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The pairings are set for the 2017 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship, which will be held March 3‐6 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston. First‐round action opens on Friday as eighth‐seeded Hofstra (15‐16, 7‐11 in CAA) faces #9 Delaware (12‐ 19, 5‐13 in CAA) at 6 p.m., followed by #7 James Madison (9‐22, 7‐11 in CAA) against #10 Drexel (9‐22, 3‐ 15 in CAA) at 8:30 p.m. Both games will streamed online by CAA.TV. The CAA quarterfinals tip off at Noon on Saturday with the Hofstra/Delaware winner facing top‐seeded UNCW (26‐5, 15‐3 in CAA). At 2:30 p.m., #4 William & Mary (16‐13, 10‐8 in CAA) takes on #5 Elon (18‐13, 10‐8 in CAA). The evening session features second‐seeded College of Charleston (23‐8, 14‐4 in CAA) meeting the JMU/Drexel winner at 6 p.m., and #3 Towson (19‐12, 11‐7 in CAA) challenging #6 Northeastern (15‐15, 8‐10 in CAA) at 8:30 p.m. All four contests will be televised by the Comcast SportsNet family of networks as well as several other regional outlets...

The countdown is on! The 2017 CAA Men's Basketball Championship is in ONE WEEK! Get your tickets at www.Ticketmaster.com 

The 2017 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship will be held March 3-6, 2017, at the North Charleston Coliseum.  Tournament ticket books are now on sale from $75 and up and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. If you are a College of Charleston Cougars fan and want to sit with other Cougar fans, purchase tickets www.cofcsports.com/tickets .  Single session tickets will go on sale Christmas Day.  The Lowcountry has been awarded the new contract and will be the home of the CAA Men’s Basketball Championship for 2017 through 2019, which is great news for the College of Charleston Cougars, who won’t have to travel far to play other CAA opponents including University of Delaware, Drexel, Elon, James Madison University, Hofstra University, Towson, Northeastern University, UNCW and William & Mary College. And with the recent win from Northeastern University’s 81-73 win on the road at Michigan State, basketball fever is heating up....