The 2016 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament was held March 4–7, 2016 at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.

The champion, UNC Wilmington, received an automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA tournament.

All 10 conference teams were eligible for the tournament.

The top 6 seeds received a bye to the Quarterfinals.

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records.