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.

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.

SeedSchoolConf.Tiebreaker1 Charleston 16–22 Campbell 13–5 1–0 vs. Drexel3 Drexel 13–5 0–1 vs. Campbell4 Stony Brook 12–6 2–0 vs. Monmouth5 Monmouth 12–6 0–2 vs. Stony Brook6 Elon 10–8 1–0 vs. Towson7 Towson 10–8 0–1 vs. Elon8 William & Mary 9–99 North Carolina A&T 7–1110 Hofstra 6–1211 Hampton 4–1412 Northeastern 3–1513 UNC Wilmington 2–16

Schedule SessionGameTime*MatchupScoreTelevision First Round – Wednesday, March 11112:00 p.m.No. 12 Northeastern vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington50–51FloHoops Second Round – Thursday, March 122212:00 p.m.No. 8 William & Mary vs. No. 9 North Carolina A&T61–58FloHoops32:30 p.m.No. 5 Monmouth vs. No. 13 UNC Wilmington72–61346:00 p.m.No. 7 Towson vs. No. 10 Hofstra71–7258:30 p.m.No. 6 Elon vs. No. 11 Hampton67–62 Quarterfinals – Friday, March 134612:00 p.m.No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 8 William & Mary58–55FloHoops72:30 p.m.No. 4 Stony Brook vs. No. 5 Monmouth51–45586:00 p.m.No. 2 Campbell vs. No. 10 Hofstra50–5598:30 p.m.No. 3 Drexel vs. No. 6 Elon68–53 Semifinals – Saturday, March 146102:00 p.m.No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 4 Stony Brook79–49FloHoops114:30 p.m.No. 3 Drexel vs. No. 10 Hofstra49–53OT Championship – Sunday, March 157122:00 p.m.No. 1 Charleston vs. No. 10 Hofstra68–56CBSSN *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

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* denotes overtime period

Honors CAA All-Tournament TeamPlayerSchoolTaryn Barbot (MVP)CharlestonTaylor BarbotCharlestonGrace EzebiloCharlestonAlarice GoodenHofstraChloe SterlingHofstraEmma Von EssenHofstra Source

See also 2026 CAA men's basketball tournament

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