2021–22 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

2021–22 CAA men's basketball standings
	*Ineligible for conference tournament due to changing conferences in 2022
	† 2022 CAA Tournament winner ; As of March 22, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll

2021–22 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
2021–22 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November, 2021 – March, 2022
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Co-champions	Towson,; UNC Wilmington
Runners-up	Hofstra
Season MVP	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)
Top scorer	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)
Tournament
Champions	Delaware
Runners-up	UNC Wilmington
Finals MVP	(Delaware)
Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball seasons
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 CAA men's basketball season is the 36th season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2021 and March 2022. Practices began in October 2021, and the season will end with the 2021 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

This is the final CAA season for James Madison, which joins the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022.^[1]

Head coaches[]

Coaching changes[]

Pat Kelsey replaced Earl Grant as Charleston head coach.
Speedy Claxton replaced Joe Mihalich as Hofstra head coach.

Coaches[]

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Year at school	Overall record	CAA record	CAA championships	NCAA Tournaments
College of Charleston	Pat Kelsey	Winthrop	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
Delaware	Martin Ingelsby	Notre Dame (asst.)	6	73–73	35–46	0	0
Drexel	Zach Spiker	Army	6	61–89	26–55	1	1
Elon	Mike Schrage	Ohio State (asst.)	3	23–30	10–18	0	0
Hofstra	Speedy Claxton	Hofstra (asst.)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0
James Madison	Mark Byington	Georgia Southern	2	13–7	8–2	0	0
Northeastern	Bill Coen	Boston College (asst.)	16	251–222	154–106	2	2
Towson	Pat Skerry	Pittsburgh (asst.)	11	147–164	83–89	0	0
UNC Wilmington	Takayo Siddle	NC State (asst.)	2	7–10	1–6	0	0
William & Mary	Dane Fischer	George Mason (asst.)	3	28–21	17–11	0	0

Notes:

All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
Year at school includes 2021–22 season.
Overall and CAA records are from time at current school and are through the end of the 2020–21 season.

Preseason[]

Preseason poll[]

Source^[2]

Rank	Team	Points
1	Delaware (19)	296
2	Northeastern (7)	246
3	Drexel (5)	234
4	James Madison (3)	224
5	Hofstra (1)	211
6	Elon (1)	202
7	College of Charleston	148
8	Towson	93
9	UNC Wilmington	64
10	William & Mary	62

() first place votes

Preseason All-Conference Teams[]

Source^[2]

Award	Recipients
First Team	James Butler (Drexel) Hunter McIntosh (Elon) Dylan Painter (Delaware) Jalen Ray (Hofstra) Camren Wynter (Drexel)
Second Team	Ryan Allen (Delaware) Connor Kochera (William & Mary) Vado Morse (James Madison) Jahmyl Telfort (Northeastern) Shaquille Walters (Northeastern)
Honorable Mention	John Meeks (Charleston) Kevin Anderson (Delaware) Jameer Nelson Jr. (Delaware) Jerald Gillens-Butler (Elon) Kvonn Cramer (Hofstra) Takal Molson (James Madison) Mike Okauru (UNCW) Jaylen Sims (UNCW)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Camren Wynter (Drexel)

Regular season[]

Rankings[]

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		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
College of Charleston	AP
College of Charleston	C
Delaware	AP
Delaware	C
Drexel	AP
Drexel	C
Elon	AP
Elon	C
Hofstra	AP
Hofstra	C
James Madison	AP
James Madison	C
Northeastern	AP
Northeastern	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.

	Charleston	Delaware	Drexel	Elon	Hofstra	James Madison	Northeastern	Towson	UNC Wilmington	William & Mary
vs. Charleston	–	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0
vs. Delaware	0–0	–	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0
vs. Drexel	0–0	0–0	–	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0
vs. Elon	0–0	0–0	2–0	–	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–0
vs. Hofstra	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	–	0–2	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0
vs. James Madison	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–0	–	0–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
vs. Northeastern	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	–	1–1	2–0	0–0
vs. Towson	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	–	1–0	0–0
vs. UNC Wilmington	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	–	0–0
vs. William & Mary	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	–
Total	0–0	0–0	10–8	0–0	10–4	0–0	0–0	10–3	12–2	0–0

Postseason[]

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament[]

NCAA tournament[]

The CAA had one bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, that being the automatic bid of Delaware by winning the conference tournament.

