2022–23 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

The 2022–23 CAA men's basketball season was the 37th season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2022 and March 2023. The season ended with the 2023 CAA men's basketball tournament.

2022–23 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November, 2022 – March, 2023
Number of teams	13
Regular season
Champions	Charleston Hofstra
Runners-up	Towson
Season MVP	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)
Top scorer	Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)
Tournament
Champions	Charleston
Runners-up	UNC Wilmington
Finals MVP	Ryan Larson (Charleston)
Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball seasons
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2022–23 CAA men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hofstra	16	–	2		.889			25	–	10		.714
Charleston †	16	–	2		.889			31	–	4		.886
Towson	12	–	6		.667			21	–	12		.636
UNC Wilmington	12	–	6		.667			24	–	10		.706
Drexel	10	–	8		.556			17	–	15		.531
Delaware	8	–	10		.444			17	–	16		.515
North Carolina A&T	8	–	10		.444			13	–	19		.406
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			13	–	20		.394
Elon	6	–	12		.333			8	–	24		.250
Stony Brook	6	–	12		.333			11	–	22		.333
Northeastern	6	–	12		.333			10	–	20		.333
Hampton	5	–	13		.278			8	–	24		.250
Monmouth	5	–	13		.278			7	–	26		.212
† 2023 CAA tournament winner

This was the first CAA season after James Madison left to join the Sun Belt Conference,^[1] and also the first season for four new CAA members—Hampton, Monmouth, North Carolina A&T, and Stony Brook.^[2][3]

This was also the last season for the conference under the Colonial Athletic Association name. On July 20, 2023, the CAA announced it had changed its name to Coastal Athletic Association.^[4]

Head coaches

Coaching changes

• Billy Taylor replaced Mike Schrage as Elon head coach.
• Willie Jones was fired as North Carolina A&T head coach before the season began. Phillip Shumpert was hired as interim head coach.^[5]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Year at school	Record at school	CAA record	CAA championships	NCAA tournaments
Charleston	Pat Kelsey	Winthrop	2	17–15	8–10	0	0
Delaware	Martin Ingelsby	Notre Dame (asst.)	7	95–86	45–54	1	1
Drexel	Zach Spiker	Army	7	76–103	36–63	1	1
Elon	Billy Taylor	Iowa (asst.)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Hampton	Edward Joyner	Hampton (asst.)	14	206–209	0–0	0	3
Hofstra	Speedy Claxton	Hofstra (asst.)	2	21–11	13–5	0	0
Monmouth	King Rice	Vanderbilt (asst.)	12	182–166	0–0	0	0
North Carolina A&T	Phillip Shumpert (interim)	North Carolina A&T (asst.)	0	0–0	0–0	0	0
Northeastern	Bill Coen	Boston College (asst.)	17	260–244	156–122	2	2
Stony Brook	Geno Ford	Stony Brook (Interim HC)	5	37–41	0–0	0	0
Towson	Pat Skerry	Pittsburgh (asst.)	12	172–173	98–92	0	0
UNC Wilmington	Takayo Siddle	NC State (asst.)	3	34–19	16–9	0	0
William & Mary	Dane Fischer	George Mason (asst.)	4	33–48	21–25	0	0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2022–23 season.
• Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2021–22 season.

Preseason

Preseason poll

Source^[6]

Rank	Team	Points
1	Towson (12)	144
2	Hofstra	122
3	Delaware	121
4	Charleston (1)	119
5	UNC Wilmington	101
6	Northeastern	84
7	Drexel	82
8	William & Mary	52
9	Stony Brook	50
10	Monmouth	49
11	North Carolina A&T	35
12	Elon	30
13	Hampton	25

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Source

Award	Recipients
First Team	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra) Cam Holden (Towson) Jameer Nelson Jr (Delaware) Charles Thompson (Towson) Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)
Second Team	Jyáre Davis (Delaware) Shykeim Phillips (UNC Wilmington) Reyne Smith (Charleston) Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern) Amari Williams (Drexel)
Honorable Mention	Ben Burnham (Charleston) Aaron Clarke (Stony Brook) Deuce Dean (Hampton) Chris Doherty (Northeastern) Darlinstone Dubar (Hofstra) Marcus Watson (North Carolina A&T) Ben Wight (William & Mary)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)

Regular season

Rankings

Legend

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

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

		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
Charleston	AP			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	22	18	18	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	C			RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	RV	RV	RV
Delaware	AP
	C
Drexel	AP
	C
Elon	AP
	C
Hampton	AP
	C
Hofstra	AP
	C
Monmouth	AP
	C
North Carolina A&T	AP
	C
Northeastern	AP
	C
Stony Brook	AP
	C
Towson	AP
	C
UNC Wilmington	AP
	C
William & Mary	AP
	C

Conference matrix

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

	Charleston	Delaware	Drexel	Elon	Hampton	Hofstra	Monmouth	North Carolina A&T	Northeastern	Stony Brook	Towson	UNC Wilmington	William & Mary
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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	–
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

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association tournament

Main article: 2023 CAA men's basketball tournament

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

The CAA had one bid to the 2023 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
12	South	Charleston	Bye	vs (12) San Diego State
Bids		W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

National Invitation tournament

Main article: 2023 National Invitation Tournament

Hofstra received an automatic bid to the 2023 National Invitation Tournament as regular-season conference champions.

