2024–25 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball season

2024–25 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball season
2024–25 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November, 2024 – March, 2025
Number of teams	14
Regular season
Champion	TBD
Runners-up	TBD
Season MVP	TBD
Top scorer	TBD
Tournament
Champions	TBD
Runners-up	TBD
Finals MVP	TBD
CAA men's basketball seasons
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 CAA men's basketball season is the 39th season of Coastal Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2024 and March 2025. The season will end with the 2025 CAA men's basketball tournament.

2024–25 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Charleston	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Hofstra	0	–	0	–	4	–	1	.800
Northeastern	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
UNC Wilmington	0	–	0	–	3	–	1	.750
Campbell	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Drexel	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
North Carolina A&T	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
Towson	0	–	0	–	3	–	2	.600
William & Mary	0	–	0	–	3	–	3	.500
Delaware	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Elon	0	–	0	–	2	–	2	.500
Hampton	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Stony Brook	0	–	0	–	2	–	3	.400
Monmouth	0	–	0	–	0	–	5	.000

† 2025 CAA tournament winner As of November 20, 2024

This is the final CAA season for Delaware, which joins the C-USA on July 1, 2025.^[1]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Chris Mack replaced Pat Kelsey as Charleston's head coach.^[2]
Ivan Thomas replaced Edward Joyner as Hampton's head coach.^[3]
Brian Earl replaced Dane Fischer as William & Mary's head coach.^[4]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Year at school	Record at school	CAA record	CAA championships	NCAA tournaments
Campbell	Kevin McGeehan	Richmond (assoc.)	12	169–182	8–10	0	0
Charleston	Chris Mack	Louisville (HC)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Delaware	Martin Ingelsby	Notre Dame (asst.)	9	131–117	63–72	1	1
Drexel	Zach Spiker	Army (HC)	9	113–130	59–76	1	1
Elon	Billy Taylor	Iowa (asst.)	3	21–43	12–24	0	0
Hampton	Ivan Thomas	Georgetown (assoc. HC)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Hofstra	Speedy Claxton	Hofstra (asst.)	4	66–34	41–13	0	0
Monmouth	King Rice	Vanderbilt (asst.)	14	207–208	15–21	0	0
North Carolina A&T	Monté Ross	Temple (asst.)	2	7–25	5–13	0	0
Northeastern	Bill Coen	Boston College (asst.)	19	282–284	169–145	2	2
Stony Brook	Geno Ford	Stony Brook (Interim HC)	7	78–78	16–20	0	0
Towson	Pat Skerry	Pittsburgh (asst.)	14	213–199	121–105	0	0
UNC Wilmington	Takayo Siddle	NC State (asst.)	5	79–39	41–21	0	0
William & Mary	Brian Earl	Cornell (HC)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2024–25 season.
Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2023–24 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source^[5]

Rank	Team	Points
1	Towson (10)	166
2	Charleston (3)	157
3	UNC Wilmington (1)	143
4	Hofstra	122
5	Delaware	102
6	Northeastern	96
7	William & Mary	91
8	Monmouth	87
9	Stony Brook	80
10	North Carolina A&T	67
11	Drexel	66
12	Elon	46
13	Campbell	27
14	Hampton	24

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference teams

Award	Recipients
First Team	Ante Brzovic (Charleston) Gabe Dorsey (William & Mary) Landon Glasper (North Carolina A&T) Kyrese Mullen (Hampton) Tyler Tejada (Towson)
Second Team	CJ Fulton (Charleston) Christian May (Towson) TK Simpkins (Elon) Masai Troutman (Northeastern) Jaret Valencia (Monmouth)
Honorable Mention	Derrin Boyd (Charleston) Joshua Corbin (UNC Wilmington) Jack Collins (Monmouth) Chase Lowe (William & Mary) Bo Montgomery (UNC Wilmington) Joe Octave (Stony Brook) Camian Shell (North Carolina A&T) Jasin Sinani (Campbell) Dylan Williamson (Towson)

Coastal Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Ante Brzovic (Charleston)

Regular season

Rankings

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
RV		Received votes
(Italics)		Number of first place votes

		Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Campbell	AP
Campbell	C
Charleston	AP
Charleston	C
Delaware	AP
Delaware	C
Drexel	AP
Drexel	C
Elon	AP
Elon	C
Hampton	AP
Hampton	C
Hofstra	AP
Hofstra	C
Monmouth	AP
Monmouth	C
North Carolina A&T	AP
North Carolina A&T	C
Northeastern	AP
Northeastern	C
Stony Brook	AP
Stony Brook	C
Towson	AP
Towson	C
UNC Wilmington	AP
UNC Wilmington	C
William & Mary	AP
William & Mary	C

