1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 199798
Teams 9
Site Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, Virginia
Champions Richmond (5th title)
Winning coach John Beilein (1st title)
MVP Daryl Oliver (Richmond)
Television ESPN
CAA Men's Basketball Tournaments
«1997  1999»
1997–98 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
UNC Wilmington 13 3   .813     20 11   .645
William & Mary 13 3   .813     20 7   .741
Richmond 12 4   .750     23 8   .742
Old Dominion 8 8   .500     12 16   .429
James Madison 6 10   .375     11 16   .407
George Mason 6 10   .375     9 18   .333
American 5 11   .313     9 19   .321
East Carolina 5 11   .313     10 17   .370
VCU 4 12   .250     9 19   .321
1998 CAA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1998 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from February 26March 1, 1998 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was Richmond, who received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Bracket

  First Round
Friday, February 26
Quarterfinals
Saturday, February 27
Semifinals
Sunday, February 28
Final
Monday, March 1
                                     
   
  1  UNC Wilmington 69  
    9  VCU 63  
8  East Carolina 62
9  VCU 65  
  1  UNC-Wilmington 54  
  4  Old Dominion 51  
   
   
  4  Old Dominion 60
    5  James Madison 56  
 
   
  1  UNC-Wilmington 64
  3  Richmond 79
   
   
  2  William & Mary 66
    7  American 71  
 
   
  7  American 64
  3  Richmond 66  
   
   
  3  Richmond 66
    6  George Mason 49  
 

Honors

CAA All-Tournament Team Player School
Daryl Oliver Richmond
Jonathan Baker Richmond
Marseilles Brown Richmond
Eric Poole Richmond
Stan Simmons UNC-Wilmington
Jarod Stevenson Richmond

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