2006 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 200506
Teams 12
Site Richmond Coliseum
Richmond, Virginia
Champions UNC-Wilmington (4th title)
Winning coach Brad Brownell (2nd title)
MVP T. J. Carter (UNC-Wilmington)
Television Comcast, ESPN
CAA Men's Basketball Tournaments
«2005  2007»
2005–06 CAA men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
George Mason 15 3   .833     27 8   .771
UNC Wilmington 15 3   .833     25 8   .758
Hofstra 14 4   .778     26 7   .788
Old Dominion 13 5   .722     24 10   .706
Northeastern 12 6   .667     19 11   .633
VCU 11 7   .611     19 10   .655
Drexel 8 10   .444     15 16   .484
Towson 8 10   .444     12 16   .429
Delaware 4 14   .222     9 21   .300
Georgia State 3 15   .167     7 22   .241
William & Mary 3 15   .167     8 20   .286
James Madison 2 16   .111     5 23   .179
CAA Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 36, 2006 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Virginia. The winner of the tournament was UNC-Wilmington, who received an automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. George Mason, who lost to Hofstra in the semi-finals of the tournament, earned an at-large bid to the 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the CAA's first since 1986. George Mason would advance to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament, the first CAA team to do so.

Bracket

  First Round
Friday, March 3
Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 4
Semifinals
Sunday, March 5
Final
Monday, March 6
                                     
   
  1  UNC Wilmington 69  
    9  Delaware 56  
8  Drexel 49
9  Delaware 52  
  1  UNC Wilmington 69  
  5  Northeastern 54  
   
   
  4  Old Dominion 63
    5  Northeastern 71  
5  Northeastern 74
12  James Madison 56  
  1  UNC Wilmington 78
  3  Hofstra 67
   
   
  2  George Mason 61*
    10  Georgia State 56  
7  Towson 64
10  Georgia State 71  
  2  George Mason 49
  3  Hofstra 58  
   
   
  3  Hofstra 72
    6  Virginia Commonwealth 66  
6  Virginia Commonwealth 52
11  William and Mary 49  

Honors

CAA All-Tournament Team Player School Position
T. J. Carter UNC-Wilmington Guard
John Goldsberry UNC-Wilmington Guard
Shawn James Northeastern Forward
Carlos Rivera Hofstra Guard
Loren Stokes Hofstra Guard
Beckham Wyrick UNC-Wilmington Forward

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