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2016–17 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

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{{Infobox sports season

| title = {{white|2016–17 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season}}

| color = #072e67

| color text = #FFFFFF

| league = NCAA Division I

| sport = Basketball

| logo = Coastal Athletic Association logo.svg

| pixels = 175px

| caption =

| duration = November, 2016 – March, 2017

| no_of_teams = 10

| season = Regular Season

| season_champs = UNC Wilmington

| season_champ_name = Champions

| second_place = College of Charleston

| minor_premiers =

| MVP = T. J. Williams

| MVP_link = Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Player of the Year

| top_scorer = T. J. Williams (Northeastern)

| top_scorer_link =

| finals = Tournament

| finals_link = 2017 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

| finals_champ = UNC Wilmington

| finals_runner-up = College of Charleston

| finals_MVP = C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)

| finals_MVP_link =

| seasonslistnames = CAA men's basketball

| prevseason_link = 2015–16 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

| prevseason_year = 2015–16

| nextseason_link = 2017–18 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

| nextseason_year = 2017–18

}}

{{2016–17 CAA men's basketball standings}}

The 2016–17 CAA men's basketball season marked the 32nd season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball. The season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in late December and concluded in late February.

On February 23, 2017, UNC Wilmington clinched the regular season CAA championship, their third consecutive CAA championship.{{Cite news|url=https://theseahawk.org/933/sports/uncw-hoops-clinches-three-peat-in-caa-regular-season/|title=UNCW hoops clinches three-peat in CAA regular season|last=@bsans10|first=Brandon Sans {{!}} Staff Writer {{!}}|work=The Seahawk|access-date=2017-08-02|language=en-US}} The College of Charleston finished in second place.

The CAA tournament was held from March 3–6, 2017 at North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, South Carolina. UNC Wilmington defeated College of Charleston to win the tournament championship, their second consecutive tournament championship.{{Cite web|url=http://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2017/03/06/introducing-cinderella-unc-wilmington-seahawks-are-headed-to-the-ncaa-tournament/|title=Introducing Cinderella: UNC Wilmington Seahawks are headed to the NCAA tournament|last=Dauster|first=Rob|date=2017-03-07|website=CollegeBasketballTalk|access-date=2017-08-02}} As a result, UNC Wilmington received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. College of Charleston received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament. Towson was invited to play in the College Basketball Invitational, but declined the invitation.{{cite web|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-towson-men-s-basketball-declines-postseason-tournament-invitations-20170309-story.html|title=Towson men's basketball declines postseason tournament invitations|last1=Shaffer|first1=Jason|date=March 9, 2017|website=The Baltimore Sun|publisher=tronc|accessdate=March 13, 2017}}

Head coaches

=Coaching changes=

  • On March 7, 2016, Bruiser Flint was fired as head basketball coach after 15 seasons with Drexel.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14920040/drexel-dragons-fired-coach-bruiser-flint|title=Bruiser Flint fired by Drexel after 15 seasons|last1=Goodman|first1=Jeff|last2=Borzello|first2=Jeff|date=7 March 2016|website=ESPN.com|publisher=ESPN|access-date=7 March 2016}} On March 24, 2016, Drexel announced that Zach Spiker was hired to replace Bruiser Flint as head coach.{{cite web|url=http://thetriangle.org/sports/source-drexel-hires-zach-spiker-m-bball-head-coach/|title=Source: Drexel hires Zach Spiker as m. bball head coach|last1=Hermann|first1=Adam|website=thetriangle.org|publisher=Drexel Triangle|accessdate=24 March 2016}}
  • James Madison, despite finishing with 21 wins, fired head coach Matt Brady on March 14, 2016.{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/14968778/matt-brady-fired-james-madison-dukes-coach|title=JMU fires coach Brady despite 21-win season|newspaper=ESPN.com|access-date=2017-02-13}}{{cite web|title=Matt Brady out as JMU men's basketball coach|url=http://www.wdbj7.com/sports/matt-brady-out-as-jmu-mens-basketball-coach/38502942|website=WDBJ17|accessdate=18 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318093941/http://www.wdbj7.com/sports/matt-brady-out-as-jmu-mens-basketball-coach/38502942|archive-date=18 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} He was 139–127 in eight seasons with James Madison. On March 31, 2016, the school hired Louis Rowe, a JMU alum, as head coach.{{Cite web|url=http://sports.usatoday.com/2016/03/31/james-madison-hires-alum-louis-rowe-as-mens-hoops-coach/|title=James Madison hires alum Louis Rowe as men's hoops coach|date=2016-03-31|website=USA TODAY Sports|access-date=2017-02-13}}
  • Delaware Head coach Monté Ross was fired following the season.{{cite web|last1=Tresolini|first1=Kevin|title=Ross fired as University of Delaware basketball coach|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/college/ud/2016/03/18/ross-fired-blue-hens-basketball-coach/81961952/|website=Delaware Online|accessdate=18 March 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/sports/college/ud/2016/03/18/ross-fired-blue-hens-basketball-coach/81961952/|title=Ross fired as University of Delaware basketball coach|newspaper=delawareonline|access-date=2017-01-30|language=en}} On May 24, the school hired Martin Ingelsby as his replacement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2016/05/24/delaware-blue-hens-martin-ingelsby-notre-dame|title=Delaware to hire Notre Dame's Ingelsby as its coach|last=Hamilton|first=Brian|newspaper=SI.com|access-date=2017-01-30}}

