tim. Towson And UNC-Wilmington Men's Basketball Teams Both Ruled Ineligible For Postseason Play. sbnation.com. 8 October 2012.
  2. News: Georgia State, Old Dominion denied CAA postseason opportunities. The Washington Times. 8 October 2012.
  3. Web site: ... . CAA . 1 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130308094244/http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8500&ATCLID=204843910 . March 8, 2013 .