2019 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament

The 2019 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Basketball Tournament is the upcoming postseason women's basketball tournament for the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The tournament will be held March 13–16, 2019 at the Bob Carpenter Center in Newark, Delaware.[1] The champion will receive the CAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Towson won the conference tournament championship game over Drexel, 53–49 to send Towson to their first ever NCAA tournament.[2]

2019 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2018–19
Teams	10
Site	Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware
Champions	Towson
Television	CAA.tv
CAA Women's Basketball Tournaments

2018–19 CAA women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
James Madison	17	–	1		.944			29	–	6		.829
Drexel	14	–	4		.778			24	–	9		.727
Towson †	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
Delaware	11	–	7		.611			16	–	15		.516
UNC Wilmington	11	–	7		.611			18	–	12		.600
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			14	–	17		.452
Elon	4	–	14		.222			9	–	21		.300
Hofstra	3	–	15		.167			11	–	22		.333
Charleston	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
† 2019 CAA Tournament winner As of March 31, 2019; Rankings from AP Poll

Seeds

All 10 CAA teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by conference record, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with identical conference records. The top six teams received a bye to the quarterfinals. JMU Drexel and Towson have secured first round byes

Seed	School	Conf.	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2	Tiebreaker 3
1	James Madison	17–1
2	Drexel	14–4
3	UNC Wilmington	11–7	2–2 vs. TOW, DEL	1–1 vs. JMU
4	Towson	11–7	2–2 vs. TOW, UNCW	0–2 vs. JMU	1–1 vs. DREXEL
5	Delaware	11–7	2–2 vs. UNCW, TOW	0–2 vs. JMU	0–2 vs. DREXEL
6	Northeastern	9–9
7	William & Mary	7–11
8	Elon	4–14
9	Hofstra	3–15	1–1 vs. HOF	2–0 vs. NU
10	Charleston	3–15	1–1 vs. CHAR	0–2 vs. NU

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Television
First round – Wednesday March 13, 2019
1	1	12:00 pm	No. 9 Hofstra vs. No. 8 Elon	77–75	CAA.tv
	2	2:30 pm	No. 10 Charleston vs. No. 7 William & Mary	41–61	CAA.tv
Quarterfinals – Thursday March 14, 2019
2	3	12:00 pm	No. 9 Hofstra vs. No. 1 James Madison	57–50	CAA.tv
	4	2:30 pm	No. 5 Delaware vs. No. 4 Towson	49–59	CAA.tv
3	5	5:00 pm	No. 7 William & Mary vs. No. 2 Drexel	60–71	CAA.tv
	6	7:30 pm	No. 6 Northeastern vs. No. 3 UNC Wilmington	75–64	CAA.tv
Semifinals – Friday March 15, 2019
4	7	1:00 pm	No. 9 Hofstra vs. No. 4 Towson	48–69	CAA.tv
	8	4:00 pm	No. 2 Drexel vs. No. 6 Northeastern	73–69^OT	CAA.tv
Championship – Saturday March 16, 2019
5	9	1:00 pm	No. 2 Drexel vs. No. 4 Towson	49–53	CBS Sports Live
*Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

Bracket

	First Round Wednesday, March 13 CAA.tv					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 14 CAA.tv					Semifinals Friday, March 15 CAA.tv					Final Saturday, March 16 CAA.tv
						1	James Madison	50
						9	Hofstra	57
	8	Elon	75
	9	Hofstra	77
											9	Hofstra	48
										4	Towson	69
						4	Towson	59
						5	Delaware	49
																4	Towson	53
																2	Drexel	49
						2	Drexel	71
						7	William & Mary	60
	7	William & Mary	61
	10	Charleston	41
											2	Drexel	73*
										6	Northeastern	69
						3	UNC Wilmington	64
						6	Northeastern	75

* denotes overtime game

See also

• 2019 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

References

1. "2019 CAA Women's Basketball Championship". CAASports.com. CAA. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
2. "Mayo, Jeter spark Towson women to 1st NCAA appearance, 53-49". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

External links

• 2019 CAA Women's Basketball Championship