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
15	South	Delaware	Bye	Eliminated by (2) Villanova 60–80
Bids		W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–1 (.000)

National Invitation Tournament[]

Towson received an automatic bid to the 2022 National Invitation Tournament as regular season conference champions.

Seed	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
7	Towson	Eliminated by (2) Wake Forest 64–74
Bids	W-L (%):	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–1 (.000)

College Basketball Invitational[]

UNC Wilmington was invited to play in the 2022 College Basketball Invitational.

Seed	School	First Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
9	UNC Wilmington	Defeated (8) VMI 93–78	Defeated (1) Drake 76–75	Defeated (12) Northern Colorado 80–64	(2) Middle Tennessee
Bids	W-L (%):	1–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)	1–0 (1.000)	TOTAL: 3–0 (1.000)

The Basketball Classic[]

Awards and honors[]

Regular season[]

CAA Player of the Week[]

Nov. 15 – Zach Cooks (Hofstra)
Nov. 22 – Ryan Allen (Delaware)
Nov. 29 – Cam Holden (Towson)
Dec. 6 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)
Dec. 13 – Jason Gibson (Towson)
Dec. 20 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(2)
Dec. 27 – Nicolas Timberlake (Towson)
Jan. 3 – Darius Burford (Elon)

Jan. 10 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(3)
Jan. 17 – Charles Falden (James Madison)
Jan. 24 – Dylan Painter (Delaware), Shykeim Phillips (UNCW)
Jan. 31 – Charles Thompson (Towson)
Feb. 7 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(4)
Feb. 14 – Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)(5)
Feb. 21 – Jaylen Sims (UNCW)
Feb. 28 – Dimitrius Underwood (Charleston), Amari Williams (Drexel)

CAA Rookie of the Week[]

Nov. 15 – Reyne Smith (Charleston)
Nov. 22 – Reyne Smith (Charleston)(2)
Nov. 29 – Reyne Smith (Charleston)(3)
Dec. 6 – Reyne Smith (Charleston)(4)
Dec. 13 – Ben Burnham (Charleston)
Dec. 20 – Trazarien White (UNCW)
Dec. 27 – Ben Burnham (Charleston)(2)
Jan. 3 – Julian Lewis (William & Mary)

Jan. 10 – Ben Burnham (Charleston)(3)
Jan. 17 – Langdon Hatton (William & Mary)
Jan. 24 – Reyne Smith (Charleston)(5)
Jan. 31 – Jyare Davis (Delaware)
Feb. 7 – Jyare Davis (Delaware)(2)
Feb. 14 – Jyare Davis (Delaware)(3)
Feb. 21 – Jyare Davis (Delaware)(4)
Feb. 28 – Jyare Davis (Delaware)(5)

Postseason[]

CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards[]

Award	Recipients
Player of the Year	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra)
Coach of the Year	Takayo Siddle (UNCW)
Rookie of the Year	Jyare Davis (Delaware)
Defensive Player of the Year	Amari Williams (Drexel)
Sixth Man of the Year	Zach Cooks (Hofstra)
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award	Matey Juric (Drexel)
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Hunter McIntosh (Elon)
First Team	Aaron Estrada (Hofstra) Cam Holden (Towson) Jaylen Sims (UNCW) Nicolas Timberlake (Towson) Camren Wynter (Drexel)
Second Team	John Meeks (Charleston) Vado Morse (James Madison) Jameer Nelson (Delaware) Mike Okauru (UNCW) Charles Thompson (Towson)
Third Team	Darius Burford (Elon) Hunter McIntosh (Elon) Jalen Ray (Hofstra) Dimitrius Underwood (Charleston) Amari Williams (Drexel)
All-Defensive Team	Cam Holden (Towson) Shykeim Phillips (UNCW) Charles Thompson (Towson) Dimitrius Underwood (Charleston) Amari Williams (Drexel)
All-Rookie Team	Ben Burnham (Charleston) Jyare Davis (Delaware) Julian Lewis (William & Mary) Tyler Rice (William & Mary) Reyne Smith (Charleston)