= Coaches =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
width="110" | Team

! Head coach

! Previous job

! Year at school

! Overall record

! CAA record

! CAA championships

! NCAA Tournaments

style={{NCAA color cell|College of Charleston Cougars}}|College of Charleston

|Earl Grant

|Clemson
(asst.)

|3

|51–48

|25–29

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens}}|Delaware

|Martin Ingelsby

|Notre Dame
(asst.)

|1

|13–20

|5–13

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|Drexel Dragons}}|Drexel

|Zach Spiker

|Army

|1

|9–23

|3–15

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|Elon Phoenix}}|Elon

|Matt Matheny

|Davidson
(asst.)

|8

|126–130

|23–31

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|Hofstra Pride}}|Hofstra

|Joe Mihalich

|Niagara

|4

|69–64

|36–34

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|James Madison Dukes}}|James Madison

|Louis Rowe

|Bowling Green
(asst.)

|1

|10–23

|7–11

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|Northeastern Huskies}}|Northeastern

|Bill Coen

|Boston College
{asst.)

|11

|177–174

|109–87

|1

|1

style={{NCAA color cell|Towson Tigers}}|Towson

|Pat Skerry

|Pittsburgh
(asst.)

|6

|98–101

|54–52

|0

|0

style={{NCAA color cell|UNC Wilmington Seahawks}}|UNC Wilmington

|Kevin Keatts

|Louisville
(asst.)

|3

|72–28

|41–13

|2

|2

style={{NCAA color cell|William & Mary Tribe}}|William & Mary

|Tony Shaver

|Hampden-Sydney College

|14

|192–239

|110–153

|0

|0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Year at school includes 2016–17 season.
  • Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2016–17 season.

Preseason

=Preseason poll=

Source{{Cite web|url=http://www.elonphoenix.com/news/2016/10/24/caa-announces-preseason-mens-basketball-poll-and-full-tv-slate.aspx|title=CAA Announces Preseason Men’s Basketball Poll and Full TV Slate|website=Elon Phoenix Athletics|language=en|access-date=2017-08-02}}

class="wikitable"

!Rank

!Team

1UNC Wilmington (37)
2Towson (2)
3William & Mary (1)
4College of Charleston
5James Madison
6Hofstra
7Northeastern
8Elon
9Drexel
10Delaware

() first place votes

=Preseason Awards=

Source

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"

! Award

! Recipients

Preseason Player of the Year

|Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)

Preseason All-CAA First Team

| William Adala Moto (Towson)
Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)
Rokas Gustys (Hofstra)
Omar Prewitt (William & Mary)

Preseason All-CAA Second Team

| Shakir Brown (James Madison)
Daniel Dixon (William & Mary)
Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington)
Cameron Johnson (College of Charleston)
Mike Morsell (Towson)

Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention

| Brian Bernardi (Hofstra)
C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)
Chivarsky Corbett (Delaware)
Yohanny Dalembert (James Madison)
Jeremy Miller (Northeastern)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Rodney Williams (Drexel)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)

Regular season

=Conference matrix=

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

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colspan=1 style="background:white; border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden;" width=75| 

! style={{NCAA color cell|College of Charleston Cougars|border=0|color=white}} width=75|College of Charleston

! style={{NCAA color cell|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|border=0|color=white}} width=75|Delaware

