| Year: | 2019 |
| Conference: | CAA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | North Charleston Coliseum |
| City: | North Charleston, South Carolina |
| Champions: | Northeastern |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Bill Coen |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvp: | Vasa Pusica |
| Mvpteam: | Northeastern |
| Topscorer: | Justin Wright-Foreman |
| Topscorerteam: | Hofstra |
| Points: | 88 |
| Television: | CAA.tv, CBSSN |
The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 9–12, 2019 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina.[1] Northeastern defeated Hofstra 82–74 in the championship game and received the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was the second title for Northeastern in the CAA, the last coming in 2015.[2]
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.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker 1 | Tiebreaker 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hofstra | 15–3 | |||
| 2 | Northeastern | 14–4 | |||
| 3 | Charleston | 12–6 | |||
| 4 | William & Mary | 10–8 | |||
| 5 | Delaware | 8–10 | |||
| 6 | Drexel | 7–11 | 2–0 vs Elon | ||
| 7 | Elon | 7–11 | 0–2 vs Drexel | ||
| 8 | James Madison | 6–12 | 1–1 vs Towson | 1–1 vs Hofstra | |
| 9 | Towson | 6–12 | 1–1 vs James Madison | 0–2 vs Hofstra | |
| 10 | UNC Wilmington | 5–13 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Saturday March 9, 2019 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 9 Towson vs No. 8 James Madison | 73–74 | CAA.tv | |
| 2 | 6:30 pm | No. 10 UNC Wilmington vs No. 7 Elon | 93–86 | CAA.tv | ||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday March 10, 2019 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 8 James Madison vs No. 1 Hofstra | 67–76 | CAA.tv | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Delaware vs No. 4 William & Mary | 85–79 | CAA.tv | ||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 UNC Wilmington vs No. 2 Northeastern | 59–80 | CAA.tv | |
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 6 Drexel vs No. 3 Charleston | 61–73 | CAA.tv | ||
| Semifinals – Monday March 11, 2019 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Hofstra vs No. 5 Delaware | 78–74OT | CBSSN | |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 2 Northeastern vs No. 3 Charleston | 70–67 | CBSSN | ||
| Championship – Tuesday March 12, 2019 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Hofstra vs No. 2 Northeastern | 74–82 | CBSSN | |
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* denotes overtime game
| Team | Points | Rebounds | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Minutes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| College of Charleston | 2 tied | 34 | Brantley | 17 | Riller | 10 | 2 tied | 4 | Brantley | 2 | Riller | 72 | |
| Delaware | Horton | 47 | Carter | 15 | Anderson | 10 | Anderson | 4 | Bryant | 1 | Horton | 82 | |
| Drexel | Butler | 14 | Butler | 9 | Wynter | 6 | Juric | 5 | 2 tied | 2 | Wynter | 40 | |
| Elon | Santa Ana | 26 | 2 tied | 7 | Santa Ana | 3 | Seibring | 4 | Seibring | 2 | Seibring | 35 | |
| Hofstra | Wright-Foreman | 88 | Taylor | 32 | Buie | 10 | 3 tied | 4 | Taylor | 10 | Wright-Foreman | 122 | |
| James Madison | Lewis | 49 | Wilson | 15 | Lewis | 7 | 2 tied | 5 | Lewis | 1 | Lewis | 76 | |
| Northeastern | Pusica | 50 | Brace | 23 | Pusica | 15 | Occeus | 7 | Pusica | 2 | Gresham | 99 | |
| Towson | Fobbs | 18 | Tunstall | 10 | 4 tied | 2 | 5 tied | 1 | Tunstall | 2 | Fobbs | 36 | |
| UNC Wilmington | Cacok | 37 | Cacok | 25 | Toews | 10 | Gadsden | 3 | Cacok | 4 | Toews | 64 | |
| William & Mary | Pierce | 26 | Knight | 11 | Knight | 7 | 2 tied | 2 | Knight | 4 | Pierce | 38 | |