The 2001 CAA Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 3–5, 2001 at the Richmond Coliseum

Richmond Coliseum

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 in Richmond, Virginia

Richmond, Virginia

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. The winner of the tournament was George Mason

George Mason Patriots men's basketball

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, who received an automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 13, 2001 with the play-in game, and ended with the championship game on April 2 in...

. Richmond

Richmond Spiders men's basketball

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, East Carolina

East Carolina Pirates men's basketball

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, and American

American Eagles men's basketball

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 were not permitted by the Colonial Athletic Association

Colonial Athletic Association

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 to participate in the 2001 conference tournament as pentalty for leaving the CAA to join the Atlantic Ten Conference

Atlantic Ten Conference

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, Conference USA

Conference USA

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, and the Patriot League

Patriot League

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, respectively, at the end of the 2000–2001 season.

Bracket

Honors

CAA All-Tournament Team	Player	School	Position
	Erik Herring	George Mason	Forward
	Craig Callahan	UNC-Wilmington	Forward
	Brett Blizzard Brett Blizzard Brett Alan Blizzard is a basketball player formerly for Virtus Bologna of the Italian A League. Originally of American nationality, Blizzard opted to acquire dual citizenship in Italy while playing overseas. He became eligible to play on Italy's national team because of a distant Italian relative...	UNC-Wilmington	Guard
	George Evans George Evans (basketball) George Evans is a former basketball standout at George Mason University from 1997-2001. He ranks first all time at George Mason in steals and blocked shots , third in points and rebounds , and 13th in assists .-Basketball career:Evans shares a record with David Robinson as being the only 2...	George Mason	Forward
	Jon Larranaga	George Mason	Forward
	Barron Thelman	UNC-Wilmington	Guard

External links

• CAA Championships