2017–18 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season explained

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League:NCAA Division I
Sport:Basketball
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Duration:November, 2017 – March, 2018
No Of Teams:10
Season:Regular Season
Season Champs:CollegeofCharleston,
Northeastern
Season Champ Name:Co-champions
Second Place:Hofstra
Mvp:Justin Wright-Foreman
Mvp Link:Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year
Top Scorer:Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)
Finals:Tournament
Finals Link:2018 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Finals Champ:College of Charleston
Finals Runner-Up:Northeastern
Finals Mvp:Grant Riller (Charleston)
Seasonslistnames:Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball
Prevseason Link:2016–17 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
Prevseason Year:2016–17
Nextseason Link:2018–19 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
Nextseason Year:2018–19

The 2017–18 CAA men's basketball season will mark the 33rd season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2017 and March 2018. Practices will commence in October 2017, and the season will end with the 2018 CAA men's basketball tournament.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

TeamHead coachPrevious jobYear at schoolOverall recordCAA recordCAA championshipsNCAA Tournaments
style=College of CharlestonEarl GrantClemson
(asst.)		451–48 25–29 00
style=DelawareMartin IngelsbyNotre Dame
(asst.)		213–205–1300
style=DrexelZach SpikerArmy29–233–1500
style=ElonMatt MathenyDavidson
(asst.)		9126–13023–3100
style=HofstraJoe MihalichNiagara569–64 36–34 00
style=James MadisonLouis RoweBowling Green
(asst.)		210–23 7–1100
style=NortheasternBill CoenBoston College
(asst.)		12177–174 109–87 11
style=TowsonPat SkerryPittsburgh
(asst.)		798–101 54–52 00
style=UNC WilmingtonC.B. McGrathNorth Carolina
(asst.)		10–0 0–0 00
style=William & MaryTony ShaverHampden-Sydney College15192–239 110–153 00
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Preseason

Preseason poll

Source[3]

RankTeam
1College of Charleston (38)
2Towson (2)
3Elon
4Hofstra
5UNC Wilmington
6Northeastern
7Delaware
8William & Mary
9Drexel
10James Madison
first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source[3]

AwardRecipients
First Team Jarrell Brantley (Charleston)
Devontae Cacok (UNCW)
Joe Chealey (Charleston)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)
Second TeamRyan Daly (Delaware)
Brian Dawkins (Elon)
Rokas Gustys (Hofstra)
Kurk Lee (Drexel)
Mike Morsell (Towson)
Grant Riller (Charleston)
Honorable MentionDevon Begley (Northeastern)
David Cohn (William & Mary)
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
Jeremy Miller (Northeastern)
Deshaun Morman (Towson)
Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)
Jordon Talley (UNCW)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Joe Chealey (Charleston)

Regular season

Head coaches

Rankings

Legend
 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week

See main article: 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  style= width=75Charlestonstyle= width=75Delawarestyle= width=75Drexelstyle= width=75Elonstyle= width=75Hofstrastyle= width=75James Madisonstyle= width=75Northeasternstyle= width=75Towsonstyle= width=75UNC Wilmingtonstyle= width=75William & Mary
DEL DRE ELON HOF JMU NU TOW UNCW W&M-->vs. Charleston– 0–21–11–10–20–20–21–10–21–1
vs. Delaware2–0– 1–11–12–00–22–02–00–22–0
vs. Drexel1–11–1– 1–12–01–11–12–02–01–1
vs. Elon1–11–11–1– 1–12–02–00–22–02–0
vs. Hofstra2–00–20–21–1– 0–21–10–21–11–1
vs. James Madison2–02–01–10–22–0– 2–00–21–12–0
vs. Northeastern2–00–21–10–21–10–2– 0–20–20–2
vs. Towson1–10–20–22–02–02–02–0– 1–10–2
vs. UNC Wilmington2–02–00–20–21–11–12–01–1– 2–0
vs. William & Mary1–10–21–10–21–10–22–02–00–2– DEL DRE ELON HOF JMU NU TOW UNCW W&M-->
Total14–4 6–12 6–12 6–12 12–6 6–12 14–4 8–10 7–11 11–7

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association tournament

See main article: 2018 CAA men's basketball tournament.

NCAA tournament

See main article: 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

The CAA had one bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, that being the automatic bid of College of Charleston by winning the conference tournament.

