2020–21 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

The 2020–21 CAA men's basketball season narked the 35th season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2020 and March 2021. The season began with practices in November 2020, followed by the start of the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in late November, delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season ended with the 2021 CAA men's basketball tournament.

Head coaches

Coaching changes Takayo Siddle replaced C. B. McGrath as UNC Wilmington head coach. Mark Byington replaced Louis Rowe as James Madison head coach.

Coaches Team Head coach Previous job Year at school Overall record CAA record CAA championships NCAA TournamentsCollege of CharlestonEarl GrantClemson (asst.)7118–7962–4611DelawareMartin IngelsbyNotre Dame (asst.)566–6630–4200DrexelZach SpikerArmy549–8122–5000ElonMike SchrageOhio State (asst.)213–217–1100HofstraJoe MihalichNiagara8141–9277–4710James MadisonMark ByingtonGeorgia Southern10–00–000NortheasternBill CoenBoston College (asst.)15241–213146–10422TowsonPat SkerryPittsburgh (asst.)10143–15080–8000UNC WilmingtonTakayo SiddleNC State (asst.)10–00–000William & MaryDane FischerGeorge Mason (asst.)221–1113–500 Notes: All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only. Year at school includes 2020–21 season. Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2019–20 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source

RankTeamPoints1 Hofstra (16) 2902 Delaware (11) 2703 Drexel (7) 2424 Towson (4) 2305 Elon 2156 College of Charleston 1967 Northeastern 1678 UNC Wilmington 1109 James Madison 10110 William & Mary 69 () first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams Source

Award Recipients First Team James Butler (Drexel) Isaac Kante (Hofstra) Matt Lewis (James Madison) Zane Martin (Towson) Camren Wynter (Drexel) Second Team Ryan Allen (Delaware) Kevin Anderson (Delaware) Brevin Galloway (Charleston) Hunter McIntosh (Elon) Tyson Walker (Northeastern) Honorable Mention Tareq Coburn (Hofstra) Luke Loewe (William & Mary) Jalen Ray (Hofstra) Jaylen Sims (UNCW) Payton Willis (Charleston) Hunter Woods (Elon)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Matt Lewis (James Madison)

Regular season

Rankings + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   Not ranked previous week

  Pre Wk2 Wk3 Wk4 Wk5 Wk6 Wk7 Wk8 Wk9 Wk10 Wk11 Wk12 Wk13 Wk14 Wk15 Wk16 Wk17 Wk18 Wk19 FinalCollege of Charleston APCDelaware APCDrexel APCElon APCHofstra APCJames Madison APCNortheastern APCTowson AP CUNC Wilmington APCWilliam & Mary APC

Conference matrix This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.  CharlestonDelawareDrexelElonHofstraJames MadisonNortheasternTowsonUNC WilmingtonWilliam & Maryvs. Charleston – 1–10–21–10–00–02–00–20–00–0vs. Delaware1–1 – 0–00–21–10–00–00–01–11–0vs. Drexel2–00–0 – 0–01–11–10–00–00–01–2vs. Elon1–12–00–0 – 0–02–02–00–00–00–2vs. Hofstra0–01–11–10–0 – 2–02–00–20–20–2vs. James Madison0–00–00–10–20–2 – 1–10–20–00–0vs. Northeastern0–20–00–00–20–21–1 – 1–10–00–0vs. Towson2–00–00–00–02–02–01–1 – 0–22–0vs. UNC Wilmington0–01–10–00–02–00–00–02–0 – 0–0vs. William & Mary0–00–12–12–02–00–00–00–20–0 –Total6–45–43–53–78–68–28–23–91–54–6

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association tournament

NCAA tournament

The CAA had one bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, that being the automatic bid of Drexel by winning the conference tournament.

Seed Region School First Four First round Second round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship 16 Midwest Drexel Bye Eliminated by (1) Illinois 49–78 BidsW-L (%): TOTAL:

National Invitation tournament

College Basketball Invitational

CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament

Awards and honors

Regular season

CAA Player-of-the-Week

Nov. 30 – Jaylen Sims (UNCW) Dec. 7 – Camren Wynter (Drexel) Dec. 14 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern) Dec. 21 – Jalen Ray (Hofstra) Dec. 28 – Jalen Ray (Hofstra) (2) Jan. 4 – Isaac Kante (Hofstra) Jan. 11 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern) (2) Jan. 18 – Matt Lewis (James Madison), Dylan Painter (Delaware) Jan. 25 – Tareq Coburn (Hofstra) Feb. 1 – Connor Kochera (William & Mary) Feb. 8 – Zep Jasper (Charleston) Feb. 15 – Tyson Walker (Northeastern) (3) Feb. 22 – Darius Burford (Elon) Mar. 1 – Camren Wynter (Drexel) (2)

CAA Rookie-of-the-Week

Nov. 30 – Connor Kochera (William & Mary) Dec. 7 – Kvonn Cramer (Hofstra) Dec. 14 – Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern) Dec. 21 – Yuri Covington (William & Mary) Dec. 28 – Kvonn Cramer (Hofstra) (2) Jan. 4 – Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern) (2) Jan. 11 – Justin Amadi (James Madison) Jan. 18 – Andrew Carr (Delaware) Jan. 25 – Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern) (3) Feb. 1 – Kvonn Cramer (Hofstra) (3) Feb. 8 – Terell Strickland (James Madison) Feb. 15 – Terrence Edwards (James Madison) Feb. 22 – Darius Burford (Elon) Mar. 1 – Darius Burford (Elon) (2)

Postseason

CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards

Award Recipients Player of the Year Matt Lewis (James Madison) Coach of the Year Mark Byington (James Madison) Rookie of the Year Connor Kochera (William & Mary) Defensive Player of the Year Tyson Walker (Northeastern) Sixth Man of the Year Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern) Dean Ehlers Leadership Award Tareq Coburn (Hofstra) Scholar-Athlete of the Year Tareq Coburn (Hofstra) First Team Matt Lewis (James Madison) Dylan Painter (Delaware) Jalen Ray (Hofstra) Tyson Walker (Northeastern) Camren Wynter (Drexel) Second Team Zep Jasper (Charleston) Isaac Kante (Hofstra) Luke Loewe (William & Mary) Zane Martin (Towson) Hunter McIntosh (Elon) Third Team Ryan Allen (Delaware) James Butler (Drexel) Tareq Coburn (Hofstra) Vado Morse (James Madison) Mike Okauru (UNCW) All-Defensive Team Mehkel Harvey (William & Mary) Zep Jasper (Charleston) Luke Loewe (William & Mary) Dylan Painter (Delaware) Charles Thompson (Towson) Tyson Walker (Northeastern) All-Rookie Team Justin Amadi (James Madison) Darius Burford (Elon) Kvonn Cramer (Hofstra) Connor Kochera (William & Mary) Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern)

Attendance TeamArenaCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6Game 7Game 8TotalAverage% of CapacityGame 9Game 10Game 11Game 12Game 13Game 14Game 15Game 16Charleston TD Arena 5,100 Delaware Bob Carpenter Center 5,100 Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center 2,509 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elon Schar Center 5,100 Hofstra Hofstra Arena 5,023 James Madison Harrisonburg, VA 8,500 Northeastern Matthews Arena 6,000 Towson SECU Arena 5,200 UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum 5,200 William & Mary Kaplan Arena 8,600

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