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2009 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division I

Teams
  
12

Season
  
2008–09

Champions
  
VCU (4th title)

Site
  
Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA

Winning coach
  
Anthony Grant (2nd title)

The 2009 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 6–9, 2009. It was won by the VCU Rams.

Contents

First Round

  • #5 Hofstra defeated #12 UNC-Wilimington, 79–66. Ironically, the game was played on March 6; the last time these two teams met in the Coliseum, UNCW won the CAA Championship over Hofstra, 78–67, on March 6, 2006. The final scores were only 2 points off.

    • Quarterfinals

  • #11 Towson defeated #3 Northeastern, 58–54, in one of the greatest upsets in CAA tournament history. Never had a #11 seed even won a game in the tournament, and now Towson had won two straight.

    • Semifinals

  • #1 VCU defeated #4 Old Dominion 61–53 in the rubber match between the two in-state rivals.

    • Championship Game

  • VCU won its 3rd championship in 6 seasons, all of them coming against George Mason. VCU's victory marked the largest score gap in the championship's history. Thousands of people stormed the Richmond Coliseum court after the final buzzer.

    • References

    2009 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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