The 2025 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was the postseason men's college basketball tournament for the Coastal Athletic Association for the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The tournament was held March 7–11, 2025, at the CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. The winner, UNC Wilmington, received the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA tournament.
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.
SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker1 Towson16–22UNC Wilmington14–43Charleston13–54William & Mary11–75Campbell10–81–0 vs. Monmouth6Monmouth10–80–1 vs. Campbell7Northeastern9–91–0 vs. Drexel8Drexel9–90–1 vs. Northeastern9Elon8–101–0 vs. Hampton10Hampton8–100–1 vs. Elon11Hofstra6–1212Delaware5–1313Stony Brook4–1414North Carolina A&T3–15
Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision First Round – Friday, March 7112:00 pmNo. 12 Delaware vs. No. 13 Stony Brook80–76FloHoops24:30 pmNo. 11 Hofstra vs. No. 14 North Carolina A&T77–55 Second Round – Saturday, March 82312:00 pmNo. 8 Drexel vs. No. 9 Elon91–74FloHoops42:30 pmNo. 5 Campbell vs. No. 12 Delaware62–79356:00 pmNo. 7 Northeastern vs. No. 10 Hampton65–7068:30 pmNo. 6 Monmouth vs. No. 11 Hofstra65–60 Quarterfinals – Sunday, March 94712:00 pmNo. 1 Towson vs. No. 8 Drexel82–76FloHoops82:30 pmNo. 4 William & Mary vs. No. 12 Delaware78–100596:00 pmNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 10 Hampton79–65108:30 pmNo. 3 Charleston vs. No. 6 Monmouth79–78 Semifinals – Monday, March 106116:00 pmNo. 1 Towson vs. No. 12 Delaware72–82CBSSN128:30 pmNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 3 Charleston68–67 Championship – Tuesday, March 117137:00 pmNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs. No. 12 Delaware76–72CBSSN *Game times in EST for the first and second rounds and EDT from the quarterfinals onward. Rankings denote tournament seed.
Bracket
Honors CAA All-Tournament TeamPlayerSchool Donovan Newby (MVP) UNC Wilmington Khamari McGriff UNC Wilmington Noah Ross UNC Wilmington John Camden Delaware Niels Lane Delaware Izaiah Pasha Delaware Source
See also 2025 CAA women's basketball tournament
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