| Year: | 2024 |
| Conference: | CAA |
| Division: | I |
| Gender: | Men's |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Arena: | Entertainment and Sports Arena |
| City: | Washington, D.C. |
| Champions: | Charleston |
| Titlecount: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Pat Kelsey |
| Coachcount: | 2nd |
| Mvpteam: | Charleston |
| Television: | FloHoops, CBSSN |
The 2024 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's college basketball tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 8–12, 2024, at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.[1] [2] The winner, Charleston, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA tournament.
This was the first men's basketball tournament held under the Coastal Athletic Association name.[3]
All 14 CAA teams will participate in the tournament. Teams will be seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams will receive a first round bye and the top four teams will receive a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.
| Seed | School | Conf. | Tiebreaker | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charleston | 15–3 | ||
| 2 | Drexel | 13–5 | ||
| 3 | Hofstra | 12–6 | 1–0 vs. UNCW | |
| 4 | UNC Wilmington | 12–6 | 0–1 vs. Hofstra | |
| 5 | Towson | 11–7 | ||
| 6 | Delaware | 10–8 | 2–1 vs. Stony Brook/Monmouth | |
| 7 | Stony Brook | 10–8 | 2–2 vs. Delaware/Monmouth | |
| 8 | Monmouth | 10–8 | 1–2 vs. Delaware/Stony Brook | |
| 9 | Campbell | 8–10 | ||
| 10 | Northeastern | 7–11 | ||
| 11 | Elon | 6–12 | ||
| 12 | North Carolina A&T | 5–13 | ||
| 13 | William & Mary | 4–14 | ||
| 14 | Hampton | 3–15 |
| Session | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Round – Friday, March 8 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2:00pm | No. 12 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 13 William & Mary | 62–79 | FloHoops | |
| 2 | 4:30pm | No. 11 Elon vs. No. 14 Hampton | 55–56 | |||
| Second Round – Saturday, March 9 | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 12:00pm | No. 8 Monmouth vs. No. 9 Campbell | 90–67 | FloHoops | |
| 4 | 2:30pm | No. 5 Towson vs. No. 13 William & Mary | 67–56 | |||
| 3 | 5 | 6:00pm | No. 7 Stony Brook vs. No. 10 Northeastern | 75–65 | ||
| 6 | 8:30pm | No. 6 Delaware vs. No. 14 Hampton | 80–50 | |||
| Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 10 | ||||||
| 4 | 7 | 12:00pm | No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 8 Monmouth | 83–59 | FloHoops | |
| 8 | 2:30pm | No. 4 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 5 Towson | 66–56 | |||
| 5 | 9 | 6:00pm | No. 2 Drexel vs. No. 7 Stony Brook | 91–88 | ||
| 10 | 8:30pm | No. 3 Hofstra vs. No. 6 Delaware | 73–58 | |||
| Semifinals – Monday, March 11 | ||||||
| 6 | 11 | 6:00pm | No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 5 Towson | 61–56 | CBSSN | |
| 12 | 8:30pm | No. 7 Stony Brook vs. No. 3 Hofstra | 63–59 | |||
| Championship – Tuesday, March 12 | ||||||
| 7 | 13 | 7:00pm | No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 7 Stony Brook | 82–79 | CBSSN | |
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* denotes number of overtime periods
| CAA All-Tournament Team | Player | School |
|---|---|---|
| Reyne Smith (MVP) | Charleston | |
| Frankie Policelli | Charleston | |
| Kobe Rodgers | Charleston | |
| Keenan Fitzmorris | Stony Brook | |
| Tyler Stephenson-Moore | Stony Brook | |
| Tyler Thomas | Hofstra |