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

	Campbell	Charleston	Delaware	Drexel	Elon	Hampton	Hofstra	Monmouth	North Carolina A&T	Northeastern	Stony Brook	Towson	UNC Wilmington	William & Mary
vs. Campbell	–	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Charleston	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Delaware	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Drexel	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Elon	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Hampton	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Hofstra	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Monmouth	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. North Carolina A&T	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Northeastern	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Stony Brook	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	0–0
vs. Towson	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	0–0
vs. UNC Wilmington	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–	0–0
vs. William & Mary	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	–
Total	0-0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association tournament

NCAA tournament

The CAA had one bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, that being the automatic bid of Charleston by winning the conference tournament.

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship

Bids		W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

National Invitation tournament

Hofstra received an automatic bid to the 2025 National Invitation Tournament as regular-season conference champions.

Seed	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship

Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

College Basketball Invitational

Seed	School	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship

Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

Awards and honors

Regular season

CAA Player of the Week

Nov. 11 – Ante Brzovic (Charleston)
Nov. 18 – Jean Aranguren (Hofstra), Abdi Bashir Jr. (Monmouth)

CAA Rookie of the Week

Nov. 11 – Collin O'Connor (Stony Brook)
Nov. 18 – Ryan Williams (Northeastern)

Source^[6]

Postseason

CAA All-Conference teams and awards

Award	Recipients
Player of the Year
Coach of the Year
Rookie of the Year
Defensive Player of the Year
Sixth Man of the Year
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
First Team
Second Team
Third Team
All-Defensive Team
All-Rookie Team
All-Tournament Team
Tournament MVP

Source

Attendance

Team	Arena	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Team	Arena	Capacity	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Campbell	John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center	3,095											0%
Campbell	John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center	3,095											0%
Charleston	TD Arena	5,100											0%
Charleston	TD Arena	5,100											0%
Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center	5,100											0%
Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center	5,100											0%
Drexel	Daskalakis Athletic Center	2,509											0%
Drexel	Daskalakis Athletic Center	2,509											0%
Elon	Schar Center	5,100											0%
Elon	Schar Center	5,100											0%
Hampton	Hampton Convocation Center	7,200											0%
Hampton	Hampton Convocation Center	7,200											0%
Hofstra	Mack Sports Complex	5,023											0%
Hofstra	Mack Sports Complex	5,023											0%
Monmouth	OceanFirst Bank Center	4,100											0%
Monmouth	OceanFirst Bank Center	4,100											0%
North Carolina A&T	Corbett Sports Center	5,000											0%
North Carolina A&T	Corbett Sports Center	5,000											0%
Northeastern	Matthews Arena	6,000											0%
Northeastern	Matthews Arena	6,000											0%
Stony Brook	Island Federal Credit Union Arena	4,160											0%
Stony Brook	Island Federal Credit Union Arena	4,160											0%
Towson	SECU Arena	5,200											0%
Towson	SECU Arena	5,200											0%
UNC Wilmington	Trask Coliseum	5,200											0%
UNC Wilmington	Trask Coliseum	5,200											0%
William & Mary	Kaplan Arena	8,600											0%
William & Mary	Kaplan Arena	8,600											0%

References

^ "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". conferenceusa.com. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ "Chris Mack Named Next Head Charleston Men's Basketball Coach". College of Charleston Athletics. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ Communications, Hampton Athletic. "Ivan Thomas Named Hampton Head Men's Basketball Coach". caasports.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ "William & Mary selects Brian Earl to lead men's basketball". W&M News. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
^ McQuiggan, Miles. "Towson Tabbed as CAA Men's Basketball Favorite; Charleston's Brzovic Selected as Preseason Player of the Year". caasports.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
^ Washburn, Rob. "CAA Men's Basketball Weekly Awards - Nov. 18". caasports.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.

[1] "CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025". conferenceusa.com. 2023-11-28. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[2] "Chris Mack Named Next Head Charleston Men's Basketball Coach". College of Charleston Athletics. 2024-05-15. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[3] Communications, Hampton Athletic. "Ivan Thomas Named Hampton Head Men's Basketball Coach". caasports.com. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[4] "William & Mary selects Brian Earl to lead men's basketball". W&M News. Retrieved 2024-05-30.

[5] McQuiggan, Miles. "Towson Tabbed as CAA Men's Basketball Favorite; Charleston's Brzovic Selected as Preseason Player of the Year". caasports.com. Retrieved 2024-11-14.

[6] Washburn, Rob. "CAA Men's Basketball Weekly Awards - Nov. 18". caasports.com. Retrieved 2024-11-19.

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