2026 CAA men's basketball tournament

The 2026 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's college basketball tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 6–10, 2026, at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. The winner, Hofstra, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

2026 CAA men's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2025–26
Teams	13
Site	CareFirst Arena Washington, D.C.
Champions	Hofstra (2nd title)
Winning coach	Speedy Claxton (1st title)
MVP	Preston Edmead (Hofstra)
Television	FloHoops, CBSSN
CAA men's basketball tournaments

2025–26 CAA men's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UNC Wilmington	15	–	3		.833			27	–	7		.794
Charleston	14	–	4		.778			21	–	11		.656
Hofstra †	12	–	6		.667			24	–	11		.686
Monmouth	11	–	7		.611			19	–	15		.559
Drexel	10	–	8		.556			17	–	16		.515
William & Mary	10	–	8		.556			20	–	12		.625
Towson	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Stony Brook	9	–	9		.500			17	–	15		.531
Campbell	8	–	10		.444			16	–	18		.471
Hampton	7	–	11		.389			13	–	19		.406
Elon	6	–	12		.333			14	–	18		.438
North Carolina A&T	4	–	14		.222			11	–	19		.367
Northeastern	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2026 CAA tournament winner

Seeds

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

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Friday, March 6
1	1	2:00 p.m.	No. 12 North Carolina A&T vs. No. 13 Northeastern	72–88	FloHoops
Second Round – Saturday, March 7
2	2	12:00 p.m.	No. 8 Stony Brook vs. No. 9 Campbell	89–96	FloHoops
	3	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Drexel vs. No. 13 Northeastern	84–77
3	4	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Towson vs. No. 10 Hampton	74–68
	5	8:30 p.m.	No. 6 William & Mary vs. No. 11 Elon	72–62
Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 8
4	6	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 9 Campbell	70–85	FloHoops
	7	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 Monmouth vs. No. 5 Drexel	65–57
5	8	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Charleston vs. No. 7 Towson	56–81
	9	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 Hofstra vs. No. 6 William & Mary	92–61
Semifinals – Monday, March 9
6	10	6:00 p.m.	No. 4 Monmouth vs. No. 9 Campbell	74–64	CBSSN
	11	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 Hofstra vs. No. 7 Towson	68–65OT
Championship – Tuesday, March 10
7	12	7:00 p.m.	No. 3 Hofstra vs. No. 4 Monmouth	75–69	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Friday, March 6					Second round Saturday, March 7					Quarterfinals Sunday, March 8					Semifinals Monday, March 9					Championship Tuesday, March 10
											1	UNC Wilmington	70
						8	Stony Brook	89			9	Campbell	85
						9	Campbell	96								9	Campbell	64
																4	Monmouth	74
											4	Monmouth	65
						5	Drexel	84			5	Drexel	57
	12	North Carolina A&T	72			13	Northeastern	77													4	Monmouth	69
	13	Northeastern	88																		3	Hofstra	75
											2	Charleston	56
						7	Towson	74			7	Towson	81
						10	Hampton	68								7	Towson	65
																3	Hofstra	68*
											3	Hofstra	92
						6	William & Mary	72			6	William & Mary	61
						11	Elon	62

Source:

* denotes overtime period

Awards and Honors

All-Tournament Team

Player	Team
Preston Edmead	Hofstra
Cruz Davis
Kavion McClain	Monmouth
Jason Rivera-Torres
Jeremiah Johnson	Campbell
Tyler Tejada	Towson

MVP in bold

Source:

See also

• 2026 CAA women's basketball tournament