2018 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship Explained

Custom Title:2018 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship
Season:2017-18
Teams:Eight
Finals Site:Centre for Kinesiology Health and Sport
Regina, Saskatchewan
Champions:Carleton Ravens
Title Count:1st
Runner Up:Saskatchewan Huskies
Prev:2017
Tournament Link:Women's Final 8
Next:2019

The 2018 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship was held March 8–11, 2018, in Regina, Saskatchewan.[1] [2] It was hosted by the University of Regina which had previously hosted the tournament in 1979, 2009, and 2013.

The top-seeded and undefeated Carleton Ravens won their first Bronze Baby championship in program history, defeating the sixth-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies.[3] Besides the accomplishment in itself, the win buoyed Carleton's basketball program, whose men's team had failed to appear in the final game for the first time in eight years. The men won the bronze medal in Halifax earlier on the same day its women won the title in Regina.

Participating teams

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align=left Seedalign=left Teamalign=left Qualified
1OUA Champion
2Regina CougarsCanada West Champion (Host)
3Acadia AxewomenAUS Champion
4McGill MartletsRSEQ Champion
5McMaster MaraudersOUA Finalist
6Canada West Finalist
7Laval Rouge et OrRSEQ Finalist (At-large berth)
8Calgary DinosCanada West Bronze Medalist

See also

2018 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championship Calendar 2016-2020 . 2017-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170221212158/http://en.usports.ca/championships/160812_Championship_Calendar_D2.pdf . 2017-02-21 . dead .
  2. http://en.usports.ca/sports/wbkb/2015-16/releases/20151109-cis CIS women's basketball: Victoria, Regina to host national championship in 2017 and 2018
  3. Web site: Championship final: Carleton wins first national title in program history . . March 11, 2018.
  4. https://usports.ca/en/championships/final-8/f/news/2018/03/1730234013/champ-preview Women’s Basketball Final 8 Preview: Cougars chase Bronze Baby on home floor