! style={{NCAA color cell|Drexel Dragons|border=0|color=white}} width=75|Drexel

! style={{NCAA color cell|Elon Phoenix|border=0|color=white}} width=75|Elon

! style={{NCAA color cell|Hofstra Pride|border=0|color=white}} width=75|Hofstra

! style={{NCAA color cell|James Madison Dukes|border=0|color=white}} width=75|James Madison

! style={{NCAA color cell|Northeastern Huskies|border=0|color=white}} width=75|Northeastern

! style={{NCAA color cell|Towson Tigers|border=0|color=white}} width=75|Towson

! style={{NCAA color cell|UNC Wilmington Seahawks|border=0|color=white}} width=75|UNC Wilmington

! style={{NCAA color cell|William & Mary Tribe|border=0|color=white}} width=75|William & Mary

style="text-align:center;"

!vs. College of Charleston

–0–20–20–20–20–21–11–11–11–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Delaware

|2–0

0–21–11–12–00–21–12–02–02–0
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Drexel

|2–0

1–1–2–01–12–02–02–02–01–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Elon

|2–0

1–10–2–0–21–11–11–11–11–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Hofstra

|2–0

0–21–12–0–1–10–22–02–01–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. James Madison

|2–0

2–00–21–11–1–1–11–12–01–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Northeastern

|1–1

1–10–21–12–01–1–1–12–01–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. Towson

|1–1

0–20–21–10–21–11–1–2–01–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. UNC Wilmington

|1–1

0–20–21–10–20–20–20–2–1–1
style="text-align:center;"

!vs. William & Mary

|1–1

0–21–11–11–11–11–11–11–1–

style="text-align:center;"

!Total

!14–4

!5–13

!3–15

!10–8

!7–11

!7–11

!8–10

!11–7

!15–3

!10–8

= CAA Players of the Week =

{{div col|colwidth=35em}}

  • Nov. 14 – T. J. Williams (Northeastern)
  • Nov. 21 – Devontae Cacok (UNCW)
  • Nov. 28 – Luke Eddy (Elon)
  • Dec. 5 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston), Brian Dawkins (Elon)
  • Dec. 12 – Denzel Ingram (UNCW), Rodney Williams (Drexel)
  • Dec. 19 – Alex Murphy (Northeastern)
  • Dec. 26 – T. J. Williams (Northeastern) (2)
  • Jan. 2 – Daniel Dixon (William & Mary)
  • Jan. 9 – Joe Chealey (Charleston)
  • Jan. 16 – William Adala Moto (Towson), Chris Flemmings (UNCW)
  • Jan. 23 – Tyler Seibring (Elon), Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)
  • Jan. 30 – Omar Prewitt (William & Mary), Tyler Seibring (Elon) (2)
  • Feb. 6 – Daniel Dixon (William & Mary) (2)
  • Feb. 13 – Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra) (2)
  • Feb. 20 – Mike Morsell (Towson)
  • Feb. 27 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW)

{{div col end}}

= CAA Rookies of the Week =

{{div col|colwidth=35em}}

  • Nov. 14 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra), Grant Riller (Charleston)
  • Nov. 21 – Kurk Lee (Drexel)
  • Nov. 28 – Max Boursiquot (Northeastern)
  • Dec. 5 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)(2)
  • Dec. 12 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)
  • Dec. 19 – Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)(3)
  • Dec. 26 – Kári Jónsson (Drexel)
  • Jan. 2 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(2)
  • Jan. 9 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(3)
  • Jan. 16 – Grant Riller (Charleston)(2)
  • Jan. 23 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(4)
  • Jan. 30 – Grant Riller (Charleston)(3)
  • Feb. 6 – Bolden Brace (Northeastern), Kurk Lee (Drexel)(2)
  • Feb. 13 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(5), Grant Riller (Charleston)(4)
  • Feb. 20 – Ryan Daly (Delaware)(6)
  • Feb. 27 – Bolden Brace (Northeastern)(2)

{{div col end}}

CAA honors and awards

class="wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap;"
Award

! Recipients

Coach of the Year

| Earl Grant (College of Charleston)

Player of the Year

| T. J. Williams (Northeastern)

Defensive Player of the Year

| Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)

Rookie of the Year

| Ryan Daly (Delaware)

Dean Ehlers Leadership Award

| Evan Bailey (College of Charleston)

First Team

| C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)
Joe Chealey (College of Charleston)
Daniel Dixon (William & Mary)
Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)
T. J. Williams (Northeastern)

