2025 CAA women's basketball tournament

2025 CAA women's basketball tournament
2025 CAA women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2024–25
Teams	14
Site	CareFirst Arena; Washington, D.C.
Champions	William & Mary (1st title)
Winning coach	Erin Dickerson Davis (1st title)
MVP	Bella Nascimento (William & Mary)
Television	FloHoops, CBSSN
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The 2025 Coastal Athletic Association women's basketball tournament will be the postseason women's college basketball tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was held from March 12-16, 2025, at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.^[1] By winning four games in four days, William & Mary received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament by winning the tournament, becoming the lowest seed (9th) to reach and win the tournament final.^[2] It was the first time in William & Mary's history, for both the women's or men's teams, to make the NCAA Tournament.^[3]

2024–25 CAA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
North Carolina A&T	15	–	3	.833	19	–	12	.613
Charleston	14	–	4	.778	25	–	8	.758
Campbell	12	–	6	.667	22	–	13	.629
Drexel	12	–	6	.667	17	–	13	.567
Monmouth	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Elon	9	–	9	.500	15	–	15	.500
Delaware	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Hofstra	9	–	9	.500	14	–	16	.467
William & Mary †	8	–	10	.444	16	–	19	.457
UNC Wilmington	8	–	10	.444	14	–	18	.438
Towson	8	–	10	.444	12	–	20	.375
Stony Brook	7	–	11	.389	12	–	18	.400
Hampton	3	–	15	.167	8	–	23	.258
Northeastern	2	–	16	.111	3	–	25	.107

† 2025 CAA tournament winner

Seeds

All 14 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 10 teams received a first round bye and the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker
1	North Carolina A&T	15–3
2	Charleston	14–4
3	Campbell	12–6	1–0 vs. North Carolina A&T
4	Drexel	12–6	0–1 vs. North Carolina A&T
5	Monmouth	10–8
6	Elon	9–9	2–1 vs. Delaware/Hofstra
7	Delaware	9–9	2–2 vs. Elon/Hofstra
8	Hofstra	9–9	1–2 vs. Elon/Delaware
9	William & Mary	8–10	2–0 vs. UNC Wilmington/Towson
10	UNC Wilmington	8–10	1–1 vs. Campbell
11	Towson	8–10	0–1 vs. Campbell
12	Stony Brook	7–11
13	Hampton	3–15
14	Northeastern	2–16

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 12
1	1	2:00 pm	No. 12 Stony Brook vs. No. 13 Hampton	75–76	FloHoops
1	2	4:30 pm	No. 11 Towson vs. No. 14 Northeastern	67–44	FloHoops
Second Round – Thursday, March 13
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 8 Hofstra vs. No. 9 William & Mary	65–76	FloHoops
2	4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Monmouth vs. No. 13 Hampton	62–54
3	5	6:00 pm	No. 7 Delaware vs. No. 10 UNC Wilmington	71–55
3	6	8:30 pm	No. 6 Elon vs. No. 11 Towson	47–53
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 14
4	7	12:00 pm	No. 1 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 9 William & Mary	66–74^OT	FloHoops
4	8	2:30 pm	No. 4 Drexel vs. No. 5 Monmouth	70–67^OT
5	9	6:00 pm	No. 2 Charleston vs. No. 7 Delaware	87–49
5	10	8:30 pm	No. 3 Campbell vs. No. 11 Towson	73–54
Semifinals – Saturday, March 15
6	11	2:00 pm	No. 4 Drexel vs. No. 9 William & Mary	54–76	FloHoops
6	12	4:30 pm	No. 2 Charleston vs. No. 3 Campbell	59–80	FloHoops
Championship – Sunday, March 16
7	13	2:00 pm	No. 9 William & Mary vs. No. 3 Campbell	66–63	CBSSN
*Game times in EST for the first and second rounds and EDT from the quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed.

Bracket


First Round Wednesday, March 12 FloHoops			Second Round Thursday, March 13 FloHoops			Quarterfinals Friday, March 14 FloHoops			Semifinals Saturday, March 15 FloHoops			Championship Sunday, March 16 CBS Sports Network



						1	North Carolina A&T	66

			8	Hofstra	65	9	William & Mary	74*

			9	William & Mary	76				9	William & Mary	76

									4	Drexel	54

						4	Drexel	70*

			5	Monmouth	62	5	Monmouth	67

12	Stony Brook	75	13	Hampton	54							9	William & Mary	66

13	Hampton	76										3	Campbell	63

						2	Charleston	87

			7	Delaware	71	7	Delaware	49

			10	UNC Wilmington	55				2	Charleston	59

									3	Campbell	80

						3	Campbell	73

			6	Elon	47	11	Towson	54

11	Towson	67	11	Towson	53

14	Northeastern	44

* denotes number of overtime periods

Honors

CAA All-Tournament Team
Player	School
Taryn Barbot	Charleston
Courtney Dahlquist	Campbell
Monet Dance	William & Mary
Cassidy Geddes	William & Mary
Gemma Nunez	Campbell
Bella Nascimento (MOP)	William & Mary

Source:^[4]

References

↑ Washburn, Rob. "CAA Agrees To A Four-Year Contract To Conduct Men's and Women's Basketball Championships in Washington, D.C." caasports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
↑ https://caasports.com/news/2025/3/15/womens-basketball-no-9-william-mary-makes-history-as-highest-seed-to-reach-championship-game-with-76-54-win-over-no-4-drexel.aspx
↑ https://news.wm.edu/2025/03/16/legendary-performance-and-comeback-leads-womens-basketball-to-programs-first-caa-championship/
↑ Kane, Ben. "William & Mary Wins First CAA Championship with 66-63 Comeback Victory Over Campbell". caasports.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

[1] Washburn, Rob. "CAA Agrees To A Four-Year Contract To Conduct Men's and Women's Basketball Championships in Washington, D.C." caasports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

[2] ttps://caasports.com/news/2025/3/15/womens-basketball-no-9-william-mary-makes-history-as-highest-seed-to-reach-championship-game-with-76-54-win-over-no-4-drexel.aspx

[3] ttps://news.wm.edu/2025/03/16/legendary-performance-and-comeback-leads-womens-basketball-to-programs-first-caa-championship/

[4] Kane, Ben. "William & Mary Wins First CAA Championship with 66-63 Comeback Victory Over Campbell". caasports.com. Retrieved May 27, 2025.

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