# 2024–25 Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball season

The 2024–25 CAA men's basketball season was the 39th season of Coastal Athletic Association basketball, taking place between November 2024 and March 2025. The season ended with the 2025 CAA men's basketball tournament.
This was the final CAA season for Delaware, which joins the C-USA on July 1, 2025.

## Head coaches
### Coaching changes

* Chris Mack replaced Pat Kelsey as Charleston's head coach.
* Ivan Thomas replaced Edward Joyner as Hampton's head coach.
* Brian Earl replaced Dane Fischer as William & Mary's head coach.

### 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
| 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 |
| Campbell | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Campbell | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Charleston | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Charleston | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Delaware | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Delaware | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Drexel | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Drexel | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Elon | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Elon | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Hampton | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Hampton | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Hofstra | AP | NV | NV | RV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Hofstra | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Monmouth | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Monmouth | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| North Carolina A&T | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| North Carolina A&T | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Northeastern | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Northeastern | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Stony Brook | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Stony Brook | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Towson | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| Towson | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| UNC Wilmington | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| UNC Wilmington | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| William & Mary | AP | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |
| William & Mary | C | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV | NV |

### 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 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Charleston | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Delaware | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Drexel | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Elon | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Hampton | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Hofstra | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| vs. Monmouth | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. North Carolina A&T | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Northeastern | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| vs. Stony Brook | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| vs. Towson | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| vs. UNC Wilmington | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | – | 0–0 |
| vs. William & Mary | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – |
| Total | 2-1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 |

## Postseason
### NCAA tournament

The CAA had one bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I men's 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 |
| Bids | | W-L (%): | 0–0 (–) | 0–1 (.000) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | TOTAL: 0–0 (–) |

### National Invitation tournament

Towson 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 & Rookie of the Week

| Week | Date Awarded | Player of the week | Rookie of the week |
| Week 1 | November 11 | Ante Brzovic – Charleston | Collin O'Connor – Stony Brook |
| Week 2 | November 18 | Jean Aranguren – Hofstra | Ryan Williams – Northeastern |
| Week 2 | November 18 | Abdi Bashir Jr. – Monmouth | Ryan Williams – Northeastern |
| Week 3 | November 25 | Nick Dorn – Elon | Izaiah Pasha – Delaware |
| Week 4 | December 2 | Cruz Davis – Hofstra | Izaiah Pasha (2) – Delaware |
| Week 5 | December 9 | Rashad King – Northeastern | Collin O'Connor (2) – Stony Brook |
| Week 6 | December 16 | Nolan Dorsey – Campbell | Justas Stonkus – Charleston |
| Week 7 | December 23 | Donovan Newby – UNC Wilmington | Etienne Strothers – Hampton |
| Week 7 | December 23 | Sam Sherry – Elon | Etienne Strothers – Hampton |
| Week 8 | December 30 | Deywilk Tavarez – Charleston | Daniel Johnson – Hampton |
| Week 9 | January 6 | Ante Brzovic (2) – Charleston | Isaiah Mbeng – William & Mary |
| Week 10 | January 13 | Nendah Tarke – Towson | Caleb Embeya – Towson |
| Week 11 | January 20 | John Camden – Delaware | Izaiah Pasha (3) – Delaware |
| Week 11 | January 20 | Deywilk Tavarez (2) – Charleston | Izaiah Pasha (3) – Delaware |
| Week 12 | January 27 | Colby Duggan – Campbell | Isaiah Mbeng (2) – William & Mary |
| Week 12 | January 27 | Bo Montgomery – UNC Wilmington | Isaiah Mbeng (2) – William & Mary |
| Week 13 | February 3 | Madison Durr – Monmouth | Collin O'Connor (3) – Stony Brook |
| Week 14 | February 10 | Ante Brzovic (3) – Charleston | Izaiah Pasha (4) – Delaware |
| Week 14 | February 10 | Rashad King (2) – Northeastern | Izaiah Pasha (4) – Delaware |
| Week 15 | February 17 | Colby Duggan (2) – Campbell | Izaiah Pasha (5) – Delaware |
| Week 15 | February 17 | Rashad King (3) – Northeastern | Izaiah Pasha (5) – Delaware |
| Week 16 | February 24 | Jahnathan Lamothe – North Carolina A&T | Izaiah Pasha (6) – Delaware |
| Week 16 | February 24 | TK Simpkins – Elon | Izaiah Pasha (6) – Delaware |
| Week 17 | March 3 | Abdi Bashir Jr. (2) - Monmouth | Collin O'Connor (4) - Stony Brook |

### Postseason
#### CAA All-Conference teams and awards

| Award | Recipients |
| Player of the Year | Tyler Tejada (Towson) |
| Coach of the Year | Pat Skerry (Towson) |
| Rookie of the Year | Izaiah Pasha (Delaware) |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Nolan Dorsey (Campbell) |
| Sixth Man of the Year | Nendah Tarke (Towson) |
| Dean Ehlers Leadership Award | Khamari McGriff (UNC Wilmington) |
| Scholar-Athlete of the Year | CJ Fulton (Charleston) |
| First Team | Tyler Tejada (Towson) Ante Brzovic (Charleston) Colby Duggan (Campbell) Abdi Bashir Jr. (Monmouth) Rashad King (Northeastern) |
| Second Team | TK Simpkins (Elon) John Camden (Delaware) Donovan Newby (UNC Wilmington) Dylan Williamson (Towson) Gabe Dorsey (William & Mary) |
| Third Team | Derrin Boyd (Charleston) CJ Fulton (Charleston) Kobe MaGee (Drexel) Noah Farrakhan (Hampton) CJ Luster (Stony Brook) |
| All-Defensive Team | Nolan Dorsey (Campbell) Cole Hargrove (Drexel) Matthew Van Komen (Elon) Collin Metcalf (Northeastern) Sean Moore (UNC Wilmington) |
| All-Rookie Team | Izaiah Pasha (Delaware) Justas Stonkus (Charleston) Daniel Johnson (Hampton) Collin O'Connor (Stony Brook) Isaiah Mbeng (William & Mary) |
| All-Tournament Team | Donovan Newby (UNC Wilmington) Khamari McGriff (UNC Wilmington) Noah Ross (UNC Wilmington) John Camden (Delaware) Niels Lane (Delaware) Izaiah Pasha (Delaware) |
| Tournament MVP | Donovan Newby (UNC Wilmington) |
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% |
| 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% |