2013 Colonial Tournament Preview

The Colonial Athletic Association Tournament is going to look very different this year compared to previous championships. Many teams we’ve become familiar with seeing in this tournament will not be competing in Richmond for a chance at the automatic bid for the conference. Defending champion Virginia Commonwealth has moved to the Atlantic 10 conference, Old Dominion and Georgia State are both ineligible for the tournament because of their departures from the conference next season, UNC Wilmington and Towson are the latest victims of APR issues, thus being banned from postseason play by the NCAA.  So, that leaves only seven teams playing for the conference title instead of 11 or 12 like normal. Is another George Mason special coming? How about Northeastern or the Delaware Fighting Blue Hens?