2015–16 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season

The 2015–16 CAA men's basketball season marked the 31st season of Colonial Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2015 and March 2016. Practices commenced in October 2015, and the season ended with the 2016 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

2015–16 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Duration	November, 2015 – March, 2016
Number of teams	10
Regular Season
Co-champions	Hofstra, UNC Wilmington
Runners-up	Towson, James Madison, William & Mary
Season MVP	Juan'ya Green (Hofstra)
Top scorer	David Walker (Northeastern)
Tournament
Champions	UNC Wilmington
Runners-up	Hofstra
Finals MVP	Chris Flemmings (UNCW)

2015–16 CAA men's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Hofstra	14	–	4		.778			24	–	10		.706
UNC Wilmington †	14	–	4		.778			25	–	8		.758
Towson	11	–	7		.611			20	–	13		.606
James Madison	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
William & Mary	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Northeastern	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
College of Charleston	8	–	10		.444			17	–	14		.548
Elon	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Drexel	3	–	15		.167			6	–	25		.194
Delaware	2	–	16		.111			7	–	23		.233
† 2016 CAA Tournament winner

Preseason

Preseason Poll

Rank	Team[1]
1	Hofstra
2	James Madison
3	Northeastern
4	William & Mary
5	Delaware
6	UNC Wilmington
7	Towson
8	Drexel
9	College of Charleston
10	Elon

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Award	Recipients
First Team	Ron Curry (James Madison) Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) Ameen Tanksley (Hofstra) Terry Tarpey (William & Mary) David Walker (Northeastern)
Second Team	Yohanny Dalembert (James Madison) John Davis (Towson) Quincy Ford (Northeastern) Kory Holden (Delaware) Omar Prewitt (William & Mary)
Honorable Mention	Tavon Allen (Drexel) Canyon Barry (College of Charleston) Arnaud William Andala Moto (Towson) Craig Ponder (UNCW) Tanner Samson (Elon)

Colonial Athletic Association Preseason Player of the Year: Juan'ya Green, Hofstra

Regular season

Head coaches

• Earl Grant, Charleston
• Monté Ross, Delaware
• Bruiser Flint, Drexel
• Matt Matheny, Elon
• Joe Mihalich, Hofstra
• Matt Brady, James Madison
• Bill Coen, Northeastern
• Pat Skerry, Towson
• Kevin Keatts, UNC Wilmington
• Tony Shaver, William & Mary

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
	C
Delaware	AP
	C
Drexel	AP
	C
Elon	AP
	C
Hofstra	AP
	C
James Madison	AP
	C
Northeastern	AP				RV	NR
	C
Towson	AP
	C
UNC Wilmington	AP														RV	RV	NR
	C
William & Mary	AP
	C

Postseason

Colonial Athletic Association Tournament

• March 4–7, 2016: Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament, Royal Farms Arena, Baltimore, Maryland

UNC Wilmington defeated Hofstra, 80–73 (OT), in the finals of the 2016 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament to win the conference, and earn an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

NCAA tournament

The CAA had one bid to the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, that being the automatic bid of UNC Wilmington by winning the conference tournament.

Seed	Region	School	First Four	First Round	Second Round	Sweet 16	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
13	West	UNC Wilmington	Bye	Eliminated by Duke 85–93
Bids		W-L (%):	0–0 (–)	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–1 (.000)

National Invitation Tournament

The CAA had one bid to the 2016 National Invitation Tournament, that being the automatic bid of Hofstra by winning the conference's regular season championship.

Seed	School	First Round	Second Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
5	Hofstra	Eliminated by George Washington 80–82
Bids	W-L (%):	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–1 (.000)

Vegas 16 Tournament

Towson was invited to play in the 2016 Vegas 16 Tournament.

School	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Championship
Towson	Eliminated by Oakland 72–90
W-L (%):	0–1 (.000)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 0–1 (.000)

College Basketball Invitational

No teams from the CAA accepted bids to play in the 2016 College Basketball Invitational.

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

No teams from the CAA accepted bids to play in the 2016 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.

