2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship
| Teams | Eight |
|---|---|
| Finals site | Richard J. Currie Centre Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Champions | Saskatchewan Huskies (1st title) |
| Runner-up | Ryerson Rams |
The 2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship was held March 17–20, 2016, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, to determine a national champion for the 2015–16 CIS women's basketball season.[1] It was hosted by University of New Brunswick at the Richard J. Currie Centre.
This proved to be the last Women's Final 8 branded as a CIS championship. On October 20, 2016, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the country's governing body for university athletics and the organizer of the Final 8, changed its name to U Sports.[2]
Participating teams
[edit]| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McGill Martlets | Quebec University Champion |
| 2 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Champion |
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | Atlantic University Champion |
| 4 | Regina Cougars | Canada West Finalist |
| 5 | Ryerson Rams | Ontario University Champion |
| 6 | Alberta Pandas | Canada West Bronze Medalist |
| 7 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | Ontario University Finalist |
| 8 | UNB Varsity Reds | Host (Atlantic University Semi-Finalist) |
Championship Bracket
[edit]| First Round: March 17 | Semi-Finals: March 14 | Final: March 15 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | McGill Martlets | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | UNB Varsity Reds | 52 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | McGill Martlets | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ryerson Rams | 87 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Regina Cougars | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ryerson Rams | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 85 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Ryerson Rams | 71 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 65 | Bronze Medal Game: March 20 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 58 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 53 | 1 | McGill Martlets | 43 | |||||||||
| 6 | Alberta Pandas | 52 | 3 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 73 | |||||||||
Consolation Bracket
[edit]| Semi-Finals: March 18 | Fifth Place Game: March 19 | ||||||||
| 4 | Regina Cougars | 68 | |||||||
| 8 | UNB Varsity Reds | 56 | |||||||
| 4 | Regina Cougars | 73 | |||||||
| 6 | Alberta Pandas | 74 | |||||||
| 6 | Alberta Pandas | 69 | |||||||
| 7 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | 60 | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "PREVIEW 2016 ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS women's basketball championship: New champions will be crowned in Fredericton". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
- ^ "Introducing U Sports" (Press release). U Sports. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
- ^ CIS list of participating teams