CAA Basketball: Way-too-early power rankings for 2020-21 season

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 10: Desure Buie #4 of the Hofstra Pride looks at the championship trophy after winning the CAA Men's Basketball Tournament - Championship college basketball game against the Northeastern Huskies at the Entertainment & Sports Arena on March 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images) /

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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – NOVEMBER 10: Julien Wooden #22, Matt Lewis #1 and Darius Banks #5 of the James Madison Dukes (Photo by Ryan M. Kelly/Getty Images) /

CAA Basketball was able to finish their conference tournament before the season was ultimately canceled. But with a lot of players entering into the transfer portal, how do teams stack up heading into next season?

Unfortunately, we were unable to see how Hofstra would represent the CAA Basketball in March. Ending their NCAA tournament drought of nineteen years. With uncertainty that comes with college hoops, you never know what might have happened. But as we move to next season the door has open to some other schools ready to end a drought of their own.

Over the years the CAA has been one of the strongest mid-major conferences in the country. Typically the winner of the CAA tournament has been either a 13 or 14 seed. Which is respectable for a lower level conference. Although we haven’t seen a team reach the 2nd round since 2012, the CAA has been no pushover in the opening round.

We will be seeing a lot of talent graduate within the conference this off-season, including four of the five All-CAA first-teamers. Guys such as Northeastern’s Jordan Roland, William & Mary’s Nathan Knight, Hofstra’s Desure Buie, and Charleston’s Grant Riller. Delaware’s Nate Darling is the lone first-team player with remaining eligibility.

With a lot of moving pieces this off-season throughout all of college hoops the door who knows what next season has in store. With COVID-19 still being a major issue, we are still unsure when the season will start. Very possible we might be jumping straight int conference play from the get-go. If so there will be no time to polish up or get the kinks out before conference play which can create madness from the get-go.