Awards and honors

CAA Player-of-the-Week

Nov. 16 – Shakir Brown (James Madison), David Walker (Northeastern) Nov. 23 – Canyon Barry (Charleston), Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) Nov. 30 – Quincy Ford (Northeastern) Dec. 7 – Tanner Samson (Elon) Dec. 14 – Canyon Barry (Charleston) (2), Marvin King-Davis (Delaware) Dec. 21 – Ron Curry (James Madison), Kory Holden (Delaware) Dec. 28 – Canyon Barry (Charleston) (3), Quincy Ford (Northeastern) (2) Jan. 4 – Quincy Ford (Northeastern) (3), Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (2)

Jan. 11 – Terry Tarpey (William & Mary) Jan. 18 – Chris Flemmings (UNCW), Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) Jan. 25 – Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (3) Feb. 1 – Chris Flemmings (UNCW) (2) Feb. 8 – Ron Curry (James Madison) (2), Omar Prewitt (William & Mary) Feb. 15 – Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) (2) Feb. 22 – Quincy Ford (Northeastern) (4), Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (4) Feb. 29 – Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) (5)

CAA Rookie-of-the-Week

Nov. 16 – Terrell Allen (Drexel) Nov. 23 – Dainan Swoope (Elon) Nov. 30 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) Dec. 7 – Nick Harris (Charleston) Dec. 14 – Jeremy Miller (Northeastern) Dec. 21 – Tyler Seibring (Elon) Dec. 28 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) (2) Jan. 4 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston)

Jan. 11 – Tyler Seibring (Elon) (2) Jan. 18 – Tyler Seibring (Elon) (3) Jan. 25 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) (3) Feb. 1 – Marquise Pointer (Charleston) Feb. 8 – C. J. Bryce (UNCW) (4) Feb. 15 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston) (2) Feb. 22 – Terrell Allen (Drexel) (2) Feb. 29 – Jarrell Brantley (Charleston) (3)

CAA All-Conference Teams and Awards

Award	Recipients
Coach of the Year	Kevin Keatts (UNC Wilmington)
Player of the Year	Juan'ya Green (Hofstra)
Defensive Player of the Year	Terry Tarpey (William & Mary)
Rookie of the Year	Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston)
Dean Ehlers Leadership Award	Caleb Donnelly (Northeastern)
First Team	Ron Curry (James Madison) Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington) Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) Omar Prewitt (William & Mary) David Walker (Northeastern)
Second Team	William Adala Moto (Towson) Quincy Ford (Northeastern) Kory Holden (Delaware) Ameen Tanksley (Hofstra) Terry Tarpey (William & Mary)
Third Team	Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston) Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington) Cameron Johnson (Charleston) Marvin King-Davis (Delaware) Mike Morsell (Towson)
All-Defensive Team	Ron Curry (James Madison) Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) Payton Hulsey (College of Charleston) Cameron Johnson (College of Charleston) Timajh Parker-Rivera (Towson) Terry Tarpey (William & Mary)
All-Rookie Team	Terrell Allen (Drexel) Jarrell Brantley (College of Charleston) C. J. Bryce (UNC Wilmington) Marquise Pointer (Charleston) Tyler Seibring (Elon)
All-Academic Team	William Adala Moto (Towson) Jack Anton (Elon) Evan Bailey (College of Charleston) Canyon Barry (College of Charleston) Dimitrije Cabarkapa (James Madison) Caleb Donnelly (Northeastern) Luke Eddy (Elon) Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) Christian Hairston (Elon) Kevin Hickson (UNC Wilmington) Sean Locke (Delaware) Timajh Parker-Rivera (Towson) Michael Schlotman (William & Mary) Sean Sheldon (William & Mary) Rodney Williams (Drexel)
All-Tournament Team	Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington) Juan'ya Green (Hofstra) Rokas Gustys (Hofstra) Denzel Ingram (UNC Wilmington) Craig Ponder (UNC Wilmington) Ameen Tanksley (Hofstra)
Tournament MVP	Chris Flemmings (UNC Wilmington)

References

1. Washburn, Rob. "HOFSTRA, GREEN HEADLINE MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON HONORS". Retrieved 27 October 2015.