The 2011–12 CAA men's basketball season marked the 27th season of Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball, taking place between November 2011 and March 2012.
Practices commenced in October 2011, and the season ended with the 2012 CAA men's basketball tournament.
Bradford Burgess (VCU) Samme Givens (Drexel) Quinn McDowell (William & Mary) Ryan Pearson (George Mason) Devon Moore (James Madison) Mike Moore (Hofstra) Keith Rendleman (UNC Wilmington) Devon Saddler (Delaware) CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Kent Bazemore, Old Dominion VCU defeated Drexel, 59–56, in the finals of the 2012 CAA tournament to win the conference.
[4] They earned an automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA tournament.
The CAA had one bid to the NCAA Division I tournament, that being the automatic bid of the VCU Rams.