Women's Hoops: Teams ranked by point differential

A long overdue look at the women's basketball standings. Same idea as with the men. Championship seeding in brackets (keep in mind that the Huskies made it as the host team) and the final matchup in bold.

Rk	Team	GP	W	L	Pct	PF/G	PA/G	Diff/G
1	McMaster (3)	22	21	1	.955	76.1	52.5	23.6
2	Simon Fraser (1)	23	22	1	.957	82.0	58.8	23.2
3	UBC (2)	23	21	2	.913	71.7	52.9	18.8
4	Toronto (7)	22	18	4	.818	74.2	61.2	13.0
5	Regina (4)	22	16	6	.727	74.6	62.4	12.2
6	Memorial (5)	20	17	3	.850	71.0	59.1	11.9
7	York	22	18	4	.818	70.3	59.2	11.0
8	Laval (8)	16	12	4	.750	66.3	55.9	10.4
9	Calgary	22	16	6	.727	83.2	73.1	10.1
10	Alberta	22	17	5	.773	75.1	65.3	9.8
11	Windsor	22	14	8	.636	71.7	62.0	9.7
12	Cape Breton	20	15	5	.750	71.6	61.9	9.7
13	Laurentian	22	15	7	.682	76.5	66.8	9.7
14	Western	22	17	5	.773	71.6	66.2	5.4
15	UQAM	16	12	4	.750	62.4	57.4	4.9
16	Dalhousie	20	12	8	.600	65.3	61.8	3.5
17	Victoria	23	13	10	.565	65.7	63.0	2.8
18	UNB	20	11	9	.550	69.2	67.7	1.5
19	Waterloo	22	12	10	.545	64.5	63.1	1.4
20	Queen's	22	9	13	.409	64.0	63.4	0.6
21	Concordia	16	8	8	.500	67.4	67.6	−0.2
22	Carleton	22	8	14	.364	58.2	59.4	−1.2
23	UPEI	20	8	12	.400	64.0	65.5	−1.4
24	Brock	22	11	11	.500	63.8	65.8	−2.0
25	Manitoba	22	8	14	.364	67.9	69.9	−2.0
26	Bishop's	16	6	10	.375	57.2	59.4	−2.2
27	Laurier	22	9	13	.409	64.1	66.4	−2.3
28	UCFV	23	11	12	.478	67.6	70.1	−2.5
29	Saskatchewan (6)	22	9	13	.409	66.7	70.1	−3.5
30	Winnipeg	22	8	14	.364	63.4	67.0	−3.6
31	StFX	20	6	14	.300	60.9	64.9	−4.1
32	Lakehead	22	9	13	.409	61.9	66.8	−5.0
33	Guelph	22	7	15	.318	62.2	67.8	−5.6
34	Acadia	20	7	13	.350	59.8	66.2	−6.5
35	Trinity Western	23	8	15	.348	60.4	69.6	−9.2
36	Lethbridge	22	5	17	.227	65.4	75.3	−10.0
37	Ottawa	22	3	19	.136	57.2	68.2	−11.0
38	McGill	16	2	14	.125	51.9	64.9	−13.0
39	Ryerson	22	5	17	.227	55.9	69.0	−13.1
40	Saint Mary's	20	4	16	.200	56.1	71.0	−14.9
41	Thompson Rivers	23	1	22	.043	56.7	78.0	−21.3
42	Brandon	22	2	20	.091	58.1	83.5	−25.4
43	RMC	22	0	22	.000	51.6	85.8	−34.2

Average points per game, by conference
West, 68.5
Ontario, 65.2
Atlantic, 64.7
Quebec, 61.0

Overall we had 65.7 points per game, meaning Canada West was by far the toughest league. Or at least the one with the most points.

Most points per game compared to conference average
Calgary, 83.2 (+21.6%)
Simon Fraser, 82.0 (+19.8%)
Laurentian, 76.5 (+17.3%)
McMaster, 76.1 (+16.7%)
Toronto, 74.2 (+13.7%)
Cape Breton, 71.6 (+10.6%)
Concordia, 67.4 (+10.5%)

Fewest points per game against, compared to conference average
UBC, 52.9 (-22.8%)
McMaster, 52.5 (-19.5%)
Simon Fraser, 58.8 (-14.1%)
York, 59.2 (-9.2%)
Carleton, 59.4 (-8.9%)
Regina, 62.4 (-8.9%)

Saskatchewan were basically a league average team, certainly in tough for their quarterfinal matchup against the Marauders, one of two teams to beat the league average by more than 10% on both sides of the ball. Calgary and York probably had a better claim on that playoff berth than did the Huskies, but that's the risk you take with this host team format. (With the men, it's not as glaring.)

Neither Simon Fraser nor McMaster made the final, though. That's not to say this analysis is useless--certainly beats studying for exams, am I right?--because, after all, that great Carleton-Acadia game from the men's bracket involved the only two teams on both regular-season lists.

Finally, a look at the conference averages for both the women and the men, presented without comment:

Average points per game, by conference (women/men)
West, 68.5 / 78.6
Ontario, 65.2 / 74.0
Atlantic, 64.7 / 76.6
Quebec, 61.0 / 75.7

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Source: CIS standings.