2016 CAA women's basketball tournament

2016 CAA women's basketball tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2015–16
Teams	10
Site	Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Champions	James Madison (9th title)
Winning coach	Kenny Brooks (5th title)
MVP	Jazmon Gwathmey (James Madison)
Attendance	7,609
Television	CSN, ASN, CAA.tv
CAA women's basketball tournaments

2015–16 CAA women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
James Madison †	17	–	1		.944			27	–	6		.818
Hofstra	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Drexel	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
Elon	11	–	7		.611			18	–	13		.581
Delaware	10	–	8		.556			16	–	15		.516
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			15	–	16		.484
William & Mary	6	–	12		.333			15	–	15		.500
College of Charleston	5	–	13		.278			11	–	20		.355
UNC Wilmington	3	–	15		.167			7	–	23		.233
Towson	3	–	15		.167			7	–	24		.226
† 2016 CAA tournament winner As of March 28, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament was held March 9–12, 2016 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

Seeds

Seed	School	Conference	Overall	Tiebreaker 1	Tiebreaker 2
1	James Madison ‡†	17–1	24–5
2	Drexel †	13–5	17–12	1–1 vs Elon
3	Hofstra †	13–5	22–7	0–2 vs Elon
4	Elon †	11–7	18–11
5	Delaware †	10–8	15–14	1–1 vs Elon
6	Northeastern †	10–8	15–14	0–2 vs Elon
7	William & Mary	6–12	15–14
8	College of Charleston	5–13	10–19
9	UNC Wilmington	3–15	7–22	2–0 vs Towson
10	Towson	3–15	6–23	0–2 vs UNCW
‡ – CAA regular season champions. † – Received a bye in the conference tournament. Overall records are as of the end of the regular season.

Schedule

Session	Game	Time*	Matchup#	Television	Attendance
First round – Wednesday, March 9, 2016
1	1	12:00 pm	#9 UNC Wilmington 62 vs. #8 College of Charleston 71	CAA.tv	509
	2	2:30 pm	#10 Towson 71 vs. #7 William & Mary 65
Quarterfinals – Thursday, March 10, 2016
2	3	12:00 pm	#8 College of Charleston 50 vs. #1 James Madison 53	ASN	1,147
	4	2:30 pm	#5 Delaware 57 vs #4 Elon 50
3	5	5:00 pm	#10 Towson 54 vs. #2 Drexel 71		1,147
	6	7:30 pm	#6 Northeastern 65 vs #3 Hofstra 54
Semifinals – Friday, March 11, 2016
4	7	1:30 pm	#5 Delaware 47 vs. #1 James Madison 68	CSN	1,216
	8	4:00 pm	#6 Northeastern 45 vs. #2 Drexel 58
Championship – Saturday, March 12, 2016
5	9	4:00 pm	#2 Drexel 46 vs #1 James Madison 60	CSN	1,207
*Game times in ET.

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, March 9 CAA.tv					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 10 ASN					Semifinals Friday, March 11 CSN					Final Saturday, March 12 CSN
						1	James Madison	53
						8	College of Charleston	50
	8	College of Charleston	71
	9	UNC Wilmington	62
											1	James Madison	68
											5	Delaware	47
						4	Elon	50
						5	Delaware	57
																1	James Madison	60
																2	Drexel	46
						2	Drexel	71
						10	Towson	54
	7	William & Mary	65
	10	Towson	71
											2	Drexel	58
											6	Northeastern	45
						6	Northeastern	65
						3	Hofstra	54

See also

• 2016 CAA men's basketball tournament

External links

• 2016 CAA Women's Basketball Championship