2014 CAA men's basketball tournament explained

Year:2014
Conference:CAA
Division:I
Gender:Men's
Teams:9
Arena:Baltimore Arena
City:Baltimore, Maryland
Champions:Delaware
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Monté Ross
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Jarvis Threatt
Mvpteam:Delaware
Attendance:19,065
Topscorer:Jarvis Threatt
Topscorerteam:Delaware
Topscorer2:Marcus Thornton
Topscorer2team:William & Mary
Points:59
Television:CAA.tv, CSN, NBCSN

The 2014 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was held March 7–10 at the Baltimore Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The champion received an automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA tournament.

The 2014 tournament featured nine teams due to the departure of George Mason from the conference to join the Atlantic 10,[1] and the addition of the College of Charleston.[2]

Seeds

SeedSchoolConferenceOverall
1 Delaware ‡† 14–222–9
2 Towson13–322–9
3William & Mary †10–618–11
4Drexel8–816–13
5Northeastern7–910–20
6College of Charleston6–1014–17
7James Madison6–1011–19
8Hofstra5–119–22
9UNC Wilmington3–139–22
‡ – 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 – Friday March 7, 2014
117:00 pm
  1. 9 UNC Wilmington 70 vs #8 Hofstra 78
CAA.TV
Quarterfinals – Saturday March 8, 2014
2212:00 pm
  1. 8 Hofstra 76 vs #1 Delaware 87
Comcast SportsNet
32:30 pm
  1. 5 Northeastern 90 vs #4 Drexel 81
Comcast SportsNet
346:00 pm
  1. 7 James Madison 71 vs #2 Towson 80
Comcast SportsNet
58:30 pm
  1. 6 College of Charleston 59 vs #3 William & Mary 70
Comcast SportsNet
Semifinals – Sunday March 9, 2014
462:30 pm
  1. 5 Northeastern 74 vs #1 Delaware 87
NBCSN
75:00 pm
  1. 3 William & Mary 75 vs #2 Towson 71
NBCSN
Championship – Monday March 10, 2014
587:00 pm
  1. 3 William & Mary 74 vs #1 Delaware 75
NBCSN
  • Game times in ET.[3] #-Rankings denote tournament seed

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP
All-Tournament Team

Game summaries

Championship

Notes and References

  1. News: George Mason to join Atlantic 10 in July, leaving CAA . Steven . Goff . https://web.archive.org/web/20131020082010/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-24/sports/37989835_1_odu-and-georgia-state-george-mason-ncaa-tournament . dead . October 20, 2013 . Washington Post . November 21, 2013 . March 25, 2013.
  2. News: Miller . Andrew . College of Charleston to join Colonial Athletic Association . The Post and Courier . November 21, 2013.
  3. Web site: 2014 Men's Basketball Championship . https://web.archive.org/web/20130421143411/http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8500&ATCLID=207306393 . dead . April 21, 2013 . CAA . November 21, 2013 .