Attendance[]

Team	Arena	Capacity	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Team	Arena	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Charleston	TD Arena	5,100	4,448	4,151	4,166	5,203	3,852	3,648					0%
Charleston	TD Arena	5,100											0%
Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center	5,100	2,032	1,451	1,434	1,636	1,396						0%
Delaware	Bob Carpenter Center	5,100											0%
Drexel	Daskalakis Athletic Center	2,509	1,846	852	1,155	624	857	788	1,710	743	12,159	1,013	40%
Drexel	Daskalakis Athletic Center	2,509	838	872	690	1,184					12,159	1,013	40%
Elon	Schar Center	5,100	1,949	1,638	1,522	3,158	1,256						0%
Elon	Schar Center	5,100											0%
Hofstra	Mack Sports Complex	5,023	2,424	1,845	1,775	1,987	1,117						0%
Hofstra	Mack Sports Complex	5,023											0%
James Madison	Atlantic Union Bank Center	8,500	3,691	5,011	4,505	3,390	8,439	4,713					0%
James Madison	Atlantic Union Bank Center	8,500											0%
Northeastern	Matthews Arena	6,000	1,699	872	912	1,252	1,197						0%
Northeastern	Matthews Arena	6,000											0%
Towson	SECU Arena	5,200	2,040	1,742	1,121	1,357	1,565						0%
Towson	SECU Arena	5,200											0%
UNC Wilmington	Trask Coliseum	5,200	3,229	4,101	3,067	2,172	2,378						0%
UNC Wilmington	Trask Coliseum	5,200											0%
William & Mary	Kaplan Arena	8,600	2,799	1,614	2,286	2,007	1,673						0%
William & Mary	Kaplan Arena	8,600											0%

References[]

^ "James Madison to Compete in the Sun Belt Conference Beginning Fall 2022" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. February 2, 2022. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
^ ^a ^b McQuiggan, Miles (28 October 2021). "DELAWARE SELECTED AS CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON FAVORITE; DREXEL'S CAMREN WYNTER NAMED PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". CAASports.com. CAA. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

[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.

[:1-2] McQuiggan, Miles (28 October 2021). "DELAWARE SELECTED AS CAA MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON FAVORITE; DREXEL'S CAMREN WYNTER NAMED PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR". CAASports.com. CAA. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

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v t Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball
Teams	Charleston Cougars Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Drexel Dragons Elon Phoenix Hofstra Pride James Madison Dukes (leaving in 2022) Northeastern Huskies Towson Tigers UNC Wilmington Seahawks William & Mary Tribe
Future teams	Hampton Pirates Monmouth Hawks North Carolina A&T Aggies Stony Brook Seawolves (all joining in 2022)
Championships & awards	CAA Tournament Coach of the Year Player of the Year
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

2021–22 CAA men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Towson	15	–	3	.833	25	–	9	.735
UNC Wilmington	15	–	3	.833	26	–	9	.743
Hofstra	13	–	5	.722	21	–	11	.656
Drexel	10	–	8	.556	15	–	14	.517
Delaware †	10	–	8	.556	22	–	13	.629
Charleston	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Elon	7	–	11	.389	10	–	22	.313
James Madison*	6	–	12	.333	15	–	14	.517
William & Mary	4	–	14	.222	5	–	27	.156
Northeastern	2	–	16	.111	9	–	22	.290
*Ineligible for conference tournament due to changing conferences in 2022

† 2022 CAA Tournament winner As of March 22, 2022; Rankings from AP Poll