Coastal Athletic Association(CAA)

The Coastal Athletic Association, founded in 1985 as the Colonial Athletic Association, is consistently rated among the top mid-major basketball conferences in the country. Hofstra, Drexel, Delaware, Elon, UNC Wilmington, Northeastern, Stony Brook, William & Mary, Hampton, Monmouth, Campbell, and Towson compete in a league spread across the Atlantic Seaboard. VCU, before its move to the Atlantic 10, built a national brand in the CAA before its stunning 2011 Final Four run that remains the conference's defining moment.