SeedRegionSchoolFirst FourFirst roundSecond roundSweet 16Elite EightFinal FourChampionship
13MidwestCollege of CharlestonN/Aeliminated by (4) Auburn 58–62
BidsW-L (%):TOTAL:

National Invitation tournament

See main article: 2018 National Invitation Tournament.

College Basketball Invitational

See main article: 2018 College Basketball Invitational.

CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

See main article: 2018 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

Awards and honors

Regular season

CAA Player-of-the-Week

CAA Rookie-of-the-Week

Postseason

CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards

[4]

AwardRecipients
Player of the YearJustin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)
Coach of the YearBill Coen (Northeastern)
Rookie of the YearRyan Allen (Delaware)
Defensive Player of the YearShawn Occeus (Northeastern)
Sixth Man of the YearBolden Brace (Northeastern)
Dean Ehlers Leadership AwardTyler Seibring (Elon)
Scholar-Athlete of the YearPaul Rowley (William & Mary)
First Team Devontae Cacok (UNCW)
Joe Chealey (Charleston)
Vasa Pusica (Northeastern)
Grant Riller (Charleston)
Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)
Second TeamJarrell Brantley (Charleston)
Tramaine Isabell (Drexel)
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
Zane Martin (Towson)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Third TeamDavid Cohn (William & Mary)
Ryan Daly (Delaware)
Rokas Gustys (Hofstra)
Stuckey Mosley (James Madison)
Justin Pierce (William & Mary)
Jordon Talley (UNCW)
All-Defensive TeamDevontae Cacok (UNCW)
Cameron Johnson (Charleston)
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
Shawn Occeus (Northeastern)
Austin Williams (Drexel)
All-Rookie TeamRyan Allen (Delaware)
Darius Banks (James Madison)
Matt Lewis (James Madison)
Tomas Murphy (Northeastern)
Jalen Ray (Hofstra)
All-Academic Team













All-Tournament TeamJarrell Brantley (Charleston)
Joe Chealey (Charleston)
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
Shawn Occeus (Northeastern)
Vasa Pusica (Northeastern)
Tournament MVPGrant Riller (Charleston)

Attendance

TeamArenaCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8Total Average% of Capacity
Game 9Game 10Game 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16
style= rowspan=2CharlestonTD Arena5,1004,9553,8893,2333,2273,1954,3432,8943,70558,7953,920
3,6494,0454,0303,8574,2194,8094,745
style= rowspan=2DelawareBob Carpenter Center5,1002,8802,1192,3264,7371,9222,4502,2802,38841,3672,758
1,9482,3504,7372,8282,3682,5473,487
style= rowspan=2DrexelDaskalakis Athletic Center2,5092,5047386171,01065270467983313,846989
8431,5267058251,1161,094
style= rowspan=2ElonAlumni Gym1,6071,3861,4901,5341,3861,6071,3091,8331,85520,7571,597
1,6471,7191,5531,8471,591
style= rowspan=2HofstraHofstra Arena5,0232,7031,0131,2091,0622,0121,5141,3611,95222,8001,900
2,5082,1022,3123,052
style= rowspan=2James MadisonJMU Convocation Center6,4264,5982,4512,0622,9652,4392,3082,0502,93837,3052,665
2,1902,6114,5381,0382,4542,663
style= rowspan=2NortheasternMatthews Arena6,0001,0141,3769747791,6006922,25978215,9031,136
9011,1061,3419901,129960
style= rowspan=2TowsonSECU Arena5,2001,1758782,4561,6321,2511,4101,2571,33320,3311,564
1,3072,0762,2632,0221,271
style= rowspan=2UNC WilmingtonTrask Coliseum5,2004,6634,4154,2363,8653,9313,3674,0064,40555,4424,265
3,9884,3845,2004,1734,809
style= rowspan=2William & MaryKaplan Arena8,6002,0011,0052,4231,7272,8803,7843,6733,95846,1473,296
4,0443,5083,7585,8253,9123,649

Notes and References

  1. Web site: N.C. State hires new coach Kevin Keatts away from UNC Wilmington. Washington Post. 2017-03-21.
  2. News: UNCW hires C.B. McGrath as men's basketball coach - WWAY TV3. TV3. WWAY. 2017-04-03. WWAY TV3. 2017-06-28. en-US.
  3. Web site: COFC FAVORED TO WIN CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TITLE. CAA Sports. en. 18 October 2017. 26 January 2018.
  4. Web site: Washburn. Rob. WRIGHT-FOREMAN TOPS ALL-CAA MEN'S TEAM. caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Association. 7 March 2018. English. 2 March 2018.

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