CAA Tournament

The Colonial Athletic Association, which has staged its post-season men’s basketball tournament at the Richmond Coliseum since 1990, has officially accepted the City of Richmond’s proposal to continue to host the event through 2012. (VCU's all-conference senior forward Nick George is pictured right.)

Tom Yeager, the CAA's only commissioner since its 1985 birth, said, “In our opinion, Richmond’s commitment to the CAA provided the unquestioned best opportunity to nurture and showcase the conference’s premier event."

Yeager went on to tout the estimated $25 million impact on the metro area's economy the tournament should provide during its five-year contract extension. Meanwhile, here's the schedule for the 2006 version of the CAA Men's Basketball Championship, to be held March 3-6, at the Coliseum:

Friday:
Game 1 at 12 p.m. - Drexel (15-15, 8-10) vs. Delaware (8-20, 4-14)
Game 2 at 2:30 p.m. - Northeastern (17-10, 12-6) vs. JMU (5-22, 2-16)
Game 3 at 6 p.m. - Towson (12-15, 8-10) vs. Ga. State (6-21, 3-15)
Game 4 at 8:30 p.m. - VCU (18-9, 11-7) vs. Wm. & Mary (8-19, 3-15)
Saturday:
Game 5 at 12 p.m. - UNC-W (22-7, 15-3) vs. Drexel/Delaware winner
Game 6 at 2:30 p.m. - ODU (21-8, 13-5) vs. Northeastern/JMU winner
Game 7 at 6 p.m. - GMU (22-6, 15-3) vs. Towson/Ga. State winner
Game 8 at 8:30 p.m. Hofstra (22-5, 14-4) vs. VCU/Wm. & Mary winner
Sunday:
Game 9 at 3:30 p.m. - Winner of Game 5 vs. Winner of Game 6
Game 10 at 6 p.m - Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 8
Monday:
Championship Game at 7 p.m.

SLANTblog will be providing daily coverage of this event. Stay tuned.

Photo credit: F. T. Rea