| Year: | 2020 |
| Conference: | CAA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Arena: | Entertainment and Sports Arena |
| City: | Washington, D.C. |
| Champions: | Hofstra |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Coach: | Joe Mihalich |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Desure Buie |
| Mvpteam: | Hofstra |
| Topscorer: | Eli Pemberton |
| Topscorerteam: | Hofstra |
| Points: | 62 |
| Television: | FloHoops, CBSSN |
The 2020 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 7–10, 2020 at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.[1]
All 10 CAA teams participate in the tournament. Teams are seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hofstra | 14–4 | ||
| 2 | William & Mary | 13–5 | ||
| 3 | Towson | 12–6 | ||
| 4 | Charleston | 11–7 | 2–0 vs. Delaware | |
| 5 | Delaware | 11–7 | 0–2 vs. Charleston | |
| 6 | Northeastern | 9–9 | ||
| 7 | Elon | 7–11 | ||
| 8 | Drexel | 6–12 | ||
| 9 | UNC Wilmington | 5–13 | ||
| 10 | James Madison | 2–16 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First round – Saturday, March 7 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 4:00 pm | No. 8 Drexel vs. No. 9 UNC Wilmington | 66–55 | FloHoops | |
| 2 | 6:30 pm | No. 7 Elon vs. No. 10 James Madison | 63–61 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00 pm | No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 8 Drexel | 61–43 | FloHoops | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 4 Charleston vs. No. 5 Delaware | 67–79 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 William & Mary vs. No. 7 Elon | 63–68 | ||
| 6 | 8:30 pm | No. 3 Towson vs. No. 6 Northeastern | 62–72 | |||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 9 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 5 Delaware | 75–61 | CBSSN | |
| 8 | 8:30 pm | No. 7 Elon vs. No. 6 Northeastern | 60–68 | |||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 10 | ||||||
| 5 | 9 | 7:00 pm | No. 1 Hofstra vs. No. 6 Northeastern | 70–61 | CBSSN | |
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* denotes overtime game