Breaking down the Colonial Athletic Association basketball tournament schedule

The CAA Men’s Basketball Championship will be held March 7-10 at Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C. The Hofstra Pride appear at the top of the standings, but five of the 10 teams in the conference have eight or nine wins.

The first two rounds will be streamed on FloHoops with the semifinals and championship games played on CBS Sports Network. Let’s dive in.

March 7

Game 1: No. 9 UNCW 55-66 No. 8 Drexel, 4:00 p.m. ET
Game 2: No. 10 James Madison 61-63 No. 7 Elon, 6:30 p.m. ET

March 8

Game 3: No. 8 Drexel 43-61 No. 1 Hofstra, 12:00 p.m. ET
Game 4: No. 5 Delaware 79-67 No. 4 Charleston, 2:30 p.m. ET
Game 5: No. 7 Elon 68-63 William & Mary, 6:00 p.m. ET
Game 6: No. 6 Northeastern 72-62 No. 3 Towson 8:30 p.m. ET

March 9 (CBS Sports Network)

Game 7: No. 5 Delaware 61-75 No. 1 Hofstra, 6:00 p.m. ET
The Pride head back to the title game to claim their first CAA trophy since 2001.
Game 8: No. 7 Elon 6-68 No. 6 Northeastern, 8:30 p.m. ET
Northeastern is the third No. 6 seed to reach a final this year.

March 10 (CBS Sports Network)

Game 9: Game 7 winner 61-70 Game 8 winner, 7:00 p.m. ET
Hofstra hangs and gets to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 19 seasons.

Blogging the Bracket currently has Hofstra in the tournament as a 13 seed as the lone Colonial representative.