Seed	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
	Hofstra	vs Rutgers
Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

College Basketball Invitational

Main article: 2023 College Basketball Invitational

Seed	School	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
Bids	W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–0 (–)

The Basketball Classic

Main article: 2023 The Basketball Classic

Awards and honors

Regular season

CAA Player of the Week

• Nov. 14 – Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)
• Nov. 21 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra), Ryan Larson (Charleston)
• Nov. 28 – Cam Holden (Towson)
• Dec. 5 – Jyáre Davis (Delaware), Jordan Nesbitt (Hampton)
• Dec. 12 – Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)
• Dec. 19 – Jyáre Davis (Delaware)(2)
• Dec. 26 – Maleeck Harden-Hayes (UNCW)
• Jan. 2 – Amari Williams (Drexel)
• Jan. 9 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(2), Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)(2)
• Jan. 16 – Dalton Bolon (Charleston)
• Jan. 23 – Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)(3)
• Jan. 30 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(3)
• Feb. 6 – Tyler Thomas (Hofstra)
• Feb. 13 – Pat Robinson III (Charleston)
• Feb. 20 – Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)(2)
• Feb. 27 – Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware)(3)

CAA Rookie of the Week

• Nov. 14 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)
• Nov. 21 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)(2)
• Nov. 28 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)(3)
• Dec. 5 – Jack Collins (Monmouth)
• Dec. 12 – Amar’e Marshall (Hofstra)(4)
• Dec. 19 – Noah Ross (UNCW)
• Dec. 26 – Max Mackinnon (Elon), Jared Turner (Northeastern)
• Jan. 2 – Duncan Powell (North Carolina A&T)
• Jan. 9 – Duncan Powell (North Carolina A&T)(2)
• Jan. 16 – Charlie Williams (William & Mary)
• Jan. 23 – Justin Moore (Drexel)
• Jan. 30 – Jack Collins (Monmouth)(2)
• Feb. 6 – Max Mackinnon (Elon)(2)
• Feb. 13 – Max Mackinnon (Elon)(3)
• Feb. 20 – Max Mackinnon (Elon)(4)
• Feb. 27 – Kyrese Mullen (Hampton)

Postseason

CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards

Award	Recipients
Player of the Year	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)
Coach of the Year	Speedy Claxton (Hofstra)
Rookie of the Year	Max Mackinnon (Elon)
Defensive Player of the Year	Amari Williams (Drexel)
Sixth Man of the Year	Pat Robinson III (Charleston)
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award	Coleman Stucke (Northeastern)
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Zac Ervin (Elon)
First Team	Dalton Bolon (Charleston) Aaron Estrada (Hofstra) Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware) Nicolas Timberlake (Towson) Amari Williams (Drexel)
Second Team	Cam Holden (Towson) Tyler Thomas (Hofstra) Charles Thompson (Towson) Trazarien White (UNCW) Kam Woods (North Carolina A&T)
Third Team	Ante Brzovic (Charleston) Jyáre Davis (Delaware) Ryan Larson (Charleston) Tyler Stephenson-Moore (Stony Brook) Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern)
All-Defensive Team	Jaquan Carlos (Hofstra) Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware) Jaylon Scott (Charleston) Charles Thompson (Towson) Amari Williams (Drexel)
All-Rookie Team	Jack Collins (Monmouth) Max Mackinnon (Elon) Justin Moore (Drexel) Kyrese Mullen (Hampton) Duncan Powell (North Carolina A&T)
All-Tournament Team	Ante Brzovic (Charleston) Aaron Estrada (Hofstra) Ryan Larson (Charleston) Donovan Newby (UNCW) Nicolas Timberlake (Towson) Trazarien White (UNCW)
Tournament MVP	Ryan Larson (Charleston)

Attendance

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

References

1. "James Madison to Compete in the Sun Belt Conference Beginning Fall 2022" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
2. "CAA Welcomes Hampton University, Monmouth University and Stony Brook University as New Members" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022.
3. "CAA Welcomes North Carolina A&T as Newest Member of the Conference" (Press release). Colonial Athletic Association. February 22, 2022. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
4. "CAA Changes Official Conference Name To Coastal Athletic Association" (Press release). Coastal Athletic Association. July 20, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
5. Horton, David (August 18, 2022). "N.C. A&T Asst. head coach Phillip Shumpert to take over as Interim head coach for Aggie Men's hoops" (Web). 247Sports. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
6. McQuiggan, Miles (October 19, 2022). "Towson Selected as Preseason Favorite in CAA Men's Basketball; Hofstra's Estrada Tabbed as Player of the Year" (Web). caasports.com. Richmond, VA: CAA. Retrieved October 24, 2022.