NEW HANOVER COUNTY (WWAY) — For the first time since 2017, the UNCW Men’s Basketball team has won the CAA tournament. Several gathered to watch the UNCW Men’s Basketball team face off against the Delaware Blue Hens in the CAA championship for their chance to go to the big dance.

Delaware bounced Stony Brook 80-76 in the Coastal Athletic Association Tournament’s opening game Friday, a play-in-round duel at the CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C. It didn’t come without anxiety for the Blue Hens, who saw a 19-point second-half lead erased but did what it took in the final 3½ minutes to prevail.