Английская Википедия:2009 CAA men's basketball tournament

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The 2009 CAA men's basketball tournament was held from March 6–9, 2009. It was won by the VCU Rams.

Honors

CAA All-Tournament Team	Player	School	Position	Year
	Junior Hairston	Towson	Forward	Senior
	Gerald Lee	Old Dominion	Forward	Junior
	Cam Long	George Mason	Guard	Sophomore
	Eric Maynor	Virginia Commonwealth	Guard	Senior
	Larry Sanders	Virginia Commonwealth	Forward	Sophomore
	Dre Smith	George Mason	Guard	Senior

Notable games in the tournament

First round

• #5 Hofstra defeated #12 UNC-Wilmington, 79–66. 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.