BALTIMORE, MD (February 19, 2023) – The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), the nation's oldest historically Black athletic conference, announces the brackets for its 2023 Women's and Men's Basketball Tournament. The Fayetteville State women clinched the Southern Division and the top overall seed in the tournament after finishing the regular season with a 14-2 conference record. The defending champion Broncos obtained a Southern Division title for a second straight season by finishing with a CIAA record of 11-5 for the no. 2 seed. Each team will receive a bye in the opening round as a result of being a top-four seed.

The single-elimination tournament will be held in the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland on February 21-25. Championship games will tip-off at 1:00 p.m. for the men followed by the women at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 25. Each bracket is seeded 1 through 12 based on conference winning percentage.

Under the guidance of Head Women's Basketball Coach Serena King-Coleman, the last time the Broncos were the top team entering the tournament was in 2019-20 when they won the conference championship. Since taking over as head coach in 2016, King-Coleman has guided Fayetteville State to four division titles in six seasons.

Fayetteville State will await the winner of Johnson C. Smith versus Virginia Union in Wednesday's quarterfinals for a 2:20 p.m. tip-off time.

Fayetteville State, under the leadership of Luke D'Alessio, actually clinched the division earlier on Wednesday with a win against Claflin, 71-61. In the quarterfinals, the Broncos await the winner of Bowie State and Shaw for an 8:50 p.m. Wednesday tipoff time. 

All 22 games will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN+ (https://plus.espn.com/) with the championship games also being shown on ESPNU.

CIAA Women's Tournament Bracket

CIAA Men's Tournament Bracket