Colonial Athletic Association issued the following announcement on July 28
The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) has unveiled its women’s basketball conference slate for the 2021-22 season.
The schedule returns to a traditional home-and-home, round-robin format featuring 18 conference games after last season was modified to accommodate the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each institution will be paired with a travel partner as was the case in the previous two seasons. Teams will compete in a Friday/Sunday format featuring back-to-back games at home or on the road. During the two weeks in which a team faces their travel partner, both teams will have a bye on Friday before playing on Sunday.
Regular-season play begins Friday, December 31 and concludes Sunday, March 5. The 2022 CAA Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Primis is scheduled for March 9-12 at the Atlantic Union Bank Center on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va.
In 2020-21 the CAA ranked sixth among all Division I conferences in the final RPI calculations from WarrenNolan.com, trailing only the SEC, Big 12, Pac-12, ACC and Big Ten. Additionally, the league saw five teams finish in the top 160 in the NCAA NET Rankings: Delaware (No. 62), Drexel (No.102), James Madison (No.131), Towson (No. 154) and Elon (No.156).
Four of last year’s major award winners return this season, including the 2020-21 CAA Player of the Year, Jasmine Dickey of Delaware. Additionally, last season’s Defensive Player of the Year, Hannah Nihill, returns to Drexel as a graduate student while James Madison’s Peyton McDaniel is back on the court after taking home Rookie of the Year honors in 2020-21. Finally, Natasha Adair is back at the helm of the Blue Hens after earning her first CAA Coach of the Year award last season.
2021-22 CAA Women’s Basketball Composite Conference Schedule
| Dec. 31 | Charleston at Northeastern |
| James Madison at Delaware | |
| UNCW at Hofstra | |
| Towson at Drexel | |
| Jan. 2 | Charleston at Hofstra |
| James Madison at Drexel | |
| UNCW at Northeastern | |
| Towson at Delaware | |
| William & Mary at Elon | |
| Jan. 7 | Delaware at UNCW |
| Drexel at Charleston | |
| Elon at Towson | |
| William & Mary at James Madison | |
| Jan. 9 | Delaware at Charleston |
| Drexel at UNCW | |
| Elon at James Madison | |
| Hofstra at Northeastern | |
| William & Mary at Towson | |
| Jan. 14 | Charleston at Elon |
| Hofstra at Delaware | |
| UNCW at William & Mary | |
| Northeastern at Drexel | |
| Jan. 16 | Charleston at William & Mary |
| Hofstra at Drexel | |
| James Madison at Towson | |
| UNCW at Elon | |
| Northeastern at Delaware | |
| Jan. 21 | Elon at Northeastern |
| James Madison at UNCW | |
| Towson at Charleston | |
| William & Mary at Hofstra | |
| Jan. 23 | Delaware at Drexel |
| Elon at Hofstra | |
| James Madison at Charleston | |
| Towson at UNCW | |
| William & Mary at Northeastern | |
| Jan. 28 | Delaware at William & Mary |
| Drexel at Elon | |
| Hofstra at James Madison | |
| Northeastern at Towson | |
| Jan. 30 | Delaware at Elon |
| Drexel at William & Mary | |
| Hofstra at Towson | |
| UNCW at Charleston | |
| Northeastern at James Madison | |
| Feb. 4 | Charleston at Delaware |
| James Madison at Elon | |
| UNCW at Drexel | |
| Towson at William & Mary | |
| Feb. 6 | Charleston at Drexel |
| James Madison at William & Mary | |
| UNCW at Delaware | |
| Northeastern at Hofstra | |
| Towson at Elon | |
| Feb. 11 | Delaware at Northeastern |
| Drexel at Hofstra | |
| Elon at UNCW | |
| William & Mary at Charleston | |
| Feb. 13 | Delaware at Hofstra |
| Drexel at Northeastern | |
| Elon at Charleston | |
| Towson at James Madison | |
| William & Mary at UNCW | |
| Feb.18 | Charleston at James Madison |
| Hofstra at Elon | |
| UNCW at Towson | |
| Northeastern at William & Mary | |
| Feb. 20 | Charleston at Towson |
| Drexel at Delaware | |
| Hofstra at William & Mary | |
| UNCW at James Madison | |
| Northeastern at Elon | |
| Feb. 25 | Elon at Delaware |
| James Madison at Northeastern | |
| Towson at Hofstra | |
| William & Mary at Drexel | |
| Feb. 27 | Charleston at UNCW |
| Elon at Drexel | |
| James Madison at Hofstra | |
| Towson at Northeastern | |
| William & Mary at Delaware | |
| Mar. 3 | Delaware at Towson |
| Drexel at James Madison | |
| Hofstra at Charleston | |
| Northeastern at UNCW | |
| Mar. 5 | Delaware at James Madison |
| Drexel at Towson | |
| Elon at William & Mary | |
| Hofstra at UNCW | |
| Northeastern at Charleston | |
| Mar. 9-12 | CAA Women’s Basketball Championship presented by Primis |
| Atlantic Union Bank Center – Harrisonburg, Va. |
Source: Colonial Athletic Association
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