Second Team

| Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington)
Omar Prewitt (William & Mary)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Justin Wright-Foreman (Hofstra)

Third Team

| Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)
Ryan Daly (Delaware)
John Davis (Towson)
Mike Morsell (Towson)
Rodney Williams (Drexel)

All-Defensive Team

| Devon Begley (Northeastern)
Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)
Cameron Johnson (College of Charleston)
Deshaun Morman (Towson)

All-Rookie Team

| Ryan Daly (Delaware)
Nathan Knight (William & Mary)
Kurk Lee (Drexel)
Eli Pemberton (Hofstra)
Grant Riller (College of Charleston)

All-Academic Team

| William Adala Moto (Towson)
Evan Bailey (College of Charleston)
Dimitrije Cabarkapa (James Madison)
Rokas Gustys (Hofstra)
Curtis Lochner (Delaware)
John Moran (Drexel)
Ambrose Mosley (UNC Wilmington)
Paul Rowley (William & Mary)
Patrick Ryan (Elon)
Hunter Sabety (Hofstra)
Steven Santa Ana (Elon)
Paulius Satkus (James Madison)
Tyler Seibring (Elon)
Dainan Swoope (Elon)
Rodney Williams (Drexel)

All-Tournament Team

| C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)
Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Devontae Cacok (UNC Wilmington)
Joe Chealey (College of Charleston)
Ryan Daly (Delaware)
Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington)

Tournament MVP

| C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington)

Postseason

=Colonial Athletic Association Tournament=

{{main|2017 CAA men's basketball tournament}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;text-align:center"

!Session

!Game

!Time*

!Matchup

!Score

!Attendance

!Television

colspan=5| First round – Friday March 3, 2017

!colspan=5|

rowspan=2|1

|1

|6:00 PM

|No. 9 Delaware vs No. 8 Hofstra

|81–76

|1,794

|CAA.tv

2

|8:30 PM

|No. 10 Drexel vs No. 7 James Madison

|70–80

|1,889

|CAA.tv

colspan=5| Quarterfinals – Saturday March 4, 2017

!colspan=5|

rowspan=2|2

|3

|12:00 PM

|No. 9 Delaware vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington

|82–91

|4,217

|Comcast SportsNet

4

|2:30 PM

|No. 5 Elon vs No. 4 William & Mary

|66–71

|4,096

|Comcast SportsNet

rowspan=2|3

|5

|6:00 PM

|No. 7 James Madison vs No. 2 College of Charleston

|62–67

|4,212

|Comcast SportsNet

6

|8:30 PM

|No. 6 Northeastern vs No. 3 Towson

|54–82

|4,143

|Comcast SportsNet

colspan=5| Semifinals – Sunday March 5, 2017

!colspan=5|

rowspan=2|4

|7

|2:00 PM

|No. 4 William & Mary vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington

|94–105

|4,389

|Comcast SportsNet

8

|4:30 PM

|No. 3 Towson vs No. 2 College of Charleston

|59–67

|4,708

|Comcast SportsNet

colspan=5| Championship – Monday March 6, 2017

!colspan=5|

5

|9

|7:00 PM

|No. 2 College of Charleston vs No. 1 UNC Wilmington

|69–78

|6,342

|CBS Sports Network

colspan=7| *Game times in ET. Rankings denote tournament seed

=NCAA tournament=

{{Main|2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament}}

The CAA had one bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, that being the automatic bid of UNC Wilmington by winning the conference tournament.

class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
Seed

! Region

! School

! First Four

! First round

! Second round

! Sweet 16

! Elite Eight

! Final Four

! Championship

12

| East

| UNC Wilmington

|N/A

| Eliminated by (5) Virginia 71–76

|

|

|

|

|

class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" BidsW-L (%):{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}TOTAL: {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}

= National Invitation Tournament =

{{Main|2017 National Invitation Tournament}}

The College of Charleston was invited to play in the 2017 National Invitation Tournament.

class="sortable wikitable" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%;"
Seed

! School

! First round

! Second round

! Quarterfinals

! Semifinals

! Championship

5

| College of Charleston

| Eliminated by Colorado State 74–81

|

|

|

|

class="sortbottom" style="text-align:center; background:#ddd;" BidsW-L (%):{{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}{{Winning percentage|0|0|record=y}}TOTAL: {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball navbox}}

{{2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball conference season navbox}}

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