Towson, UNCW Share CAA Regular Season Title; Tigers Earn No. 1 Seed in CAA Championship Presented by Jersey Mike's in Washington, D.C.

Towson, UNCW Share CAA Regular Season Title; Tigers Earn No. 1 Seed in CAA Championship Presented by Jersey Mike's in Washington, D.C.

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Miles McQuiggan

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RICHMOND, Va. (Feb. 28, 2022) – Towson outscored Delaware 40-19 in the final 18:42 of a suspended game resumed 32 days later to lift the Tigers to a 69-57 victory on Monday night, earning Towson a share of its first Colonial Athletic Association regular season men’s basketball title and the No. 1 seed in the upcoming CAA Championship Presented by Jersey Mike’s.
 
Towson shares the regular-season crown with UNCW at 15-3 in league play, marking the first time since 2011-12 that two teams reached the 15-win mark in the CAA regular season. The Tigers are a conference regular-season champion for the first time since 1993-94 in the Big South; the Seahawks earn a share of the CAA title for the first time since 2016-17.
 
Towson is 24-7 entering the CAA Championship, one victory shy of matching the program’s Division I wins record. The Tigers enter the Championship on a seven-game winning streak that has included two victories of 36 points – Towson’s largest margin against a Division I opponent since 1992.
 
UNCW travels to the nation’s capital at 21-8 on the year after winning its final three games of league play. The Seahawks authored a program-record 12-game winning streak to open their CAA schedule 9-0 at the end of January.
 
Monday’s results complete the pairings for the upcoming Colonial Athletic Association Men’s Basketball Championship Presented by Jersey Mike’s at the Entertainment & Sports Arena in Washington, D.C.
 
No. 8 seed William & Mary (5-26, 4-14 CAA) will face No. 9 seed Northeastern (8-21, 2-16 CAA) in the Opening Round game on Saturday at 5 p.m. to begin the Championship with the winner advancing to Sunday.
 
No. 1 seed Towson (24-7, 15-3 CAA) will play the winner of the opener to begin a four-game day Sunday at noon with the early session also including No. 4 Drexel (15-13, 10-8 CAA) squaring off with No. 5 Delaware (19-12, 10-8 CAA) at 2:30 p.m. The evening session begins at 6 p.m. with No. 2 UNCW (21-8, 15-3 CAA) playing No. 7 Elon (10-21, 7-11 CAA) and the night concluding with No. 3 Hofstra (21-10, 13-5 CAA) clashing with No. 6 Charleston (16-14, 8-10 CAA) at 8:30 p.m. Opening round and quarterfinal action can be seen on FloHoops.
 
Semifinal action will be played Monday, March 7 with games beginning at 6 and 8:30 p.m.; the two winners will meet for the conference title and automatic qualifier to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. The semifinals and championship game will be televised nationally on CBS Sports Network.
 
Single-session and all-session tickets for the Championship can be purchased by clicking HERE. For more information on the 2022 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship Presented by Jersey Mike’s, click HERE.

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