2026 CAA women's basketball tournament

The 2026 Coastal Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's college basketball tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association for the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament was held March 11-15 2026, at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. The winner will receive the conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA tournament.

2026 CAA women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2025–26
Teams	13
Site	CareFirst Arena Washington, D.C.
Champions	Charleston (1st title)
Winning coach	Robin Harmony (1st title)
MVP	Taryn Barbot (Charleston)
Top scorer	Taryn Barbot (Charleston) (64 points)
Television	FloHoops, CBSSN
CAA women's basketball tournaments

2025–26 CAA women's basketball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Charleston †	16	–	2		.889			27	–	6		.818
Campbell	13	–	5		.722			20	–	12		.625
Drexel	13	–	5		.722			21	–	11		.656
Stony Brook	12	–	6		.667			18	–	15		.545
Monmouth	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
Elon	10	–	8		.556			16	–	16		.500
Towson	10	–	8		.556			17	–	14		.548
William & Mary	9	–	9		.500			17	–	14		.548
North Carolina A&T	7	–	11		.389			12	–	18		.400
Hofstra	6	–	12		.333			11	–	22		.333
Hampton	4	–	14		.222			10	–	21		.323
Northeastern	3	–	15		.167			7	–	22		.241
UNC Wilmington	2	–	16		.111			7	–	24		.226
† 2026 CAA tournament winner

Seeds

All 13 CAA participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by their record within the conference games played, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top 11 teams also received a first round bye while the top four teams received a double bye, automatically advancing them into the quarterfinals.

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

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First Round – Wednesday, March 11
1	1	2:00 p.m.	No. 12 Northeastern vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington	50–51	FloHoops
Second Round – Thursday, March 12
2	2	12:00 p.m.	No. 8 William & Mary vs. No. 9 North Carolina A&T	61–58	FloHoops
	3	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Monmouth vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington	72–61
3	4	6:00 p.m.	No. 7 Towson vs. No. 10 Hofstra	71–72
	5	8:30 p.m.	No. 6 Elon vs. No. 11 Hampton	67–62
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 13
4	6	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 8 William & Mary	58–55	FloHoops
	7	2:30 p.m.	No. 4 Stony Brook vs. No. 5 Monmouth	51–45
5	8	6:00 p.m.	No. 2 Campbell vs. No. 10 Hofstra	50–55
	9	8:30 p.m.	No. 3 Drexel vs. No. 6 Elon	68–53
Semifinals – Saturday, March 14
6	10	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 4 Stony Brook	79–49	FloHoops
	11	4:30 p.m.	No. 3 Drexel vs. No. 10 Hofstra	49–53OT
Championship – Sunday, March 15
7	12	2:00 p.m.	No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 10 Hofstra	68–56	CBSSN
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 11					Second round Thursday, March 12					Quarterfinals Friday, March 13					Semifinals Saturday, March 14					Championship Sunday, March 15
											1	Charleston	58
						8	William & Mary	61			8	William & Mary	55
						9	North Carolina A&T	58								1	Charleston	79
																4	Stony Brook	59
											4	Stony Brook	51
						5	Monmouth	72			5	Monmouth	45
	12	Northeastern	50			13	UNC Wilmington	61													1	Charleston	68
	13	UNC Wilmington	51																		10	Hofstra	56
											2	Campbell	50
						7	Towson	71			10	Hofstra	55
						10	Hofstra	72								10	Hofstra	53*
																3	Drexel	49
											3	Drexel	68
						6	Elon	67			6	Elon	53
						11	Hampton	62

Source:

* denotes overtime period

Honors

CAA All-Tournament Team	Player	School
	Taryn Barbot (MVP)	Charleston
	Taylor Barbot	Charleston
	Grace Ezebilo	Charleston
	Alarice Gooden	Hofstra
	Chloe Sterling	Hofstra
	Emma Von Essen	Hofstra

Source

See also

• 2026 CAA men's basketball tournament