The 2012–13 CAA men's basketball season marked the 28th season of Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball, taking place between November 2012 and March 2013.
Practices commenced in October 2012, and the season ended with the 2013 CAA men's basketball tournament.
Damion Lee (Drexel) Jonathan Lee (Northeastern) Frantz Massenat (Drexel) Keith Rendleman (UNC Wilmington) Devon Saddler (Delaware) Quincy Ford (Northeastern) Marcus Thornton (William & Mary) Devonta White (Georgia State) Sherrod Wright (George Mason) CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Frantz Massenat, Drexel James Madison defeated Northeastern, 70–57, in the finals of the 2013 CAA tournament to win the conference, and earn an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.
Northeastern automatically qualified for the 2013 National Invitation Tournament.
No teams from the CAA were invited to play in the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.