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CAA Basketball: Hofstra headlines 2019 conference tournament

By Zac Voynow

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 11: Head coach Joe Mihalich of the Hofstra Pride reacts against the Kentucky Wildcats in the first half of the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival at Barclays Center on December 11, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 11: Head coach Joe Mihalich of the Hofstra Pride reacts against the Kentucky Wildcats in the first half of the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival at Barclays Center on December 11, 2016 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 8: The NCAA Basketball Tournament Selection Committee meets on Wednesday afternoon, March 8, 2017 in New York City. The committee is gathered in New York to begin the five-day process of selecting and seeding the field of 68 teams for the NCAA MenÕs Basketball Tournament. The final bracket will be released on Sunday evening following the completion of conference tournaments. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 8: The NCAA Basketball Tournament Selection Committee meets on Wednesday afternoon, March 8, 2017 in New York City. The committee is gathered in New York to begin the five-day process of selecting and seeding the field of 68 teams for the NCAA MenÕs Basketball Tournament. The final bracket will be released on Sunday evening following the completion of conference tournaments. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) /

CAA Bracketology

The CAA is known for the great Cinderellas runs of VCU and George Mason, but sadly that didn’t translate to the conference becoming a multi-bid league. Virtually every school has had postseason success has left the conference. VCU and George Mason moved to the Atlantic 10, and Georgia State moved to the Sun Belt. Because of that, this is a still a one-bid league. Despite Hofstra’s fantastic season, it’s looking like they have to win the CAA tournament in order to land a spot in the Big Dance.

If Hofstra wins the CAA, they will either be an 11 or 12 seed in the NCAA tournament, which represents the best a mid-major team can do outside of the Gonzaga’s and Nevada’s of the world. If Charleston or Northeastern win I’d expect a 12 or 13 seed coming for them, and probably a 14 seed for any other school that wins the conference.

Hofstra is currently ranked 68th in the NET rankings. Northeastern is 82nd, and College of Charleston is 109th. Elon is dead last despite their 7 seed mark in the conference, as they’re sitting at 273rd in the NET rankings.