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.
Preseason.
Preseason All-Conference Teams.
CAA Preseason Player of the Year: Frantz Massenat, Drexel
Postseason.
Conference tournament.
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.
NCAA tournament.
The CAA had one bid to the NCAA Division I tournament, that being the automatic bid of James Madison.
National Invitation tournament.
Northeastern automatically qualified for the 2013 National Invitation Tournament.
College Basketball Invitational.
George Mason was invited to play in the 2013 College Basketball Invitational.
CollegeInsider.com Postseason tournament.
No teams from the CAA were invited to play in the 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament.