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Puck Bracketology"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Puck Bracketology: Canada West has the slipperiest slope"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Well that is nice — New Brunswick won a playoff round in its first season back. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EWHKY: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNBWHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@UNBWHockey\u003C\/a\u003E scores twice in final 1:54 to beat \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UPEIPanthers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@UPEIPanthers\u003C\/a\u003E 4-3 and earn berth in Subway \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AUS_SUA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@AUS_SUA\u003C\/a\u003E semi-finals.\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MZ7omgs7WB\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/MZ7omgs7WB\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedsNation?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#RedsNation\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AllReds?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#AllReds\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXsQJFCS1f\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/yXsQJFCS1f\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— UNB Reds (@UNBAthletics) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UNBAthletics\/status\/1097263204135100418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EFebruary 17, 2019\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EWhatever fate awaits those Varsity Reds, being this competitive under coach Sarah Hilworth and an obviously rookie-filled roster is national coach-of-the-year material. It likely speaks to more than just a wrong being remedied through the courts, but also to the investment in female hockey across Western Canada, where 13 V-Reds hail from, including AUS save percentage leader\u003Cb\u003E Kendra Holland\u003C\/b\u003E and team scoring leader\u003Cb\u003E Tamina Kehler\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe result leaves nationals host UPEI with a 24-day layoff before hosting the March 14-17 tournament.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe need-to-know is that the four conference winners get the top four seeds in order of national ranking. The four assigned berth\/host teams are arranged in a way that eliminates the possibility of a same-conference semifinal matchup. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo what chaotic outcome should one root for?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManitoba and Montréal to win Canada West and the RSEQ, respectively, triggering a great debate over who should be the No. 1 seed, with a commensurate domino effect in the rest of the bracket. Nothing against Alberta, but the No. 1-ranked Pandas rolling through the league playoffs would just make the seeding committee's job easier.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe biggest gap between champion berth and assigned berth is in Canada West, based on the rankings of those Pandas and Bisons.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAny upset that affects the three auto-berths that involve winning two playoff series, which are AUS champion, OUA champion and OUA assigned. The lonely always need a feel-good story from these obscure leagues, so someone better summon a 70-save shutout in a triple-overtime game.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAnd, obviously, UNB to make it interesting down east.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe all-chalk, at-first-blush, look at nationals seeding is as follows: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta (Canada West champion).\u003C\/b\u003E The Pandas and Carabins are level on two national titles in this decade, so bragging rights are at stake.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMontréal (RSEQ champion). \u003C\/b\u003EBeing the regular-season champion in a three-deep league has its earned privileges. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESt. Thomas (AUS champion).\u003C\/b\u003E Semifinal opponent depends on the Moncton-Saint Mary's result on Tuesday.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGuelph (OUA champion).\u003C\/b\u003E Interestingly, Guelph took the L the last time out against both Western and Toronto, potential McCaw Cup final opponents.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EConcordia (RSEQ assigned).\u003C\/b\u003E Has won the two most recent games against McGill, which it faces in the best-of-3 league semifinal this week.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba (Canada West assigned).\u003C\/b\u003E It was not long ago yours truly worked in a decent-sized Manitoba town and there was no organized female hockey. Now look! \u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWestern (OUA assigned).\u003C\/b\u003EYours truly spends way too much time on a Facebook group called For The Love of Uniforms. So the fact that the women's and men's hockey teams at that school in London do not dress out in head-to-toe purple and white seems like a real sartorial affront. Black hockey helmets and pants are more easily acquired, sure, but it just looks off when the sweaters and gloves don't contain any black.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThe schedule is out for the 1st round of women's hockey. The \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternWHKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@WesternWHKY\u003C\/a\u003E team takes on the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WlooWarriors?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@WlooWarriors\u003C\/a\u003E starting Wednesday night at home.\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/westernu?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#westernu\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U77kAfeiIp\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/U77kAfeiIp\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Western Mustangs (@WesternMustangs) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternMustangs\/status\/1097623337621221377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EFebruary 18, 2019\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EHere is the schedule for the next round of playoffs for men's hockey. This round will see them take on the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockBadgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E@BrockBadgers\u003C\/a\u003E starting Wednesday night.\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/westernu?src=hash\u0026amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003E#westernu\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/83zWpdywqv\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/83zWpdywqv\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Western Mustangs (@WesternMustangs) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WesternMustangs\/status\/1097622634597093376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\"\u003EFebruary 18, 2019\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUPEI (host team). \u003C\/b\u003ESo neither the University Cup host, Lethbridge, or Golden Path Trophy host, UPEI, managed to win a playoff game, which means \u003Cb\u003EDavid Branch \u003C\/b\u003Ehas more influence over the university game than we ever imagined. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1679093390500341981\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2019\/02\/womens-puck-bracketology-canada-west.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1679093390500341981"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1679093390500341981"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2019\/02\/womens-puck-bracketology-canada-west.html","title":"Women's Puck Bracketology: Canada West has the slipperiest slope"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6638656016600083278"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-12T12:14:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-12T12:19:45.595-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bronze Baby"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bronze Baby Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Griffins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bronze Baby Bracketology: McGill faces win-and-in, bronze games could bust bracket"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"There is little belaboring the self-evident, since other than a re-shuffling of Ryerson and Ottawa depending on how Critelli Cup unholds on Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor's five-year title reign is on life support, of course, after their semifinal loss on Friday. \u003Cb\u003EChantal Vallée\u003C\/b\u003E, needless to say, is owed a debt for raising the bar in the women's game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill Martlets (RSEQ champion)\u003C\/b\u003E — No. 1, with a bullet. Host Laval for the Q banner at 3 p.m. on Saturday.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies (Canada West champion)*\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;— Holy hot take bait, Huskies! Actually, coach \u003Cb\u003ELisa Thomaidis\u003C\/b\u003E was sage to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadawest.org\/sports\/wbkb\/2015-16\/postseason\/box_scores\/20160311_zze7.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Erun her first V for 32-plus minutes apiece, as the bench did not even score one basket during their 78-68 qualifying win against Alberta\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cb\u003ESabine Dukate\u003C\/b\u003E was on all cylinders like her finally crafted two-wheeled namesake, hooping 29 with a 76.7% eFG.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBasically going five deep does not seem like Why do you do that in the Huskies' position? Ensuring you're on the plane to Fredericton is paramount, and the U of S has a good enough case for a 3 seed even as the Canada West runner-up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou have to win the one in front of you. Otherwise it's like a football coach pulling his star running back who's banged up from a close playoff game because they're going to need him the following week. Who does that?\u003Ci\u003E Oh, right.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's Huskies (AUS champion)* — \u003C\/b\u003EGood luck to the commentators who end up calling a Huskies-Huskies semifinal. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson Rams (OUA champion)*\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ERare to see a 13-assist game at any time of year in CIS, but RU's\u003Cb\u003E Keneca Pingue-Giles \u003C\/b\u003Epulled that off on Friday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo reiterate: Ryerson has never won an OUA basketball title, and the female and male teams could complete the double on the same night. The last double was more recent than one might think: McMaster, in 2006.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI dare Ryerson to make that the trivia contest answer during the first media timeout of the Wilson Cup.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars (Canada West runner-up)*\u003C\/b\u003E — Held off game MacEwan and \u003Cb\u003EMegan Wood\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas (at large, Canada West bronze medal)\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E— The 4-7 slots are in flux until those 6 p.m. ET neutral-floor bronze games, Mac-Windsor and MacEwan-Alberta.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa Gee-Gees (OUA runner-up)*\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E— Twenty-five offensive rebounds? That is ... gritty.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFun fact: the Ottawa-Mac women's basketball playoff game had one fewer point (56-42 Gees) than the same schools' football game (57-42 Marauders).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother Gees-inspired tangent, stemming from Sparks' Sprites having two sets of same-named starters with\u003Cb\u003E Kellie Forand\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EKellie Ring\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EKatherine Lemoine \u003C\/b\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003ECatherine Traer\u003C\/b\u003E. There's a Netflix series to be made about a high school math teacher who turns around a perennially struggling girls basketball team by installing a full-court press and using analytics to develop twins who shoot corner threes. \u003Cb\u003ERob Pettapiece\u003C\/b\u003E is attached to this project, although he does not know that yet.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB Varsity Reds (host)*\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E— \u003Cb\u003EJeff Speedy\u003C\/b\u003E. Great coach name, or greatest coach name?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(* already qualified)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6638656016600083278\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology-mcgill-faces.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6638656016600083278"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6638656016600083278"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology-mcgill-faces.html","title":"Bronze Baby Bracketology: McGill faces win-and-in, bronze games could bust bracket"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5835909379066687395"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-09T16:20:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-09T16:28:59.826-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bronze Baby"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bronze Baby Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Critelli Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Griffins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ottawa Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bronze Baby Bracketology: McGill on top, with a deep dive down the wild-card rabbit hole"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"(Ibid., see \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology-marlets.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elast week's draft of the presumptive draw for next week in Freddy Beach\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe outcome that you should root for, if you're not imbued with Gee-Gee garnet or Ram blue, is for Ottawa to win the Wilson Cup on Ryerson's floor whilst the women's basketball Ryersonians do a turnabout is fair play deal to the Ottawans in the inaugural Critelli Cup final four. Otherwise, why did we do all this? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOh, and good luck to everyone who has sweat equity in these championships. It's not bias to say you're rooting for a particular outcome, because you like a convoluted storyline that will confuse the non-followers. \u003Ci\u003EJournalism!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe W-Final 8 picture probably has not changed terribly much, apart from fifth-year forward\u003Cb\u003E Megan Cook g\u003C\/b\u003Eoing Megatron in the Grant MacEwan Griffins' Canada West quarter-final sweep of Victoria. Leading a team to its first playoff series victory in your final home games as a fifth-year, that is a great senior moment. It needs to be acknowledged like a \u003Cb\u003EMartin Prince\u003C\/b\u003E-polished geode.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaint Mary's is in, and the other five qualifiers will be determined Friday night, between the Quebec final and a pair of semifinals. There is not much reason to change from last week.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill Martlets (RSEQ champion) — \u003C\/b\u003EIf they win, they are the top seed by virtue of a one-loss regular season. Likely the at-large berth in a championship-game upset scenario, since \u003Cb\u003ERyan Thorne\u003C\/b\u003E's team would be 21-3 overall. No other faint-hope wild-card hopeful will have fewer than five losses.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies (Canada West champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe U of S has home floor. What could go wrong?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's Huskies (AUS champion)*\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003EThe Chronicle-Herald\u003C\/i\u003E union-busting made for sparse coverage of the AUS championships. Thankfully, one of the finest reporters around, \u003Cb\u003EKristen Lipscombe\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;— Laurier hockey alumna! \u003Ci\u003EHerald\u003C\/i\u003E alumna! Kingstonian!\u0026nbsp;—\u0026nbsp;was there to capture how SMU \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.metronews.ca\/news\/halifax\/2016\/03\/06\/saint-mary-s-huskies-win-fourth-straight-aus-women-s-basketball-.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehas had its fill of being a conference dynasty\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson Rams (OUA champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ESince it is Windsor-Ryerson on Friday in a go-to-nats game for \u003Cb\u003ECarly Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E's Rams and \u003Cb\u003EChantal Vallée\u003C\/b\u003E's still-breathing five-time champion Lancers, it's behooving to back up 3½ months to their regular-season matchup.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWindsor took a 95-79 win that Wednesday night after the Rams maintained the three-quarter lead, before the Lancers had a 31-11 fourth. In hindsight, a fade is in tune with travelling down Hwy. 401 for a midweek game. Ryerson should have more rest and less travel this time around. The same cannot be said of Windsor going to Ottawa on back-to-back weekends.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAny two of the four, in either order, could likely emerge from OUA.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars (Canada West runner-up)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EShould get by MacEwan to seal their spot.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas (at large, Canada West bronze medal)\u0026nbsp;—\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003ETime to deep dive into the selection\u0026nbsp;criteria for the at-large berth, since those on the conference call will need at least three beers and their conversation hats. It could very well come down to \"the tied team who has the highest winning percentage vs. the Top 12 teams in the final RPI.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe best primer is to put the two Edmonton teams that are underdogs in Canada West Final Four (one more so than the other) and all four extent OUA teams into a table. The records reflect that each bronze-medal game winner will, of course, have a 1-1 weekend. The RPI is the overall RPI, and the SRS is the current one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003E table.tableizer-table { font-size: 14px; border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; } .tableizer-table td { padding: 5px; margin: 5px; border: 1px solid #CCC; } .tableizer-table th { background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold; } \u003C\/style\u003E\u003Ctable class=\"tableizer-table\"\u003E\u003Cthead\u003E\u003Ctr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"\u003E\u003Cth\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EPW\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EPL\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ERPI\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EShort\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ESRS\u003C\/th\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/thead\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EAlberta\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E22\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E6\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E0.604\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E16.55\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMacEwan\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E20\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E6\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.558\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E7.44\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMcMaster\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E20\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E8\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.584\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E16.74\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EOttawa\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E25\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.583\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E8.78\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERyerson\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E25\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.579\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E15.21\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWindsor\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E20\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E10\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.571\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E9.55\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, only the bronze-medal game winners will be in consideration. There is an Alberta advantage going into the weekend. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa Gee-Gees (OUA runner-up)\u0026nbsp;—\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EThe table underlines the urgency for Ottawa to beat Mac,\u0026nbsp;not that the Marauders have any less urgency. The grey team in from the city of 670,000 merely has a better wild-card case than the grey team from the city of 700,000. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is hard to imagine the gritty Gees letting a berth go through their grasp at home, though.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB Varsity Reds\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe V-Reds might not be long for the championship side, but one has to say something nice. Kudos to coach \u003Cb\u003EJeff Speedy \u003C\/b\u003Efor having a roster that is 50 per cent drawn from the province and 75% from Atlantic Canada. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGuilty as charged for harping on this when the budgetary ax has arced over women's hockey teams down east, but local and regional matters when talking about playing opportunities in CIS. Athletes are talented people, and need reasons to keep them in the region.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is an apples\/oranges comparison, of course, to contrast that with UNB men's hockey, which\u0026nbsp;20.8% New Brunswickans, and 33.3% from Atlantic Canada. That said,\u0026nbsp;UNB coach\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EGardiner MacDougall \u003C\/b\u003Ecannot be begrudged how hard he was worked to build a national recruiting network. It's just about introducing that perspective.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E(Editor's note, W-Final 8 is the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/static.psbin.com\/u\/w\/idbtw8m8fmkhfs\/Basketball_-W-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epreferred nomenclature in the regulations\u003C\/a\u003E. Paraphrasing Michael Scott after he hit Meredith Palmer with his car: \"You should have to have a 'W' in front of everything so that people know it's women's sports, but that's where we are in America.\" Or maybe the 'W' indicates the unique strength of women. This will be discussed at the Diversity Day seminar.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(* Already determined.)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5835909379066687395\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5835909379066687395"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5835909379066687395"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology.html","title":"Bronze Baby Bracketology: McGill on top, with a deep dive down the wild-card rabbit hole"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7946050246252963415"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-05T18:10:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-06T20:57:55.783-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bronze Baby"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Griffins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ottawa Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Dalhousie gets it done, repeats in AUS; MacEwan Griffins game away from W-Final 8"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Windsor's\u003Cb\u003E Alex Campbell\u003C\/b\u003E is making our weekend, and a few other ballers have done so as well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor a certified hoser hoophead, the antepenultimate weekend is like what the slow build-up to the New Hampshire and Iowa primaries is for a politics junkie. It is down to a quartet vying for the two auto-berths in Canada West and Ontario University Athletics, with the Dalhousie men and Saint Mary's women reigning on Championship Sunday set down east.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust as one does not simply walk into Mordor, one does not try to outdo\u003Cb\u003E Mark Wacyk \u003C\/b\u003Efor comprehensive coverage of the university men's game in this country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe bullet points: Dalhousie is the first qualifier for the men's Final 8 after doing a hella survive-and-advance deal, with\u003Cb\u003E Ritchie Kanza-Mata\u003C\/b\u003E posting 21 points, an 8\/4 assist-to-turnover, and five steals during a breathless 87-85 win against UPEI on Sunday. Dal will surely be the No. 6 seed and likely get the Canada West champion in the quarter-final. Whether the Tigers will be able to get off offensively at nationals in 10 days is a question that can wait. Winning by two in the final after the one-pointer against Saint Mary's in the semifinal is stellar. It's fair to interpret the result as Dalhousie rallying after a close call.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo other men's playoff games on Saturday were one-point games, including \u003Cb\u003EMike L'Africain \u003C\/b\u003Edonning his Superman cape to save No. 2 Ottawa's season while Dalhousie had a survive-and-advance deal through Saint Mary's bricking a free throw with zeroes on the clock in the second AUS semifinal. Meantime, exalt the Explorer! \u003Cb\u003EMegan Wood\u003C\/b\u003E went off for 34 points and the Grant MacEwan Griffins are going to their first Canada West Final Four.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Cliff Notes on what happened for the few, the proud, on the Path to Point Grey and the Battle for Freddy Beach (patents pending).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAUS championship\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E— UPEI-Dalhousie (Sunday)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETigers go back to nationals — \u003C\/b\u003EDal survived a physical test from the rugged UPEI Panthers, and pulled out the narrow victory after trailing inside of the 80-second mark in regulation. Rick Plato's team had all five starters in double digits, and survived having 6-foot-2 forward Kashrell Lawrence foul out. Guards \u003Cb\u003ECedric Sanago\u003C\/b\u003E and\u003Cb\u003E Jarred Reid\u003C\/b\u003E made a difference, since they combined for 23 points on a 69.2% eFG.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDalhousie is a throwback team, with 6-5 \u003Cb\u003ESven Stammberger\u003C\/b\u003E being the only starter above 6-2. Yet they took 15 O-boards on Sunday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOUA Final Four\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003E— Windsor-Ryerson, Carleton-Ottawa (Friday and Saturday, Ryerson)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWindsor crashes the party —\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;Winners go to the Final 8 and the others play for bronze and a likely wild-ticket to Vancouver. A pair of one-point finishes made that possible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo years in a row, \u0026nbsp;Campbell, et al., ended McMaster's season on its home floor. There is little more noble than a fifth-year who will not let her or his tenure end, and Campbell went for \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/canhoopsca.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/05\/oua-lancers-do-it-again-at-mac\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E33 on 58.7% eFG to help short-benched Windsor prevail 79-78\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Lancers basically cut down to a six-man rotation, but let's not spoil it by wondering what the chance (slim, probably) is of that working against Ryerson at the MAC next Friday. Campbell has been superlative; he also had a 37-10-5-4 line (with 66.7% eFG) against Laurentian on Wednesday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EL'Africain rescues Ottawa — \u003C\/b\u003EIt was hardly an auspicious outcome for No. 2 Ottawa, which eked past upstart Queen's 73-72 by the margin of fifth-year point guard \u003Cb\u003EMike L'Africain\u003C\/b\u003E's layin with 1.1 seconds left.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe telltale stat: L'Africain, who scored 27 points on a 48.1% eFG and\u003Cb\u003E Caleb Agada\u003C\/b\u003E, who had the 18-point, 15-rebound double-double but was 30.4% eFG, took \u003Ci\u003Enearly two-thirds \u003C\/i\u003Eof Ottawa's shots. This is a callback to a discomfiting pattern Ottawa had late last season when they weren't as able to share the ball successfully; it started sticking. The upshot is this game is behind them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQueen's, by most accounts, defended well all night. It was just that on the Gee-Gees' last possession, with a midcourt inbound, the Gaels' scrappy on-ball defender Sammy Ayisi just wasn't able to deny L'Africain the ball. That allowed the fifth-year point guard to get to the cup and keep Ottawa alive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EL'Africain also hit a buzzer shot at the end of the first half. Queen's, with \u003Cb\u003ESukhpreet Singh\u003C\/b\u003E putting his team on his shounders and tallying 19, made a game of it. No doubt it hurts to come that close, but \u003Cb\u003EStephan Barrie \u003C\/b\u003Eis building something promising at Queen's, which is a historic underachiever on the men's side.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt would have been Queen's biggest win since 2000, when John Purdy and Derek Richardson spurred a quarter-final upset of nationally ranked Ryerson. That was so long ago that the OUA East and OUA West didn't even play in the regular season and only came together for the Wilson Cup.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Ravens routed Brock 90-52; the spread was 20 after a quarter and 24 by halftime. One shouldn't take the point spread as an indicator of anything. Brock was really just happy to be there and Carleton pounced on an undermanned opponent.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECanada West Final Four\u0026nbsp;— Manitoba-Calgary, UBC-Thompson Rivers\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBisons lean and mean\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E— Manitoba coach \u003Cb\u003EKirby Schepp \u003C\/b\u003Erecently shared a Bisons best-of highlight video and, man, that is an athletic starting five. Quick, explosive to the hoop, able to shoot the three. Alas, since a precedent was set by concern-trolling about Windsor getting one bench point in their quarter-final win, it must be pointed out \u003Cb\u003EA.J. Basi\u003C\/b\u003E (40 minutes),\u003Cb\u003E Keith Omoerah\u003C\/b\u003E (40), \u003Cb\u003EJustus Alleyn\u003C\/b\u003E (38) and\u003Cb\u003E Wyatt Anders\u003C\/b\u003E (37) all went long in the 77-72 OT clincher against Fraser Valley. The Bisons also overcame 25 turnovers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop four go through — \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EThompson Rivers survived getting extended by Regina, coming through in the clincher through double-doubles from \u003Cb\u003EVolodymyr Iegorov \u003C\/b\u003E(21 and 14 boards, 55.6% eFG) and \u003Cb\u003EJosh Wolfram\u003C\/b\u003E (15 apiece, only 33.3% eFG). Thompson Rivers reduced Regina to some Costanza-ian chucking of 32.7% eFG, including 7-of-35 from downtown. Trying that many threes probably explained the 20-plus offensive rebounds allowed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWomen\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAUS championship: Saint Mary's\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHuskies — \u003C\/b\u003EShout-out to Huskies sixth woman \u003Cb\u003EJenny Lewis\u003C\/b\u003E for hooping 29 in 34 minutes across the two playoff games, including Sunday's 63-49 win against Cape Breton.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Capers' best inside presence, Alison Keough, was limited to three minutes of court time. Sounds like an injury deal..\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOUA Final Four: Windsor-Ryerson, McMaster-Ottawa (at Ottawa, Friday and Saturday)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELancers' reign lasts another six days \u0026nbsp;at least — Chantal Vallée\u003C\/b\u003E's charges put up 16 fewer shots than host Carleton and yet won by 15 points, pulling away in the fourth for a 63-48 victory. Low post stalwart\u003Cb\u003E Cheyanne Roger \u003C\/b\u003Ehelped Windsor stay in the hunt while it played from behind during the first 20 minutes, and finished with 17 points, 10 boards and five blocked shots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERyerson likes to get out and run, and that might not be Windsor's game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton hit 27.4% on two-pointers. That is, how do you say, not good. It is impolitic to harp on this whilst discussing a a 15-point game, but the end of the first half was odd and off-putting. Carleton, up four, took possession with 15 seconds left. Instead of playing for one shot, Carleton's\u003Cb\u003E Elizabeth Leblanc \u003C\/b\u003Edrove for a layup with about nine seconds on the clock. The Lancers rebounded, ran the floor and got some hidden offence from two free throws. That four-point swing didn't necessarily dictate what happened in the second 20 minutes, of course.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe OUA does not have a stronger wild-card argument than Canada West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECanada West: Alberta-Saskatchewan, Regina-MacEwan (at Saskatchewan, Friday and Saturday)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWe flew 1,000 kilometres for this? — \u003C\/b\u003EIt is a small \u0026nbsp;sample, granted, but the home teams went 8-0 this week. On the men's side, 8-1.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyone else like the notion of Canada West copying the AUS model of combining the women's and men's tournaments, except having subregionals to decide each nationals berth? It would be more cost-effective and more media-friendly, and rarely can you feed those two birds with one scone.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, though, after the wrangling that went into the last realignment, it's doubtful they want to go there again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EGood Griffs\u0026nbsp;—\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EWood, of course, averaged 18.7 in regular-season play but scored more than 25 only once. The Griffin who can \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.edmontonsun.com\/2016\/02\/19\/macewan-griffins-womens-basketball-team-clinches-first-in-canada-west-explorers-division\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eshoot the ball from anywhere\u003C\/a\u003E\" carried her side as MacEwan advanced to their first Final Four.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo there is a chance of a Battle of Saskatchewan for the Canada West banner and higher Final 8 seed, and a Battle of Edmonton for bronze and the wild-card ticket for the Final 8.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQuebec's final fours are next weekend. McGill is not going to lose either.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7946050246252963415\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/basketball-aus-canada-west-oua-thread.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7946050246252963415"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7946050246252963415"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/basketball-aus-canada-west-oua-thread.html","title":"Basketball: Dalhousie gets it done, repeats in AUS; MacEwan Griffins game away from W-Final 8"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-1492242676677374619"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-03T12:15:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-04T16:54:46.603-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axewomen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bronze Baby"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Chantal Vallée"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Critelli Cup"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Griffins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ottawa Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bronze Baby Bracketology: Martlets, Huskies (but which one?) top Women's Final 8 projection"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EEditor's note: Fair is fair; since all four basketball and hockey championships now employ a Final 8 format, duty calls to Bracketology up some seedings for the Bronze Baby (women's hoops), CIS University Cup (men's hockey), and women's hockey, which apparently doesn't even have a name for the championship trophy. It is either make fake seeding or write more\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003ESeed \u003Ci\u003Efan fiction. It was a close call, not going to lie.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe coaches' consensus is that the McGill Martlets of \u003Cb\u003EAlex Kiss-Rusk\u003C\/b\u003E and\u003Cb\u003E Mariam Sylla\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ci\u003Eet al.,\u003C\/i\u003E are the best team in the land.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERyan Thorne — apology in advance that I am bound to confuse the Martlets coach with Ryan Van Horne, the Halifax playwright, at some point — has a tough team. The five-team RSEQ can cannibalize itself with the same teams playing each other three months, and McGill keeps winning. The Martlets are 19-2 overall while handling what, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/wbb2015\/cissrs.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eaccording to CIS Hoops\u003C\/a\u003E, is a higher strength of schedule. (All of the RSEQ has a high SOS, though.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI am coming into this cold — hey, I do live in Ottawa — but here goes very little. It is damn interesting to follow, since\u003Cb\u003E Chantal\u0026nbsp;Vallée\u003C\/b\u003E's Windsor Lancers are not even an OUA favourite.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill Martlets (RSEQ champion) — \u003C\/b\u003EThere probably are cases for 24-3 Saskatchewan to be No. 1 in the coaches' poll. The seeding committee has to follow the poll, ergo, if McGill wins their conference they will be No. 1 with a bullet. Thorne's rotation has been a moving target, but the coach has 10 players who average at least 11 minutes (RSEQ games only). Depth and defending come to the fore in a four-day tournament.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies (Canada West champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EHello there, Huskies. If you win the national championship, your fossil-fuel-fetishist premier had better acknowledge it in the Ledge. \u003Cb\u003EBrad Wall \u003C\/b\u003Efailed to do so after the men's basketball Huskies won it all in 2010. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalyce Emmerson\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.paherald.sk.ca\/Sports\/Other-sports\/2016-03-02\/article-4454152\/%26lsquo%3BLast-kick-at-the-can%26rsquo%3B\/1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ethe pride of Prince Albert\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Eand U of S \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/local-sports\/u-of-s-huskies\/huskies-get-set-to-host-t-birds-in-canada-west-quarter-final-womens-basketball-advancer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eexpect a good push from UBC in their best-of-3 quarter-final\u003C\/a\u003E. They should still get by.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's Huskies (AUS champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThey have dominated their conference for a good while. Not much more needs to be said. \u003Cb\u003EScott Munro\u003C\/b\u003E's\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Eeastern Huskies beat second-place Acadia by double digits twice in February. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt feels like an either\/or with Saint Mary's or Canada West's second auto berth in the 3-spot. Chalk this up to a gut feeling there will be some effort to keep the Atlantic teams on opposite halves of the draw, especially since the host is not even an Also Receiving Votes team in the poll.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars (Canada West runner-up)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ESo much of where Canada West's reps, plus a wild card potentially, draw in will depend on the outcome of that Victoria-Grant MacEwan best-of-3 this weekend. Talk about legacy vs. getting legitimized in that matchup. The Griffins have the lowest SoS in the country (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/minus-7.85\/\"\u003Eminus-7.85\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn UVic win likely creates an Alberta-Regina go-to-nationals semifinal next weekend, assuming the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canadawest.org\/cwest\/2015-16\/releases\/2016022bball\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eother high seeds\u003C\/a\u003E advance. Based on Regina 'having the split' from a two-game set at Savile just before the December break, they get benefit of the doubt for this slot.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson Rams (OUA champion)\u0026nbsp;— Andy\u0026nbsp;Sparks\u003C\/b\u003E' Sprites at Ottawa have small-balled their way to an 11-1 finish and top seed for the '\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2015-16\/releases\/20151130g3ijjw\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERPI-offs\u003C\/a\u003E.'\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe sticker is that the 'one' was such a faith-shaker, that 73-50 beatdown at the hands of \u003Cb\u003EHeather Lindsay \u003C\/b\u003Eand Carleton in the Capital Hoops Classic four weeks ago. Was it an neutral-floor anomaly?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa's 11 also includes a two-point defensive ball game against Queen's and overtime road wins against McMaster and Ryerson. That could flip. Ryerson also likely has a more favourable semifinal matchup. It blitzed Carleton 88-53 in January. If history repeats itself on March 11, Ryerson could be more rested for the inaugural Critelli Cup against Ottawa, McMaster or Queen's.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas (at large; Canada West bronze medal)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Pioneer has four 20-win teams, and as such, deserves to dominate the seeding. Alberta probably should be the 5 seed, if not higher, but it seemed logical to keep the Pandas and Cougars separate for the first round. The other part to that is the committee is struck with the task of creating good matchups. A seeding is not a ranking. Canada West 2 vs. OUA 1 and Canada West 3 vs. AUS 1 could mean a good set of games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENear as one can tell, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cis-sic.ca\/information\/members_info\/pdfs\/pdf_playing_regs\/15-16\/Basketball_-W-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EW-Final 8 seeding regulations don't have the 'Anyone But Carleton' rule that dictates each conference champion must be in the top six seeds\u003C\/a\u003E. A conference champion has not been lower than sixth in the past three years, though.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa Gee-Gees (OUA runner-up) —\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EThe\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003Ebracket in OUA is an upset waiting to happen. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa and Ryerson should get through.\u0026nbsp;As for Saturday's other quarters: what could have more ominous tones than both of the vulnerable five-time champions having their season on the line at the same gym?\u0026nbsp;Vallée's Lancers are at Carleton, before the men's basketball Carletons play their quarter-final against the Brocks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe survivor from Queen's-McMaster should go toe-to-toe with the Ottawa women. It is hard to see the Gee-Gees not getting it done on their home floor.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUNB Varsity Reds (host) —\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EPerhaps UNB has a run it at the AUS Final 6 that will vault it into a higher seeding. They have beaten each of the three higher-ranked teams in the conference once, although the win against SMU was three months ago and it was a three-point win in the second leg of a home series.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003EThe 'your an idiot' comments may be left below, thank you. \u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/1492242676677374619\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology-marlets.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1492242676677374619"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1492242676677374619"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bronze-baby-bracketology-marlets.html","title":"Bronze Baby Bracketology: Martlets, Huskies (but which one?) top Women's Final 8 projection"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3732909126425878631"},"published":{"$t":"2014-03-10T09:00:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-03-10T14:42:20.912-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cascades"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"statistics"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's basketball: Final 8 odds"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Same format \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/03\/mens-basketball-final-8-tournament-odds.html\"\u003Eas the men's\u003C\/a\u003E: \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=4\u003E\u003Cpre\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Semi Final Champ\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E1 WSR 94.5 83.7 56.2 \u003Cbr \/\u003E2 SMU 74.4 63.1 31.2 \u003Cbr \/\u003E7 ALB 25.6 17.0 4.7\u003Cbr \/\u003E3 SSK 82.5 18.9 3.9 \u003Cbr \/\u003E4 MCG 59.7 9.7 2.6\u003Cbr \/\u003E5 UFV 40.3 4.9 1.0 \u003Cbr \/\u003E8 WLU 5.5 1.7 0.2 \u003Cbr \/\u003E6 QUE 17.5 1.1 0.1 \u003C\/pre\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe playoff results in Canada West, where Alberta finished third behind Saskatchewan and Fraser Valley, require the strange scenario of a 7 seed being third-most likely to win, and the 2 seed having with a tougher matchup in Round 1 than in Round 2.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESome may give Laurier half of the home bonus, being relatively close to the site of the tournament, but they are treated the same as any non-Windsor team here. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2014\/schedule\"\u003Equarterfinal matchups\u003C\/a\u003E, viewable at \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cis-sic.tv\/\"\u003ECIS-SIC.tv\u003C\/a\u003E, are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFri Mar 14\u003Cbr \/\u003E1:00pm ET - (7) Alberta vs. (2) SMU (\u003Ci\u003Epredicted score: SMU 68-63\u003C\/i\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E3:00pm ET - (6) Queen's vs. (3) Saskatchewan (\u003Ci\u003ESaskatchewan 66-56\u003C\/i\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E6:00pm ET - (8) Laurier at (1) Windsor (\u003Ci\u003EWindsor 80-48\u003C\/i\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E8:00pm ET - (5) UFV vs. (4) McGill (\u003Ci\u003EMcGill 59-55\u003C\/i\u003E)\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3732909126425878631\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/03\/womens-basketball-final-8-odds.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3732909126425878631"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3732909126425878631"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/03\/womens-basketball-final-8-odds.html","title":"Women's basketball: Final 8 odds"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6121873302832969751"},"published":{"$t":"2013-01-11T12:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-26T19:25:03.981-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ACAA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"ACAC"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CCAA Basketball Projections"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"OCAA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Transfers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Checking in with the '11-12 CCAA standouts"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Earlier this year we identified a dozen CCAA players (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/03\/calculated-reactions-top-womens.html\"\u003Ewomen's\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/06\/calculated-reactions-top-ccaa-mens.html\"\u003Emen's\u003C\/a\u003E) who would make the jump to CIS. How many of them are actually on CIS rosters? \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(Spoiler: two.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWOMEN'S\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJessilyn Fairbanks\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bears.ualberta.ca\/Teams\/PandasBasketball\/Roster.aspx\"\u003ETransferred to Alberta\u003C\/a\u003E. Not really a surprise that she moved to CIS, and is leading the U of A in minutes played, given the obscene numbers she put up as a rookie with Grant Mac. Shot an effective 54% and put up a 40.3 PER, almost the best numbers we've seen from anyone in this series. (The only player to have better pre-CIS numbers is Fairbanks' new teammate \u003Cb\u003EAndria Carlyon\u003C\/b\u003E, who enters her second year with the Pandas, but is playing about 40% as often as Fairbanks.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBrittany Gilliss\u003C\/b\u003E: Unknown, but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/w3.stu.ca\/stu\/athletics\/teams\/womens_basketball\/roster\/default.aspx\"\u003Enot on the STU roster for '12-13\u003C\/a\u003E, nor on any CIS roster that I saw.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESandre Bascoe\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.algonquinsa.com\/athletics\/womens-basketball\/womens-basketball-players.aspx\"\u003ERemaining with Algonquin\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKelsey Lund\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.dakstats.com\/WebSync\/Pages\/Team\/Roster.aspx?association=22\u0026sg=WBB\u0026sea=ACAWBB_2012\u0026team=4900\"\u003EBack at Augustana\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKelly Vass\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/w3.stu.ca\/stu\/athletics\/teams\/womens_basketball\/roster\/default.aspx\"\u003EBack with STU\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECameo McKerlie\u003C\/b\u003E: Not on \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.lakelandcollege.ca\/rustlers\/womens_sports\/basketball\/roster\/\"\u003Ethe Lakeland roster\u003C\/a\u003E nor a CIS roster.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAshley Bawn\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/w3.stu.ca\/stu\/athletics\/teams\/womens_basketball\/roster\/default.aspx\"\u003EAlso at St. Thomas for another year\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERachelle Abella\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mohawkcollege.ca\/athletics\/womens-basketball\/roster.html\"\u003EBack at Mohawk\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKristen Monasterski\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vikes.uvic.ca\/roster.aspx?path=wcbball\"\u003EHas joined, and apparently become the tallest player for, UVic\u003C\/a\u003E. Has been used off the bench in a limited role; has just 58 minutes and 12 shots in six games (out of Victoria's 10 so far).\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMEN'S\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERob Gagliardi\u003C\/b\u003E: Another \"unknown.\" Not with Durham, not in CIS.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERichard Townsend-Gant\u003C\/b\u003E: \"still training hard in Portland and is investigating some professional playing opportunities in Turkey\", or \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/Jones\/7483746\/story.html\"\u003Eso says\u003C\/a\u003E former teammate and fellow Oregon native \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Jones\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKhalid Abdel-Gabar\u003C\/b\u003E: Not on the Sheridan roster, likely graduated.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the 2011-12 season, there were about six who made the jump after being identified here (and, of course, several others who transferred without putting up the kind of CCAA stats that would get them noticed in this series). All but one of those six were men's players, whereas this year the only ones who transferred were on women's teams. Not that that's significant or anything, but without anything else of note, it's the only trend we can notice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6121873302832969751\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/basketball-checking-in-with-11-12-ccaa.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6121873302832969751"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6121873302832969751"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/basketball-checking-in-with-11-12-ccaa.html","title":"Basketball: Checking in with the '11-12 CCAA standouts"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2513725731933473695"},"published":{"$t":"2012-02-15T15:18:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.213-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bobcats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Five to Ponder"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Volleyball"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Five to Ponder: Playoff games (and playoff-seeding games) highlight five best to watch this weekend"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EOur second weekly look at the best upcoming games.\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003ESee \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/02\/five-to-ponder-best-games-for-feb-8-12.html\"\u003Ethe first post for the details\u003C\/a\u003E. (* denotes an if-necessary third game in a best-of-3.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5. Men's volleyball: Brandon at Calgary\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EGame score: 80 \u003Cbr \/\u003EFri 7:30pm MT \/ Sat 7:00pm MT \/ Sun 2:00pm MT* \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne of the quarterfinal matchups in this powerhouse conference was bound to show up here, and it's kind of surprising the Brandon\/Calgary series is not ranked higher. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt the very least, it would be harder to find a more even playoff matchup in any sport this year. These teams \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mvball\/2011-12\/standings-conf\"\u003Eboth finished 11-9 in conference play\u003C\/a\u003E, split a pair of four-set games, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0Ar0xEkmR7QNKdGtodVp1QVVZbDBMMnE0SDRMOGdWUXc\u0026authkey=CMX656kD\"\u003Eare virtually tied in RPI (6th nationwide) and SRS (+1.1, fifth)\u003C\/a\u003E, and put up \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mvball\/2011-12\/teams?sort=hpt\u0026r=0\u0026pos=\"\u003Eremarkably similar overall stats\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd, to add to all of that, this playoff series determines a spot at nationals. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4. Men's basketball: UPEI at Acadia\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EGame score: 81 \u003Cbr \/\u003EFri 8:00pm AT \/ Sat 4:00pm AT \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth teams are in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0Ar0xEkmR7QNKdFBTeExuYjhxQmI2Q1lrV0c2ZUVNWWc\"\u003Ethe upper third\u003C\/a\u003E of both the RPI and SRS rankings. These teams played on the island in November, with the Panthers winning both but only by a combined 12 points. The Axemen lost two close road games last weekend; UPEI played the same opponents in reverse, also losing both, although they took St. F-X to overtime. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's not really clear what's going on in AUS basketball this year (in a normal universe, UPEI would be in second place, not tied for first) and these two games may help us separate one team from the other. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3. Men's basketball: Laurier at McMaster\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EGame score: 81 \u003Cbr \/\u003ESat 2:00pm ET \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(It's 81.3 vs. 80.8, if you're wondering why this is ahead of UPEI\/Acadia.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOur \u003Cb\u003EBrian Decker\u003C\/b\u003E, on this game: \"This matchup will see two teams going in opposite directions likely facing off for a first-round bye in the OUA West playoffs. Laurier has lost two of their last three games (to their closest pursuers, Windsor and Mac, no less) to lose a tight grip on second place in the division, while McMaster has won six straight games and vaulted inside the CIS Top-10 for the first time all year. If Laurier beats Waterloo (5-15) and Mac beats Western (8-12) on Wednesday night, the winner of Saturday's game will have the first week of the postseason off.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Both teams will be looking to get some key players back from head injuries: the Marauders lost team captain and three-point marksman \u003Cb\u003EVictor Raso\u003C\/b\u003E to a likely concussion in a home win against Western on Feb. 8, while the Golden Hawks are missing skilled big man \u003Cb\u003EPat Donnelly\u003C\/b\u003E after he left the Hawks' Feb. 8 win over Guelph with a head injury. Raso's dependable shooting and veteran presence is a big part of the young Marauders' recent success, while Donnelly's tough inside presence and ability to stretch the floor with his jumpshot makes him a favourite target of point guard \u003Cb\u003EMax Allin\u003C\/b\u003E's passes. Whether these teams have these key players back could have a big impact on who sits and who plays in the first week of the OUA West playoffs.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. Men's basketball: UBC at Victoria\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EGame score: 84 \u003Cbr \/\u003EFri 8:00pm PT \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo surprise here. It's the rematch of last week's game, which was itself equally watchable. And as our \u003Cb\u003ECam Charron\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/02\/canada-west-mens-basketball-update-feb.html\"\u003Ereminded us yesterday\u003C\/a\u003E, the winner of this game hosts Calgary next week but the loser must travel to play \u003Cstrike\u003Eeither\u003C\/strike\u003E Alberta \u003Cstrike\u003Eor (likely) Saskatchewan\u003C\/strike\u003E \u0026mdash; a huge difference riding on 40 minutes. (Correction thanks to UVic's Andy Watson, who points out, correctly, that the Huskies have already clinched first.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. Women's hockey: Saskatchewan at Alberta\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003EGame score: 84 \u003Cbr \/\u003EFri 2:00 pm MT \/ Sat 2:00 pm MT \/ Sun 2:00pm MT* \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo \u003Ci\u003Every\u003C\/i\u003E good teams (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0Ar0xEkmR7QNKdDFyamhtakdxdUNseEFtTDFyck9ITWc\u0026authkey=COzi4N0D\"\u003Eboth +2 or better in SRS, top 10 in RPI\u003C\/a\u003E) \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/news\/2012\/2\/15\/WHOCKEY_0215122333.aspx\"\u003Ebegin a Canada West semifinal series on Friday\u003C\/a\u003E that won't, in and of itself, determine who goes to nationals (it's Alberta plus the Canada West champion\/runner-up this year). However, these games are of course hugely crucial for the Huskies nonetheless, as they have to win two of three here and two of three next week, likely against the Dinos, if they want to return to Edmonton in March.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2513725731933473695\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/02\/five-to-ponder-playoff-games-and.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2513725731933473695"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2513725731933473695"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/02\/five-to-ponder-playoff-games-and.html","title":"Five to Ponder: Playoff games (and playoff-seeding games) highlight five best to watch this weekend"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-482948385129269247"},"published":{"$t":"2011-12-08T16:02:00.005-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-12-08T17:40:58.505-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Aigles Bleues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pronghorns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Top 10"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey - Going Into The Break"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It’s back! Our women’s hockey coverage is back and ready for action. Unfortunately some miscommunication caused a delay in getting back into the swing of things, but we are ready to begin our coverage now at the break, and excited for the second half of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDue to the few games played this past weekend, this opportunity will be used to examine how the seasons of the top 10 teams are looking, and where they should end up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. McGill (9-1-0)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Martlets remain in the top spot in the CIS, a position they are well-accustomed to as they attempt to take their fourth national championship in five years this season. While the Martlets sit atop the standings of the RSEQ, one thing is already different from last year: they’ve lost. Though there won’t be a repeat of the perfect season the Martlets claimed last year, McGill is still poised to be top contenders for this year’s championship.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESuffering a loss to Montreal early in the season, McGill enter the break with a 9-1 record (I’d add an adjective like impressive before that, but for McGill, it’s just become natural), and are riding a seven-game win streak. November was a month much more reminiscent of last year’s dominating season, as McGill outscored opponents 29-5 in the month leading up to the break.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECaptain \u003Cb\u003ECathy Chartrand\u003C\/b\u003E is back on the point for the Martlets, where she’s racked up an impressive 12 points in just 11 games. Leading the offense are \u003Cb\u003EAnn-Sophie Bettez\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ELeslie Oles\u003C\/b\u003E, with 18 and 17 points, respectively. Between the pipes, \u003Cb\u003ECharline Labonte\u003C\/b\u003E is her regular self, with a GAA of just 1.47 and three shutouts.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll in all, it wouldn’t be surprising if McGill ended up with yet another championship, but the gap between the Martlets and their opponents is much smaller this year, leaving a lot of opportunity for another team to capitalize and seize gold.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. Laurier (13-0-1)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn OUA action, the Golden Hawks have fiercely bounced back from a disappointing post-season last year. Looking for their eighth OUA title in nine years, Laurier brings a balanced attack to the table this year, evidenced by their largely spread out scoring threats. \u003Cb\u003EAbby Rainsberry\u003C\/b\u003E leads the team in scoring with 15 points, but seven other Golden Hawks are within just four points of the centre. \u003Cb\u003ELaura Brooker\u003C\/b\u003E, the OUA's Rookie of the Year last season, has 11 goals and 14 points, while fifth-year staple \u003Cb\u003EKatherine Shirriff\u003C\/b\u003E has 14 points, as well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Hawks are undefeated in regulation play going into the break, and are on pace to finish similarly to last season, in which they finished atop the OUA. Their only loss to this point came against rival Guelph in early November. Since then, Laurier has outscored their opponents 34-6.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA major part of the Golden Hawks' success this year has come defensively, and thanks to the goaltending tandem of freshman \u003Cb\u003EErika Thunder\u003C\/b\u003E, and \u003Cb\u003ERachel Hamilton\u003C\/b\u003E, playing in her second year. After much concern (or relief for opponents) over who would be able to fill \u003Cb\u003ELiz Knox\u003C\/b\u003E's shoes, Thunder leads the OUA in goals against average posting a 1.60, while Hamilton is third with a solid 1.71. As the only team in the CIS yet to lose in regulation, everything appears to be on-track in Laurier's redemption year, but Thunder and Hamilton will need to continue their dominant play in nets if Laurier is to win gold come March.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Calgary (9-3-0)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Dinos find themselves ranked third going into the break, despite suffering three losses in the competitive Canada West conference. Led by \u003Cb\u003EElena Lovell\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EIya Gavrilova\u003C\/b\u003E offensively, who sit second and third in scoring, respectively, the Dinos have pieced together a great start to the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying in arguably the toughest conference in women's hockey, the Dinos have managed to take a series lead over rival Alberta, while splitting their series with Lethbridge. The Dinos have had somewhat of an advantage over opponents in the first half of the season, though. Eight of their 12 games were played on home ice. In the second half of the season, when the top five CW teams (currently separated by four points from first to fifth) will get in the final stretch of battling for just four playoff spots, Calgary will be forced to play eight games on the road, including a tough streak of five in a row.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAmanda Tapp\u003C\/b\u003E will look to continue her solid play in nets, where she ranks third in Canada West in both goals against average and save percentage among goalies who have played more than five games. At the same time, Calgary hopes they can get more games out of superstar forward \u003Cb\u003EHayley Wickenheiser\u003C\/b\u003E, who was only able to suit up five times for the Dinos in the first half. While the Dinos look strong, they will need to continue to prove themselves against Lethbridge, Alberta and Saskatchewan if they are to be considered a legitimate threat for national title.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4. St. FX (9-2-0)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EComing off a silver medal at last year's CIS championships, the X-Women looked poised to run the table in the AUS just as last year when they went undefeated through the regular season. Two surprise losses to Moncton threw a wrench in that plan, as the X-Women look to regain their spot atop the conference.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELed by a high-powered offense which has scored five or more goals in eight of their eleven games to this point, the X-Women have made easy work of their opponents, save the Aigles Bleues. A two-pronged attack, second-year forward \u003Cb\u003EAlex Normore\u003C\/b\u003E is averaging a goal a game and more than two points a game with 24 at the holiday break. Meanwhile, \u003Cb\u003EJanelle Parent\u003C\/b\u003E has eight goals and 20 points of her own. Noticeably quiet this year have been \u003Cb\u003EErin Brophy\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ENicole Hansom\u003C\/b\u003E, both of whom are stuck at just six points, despite finishing in the top ten for scoring in the AUS last season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKatie Garrow\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EKristy Greenway\u003C\/b\u003E have split the duties in net, with Garrow posting an impressive 1.00 GAA in her five games, and Greenway a solid 2.01 in six. Continued strong play from both goalies will be needed in the second-half of the season, but how the team performs in the clutch will determine if its St. FX or Moncton who ultimately end up in Edmonton come March.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5. Moncton (10-1-0)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHands down, les Aigles Bleues have been the dark horse of this season to date. With wins over St. FX in both games played against the X-Women, it's surprising that Moncton doesn't receive the fourth place spot in the CIS Top 10. Perhaps it was the loss suffered to Mount Allison, or maybe just the traditional placement of St. FX has Moncton sitting fifth, but that is something that few had expected.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnranked to begin the year, Moncton came out as a defensive force to start the year, holding their opponents to one goal or less in six of their first seven games. Since, the offense has started clicking, scoring 19 goals in their past four games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELike Laurier, Moncton has been running on a multi-faceted offense that has five players averaging over a point a game going into the break. Leading the way is \u003Cb\u003EGenevieve David\u003C\/b\u003E, followed closely by \u003Cb\u003EMarie-Pierre Arsenault\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EJohannie Thibeault\u003C\/b\u003E. Meanwhile, Kathy Desjardins has four shutouts in eight games, and has an amazing save percentage of .947.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUltimately, this season seems to be Moncton's to win, or lose. Regardless what happens in the next half of the regular-season, the conference seems to be a two-horse race between Moncton and St. FX, and whoever comes out to play March 4 should be representing the AUS in Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E6. Guelph (12-3-1)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gryphons have consistently been among the top three of the OUA, and this year is no different. With twelve wins in their first sixteen games, the Gryphons will find themselves in familiar territory battling it out for one of the top three sports come season's end. Where Guelph has stumbled has been surprising. They defeated Queen's both times they faced them, as well as the fourth-place Windsor Lancers. Losses for the Gryphons have come to Brock, Waterloo, and UOIT \u0026mdash; all teams that are under .500 and hold three of the bottom four spots in the OUA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFifth-year center \u003Cb\u003EErin Small\u003C\/b\u003E has been the main weapon in Guelph's arsenal, not surprisingly, with 12 goals and 12 assists. She's found help from \u003Cb\u003EJessica Pinkerton\u003C\/b\u003E, who has 11 goals herself. Freshman goalie \u003Cb\u003EStephanie Nehring\u003C\/b\u003E has emerged as the apparent starter of the future for Guelph, posting a 9-0 record and a 1.78 GAA, while \u003Cb\u003EBrooke Siddall\u003C\/b\u003E, expected to lead the way in net, has struggled, with a 3-4 record and a goals against average of 2.98.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe second half of the season for Guelph should be an interesting one, as the Gryphons have one game against Laurier, Queen's and Windsor each remaining. It might not be those games that matter, though, but instead the matchups with the OUA's weaker teams. Guelph will need to prove they are as good as many believe they are if they are to make it to the CIS championships.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E7. Queen's (10-3-2)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELast year the Gaels managed to end Laurier's long run of OUA championship wins, and they hope to begin their own little streak this season. As the break comes upon us, Queen's find themselves third in the OUA, but have struggled against the top two teams. Laurier has defeated the Gaels by 6-3 and 5-2 margins, while Guelph managed to take down Queen's 3-2 and 4-3 (in a shootout). Nevertheless, Queen's has demonstrated yet again that they are not to be taken lightly by any opponent.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003EMcHaffies\u003C\/b\u003E have been on fire in the first half, torching goalies across the league. \u003Cb\u003EMorgan McHaffie\u003C\/b\u003E leads the OUA with 29 points, while \u003Cb\u003EBrittany\u003C\/b\u003E is sitting third with 21. They have combined for more than a third of Queen's' goals. Not to be outdone, \u003Cb\u003EAlex Cieslowski\u003C\/b\u003E has 19 points herself, contributing as well to an offense is the second-highest scoring in all of the CIS.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the second half of the season, Queen's will host both Laurier and Guelph, so they have a good chance to move up the standings with home-ice advantage then. Ultimately, Queen's will make the playoffs, so their fate for Edmonton will depend on those two series. As they showed last year, though, they do not fear the higher seed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E8. Lethbridge (10-4-0)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Pronghorns will enter the break atop Canada West, boasting a strong 10-4 record. Defense and goaltending has been the major strengths of the Horns throughout the season, as they managed to light the lamp just 34 times through the first half of the season. \u003Cb\u003ECrystal Patterson\u003C\/b\u003E has played in all 14 games for Lethbridge, picking up five shutouts and maintaining a 1.34 goals against average, good enough for second best in the conference. Patterson also has the best save percentage, an astounding .951.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffensively, points have been spread rather equally across the first two lines for the Horns. Both \u003Cb\u003EShelby Ballendine\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EJenna-Marie Durnin\u003C\/b\u003E have 12 points, while \u003Cb\u003EKirsten Reeves\u003C\/b\u003E is the other Pronghorn in double digits with 10.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETruth be told, Lethbridge's start to the season is right around what was expected of them. They split series with both Calgary and Manitoba, but the real surprise were losses to UBC (the T-Birds only win this far), and a struggling Regina team. If Lethbridge is going to be successful, they are going to need to play consistent hockey, and eliminate the rusty play that led to the losses against the bottom-feeding teams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E9. Alberta (7-2-5)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Pandas will return to the CIS championship this year by way of playing host, but that doesn't mean they will not compete to take home the Canada West championship as well. Going into the break, the Pandas are third in CW with an interesting record that includes five overtime and shootout losses.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlberta dropped six straight (five in OT or SO) midway through the first half of the season, but rebounded since, winning every game except for their final game before the break. For lack of a better word, the Pandas have played on-par with the other top three teams in Canada West, as evidenced by the six one-goal games against those three teams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESarah Hilworth\u003C\/b\u003E is leading the offense with 16 points, while \u003Cb\u003EMonika Moskalski\u003C\/b\u003E has an impressive seven goals going into the break. \u003Cb\u003EKaitlyn Chapman\u003C\/b\u003E is the conference's second-best goalie heading into the break, posting a goals against average of 1.10 in eight games, and a save percentage of .947.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs noted, the Pandas have a bye into the championships, but don't think that means they won't get caught up in the competition of the Canada West championships. If hosts are to learn anything from Laurier last year, it's that a few weeks off before the championship isn't always a good thing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E10. Montreal (7-3-1)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELes Carabins land a surprising spot in the Top 10 heading into the winter break, beating out CW's second-place Saskatchewan in the process, with seven wins and a second-place spot in the RSEQ. Of course, losses to McGill are to be expected, though the 6-1 and 10-1 blowouts may be an indicator of Montreal's chances (or not) to shine on the national stage. Losses to Concordia and Carleton also question the reasoning of putting Montreal in the Top 10.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOffensively, \u003Cb\u003ECassandra Dupuis\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EKim Deschenes\u003C\/b\u003E sit tied for fourth in the RSEQ with 13 points a piece, nine of those being goals for Dupuis. Four more players sit with between nine and 11 points, showing that like many others in the top ten, Montreal has a balanced scoring attack.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERachel Ouellette\u003C\/b\u003E has been given the nod as starting goalie, and boasts a decent 2.66 goals against average. Her save percentage is well below .900, however, indicating that teams that get a lot of shots can pick up wins against the Carabins. Overall, the Carabins will likely fall out of the top ten come the first or second week back, and McGill will have no problem rolling over Montreal in the RSEQ finals, en route to Edmonton.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPredictions for Final Conference Standings\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAUS\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. St. FX\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Moncton\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Mount Allison\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. UPEI\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Dalhousie\u003Cbr \/\u003E6. St. Thomas\u003Cbr \/\u003E7. Saint Mary's\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECanada West\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. Calgary\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Saskatchewan\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Lethbridge\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. Alberta\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Manitoba\u003Cbr \/\u003E6. Regina\u003Cbr \/\u003E7. UBC\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOUA\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. Laurier\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Guelph\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Queen's\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. Western\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Toronto\u003Cbr \/\u003E6. Windsor\u003Cbr \/\u003E7. York\u003Cbr \/\u003E8. Brock\u003Cbr \/\u003E9. Waterloo\u003Cbr \/\u003E10. UOIT\u003Cbr \/\u003E11. Ryerson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERSEQ\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. McGill\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. Montreal\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Carleton\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. Ottawa\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Concordia\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/482948385129269247\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/12\/its-back-our-womens-hockey-coverage-is.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/482948385129269247"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/482948385129269247"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/12\/its-back-our-womens-hockey-coverage-is.html","title":"Women's Hockey - Going Into The Break"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle W. Brown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5384233119632305234"},"published":{"$t":"2011-11-09T22:56:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-11-25T10:04:19.043-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2011 women's soccer championship"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Spartans"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Soccer: The CIS national preview"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The CIS women's soccer championships start Nov. 10--we need say no more. \u003Cbr \/\u003EWith that in mind, here's a look at the eight teams in the tournament, how they got here, who they've got, and what might happen. \u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversity of Ottawa Gee-Gees (12 -\u0026nbsp;3 - 1; 2nd in OUA East, OUA bronze medal):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gee-Gees last took part in this tournament in 2008 which is, incidentally, the same as when their opponents, Dalhousie, were last involved. They went out 1 - 0 to Montreal. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince then they've never finished below third in the OUA East, usually behind Queen's. This year, despite another second-place finish and a 1 - 0 semi-final loss to Laurier, they actually were better than Queen's in the second half of the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gee-Gees are a more experienced squad with several players who featured in their 2008 team. There is young talent being developed, though, with rookie \u003Cstrong\u003EJulia Francki\u003C\/strong\u003E scoring five times this year in 16 appearances. Rookie \u003Cstrong\u003EPilar Khoury\u003C\/strong\u003E has an even more impressive six in 11. The rest of the Gee-Gees scoring is by committee, with five or more from six players. Elisabeth Wong is the main offensive threat with 10 goals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECynthia LeBlanc\u003C\/strong\u003E is a more-than-capable goalkeeper and the team only gave up seven goals this year while scoring 57. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhether they can produce big numbers against the better teams remains to be seen as they lost twice\u0026nbsp;in big games against\u0026nbsp;Queen's this year. It's easy to rack up big 7 - 0 and\u0026nbsp;8 - 0 wins against Trent, RMC and Ryerson. It's harder to do that against teams that can actually defend. Ottawa don't have a huge track record of high-level success, but they are favourites against Dalhousie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDalhousie University\u0026nbsp;Tigers (9 - 3 - 1; 3rd in AUS, AUS champions):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Tigers are almost ridiculously young, and yet they made a strong run to the AUS banner, knocking off Saint Mary's and UPEI in the process. They've routinely\u0026nbsp;used at least four rookies in the starting 11 this year, sometimes more.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe young recruits are backed by some more senior players, too: \u003Cstrong\u003ERieka Santilli\u003C\/strong\u003E looked a cut above an AUS midfield all year and \u003Cstrong\u003ETaryn McKenna\u003C\/strong\u003E is a national-calibre goalkeeper.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe youth is probably their greatest strength and greatest weakness. Dalhousie are unpredictable, hard to plan for, and they play with a certain fun in their game that probably helped them get through a long AUS weekend. At the same time, their two starting centre-backs for much of the season were rookies \u003Cstrong\u003EKristy McGregor-Bales\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EJenna Gabriel\u003C\/strong\u003E. They rely heavily on \u003Cstrong\u003EDoriana Homerski\u003C\/strong\u003E up front as a target forward.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf Dalhousie can possess the ball against Ottawa they'll give themselves a chance to nick something, especially if the experienced leaders seize their long-awaited chance at national glory after two near-misses. They'll need a bit of luck to beat Ottawa, though.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversity of Alberta Pandas (9 - 4 - 1; 3rd in Canada West, Canada West runners-up):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlberta are a tough team to figure. They rely to an absurd degree on \u003Cstrong\u003EHeather Lund\u003C\/strong\u003E for scoring but they play a defensively sound game that doesn't need too many goals to succeed. If the Pandas go anywhere in this tournament, it won't be pretty.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere might be more hope for Alberta if they hadn't drawn Queen's in the quarter-final. Can they cause an upset? They did take Trinity Western to penalties in the Canada West final, and if any team can shut down \u003Cstrong\u003EJacqueline Tessier\u003C\/strong\u003E and\u003Cstrong\u003E Kelli Chamberlain\u003C\/strong\u003E, it might be Alberta. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere's also a chance their style of play might match up well against the Gaels'. Laurier have had success playing a gritty, conservative game against Queen's in the past. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA lot will come down to whether \u003Cstrong\u003EKelti Biggs\u003C\/strong\u003E can come up with enough heroics. She'll need to make several fantastic saves on Thursday if Alberta are to have a chance. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat said, if they stick it out long enough and Queen's panic, they might have a chance and it's in those situations where Lund is the most dangerous. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQueen's University Gaels (13\u0026nbsp;- 1 - 2; 1st in OUA East, OUA champion, defending CIS champion):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gaels need no introduction, as they're something of a dynasty. There was little doubt that this team would be in the finals for 2010, and there seems little doubt they will\u0026nbsp;be this year, too.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere have been wobbles in 2011: a 3 - 3 draw with Toronto on Sept. 25, followed up by a 1 - 0 loss in the reverse fixture may be cause for concern. At times it's been easy, at times injuries and conditions haven't cooperated.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo much of a nationals run is luck, and Queen's are in a good position with a very easy bracket. If they beat Alberta, they'll play either Dalhousie or Ottawa. Or you can look at it as more opportunity to run into banana-peel teams. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEither way, the Gaels can score with \u003Cstrong\u003ETessier\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EChamberlain\u003C\/strong\u003E and defend with \u003Cstrong\u003EChantal Marson.\u003C\/strong\u003E While everyone watches \u003Cstrong\u003ETessier\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003ERiley Filion\u003C\/strong\u003E strikes--she has six goals this year. The team also has incredible depth on the bench, allowing coach \u003Cstrong\u003EDave McDowell\u003C\/strong\u003E to make fatigue and tactical adjustments. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWilfrid Laurier University Golden Hawks (12 - 2 - 0; 1st in OUA West, OUA runners-up):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaurier have some hard times. They\u0026nbsp;barely\u0026nbsp;lose the 2010 CIS final to Queen's\u0026nbsp;1 - 0, then have to watch the Gaels take all the plaudits beating up on a relatively weak OUA East conference this year while they struggle in a competitive OUA West. They get to the finals and lose to Queen's--again--this time on penalties.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAllow\u003Cstrong\u003E Tania Pedron\u003C\/strong\u003E one long, primal scream for a second. She must be steamed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe good news for Laurier is that this will probably give them more to play for. There is no chance this team is going to lose sight of their goal. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey've even gone and found a striker--correcting one of last year's major flaws. \u003Cstrong\u003EEmily Brown\u003C\/strong\u003E is a rookie, but she had nine goals.\u0026nbsp;Laurier\u0026nbsp;only found 36 goals this season, not bad by any means, but well below fellow OUA representatives Ottawa and Queen's. \u003Cstrong\u003EBrown\u003C\/strong\u003E will fight the same adjustment problem as Dalhousie's \u003Cstrong\u003EHomerski\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003Cstrong\u003E Krista Cellucci\u003C\/strong\u003E had ten, but did little last year at nationals. They're still a defense-first team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUniversité de Montreal Carabins (12 - 0 - 2; 1st in RSEQ, RSEQ champions):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOh, this game should be fun. Think back a year. Laurier frustrated Montreal badly enough that \u003Cstrong\u003EClaire Robbins\u003C\/strong\u003E kicked someone and\u003Cstrong\u003E Kevin McConnell\u003C\/strong\u003E got tossed for hollering some\u0026nbsp;very foul language at the referees. And now they meet\u0026nbsp;Laurier\u0026nbsp;again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe CSA would be well-advised to make sure there's a sharp official on this game because Montreal will try every trick in the book. They dive, they whinge, they bump late and they score some truly incredible goals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is, no doubt, one of the most talented teams in this tournament.\u003Cstrong\u003E Eva Thouvenot-Hébert\u003C\/strong\u003E is a special talent and has filled in for the departed \u003Cstrong\u003EVéronique Laverdière\u003C\/strong\u003E. They're undefeated for a reason and they ran up some pretty frightening scores on the way. It's an experienced team that, incredibly, hasn't won CIS gold despite all their incredible ability. The intensity with which they wanted the trophy last year was matched only by the intensity with which they fell out of the competition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Carabins are unlucky in their draw--they probably have the single most difficult path to the finals. Even if they do beat Laurier in the rematch, they'll likely run into Trinity Western, who have also put them out before. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere has to be vengeance on this team's mind. If they focus it, viewers could see some incredible soccer played on the weekend. If not, it might mean a long night of paperwork for the referee.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETrinity Western University Spartans (12 - 1 - 1; 1st in Canada West, Canada West champions):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomething happened to the two-time defending champions last year. When they lost their opening game this year, it looked like \u003Cstrong\u003EGraham Roxburgh\u003C\/strong\u003E might have a real problem.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince then, they haven't lost a game, drawing only once at UBC. The Spartans are arguably still the best team in the country from a purely technical perspective, only they've got a lot to prove after a rut-filled 2010.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETrinity Western have some of the best attacking talent in the tournament and can easily start five strikers if they want to.\u003Cstrong\u003E Nikki Wright\u003C\/strong\u003E and\u003Cstrong\u003E Daniela Gerig\u003C\/strong\u003E lead the group, but \u003Cstrong\u003EAlicia Tesan\u003C\/strong\u003E is there, too.\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Melissa Mobilio\u003C\/strong\u003E has provided five years worth of service. \u003Cstrong\u003EJenna Di Nunzio\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ETessa Meyer\u003C\/strong\u003E dominate the rest of the midfield with \u003Cstrong\u003EColleen Webber\u003C\/strong\u003E and\u003Cstrong\u003E Jilian Dietrich\u003C\/strong\u003E in defense. \u003Cstrong\u003EKristen Funk\u003C\/strong\u003E is probably the best goalkeeper in the tournament.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis team is stacked and has some younger depth as well with rookie\u003Cstrong\u003E Sarah-Kim Bergeron\u003C\/strong\u003E having a good year. Execution is sometimes a problem for the Spartans and their tendency to win games on penalties (it helps that \u003Cstrong\u003EFunk\u003C\/strong\u003E can both score and save them with the best) is worrying--they only won the Canada West banner after a shootout. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMcGill University\u0026nbsp;Martlets (8 - 3 - 3; 3rd in RSEQ, CIS hosts):\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill has a quite wonderful start to the season, matching Montreal stride for undefeated stride. Then it all fell apart and a four-game winless streak made them a below .500 team after Sept. 18. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Martlets are lower scoring than the Carabins and when they're at their best, tough as nails defensively. When they're not, they're giving up three goals to UQTR.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis has the potential to be a short tournament for McGill, up against the Spartans in the quarter-finals. They're the perfect team to cause an upset, though, and if they do they could\u0026nbsp;face Montreal in the semi-final. The Martlets managed two draws against the Carabins this year. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill may be the Laval of 2011: the runners-up from RSEQ face an unenviable draw and can't quite compete with Montreal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5384233119632305234\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/11\/cis-womens-soccer-championships-start.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5384233119632305234"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5384233119632305234"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/11\/cis-womens-soccer-championships-start.html","title":"Women's Soccer: The CIS national preview"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dylan Matthias"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8556576859353627256"},"published":{"$t":"2011-09-19T22:54:00.000-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-09-19T22:54:42.558-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eva Thouvenot"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Heather Lund"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Karolyne Blain"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Maria Scichilone"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Soccer"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Spartans"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Voyageurs"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Soccer: Goals in the East, Recovery in the West"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The goals are flying in east of Toronto.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMost of the women's soccer storylines are in AUS this week, with a smattering of Canada West upsets and collapses in a conference becoming known for them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAUS is usually pretty staid,\u0026nbsp;with lots of one-goal games that were never really contests but were too physical to result in any real dominance. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor the second straight week, 3-0 and 4-0 scorelines appeared around the east. UPEI, Dalhousie, and Cape Breton are hardly new to the top of the table, but this kind of dominance is unusual.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDalhousie, who\u0026nbsp;might have struggled to score after losing \u003Cstrong\u003EKate MacDonald\u003C\/strong\u003E, \u003Cstrong\u003EJeanette Huck\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EKatie Richard\u003C\/strong\u003E, pasted UNB 4-0 in Fredericton. \u003Cstrong\u003EDoriana Homerski\u003C\/strong\u003E scored her second of the year, as did \u003Cstrong\u003EJoanna Blodgett\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003ERieka Santilli\u003C\/strong\u003E. A 1-0 win in Moncton is less impressive, but puts Dal in\u0026nbsp;a solid third.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECape Breton, who have been threatening to become a national powerhouse for several years now, are back to winning easily. \u003Cstrong\u003ETiffany O'Donnell\u003C\/strong\u003E hasn't allowed a goal yet. \u003Cstrong\u003EKarolyne Blain\u003C\/strong\u003E had two against Memorial and one against Acadia, both teams who were showing some promise this year. It was back to earth this weekend, and \u003Cstrong\u003EBlain\u003C\/strong\u003E has four goals in three games. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUPEI are still there, too. \u003Cstrong\u003EMaria Scichilone\u003C\/strong\u003E put another in against Saint Mary's in a 2-0 win. Rookie \u003Cstrong\u003EEmilie Pelletier\u003C\/strong\u003E had two goals in a 4-0 win against Mount Allison on Sunday. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn Canada West, things are complicated as Victoria try to find themselves and Trinity Western put some soul into a much improved weekend. Alberta are just good.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Pandas nicked a goal just before half-time from \u003Cstrong\u003EHeather Lund\u003C\/strong\u003E when \u003Cstrong\u003EKayla Michaels'\u003C\/strong\u003E pass sliced open the Victoria back line leaving \u003Cstrong\u003ELund\u003C\/strong\u003E free to flick a shot over \u003Cstrong\u003EStephanie Parker\u003C\/strong\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Vikes followed up a disappointing loss by losing 2-1 to Saskatchewan at home, putting Victoria in seventh.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Spartans, meanwhile, played \u003Cstrong\u003ENikki Wright\u003C\/strong\u003E and \u003Cstrong\u003EAlicia Tesan \u003C\/strong\u003Eand it paid off. \u003Cstrong\u003ETesan\u003C\/strong\u003E set up two goals on the weekend and deploying roughly five forwards seems to have helped TWU's scoring funk, though playing Manitoba and Regina might also have had something to do with that. The Pandas and the Spartans meet next weekend, which should be a good game to watch.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFraser Valley's strong start was cancelled by a positive road trip from Saskatchewan and the arrival of Alberta in town. It might still have been a better weekend for the Cascade if they hadn't blown a lead in the last five minutes against Saskatchewan, conceding two goals, including the winner in stoppage time. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Montreal Carabins continue to smash in goals in Quebec. \u003Cstrong\u003EEva Thouvenot\u003C\/strong\u003E had a hat trick against Sherbrooke, who aren't exactly shabby, in a 4-0 rout. Then they did the same thing the next day to Trois Rivières. Montreal still haven't allowed a goal after four games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill also sit tied atop the RSEQ table, though their weekend was less convincing. The Martlets scored twice in the final 15 against Concordia to avoid an embarrassing home draw. A 1-0 win away to Laval is more predictable, but it doesn't quite match Montreal's output. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe only question left for the Carabins after several strong conference seasons is whether they can avoid their annual November collapse at nationals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe OUA is its predictable self, by the way. Queen's beat RMC 3-1 and destroyed Trent 6-0. Laurier are in a similar boat, beating McMaster before edging Brock 2-1\u0026nbsp;having gone down 1-0 at home.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EQueen's play Toronto next weekend, which should pretty much be the OUA season. The Varsity Blues are three points back of Queen's, and a win in Kingston is essential for U of T to have any hope of a first place finish.\u0026nbsp;Queen's might find motivation for the game in their number-four national ranking, which seems a bit low for a\u0026nbsp;team walking past opponents right now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaurentian are kicking around with a nice 4-2-1 record from seven games. They're strong play\u0026nbsp;(and possibly some\u0026nbsp;voters missing how many games they've played) has led to a number-ten\u0026nbsp;ranking.\u0026nbsp;They'll slip as others catch up in the games, but a playoff space looks possible for the Voyageurs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8556576859353627256\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/09\/womens-soccer-goals-in-east-recovery-in.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8556576859353627256"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8556576859353627256"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/09\/womens-soccer-goals-in-east-recovery-in.html","title":"Women's Soccer: Goals in the East, Recovery in the West"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Dylan Matthias"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8886104933690884143"},"published":{"$t":"2011-03-14T12:16:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-03-14T12:21:38.453-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2011 women's hockey championships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Hockey: McGill Capture Third Gold in Four Years"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The McGill Martlets finished off their perfect season in style last night, easily handling the St. Francis Xavier X-Women in the gold medal game at the 2011 CIS Women's Hockey Championships.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe win marks the third in the past four years for the Martlets, continuing the powerhouse that has been McGill women's hockey.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThough, St. FX was able to keep McGill in check for the first period and headed into the intermission only down 1-0. The speed of the Martlets helped extend that lead in the second though, as \u003Cb\u003EJordanna Peroff\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ECaroline Hill\u003C\/b\u003E scored less than 40 seconds apart.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAn early goal by \u003Cb\u003EJasmine Sheehan\u003C\/b\u003E looked to put things out of reach, but the X-Women refused to give up. Captain \u003Cb\u003ESuzanne Fenerty\u003C\/b\u003E was able to get St. FX on the board, which was quickly followed by an \u003Cb\u003EErin Brophy\u003C\/b\u003E marker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll momentum that the X-Women had was quickly compromised when \u003Cb\u003EAlessandra Lind-Kenny\u003C\/b\u003E scored to make it 5-2, which would go on to be the final.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the win, McGill finishes the year a perfect 33-0, while the loss marks the first for St. FX this season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPeroff was named the tournament MVP, and was also chosen as a forward on the All-Tournament Team. Joining her are teammates \u003Cb\u003ELeslie Oles\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ECathy Chartrand\u003C\/b\u003E, as well as St. FX's Fenerty and \u003Cb\u003ECarolyn Campbell\u003C\/b\u003E. Rounding out the team is Queen's goalie \u003Cb\u003EMel Dodd-Moher\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor Dodd-Moher, the accomplishment is complemented by a bronze medal at the tournament, which her Gaels won in thrilling fashion earlier in the day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgainst the host Laurier Golden Hawks, Dodd-Moher demonstrated why she deserved her All-Tournament accolade, as she stood on her head and made 33 saves in a 1-0 shutout performance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBoth Dodd-Moher and \u003Cb\u003ELiz Knox\u003C\/b\u003E in the other end played phenomenal, evidenced by the 58 minutes of play without a goal. However, with just 1:52 left on the clock, \u003Cb\u003EKerstin van Bolderen\u003C\/b\u003E scored just under the crossbar off a backhand after receiving a beautiful pass from \u003Cb\u003EElizabeth Kench\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe win for Queen's helps cap off their Cinderella ending to the season, which saw them win 10 straight games entering the tournament, including one which was the longest in collegiate hockey history (for men or women).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaurier will hope to forget the loss and post-season in general. After being ranked as the #2 team nationwide for much of the regular season, they were swept by Queen's in the first round of the OUA playoffs. Despite getting an automatic bid into the tournament as host, the Golden Hawks dropped their first game to St. FX, which resulted in them playing for bronze instead of gold.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe fifth place game saw the Alberta Pandas do battle with the Manitoba Bisons in a Canada West battle. \u003Cb\u003EMelody Howard\u003C\/b\u003E picked up three points for the Pandas as Alberta went on to win 5-2 to finish fifth in the tournament. Both teams dropped their two round robin games which caused them to play in the early game instead of for a medal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother year has come and gone for CIS women's hockey, but you can bet coaches and players are already thinking about next year's tournament in Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill will have a chance to repeat, but it will hang in the balance based on who will return for the Martlets next season. It should be an exciting off-season to see which recruits go where, and who decides to stay for these big teams.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8886104933690884143\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/womens-hockey-mcgill-capture-third-gold.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8886104933690884143"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8886104933690884143"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/womens-hockey-mcgill-capture-third-gold.html","title":"Women's Hockey: McGill Capture Third Gold in Four Years"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle W. Brown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7532519230060541462"},"published":{"$t":"2011-03-11T01:29:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-03-11T16:30:27.953-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lady Vees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Basketball: Top Player Breakdown"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EWith regionals a mere day away (less than that, for those in Eastern time zones), it seems a no more appropriate time than now to give an overall breakdown of this year's top (in stats, at least) players, their (supposed) skills and shortfalls, and perhaps my own (bracket-and-clause-filled) perspective on those players I had the distinct pleasure, and oftentimes difficult task, of playing against.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe individual PER rankings can be found \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets0.google.com\/ccc?hl=en\u0026amp;key=tbbqktWuy9hub6w0kXAeopA\u0026amp;hl=en#gid=0\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003Ehere\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ci\u003E, and the league statistics from the CIS site are accessible \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/players\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis year's top 10 players, in reverse order, are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJill Humbert (G, Saskatchewan)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 27.5; PPG: 15.4; Outstanding stat: assists (113, 4.7 per game, 1st in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaskatchewan senior (and Canada West All-star) Humbert has long been a team leader, manning the Huskie helm at PG for the last few seasons and leading her team to their best-ever finish (3rd at nationals) this past year. Humbert's three-point shooting, fast break abilities, dribbling strength, and ability to draw fouls are all assets. From personal experience, extra post help to cut off her driving (and dishing) lane was always needed (and never 100% effective at stopping her). Potential weaknesses? While her acrobatic inside finishing belies her size, she can occasionally get into trouble inside against bigger players (as can anyone of point guard stature); cutting down this sole facet of her game, however, will do opposing teams little good in rendering her inefficient.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELisa Furchner (F, Laurentian)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 29.5; PPG: 16.6; Outstanding stat: rebounds (223, 10.1 per game, 3rd in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFurchner, a senior with the Laurentian Voyageurs, has long since put every inch of her 6-plus-foot frame (not to mention her strength in the low post) to use, averaging 16.6 ppg with a more-than-respectable 47.1% field goal shooting. She makes excellent space for herself on the defensive glass, and leads her team in rebounds, points and blocks on the season; in fact, she's only one of two players to finish top-10 nationwide in points- and rebounds-per-game. Her detriment, perhaps, is merely that of the typical post: exceptional inside the key, less effective outside of it. While she is better than most posts from downtown (a noteworthy 11-38 shooting), closing down into a zone and letting Laurentian's big gun try to make it from beyond the arc is a gamble most times will (and probably should) take.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMarisa Haylett (G, Alberta)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 30.3; PPG: 15.8; Outstanding stat: free throws (127, 4th in CIS\u003C\/b\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaylett's strength is, quite clearly, her ability to draw fouls: she is excellent at splitting defenses and going up through the arms of out-of-place defenders. She is both a momentum-carrier and a opponent-bench-shortener, often drawing significant fouls on key players, especially in big games. Yes, she leads her team in points but in steals as well -- she is the kind of well-rounded player that can get things done at both ends of the court. Her fault is, perhaps, on the same plane as her strongest asset, however: she is second on her team in personal fouls against (51), suggesting that while she is exceptionally talented at ripping the ball out of opponents' hands, she also occasionally gets a little too tangled-up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAmanda Sharpe (F, UNB)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 33.4; PPG: 19.7; Outstanding stat: PPG (2nd in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESharpe was recently named AUS MVP, and for good reason: she scored 30-plus points on three separate occasions, and led her team in points, field goal percentage, rebounds, and blocks (a remarkable 30, compared to second-best 9). The 6-ft forward, despite being small for a post of her true-5-style position, has played well above her size for years and has led her team to their 10th place ranking through her hard work and tenacity under the glass. Under the glass, though, is pretty much where she thrives: she doesn't have any downtown game, but lucky for her, she doesn't need to -- she's fought through enough double (and a few triple) teams to prove her worth in the paint.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKim Tulloch (G, Saskatchewan)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 29.0: PPG: 16.9; Outstanding stat: 3 pt percentage (46.4%, 3rd in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECW MVP Tulloch, despite being listed as a guard, plays like a combination of multiple positions: she will post smaller guards up and physically dominate them on the low block; she will draw slower wings to the outside and knock them on their heels; and she will utilize poor closeouts by either draining three point shots or blowing by flat-footed defenders for mid-range jumpers and layups. To say that her field goal and three point percentages are comparable (49.7 and 46.4 per cent, respectively) is remarkable, considering a FG % of just under 50% is good for a layup-laden post (and she's nearly matching that from outside). Perhaps her sole weakness is a defender of similar calibre (or very strong defensive skills) -- she struggled when matched up against now-teammate Miyazaki, whose equally hybrid-ized skill set made it difficult for her to take advantage of the obvious skill gaps of other players.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKatie Miyazaki (G, Saskatchewan)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 30.4; PPG: 13; Outstanding stat: steals per game (3.63, 1st in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMiyazaki claimed CW Defensive Player of the Year honours for the second time running (albeit with a completely new squad of teammates), and for good reason: she lead the league in steals per game, not to mention leading her team in rebounds, despite her (arguably) guard status. Miyazaki's athleticism, from both statistical evidence and personal experience, is exemplary: her ability to read offensive players and make steals on front-court passes is exceptional, not to mention her smothering one-on-one D is a challenge many opponents are loathe to meet up with. Her pitfalls? (Is hypertenacious a word? No? Well, it is now.) Katie's enthusiasm can sometimes be her downfall, her defensive fire occasionally getting her in early foul trouble instead of notching her up more stats. With a sweet jumper like hers, though -- and the three point shot she has developed in recent years -- the odd foul isn't going to stop her (especially with this year's supporting cast).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMatteke Hutzler (F, Western)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 36.3; PPG: 13.6; Outstanding stat: FG percentage (55.8, 3rd in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile announcers have yet to discover the proper pronunciation of her name, Matteke (Muh-teh-kuh Huts-ler, for anyone who happens to be reading this) has taken little offense -- or at least expended little time and energy on the indignity -- and spent the entirety of this past season proving more than her worth to pessimistic pundits who wondered if she, or the program she was heading to, could make a mark on the CIS after her exceptional career on the opposite side of the country. She leads her team in points, blocks, rebounds, and field goal percentage; is tied for free throws attempted; and, perhaps most remarkably, is second on her squad in both steals and assists (did we mention she's a post?). She has led her team to big wins (for example, taking down previously-first-ranked Windsor in an enormous post-Christmas upset), and her nearly inhuman athleticism (if you ever want to see a post out-sprint a point guard, she'll do it (and has already)) is a huge asset, both in full-court road races and under the glass (did you know she can touch the rim?). She can occasionally get into foul trouble, and her free throw shooting -- while it has grown in leaps and bounds through her career -- is still only above-average. She can, however, carry a team -- and she has proven it multiple times -- and as long as she's not in foul trouble, she's usually playing well over 30 minutes (and for good reason).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHannah Sunley-Paisley (F, Ottawa)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 33.8; PPG: 15.9; Outstanding stat: rebounds per game (11.5, 1st in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn each year she's played (and each scouting report I've received), analysts have highlighted Sunley-Paisley's rebounding prowess: she cleans up on both the O and D glass (the former of which significantly aids her PPG total, as she grabs -- and then buckets -- the majority of her teammates' missed points). She is a tall body with a significant vertical, and she uses her physicality to her advantage: she'll manhandle anyone who isn't trying hard enough (or, for that matter, just has a momentary lapse in concentration). While she is experienced in beating double (and sometimes triple) teams, however, she occasionally has a tough time with bigger and stronger players: big-bodied posts (like, say, Saskatchewan's Jana Spindler) can sometimes make her struggle more than she wants to and frustrate her underneath. If she can keep her head in it, though, she's deadly (and it's been proven in the past).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJessica Clémençon (F, Windsor)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 37.0; PPG: 19; Outstanding stat: blocks (44, 2nd in CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EClémençon helped lead her team to a second-place national finish last year, after a near-perfect season; she was CIS rookie of the year last season, and OUA player of the year this year. Her length, strong mid-range jumper, hard finish, and tenacity all work in her favour. She feeds well off of her strong Lancer supporting cast, often slashing through the post for dish passes and offensive rebounds, and is difficult to out-race in the full court. While she is no stranger to physicality, however (her experience in her native France prepared her well for the physical style of CIS play), an excessively pushy post -- especially one equal to her length and athleticism -- can frustrate her and throw her off her game. Ultimately, though, it takes a full team to stop her -- and a full-team defensive mentality -- which is why she has done so well in both stats and wins this year (and, ultimately, earned her 2nd-place PER ranking).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJustine Colley (G, St. Mary's)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPER: 40.0; Outstanding stat: PPG, points, free throws, and field goals (all first in the CIS)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe stats say it all in this case: Justine Colley is a scoring juggernaut. She has scored 30-plus points on six separate occasions (with an incredible personal-best 43 point performance against Acadia in November) with a 46.4% field goal percentage and 35.7% 3pt percentage on the season. She is only 5'9\", but can post smaller guards (and medium-sized wings) as easily as she takes long distance shots, and her versatility is what serves her such great favour in this league. As for shortcomings? Well, anyone can be stopped... in theory. She's been held to twelve points once (her season low), seventeen twice, and 19 once... and in a 20-game season, that's saying something. Let's just say \"double team\" and \"deny\" are, and will continue to be, two key terms in scouting reports for now and years to come.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7532519230060541462\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/womens-basketball-top-player-breakdown.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7532519230060541462"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7532519230060541462"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/womens-basketball-top-player-breakdown.html","title":"Women's Basketball: Top Player Breakdown"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kate Hole"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"13","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mTuwb3Gonr4\/TH_xBDQFu-I\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/QbVft-nVz5E\/S220\/27002_597791455133_116203236_35444098_1784140_n.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6684672985815279679"},"published":{"$t":"2011-03-06T16:33:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-02-03T18:28:44.901-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West women's basketball recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cascades"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Basketball: Canada West Playoff Recap"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"After a hard-fought battle that didn't see the Huskies claim a lead (beyond their 2-0 start with the first basket of the game) until the 4th quarter, Saskatchewan clawed their way back from as much as a nine point deficit to claim the Canada West gold medal (just the second in Huskies women's basketball history). They beat their cross-province rivals the Regina Cougars in front of a packed-to-capacity PAC crowd on Saturday, after downing the UFV Cascades on Friday night.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the Canada West semifinals on Friday, the Cougars met up with the University of Alberta Pandas while the Huskies battled the visiting Abbotsford-based Cascades. In the first semifinal game, the Cougars never built up more than a ten point lead in a game that was a back-and-forth battle \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/releases\/20110304-recaps\"\u003Ethroughout\u003C\/a\u003E. After relinquishing their sole lead in the first quarter, the Pandas kept things close and managed to take a two point advantage early in the fourth following a pair of \u003Cb\u003EKatie Arbuthnot\u003C\/b\u003E free throws. This small gain inevitably spelled the end for the Pandas, however, as Regina went on a quick 8 point run to take the lead once and for all. For the Cougars, \u003Cb\u003ELindsay Ledingham\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110304_4rlw.xml\"\u003Eled all scorers\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewith 21 points, while Zalesiak, Gheyssen and Chamberlin added 16, 15 and 10 respectively. The Pandas were topped off by a 14-point performance by \u003Cb\u003EMarissa Haylett\u003C\/b\u003E, while Bakker, Asleson and Popovici all contributed double-digit totals as well. The Cougars topped the Pandas by a four-point deficit, 72-68.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the Huskies side, second-year-running Canada West Defensive Player of the Year \u003Cb\u003EKatie Miyazaki\u003C\/b\u003E led her team with a remarkable \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110304_mvc7.xml\"\u003Etriple double\u003C\/a\u003E, tallying 10 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists on the night. Canada West First Team All-star and Sylvia Sweeney Award recipient \u003Cb\u003EJill Humbert\u003C\/b\u003E led all scorers with 23, while Canada West MVP \u003Cb\u003EKim Tulloch\u003C\/b\u003E added 11 points and Kiselyk and Spindler chalked up 16 and 14 as well. For the Cascades, \u003Cb\u003EAlyssa Gaukel\u003C\/b\u003E led her team with 17 points, Tessa Klassen noched 12, and Sarah Wierks totalled 10 rebounds. The final score: 88-59 in the Huskies' favour.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the bronze medal match, Alberta dealt with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110305_xju6.xml\"\u003Eyet another close contest\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;but this time managed to come away the victor, with a 7-point 77-64 win over the Cascades. The Pandas were once again led by Haylett wit an 18-point performance, and Popovici and Hillier added twelve apiece. The Cascades managed only two double-digit scorers, Klassen and Luyken, who added 21 and 16 points respectively.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the gold medal match, it was truly a \"battle of Saskatchewan\" as the visiting Regina Cougars were met by a thundering crowd of nearly 2300 fans as they took on the hometown Huskies. Despite going 0-2 against the Huskies in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/schedule?team=Regina\"\u003Eleague play,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003ERegina led for the majority of the contest, leaving Saskatchewan with only one lead -- 2-0 on the first basket of the game -- heading in to the fourth quarter. The back-and-forth battle was punctuated by huge fast breaks by the Huskies and equally enormous (but certainly not equidistant) three point shots from the Cougars, who led by as much as nine points midway through the third. Despite some shaky free throw shooting at the end, however, and some big threes by \u003Cb\u003EJoanna Zalesiak\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003ECarly Graham\u003C\/b\u003E late in the 4th, the Huskies held on to their lead and were crowned 2011 CW Champions with a final score of 77-74. \u003Cb\u003EMarci Kiselyk\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110305_v2di.xml\"\u003Eled all scorers\u003C\/a\u003E with 20 points, while Huskie teammates Tulloch, Humbert and Miyazaki totalled 17, 15 and 11 respectively. For the visiting Cougars, \u003Cb\u003EGabrielle Gheyssen\u003C\/b\u003E led her team with 17, and Ledingham, Graham and Zalesiak each added double digits of their own (16, 15 and 12).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Huskies will enter the national tournament in Windsor, Ontario with the first place ranking as well as CW Defensive Player of the Year, Canada West Sylvia Sweeney Award nominee, Canada West first team all-star, Canada West MVP, and Canada West Coach of the Year honours.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6684672985815279679\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/womens-basketball-canada-west-playoff.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6684672985815279679"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6684672985815279679"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/womens-basketball-canada-west-playoff.html","title":"Women's Basketball: Canada West Playoff Recap"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kate Hole"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"13","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mTuwb3Gonr4\/TH_xBDQFu-I\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/QbVft-nVz5E\/S220\/27002_597791455133_116203236_35444098_1784140_n.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8456592252866291962"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-24T18:50:00.032-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.383-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada West women's basketball liveblog - U of A vs. UBC"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The first battle of the women's basketball playoffs is underway \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ssncanada.ca\/game\/2544\/\"\u003Ein just a few minutes time over at SSN Canada.\u003C\/a\u003E This post will be updated throughout the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E---\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4:00 pm local time\u003C\/b\u003E - SSN announcers say that Katie Arbuthnot is back in the lineup tonight, big boost for the Pandas. Alberta goes with Popovici, Haylett, Bakker, Rissling and Hillier. UBC with Lisson, Vieweg, Huntley, St.-Pierre and Young.\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E6:09 1st Q, 8-4 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Georgia Popovici has come out flying, she's 2-for-2 from beyond the arc for six so far, while playing some good inside defense. Not much penetration from either offense so far, the defenses are well-prepared.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2:36 1st Q, 13-12 UBC\u003C\/b\u003E - Lia St.-Pierre found wide open for a three ball after a good transition. Alberta having some trouble getting set up on defense. Gives UBC their second lead of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEnd of 1st Q, 16-13 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - UBC getting into some early foul trouble and the Pandas have made them pay from the line, going 8-for-8, although the Thunderbirds have shot better from the field. Katie Arbuthnot is looking good early on for Alberta, with 4 points in 8 minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E6:17 2nd Q, 25-18 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - The interesting matchup here has been Georgia Popovici and Alex Vieweg. Neither player getting much room inside but have each racked up 8 points. UBC takes a timeout, they've gone cold in the second quarter shooting and have turned the ball over nine times already this game. Gotta get that offense under control, since Alberta have come to play tonight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4:11 2nd Q, 25-22 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Quick 4-0 run from the Thunderbirds have led to Alberta taking their timeout. UBC has the fast-break advantage so far, I think they've made four or five baskets off transition so far, including both in the mini-run they've been on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEnd of 2nd Q, 35-30 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Marisa Haylett's shot at the buzzer doesn't fall, and, as Doug McLean notes on the SSN Broadcast, neither team is very organized on the half-court offense. The shot-clock is ticking a few seconds faster than normal it seems, as five shot-clock violations have occured already. Despite the struggles in ball movement, both teams are shooting well at 52%, hence the respectable scoreline.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUBC only sent Alberta to the line twice in that quarter, taking them out of foul trouble. Haylett leads the way for the Pandas, 8 points and 2 boards in 19 minutes of play, while Alex Vieweg has dominated Popovici in transition and under the offensive glass, she's scored 14 points in that half and has a pair of rebounds, but, two fouls incurred, which may come into play if the game stays close.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E7:06 3rd Q, 39-37 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Sally Hillier responds to a Kris Young layup giving UBC the lead with a 3-ball to put the Pandas back up top.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4:20 3rd Q, 46-41 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - And former Kitsilano Blue Demon Marisa Haylett breaks Kris Young's ankles and sticks away a long jumper for her 13th point and adds the Pandas lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E0:41 3rd Q, 49-48 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Leigh Stansfield's two free throws were the first points made in over a minute of action. Two turnovers and two fouls in that span.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEnd of 3rd Q, 51-48 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Marisa Haylett with a couple of free throws of her own to stretch the gap back to three as we enter the all-important fourth quarter. Neither team is doing too well under opposing glass, just five offensive rebounds on both sides (3 for UBC and 2 for Alberta).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E8:35 4th Q, 53-50 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Lia St.-Pierre back into the game for UBC, she has six points and three fouls, while Georgia Popovici is struggling for the Pandas, not making a basket since the first quarter and caused a turnover being unable to handle a Haylett pass.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E7:28 4th Q, 53-53\u003C\/b\u003E - Devan Lisson with a clutch three ball ties us right back up. Alberta looking very disorganized right now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4:47 4th Q, 58-57 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Pace is picking up as the urgency increases for both teams. In the 'unlikely heroes' file is Kris Young, who averaged 6.5 points per game during the season, with 18 so far for UBC who has gone 9-for-12. Despite the point disadvantage, UBC appears to be in control here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2:59 4th Q, 59-58 UBC\u003C\/b\u003E - Rissling missed a layup for Alberta, but got her own rebound and kicked it outside to a wide-open Sally Hillier, who has otherwise been automatic from deep tonight, missing a big one for the Pandas. T-Birds in clear control.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1:56 4th Q, 63-60 UBC\u003C\/b\u003E - And Haylett's pass is wayward, giving Alex Vieweg an easy steal and bucket as her T-Birds take a 3-point lead. Alberta's shooting has gone cold in the fourth quarter. Timeout Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1:46 4th Q 63-63\u003C\/b\u003E - And a well-drawn up inbounds play gives Marisa Haylett a wide-open look for three and she ties this up. Timeout UBC as the intensity rattles up in this one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E0:26 4th Q, 66-63 UBC\u003C\/b\u003E - With two seconds on the shotclock, Alex Vieweg drives the lane and collects a foul, hitting the first foul shot, with the Pandas missing the box-out on the second shot (missed!) and Lia St.-Pierre collects an easy basket as time winds down for the Pandas.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E0:16 4th Q, 66-66\u003C\/b\u003E - And for the second time this quarter, Haylett ties the ball game with another huge three, this one from the left wing. Timeout UBC. Will they try to win the game at the buzzer?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEnd of 4th Q, 66-66\u003C\/b\u003E - Alysia Rissling goes straight up against Alex Vieweg and keeps her from any good looks, her desperation shot with time ticking off doesn't fall, and we go to an overtime period. In for a great finish, as Alberta has clearly wrestled momentum away from UBC, who have surprisingly, stopped pressing Sally Hillier as they were early on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERissling and Lia St.-Pierre both have four fouls. Popovici and Vieweg each have three. No other foul trouble to speak of.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3:21 OT, 72-66 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Annekka Bakker and Georgia Popovici each make circus shots, then Haylett grabs a steal and goes the other way to cap off this 6-point run at the start of overtime.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1:44 OT, 74-68 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - And if things couldn't get worse for the Thunderbirds, Devan Lisson misses two free throw attempts, although this is right before Vieweg and Popovici trade baskets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E0:14 OT, 78-74 AB\u003C\/b\u003E - Timeout UBC after a tough shot from Arianne Duschene of the Thunderbirds. Haylett made a pair of free throws to put points 77 and 78 on the board, which are the two important ones with such little time left.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E0:14 OT, 80-74 AB\u003C\/b\u003E The T-Birds manage to foul without taking any time off of the clock, but unfortunately, the double-whammy as it was Kris Young, UBC's second highest scorer of the night, on Marisa Haylett, who's automatic from the stripe, who knocks down both.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EEnd OT, 80-74 AB FINAL\u003C\/b\u003E Lisson's late shot doesn't fall and the Pandas control the rebound, giving the Pandas the first game of the series, in a game that easily could have gone the other way.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMarisa Haylett made the two clutch three balls in the fourth quarter and had a game-high 29 points in 37 minutes of play. Sally Hillier had 12 points and six rebounds, with all her points coming off of three-point shots. For UBC, it was Alex Vieweg with a 22 points, while Kris Young scored 18 points and also collected six boards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaylett tied it up late, a lead the Pandas never gave up, and they'll take Game 1. Game 2 goes tomorrow at 1:00 PM local time from Edmonton.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8456592252866291962\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-liveblog.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8456592252866291962"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8456592252866291962"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-liveblog.html","title":"Canada West women's basketball liveblog - U of A vs. UBC"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cam Charron"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4zOlpqkFy_w\/TIFYtjTtG-I\/AAAAAAAAAD4\/x3ojU7b6BzU\/S220\/cameh2.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8201963078781284216"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-23T04:03:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-02-23T09:17:11.185-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2011 men's volleyball championships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2011 women's volleyball championships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bobcats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West dominance"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Don't You Forget About"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Volleyball"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Volleyball: Don’t You Forget About… Brandon and Alberta"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EThis week, we’re going to be running a series of posts \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sv1I4q6lOpo\u0026amp;feature=related\"\u003Eborrowing from John Hughes\u003C\/a\u003E and featuring some possibly-overlooked teams that might make a little noise at the CIS championships if things go right, or might not even make it there if things go wrong. To qualify for this series, teams must be ranked lower than #4 in the latest CIS top ten. We’ll start with volleyball, and then move on to hockey and basketball.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMen’s volleyball: Brandon Bobcats\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Bobcats haven’t received a lot of national attention this year, and part of that’s thanks to competing in the stacked Canada West conference. Another part of that’s thanks to their historical record; they’ve generally delivered strong regular seasons, but haven’t dominated and have frequently come up short in the playoffs. They went 10-8 \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Men\/YIR\/vbm_2007-08.pdf\"\u003Ein 2007-08\u003C\/a\u003E, but failed to win a set in two home playoff games against Thompson Rivers. They repeated the 10-8 mark in 2008-09 and went all the way to nationals, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Men\/YIR\/vbm_2008-09.pdf\"\u003Efinishing third\u003C\/a\u003E, but took a substantial step backwards last season despite \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Men\/YIR\/vbm_2009-10.pdf\"\u003Ea 12-8 regular-season mark\u003C\/a\u003E, again losing two straight home games to Thompson Rivers (they won two total sets this time, though). That doesn’t exactly scream playoff threat, particularly in a conference that features perennial powerhouses like Alberta, Calgary and Trinity Western. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EThere’s a good chance this year could be different for the Bobcats, though. They finished seventh in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mvball\/index\"\u003Ethe last CIS Top 10\u003C\/a\u003E (on Feb. 15), but they’ve already knocked off one higher-ranked team, fifth-ranked provincial rivals Manitoba, in a tight best-of-three series. That win was particularly impressive to me; the Bobcats lost the first match three sets to two on the road, but rebounded to win the second 3-2 (also at Manitoba) and then closed out the series with a 3-1 victory at home. That’s put them through to the Canada West semifinals, where they’ll take on Alberta Friday. Win or lose, though, they’ve already locked up a spot in the nationals in Langley; Trinity Western’s hosting, leaving three berths for the other Canada West semifinalists. They also have an impressive squad, led by\u003Cb\u003E Paul Sanderson\u003C\/b\u003E (last year’s national player of the year, and the top player of 2010-11 \u003Ca 02=\"\" 2011=\"\" calculated-reactions-de-grandpre-and.html=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/T\" www.cisblog.ca=\"\" “http:=\"\"\u003Ein our rankings\u003C\/a\u003E) and buttressed by \u003Cb\u003EJonathan Sloane\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EJoseph Brooks\u003C\/b\u003E. The Bobcats seem to be finding a good vein of form, and that could make them a tough team to ouster at this year’s championships.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWomen’s volleyball: Alberta Pandas\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Pandas \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wvball\/2010-11\/files\/top10_wvball_2010-11\"\u003Estarted the season ranked third overall\u003C\/a\u003E, but fell all the way to seventh in Week Four after a tough loss. They then hung around seventh for most of the rest of the season, also finishing sixth and eighth at times before eventually moving up to fifth in the final week of polling (Feb. 15). Their 11-7 regular-season record certainly wasn’t too bad and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/index.aspx?path=wvball\u0026amp;\"\u003Egave them the third spot in the Canada West playoffs\u003C\/a\u003E, but it wasn’t spectacular, and it was quite a ways back of dominant squads UBC and Trinity Western (both 15-3). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStill, don’t write off Alberta yet. They’ve been a pretty impressive team for years, going \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Women\/YIR\/vbw_2007-08.pdf\"\u003E14-6\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Women\/YIR\/vbw_2008-09.pdf\"\u003E16-4\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Women\/YIR\/vbw_2009-10.pdf\"\u003E12-8\u003C\/a\u003E in the three seasons prior to this, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wvball\/2010-11\/files\/past_champs\"\u003Ewinning the 2007 national championship\u003C\/a\u003E and finishing fourth in both 2008 and 2010. This particular team has a good amount of big-game experience, and they’ve already demonstrated that in this season’s playoffs, knocking off dangerous Calgary 3-1, 3-1. They face a tough task against Trinity Western in the Canada West semifinals, but \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wvball\/2010-11\/files\/participating_teams\"\u003Ecould still make it to nationals\u003C\/a\u003E with a semifinal loss and a third-place victory over the loser of the UBC-Manitoba semifinal. They also \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Women\/Stats\/2010-11\/confldrs.htm#conf.wki\"\u003Eled the conference\u003C\/a\u003E with 2.33 service aces per set this season, and feature \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Women\/Stats\/2010-11\/confldrs.htm#conf.wki\"\u003Ethe conference’s two top servers\u003C\/a\u003E (by average aces per set) in \u003Cb\u003EKrista Zubick \u003C\/b\u003Eand\u003Cb\u003E Jaki Ellis\u003C\/b\u003E as well as the ninth-best server in Canada West (\u003Cb\u003ETiffany Proudfoot\u003C\/b\u003E). If they manage to get to the big dance at Laval next week, the Pandas might just be able to make it a memorable appearance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/8201963078781284216\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/volleyball-dont-you-forget-about.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8201963078781284216"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8201963078781284216"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/volleyball-dont-you-forget-about.html","title":"Volleyball: Don’t You Forget About… Brandon and Alberta"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Andrew Bucholtz"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/14156615450275929751"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-PYfWMgcgT4k\/Vs738VQPajI\/AAAAAAAAApE\/c7WzHdUaERU\/s113\/Profile%2B1.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5035624311960945907"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-16T00:41:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-07-09T13:49:46.593-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Top 10"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Basketball: What Break?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It's a bit of a strange time of year for me, to be honest. First of all, I actually have a reading break -- for those who are not aware, this is the first reading break SFU has had in a number of years (the Olympics was a trial run) -- but now that I have one, it feels particularly strange. You know, because I'm actually using it to \u003Ci\u003Eread\u003C\/i\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYou see, even when the Olympics were going on, I was spending the majority of my time holed up on campus, pounding out reps in the weight room, pounding the hardwood in the gym, or getting pounded on by an unfailingly sadistic physiotherapist (I loved those guys, but believe me: they call it rolfing for a reason. You really do want to ralph part-way through). This year, I sit curled up in a pile of cushions and papers, studying \"the gendered discrepancy of physical self-maintenance\" and \"profit and loss acquisitions of adult contemporary novels\". Last year, I was working so hard at basketball (while still trying to manage midterms), that my mental capacity by the middle of it was about as deep and riveting as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M-cpojkILO0\"\u003Ethis guy\u003C\/a\u003E. This year? The true logophile is coming out (and it feels so right, and so wrong, at the exact same time).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is memories like those of my glory years (man I'm old... just saying that makes me feel geriatric) that make me realize just what a tough road the rest of the teams are going through right now. I'm not sure if East and West (or even UBC and SFU) reading weeks line up, but I do know this: reading week or no, not one of those girls -- on any of those teams -- will be spending much time doing anything other than practicing, studying, and generally wishing she could curl up in a ball and sleep for days. In fact, with stresses like these, I'm surprised that -- relatively fluid though the positions have been -- so much of the Top 10 rankings has remained consistent throughout these past few weeks. Saskatchewan, for example, has held on to the top spot for the fourth week in a row (with help from a high scoring... well, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/huskies.usask.ca\/news\/2011\/February\/2011-02-12-wbb\/index.php\"\u003Eat least one night's\u003C\/a\u003E high-scoring sweep of Regina this past weekend), and only one position changed among the next 8 teams (although after 3 weeks, and despite sweeping the Calgary Dinos, Alberta finally fell from 7th place all the way off the charts to make \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/files\/top_10_wbball\"\u003Eroom for newbie McGill\u003C\/a\u003E).\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm interested to see, though, how these final few games shape up. Assuming (and I will assume -- caution be damned!) that all reading weeks are about the same time (i.e. now), one can expect the teams and their respective members to be dealing with the following frustrations:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAltered practice times\u003C\/b\u003E. For us (during my sole reading-break-ish basketball year), our practices were either first thing in the morning (to prevent us 'over-celebrating' or staying out too late at an Olympic event or party the previous night) or the early evening\/late afternoon (to prevent us being able to go to afternoon and evening events and therefore keep us focused). While it was incredibly exasperating, I do (groan, groan) see the point: now is as much the prime time for distraction as it is for teams to focus solely (or at least near-solely) on playoffs, and so modified practices on our team helped maintain that. In the case of other squads? It's likely to work around extra workouts, extra physio, and extra rest time -- the last thing anyone needs right now is a swath of injuries this close to the playoffs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E...which brings me to the second (likely) scenario: \u003Cb\u003Eteams will be dealing with more injuries\u003C\/b\u003E. Not necessarily major ones (I don't mean to imply, or gawd forbid jinx, blown knees or broken bones or anything of the like to anyone -- touch wood), but the minor ones will be piling up: rolled ankles, black eyes, shin splints, back pain (oh, bane of my existence), etc. A lot of time now (I'll put money on it) is being spent rehabbing minor injuries, especially to the 30-ish-or-more-minute-ers. They're doing a heck of a lot of work, and to put it in simple terms, their bodies are simply beginning to wear down.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd the final likely scenario? \u003Cb\u003ETrick plays\u003C\/b\u003E. This could mean new defenses, offenses, or inbounds; they could be borrowed from other teams, made up on the spot, or intended for specific clock scenarios; they could be run-and-gun quick scores, intense trapping presses, or wonky zones. Honestly? Who knows (I certainly don't). But what I do know, ladies and gents, is that any good coach -- and therefore any good team -- has spent the year not only scouting regional competition, but that of potential national tournament matchups as well (as has their opposition done to them). Now, therefore, is the time for teams to throw in something extra (key: that they have never used in league before, and therefore cannot be scouted) to use against a specific team at the tournament or just throw in for good measure when they need it.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELong story short? Playoff spots are being solidified, the Bronze Baby is gleaming just over the horizon, and people are starting to get desperate. Anything goes at this point; as for what that 'anything' is, it still remains to be seen.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5035624311960945907\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/womens-basketball-what-break.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5035624311960945907"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5035624311960945907"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/womens-basketball-what-break.html","title":"Women's Basketball: What Break?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kate Hole"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"13","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mTuwb3Gonr4\/TH_xBDQFu-I\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/QbVft-nVz5E\/S220\/27002_597791455133_116203236_35444098_1784140_n.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7221926272700399037"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-10T17:02:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-05-25T21:25:50.965-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Calculated Reactions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"scholarships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Men"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"X-Women"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Calculated Reactions: More than you'd ever want to know about AFAs"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"CIS released \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/information\/members_info\/research_stats\"\u003Eathletic scholarship data this week\u003C\/a\u003E, both by school and sport. A month ago or so, I looked at the previous years' data but without anything available past the 2008-09 academic year, I put it on the shelf for a future post. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, that future post is coming to you now. And it's a long one.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003ELet's start with the blindingly obvious:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAthletic financial awards (AFAs) ($) per athlete, by conference\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EConference\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2006-07\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2007-08\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2008-09\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2009-10\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EAUS\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,328\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,338\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,462\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,633\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECanada West\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,041\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,006\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,254\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$1,211\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERSEQ\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$492\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$550\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$590\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$641\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EOUA\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$247\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$446\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$560\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E$635\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E(Schools are organized by \"non-hockey conference\" since some OUA and RSEQ teams play out-of-conference in both directions. The numbers are also adjusted for inflation.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYes, that means Ontario and Quebec schools now pay less than half per athlete than schools anywhere else in the country. Of course, the gap was even wider \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.queensjournal.ca\/story\/2008-03-07\/sports\/how-west-always-wins\/\"\u003Eback before the OUA schools could offer scholarships\u003C\/a\u003E. You can see the '06-07 numbers up there. They aren't great. Quebec schools were twice as high (per-athlete), West schools more than four times as high, and down east they were more than five times as high.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUsing \"per athlete\" as the baseline is somewhat helpful in comparing large schools to small schools, but if one school has a lot of lower-profile sports, those athletes count even if they likely don't receive much financial assistance. This may be (in fact, almost certainly is) the case in the OUA, for example. Western, at an average of $442 per athlete over the last four years, is behind Mount Allison ($540), Lethbridge ($816), and UPEI ($979). Nothing against any of those schools, but those per-athlete figures don't put them ahead of UWO as an athletics school--especially when it comes to, say, alumni donations. (Quick joke interlude. Q: How do you know someone went to Western? A: They'll tell you!) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's certainly easier to have a higher dollar-to-athlete ratio when the \"athlete\" part is smaller: there are nearly 1,700 Mustang athletes included here, and just 1,942 at those three schools put together.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut even then ... let's ignore the number of students and just look at the top 10 in total AFAs awarded in the last four years:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlberta $1.73M\u003Cbr \/\u003ERegina $1.73M\u003Cbr \/\u003EAcadia $1.71M\u003Cbr \/\u003ESMU $1.52M\u003Cbr \/\u003EDalhousie $1.40M\u003Cbr \/\u003EManitoba $1.38M\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaskatchewan $1.35M\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary $1.28M\u003Cbr \/\u003EStFX $1.16M\u003Cbr \/\u003EUNB $1.10M\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENo Western, but do you notice anything else missing from this list? Perhaps a school located east of West Hawk Lake and west of the Eastern Townships?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI should point out that Ottawa is next on the list, and Windsor (14th), Toronto (15th), Carleton (16th), and Western (18th) are close behind. So the OUA isn't totally at the bottom here. (Yes, that means aside from Ottawa, Windsor's handed out a higher AFA amount than anyone else in Ontario. No, I didn't know that either.) \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, eight of those schools offer football, and UNB has a men's hockey program you might have heard a thing or two about. It only makes sense that the sports offered by a school will affect that school's scholarship structure. So let's look at the numbers by sport.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETake men's basketball as an example. There were 570 athletes in that sport last year (5.4% of all athletes in CIS), and $1.16M or so in AFAs given to those athletes (10.9% of all AFAs). That's quite the over-representation, 10.9 vs 5.4 (ratio of 2.0). And it makes sense, given that men's basketball is one of the more high-profile sports. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe can divide sports into two groups based on these ratios, and if I asked you to group CIS sports into \"main\" and \"other\" then I think you would come up with something very similar to this:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESport\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAthletes\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAFAs\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERatio\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBasketball M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5.4%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E10.9%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2.03\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBasketball F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4.9%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E9.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.98\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EHockey M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E8.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E15.1%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.84\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EVolleyball F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E7.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.63\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EHockey F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5.9%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E7.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.30\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EFootball M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E13.1%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E16.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.27\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EVolleyball M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.8%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.20\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E---\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESoccer F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E9.1%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E8.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.95\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWrestling F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.9%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.73\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESoccer M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E9.1%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E6.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.71\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ETrack F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5.0%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2.4%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.48\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESwimming M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.4%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.41\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EField Hockey F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2.3%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.9%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.39\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWrestling M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.8%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.37\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ETrack M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2.0%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.36\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESwimming F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.3%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.34\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECross-country F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.0%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.32\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECross-country M\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.8%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.25\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERugby F\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E6.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.25\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThose top seven sports represented less than half of all CIS athletes last year, yet made up 72 per cent of the AFAs. And, at a rough guess, 99.9% of the words we published here. General media coverage tends to follow the same grouping, except there are more short profiles on, say, soccer players in your average local paper.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESomeone may misinterpet this correlation, so I'll make it clear that one thing (more money to athletes in a sport) doesn't lead directly to the other (increased media coverage), or vice versa. What's more likely is the greater general interest in the top seven sports (plus soccer) leads to increased media coverage and, ultimately, it's also what trickles down into more scholarships. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDoes this mean we (and everyone else) are \u003Ci\u003Eover\u003C\/i\u003Ecovering those sports at the top of the list? Well...of course we are. We're overlooking somewhere between one third and one half of the athletes in CIS. However, we can only cover we know about (and given that this is a volunteer-run site, what we \u003Ci\u003Ecare\u003C\/i\u003E about). Needless to say it wouldn't do anyone any good if I started covering cross-country every week. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut let's return to the school-specific numbers for a moment, and bring in some outside data, from the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/cgi-bin\/imdb\/p2SV.pl?Function=getSurvey\u0026amp;SDDS=3121\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;db=imdb\u0026amp;adm=8\u0026amp;dis=2\"\u003EFinancial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey\u003C\/a\u003E. (It's based on a voluntary survey, so the statistician part of my brain wants to ignore it entirely, but I'll cope.) The most recent report, for the 2008-09 academic year, is available \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/caubo.ca\/fedora\/repository\/caubo:1341\/OBJ\/CAUBO_2008_2009_FINANCIAL_INFORMATION_OF_UNIVERSITIES_AND_COLLEGES.pdf\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe'll compare the AFA dollar amounts awarded against the university's total \"student services\" expenditures (which include \"intramural and intercollegiate athletics\" in addition to a bunch of other stuff we could probably analyze long into the night if this were \u003Ci\u003EThe Learning Where Your Student Fees Go Blog\u003C\/i\u003E). This allows us to compare schools without relying on athlete totals, which as mentioned above can be misleading.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe results for the 25 \"largest\" universities in Canada (i.e., the 25 spending the most on student services):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAFAs as percentage of student services expenditures\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaurier\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESaskatchewan\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.3%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EManitoba\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.3%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWindsor\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EConcordia\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1.1%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EVictoria\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.9%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EAlberta\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.8%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EAVERAGE\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECarleton\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaval\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.7%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMcGill\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECalgary\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.6%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWestern\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBrock\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMcMaster\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EOttawa\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.5%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EGuelph\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.4%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMontreal\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.4%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EQueen's\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.4%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERyerson\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMemorial\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EYork\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EUBC\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWaterloo\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.2%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EToronto\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E0.1%\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is not a ranking of \"best athletics schools\" --notwithstanding what the bottom of the list implies -- so don't read it that way. It's just a broad-strokes way to compare AFAs at universities of different sizes. Toronto is much larger than Windsor in nearly every way you can measure, after all. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, larger schools' presence at the bottom doesn't mean that they care less about athletics; rather, it's likely that they (and their alumni) just care more about other things. The Munks didn't give U of T \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.news.utoronto.ca\/lead-stories\/u-of-t-announces-new-munk-school-of-global-affairs.html\"\u003E$35 million\u003C\/a\u003E to drive the expansion of the volleyball teams, just like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/newsrelease.uwaterloo.ca\/news.php?id=5079\"\u003EWaterloo's $100-million donation\u003C\/a\u003E didn't go toward making the hockey arena somewhat comfortable. Those donations wouldn't necessarily be included in the percentages above, but you get the point.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENext, a fun little ranking. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor each school and sport, I weighted last year's regular-season record by the overall AFA ratio for that sport. So Carleton men's basketball, already very good, counts for double (the 2.03 from above). Sports without true win-loss records required a little more finessing, so I just took the last top 10 ranking from the 2009-10 season (or the championship results, if appropriate) and converted them, roughly, to a winning percentage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFirst, the ranking of all 15 schools which offer all seven major sports:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESchool\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAdjusted Record\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMajor\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMinor\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWestern\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.632\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E11\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EAlberta\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.625\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E10\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECalgary\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.578\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E12\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EQueen's\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.556\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EToronto\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.546\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E11\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESaskatchewan\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.498\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E6\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EUBC\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.496\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWindsor\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.470\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMcGill\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.468\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EGuelph\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.460\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E12\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaurier\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.431\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERegina\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.408\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EManitoba\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.362\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWaterloo\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.357\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EYork\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.349\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E7\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWaterloo and York at the bottom make it easy to blame this all on football, but that's not the case: none of the four basketball programs at those schools had winning records last year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHow about the schools offering at least three major sports, but not all seven? To account for the missing teams, we'll assume each school could field a .333 team in its missing sports (so Laval could win one of every three games were they to start hockey tomorrow), and adjust the records up accordingly:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESchool\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAdjusted Record\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMajor\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMinor\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaval\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.524\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E6\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EStFX\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.513\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: 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style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.266\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E8\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EConcordia\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.255\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMoncton\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.245\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EUPEI\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.232\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBrandon\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.229\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E0\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBishop's\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.228\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWinnipeg\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.201\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E0\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMemorial\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.193\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EThompson Rivers\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E.143\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E0\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENot too many surprises here (especially for our \u003Cb\u003ECam Charron\u003C\/b\u003E, I bet). Laval and StFX are two schools doing well enough in the sports they do offer that even adding a below-average team for their missing major sports wouldn't bring them down too much in these rankings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo conclude, let's take a closer look at football, the largest single sport both by the number of athletes and by AFAs given out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E27 schools offered football last year, and football players received just over $1.76M in AFAs. That's $65,277 per school, or $1,266 per athlete. How does that compare with recent years? (Again, adjusted for inflation.) Well...quite favourably, in fact.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAFAs, football only\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable border=\"1\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESeason\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPer team ($)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cb\u003EPer athlete ($)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2003\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E36,280\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E664\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2004\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E39,110\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E721\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2005\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E44,444\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E778\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2006\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E50,228\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E884\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2007\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E56,177\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E975\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2008\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E60,993\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E1,070\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2009\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E65,277\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003E1,266\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDepending how you want to count it, that's an increase of between 80 per cent and 90 per cent in six years, or between 10.3 and 11.3 per cent annually. Which is ... a lot. \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7221926272700399037\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/calculated-reactions-more-than-youd.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7221926272700399037"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7221926272700399037"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/calculated-reactions-more-than-youd.html","title":"Calculated Reactions: More than you'd ever want to know about AFAs"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3118300896976771570"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-09T13:00:00.007-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.403-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West women's basketball recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wesmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada West Women's Basketball Recap - Week 11"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"No teams clinched a playoff spot this week, but the playoff races got a little more interesting with a double-upset at Kamloops' Tournament Capital Centre this weekend. UFV, Calgary and TRU are now fighting for the final spot, while three teams have a realistic shot at the number one overall seed going into the playoffs and six teams still have a shot at home court.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas @ Saskatchewan Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Saskatchewan Huskies maintained their #1 spot in the nation with a pair of wins over the injury-riddled Huskies. They have now won 16 straight games and are in good position to secure home court in the Canada West tournament. \u003Cb\u003EKim Tulloch\u003C\/b\u003E, the league's leading scorer, put up 28 in the 82-70 Friday win while \u003Cb\u003EKatie Miyazaki\u003C\/b\u003E had 8 assists and 12 points with 4 steals for a very impressive stat-line. Despite being out-rebounded 37-28, Saskatchewan put up 61 shots to Alberta's 57, thanks in large part to better ball possession.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn Saturday, \u003Cb\u003EJill Humbert\u003C\/b\u003E let the way with 26 while Tulloch was no slouch putting up 17 in a 73-52 win. \u003Cb\u003ESally Hillier\u003C\/b\u003E had 16 for Alberta as they continue to struggle with a short roster at the worst part in the season to be hurt. Alberta made just 14 field goals on Saturday, and turned the ball over 30 times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVictoria Vikes @ TRU WolfPack\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe WolfPack managed not one, but two home upsets against the Victoria Vikes. Credit \u003Cb\u003EJorri Duxbury\u003C\/b\u003E for providing a solid replacement to \u003Cb\u003EKaitlyn Widsten\u003C\/b\u003E after she went down against Calgary with a knee injury. The Friday game was much closer, a 62-59 game, with a couple of lead changes in the final few minutes before \u003Cb\u003EDiane Schuetze\u003C\/b\u003E sealed the deal with a couple of late free throws. TRU out-rebounded Victoria 101-87 through the weekend, and while that shouldn't come as a surprise as a better rebounding team, it showed just how much the WolfPack wanted this series.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe 'Pack held \u003Cb\u003EDebbie Yeboah\u003C\/b\u003E to just 14 points throughout the weekend and she went 6-for-30 from the field. \u003Cb\u003EKayla Forsyth\u003C\/b\u003E shot well for TRU in their 54-44 win Saturday night, particularly from deep range, hitting a weekend high 18 points and going 4-for-6 from beyond the arc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETRU move ahead of UFV for the final playoff spot, although the Cascades have a couple of games in hand.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUFV Cascades @ Winnipeg Wesmen\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Cascades have now lost five straight after falling 79-70 in an overtime affair and 75-47 to Winnipeg on consecutive nights. \u003Cb\u003ECaitlin Gooch\u003C\/b\u003E put up a stunning 29 points playing all 40 minutes of floor time on Friday, shooting 7-for-16 from the field. The Friday game was decidedly closer as UFV's scoring depth was again a factor, with four players registering in double figures, unfortunately, they also saw two players foul out, and the Wesmen were sent to the line 36 times, sinking 29 of those shots, which was the difference in the game. Winnipeg outscored UFV 12-3 in the extra frame.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaturday was a different story. It was \u003Cb\u003EAmy Ogidan\u003C\/b\u003E who put up 24 for the Wesmen, while \u003Cb\u003EStephanie Kleysen\u003C\/b\u003E put up 6 offensive and 6 defensive boards for the game-high. Gooch had another strong stat-line with 11 points, 6 assists, and 3 steals before being taken out in the third quarter and out of the game during garbage time. Every Wesman (Weswoman?) player got into the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars @ UBC Thunderbirds\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E#5 Regina stayed even with Saskatchewan with a pair of wins over UBC on the road, which nearly takes UBC out of the running for a home playoff series. In an 85-54 blowout on Friday in front of a crowd of over 1100 at UBC's War Memorial Gym, \u003Cb\u003EJoanna Zalesiak\u003C\/b\u003E scored 22 points and had 5 assists and 2 blocks for the Cougars while teammate \u003Cb\u003EGabrielle Gheyssen\u003C\/b\u003E stuck 6-of-7 from 3-point range. Despite a 19-point, 12-board performance from Zara Huntley, UBC were significantly outmached, being outshot 49% to 28%.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn Saturday, the score was closer, but the result stayed the same. Regina won 75-69, with 17 from \u003Cb\u003ECarly Graham\u003C\/b\u003E and Zalesiak, who also put up 9 rebounds in 37 minutes of play. UBC shot marginally better, but Regina controlled the paint, out-rebounding the Thunderbirds off their own glass 35-14 and were sent to the line 25 times to 14.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba Bisons @ Calgary Dinos\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the final games with playoff implications, Calgary won a pair of high-scoring games 93-79 on Friday and a close 77-75 Saturday game. \u003Cb\u003EAshley Hill\u003C\/b\u003E put up 38 and 34-point games, going 12-for-20 from beyond the three point line through the weekend in an incredible performance to keep her team safely in playoff position as they finish off their schedule with difficult games against Alberta and Saskatchewan to finish the season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENext week the Saskatchewan\/Regina home-and-home is undoubtedly the series to watch, as a sweep either way will give the winning team the upper edge into home court for the Canada West Final Four tournament. The first game is in Regina starting at 6:15 and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.educationcdn.com\/schools\/cougars\/\"\u003Ewill be streamed live via the University of Regina website\u003C\/a\u003E, as most schools are wont to do.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3118300896976771570\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap_09.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3118300896976771570"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3118300896976771570"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap_09.html","title":"Canada West Women's Basketball Recap - Week 11"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cam Charron"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4zOlpqkFy_w\/TIFYtjTtG-I\/AAAAAAAAAD4\/x3ojU7b6BzU\/S220\/cameh2.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3994906088824213117"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-02T01:07:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.414-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Top 10"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Blues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wesmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Women's Basketball: Solid Ceiling, Shaky Foundation"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Much as I expected, the top 10 teams are practically unchanged from the previous week: Saskatchewan first, Windsor second, Western third, Carleton and Regina 4th and 5th (I'm still putting Regina at a tentative 4th, but I'll give Carleton the benefit of the doubt and say a grudge match could go either way), and the Varsity Blues at 6th. In fact, with Winnipeg and Alberta rounding out the bottom of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/top_10_releases\/2010-11\/20110201-top10-19\"\u003Ethe rankings\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this week, it's only Cape Breton and UNB that have moved at all -- and even then, it's only a 7\/8 flip (which is something you'd hardy call substantial).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, maybe I'm getting too far ahead of myself (what with a full month still left in the season and all), but I'm already picturing these teams going up against each other at nationals. There'd be Regina and Alberta spitting dust behind their tires in all-out races... or maybe Western diving high posts off of 3-point ball screen plays while Saskatchewan held the fortress with a solid zone... or Toronto chucking long twos while Carleton's big rebounders pull down another 40-plus rebounds and bring \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/schedule?team=Carleton\"\u003Eyet another game\u003C\/a\u003E to an overtime cage fight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd yet, I still feel like it's premature to ignore the rest of the unranked teams. That's not to say that I disagree with the rankings -- aside from my Cougar-esque waffling, I think the numbers are a pretty solid representation of how teams have been doing this far. It's just that, ultimately, I'm of the opinion that (as she repeats, for yet another long-winded time) a top 10 should be more of a top 20 -- which is why I'm extra excited for playoffs to start, so I can tune in to all of the upsets.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003ELet's put it this way: in an attempt to phrase this as un-egotistically as possible, when I played varsity we were often ranked fairly high (and, let's be honest, more than a few teams had a solid hate-on for us). But, that's the nature of sport: doesn't matter who's at the top, whether it's the Lancers or the Huskies or anyone else, if you're ranked at or near the top then whoever comes up against you is going to bring their A game when they do. So, think of it this way: you're an arguably-could-have-been-or-at-least-at-some-recent-point-were-ranked team, like UBC or Victoria or Laval, and suddenly in playoffs you come up against a higher rank. Ha! you think, this is my chance: it's my last go at a playoff spot, and this squad is just sitting comfortably in the spot I need. Heck, they probably think they've earned it or something. Yeah, yeah, life is so wonderful at the top, isn't it? Well, I'm going to knock you off of your pedestal [insert obscene stream of expletives here].\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, imagine you're a team like UVic or UBC, only \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap.html\"\u003Ea handful of games back\u003C\/a\u003E (and, in UVic's case, has the exact same number of wins) from first and second place. You're telling me you're going to complacently accept your fate, docile as a Hindu cow? I don't think so. You are not your possessions, space monkeys. And no, you are not your ranking either.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd, already, I see this resentment producing results. Alberta and Winnipeg's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/schedule?team=Alberta\"\u003Esplit\u003C\/a\u003E, for example? Granted, both teams are ranked, but after knocking UVic out of the top ten with a full sweep just a couple weeks ago, you would think that maybe the Wesmen would take a more commanding stance against their prairie brethren. Other examples, you say? Oh, certainly! Why, there's Victoria's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110128_6r48.xml\"\u003Ethundering\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110129_htpg.xml\"\u003Eof Brandon\u003C\/a\u003E (granted, most pundits would see this coming, but from a player's stance this is still an obvious reassertion and initial reclamation of power); \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110126_xsdl.xml\"\u003EOttawa's overtime cage match with Carleton\u003C\/a\u003E; or even Laurier's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2010-11\/boxscores\/20110126_w4rk.xml\"\u003Emere 6-point differential\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;behind 3rd-ranked, and consistently dominant, Western.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo, in conclusion? Let me put it this way. Yes, I think the rankings are pretty solid as is, and seeing them virtually unchanged from the previous week only serves to solidify my opinion. Do I think they might change significantly before the end of season, however? Absolutely. At they very top, perhaps not; through the middle and latter portions, yes, it's a distinct possibility. After all, even if top 10 teams aren't playing each other much, the rankings still come down to a coach's vote, and if you throw in a few commanding W's (or maybe an upset or two) then I see potential for at least some fear (if not more) moving through the ranks of the upper crust.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/3994906088824213117\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/womens-basketball-solid-ceiling-shaky.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3994906088824213117"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3994906088824213117"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/womens-basketball-solid-ceiling-shaky.html","title":"Women's Basketball: Solid Ceiling, Shaky Foundation"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kate Hole"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"31","height":"13","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_mTuwb3Gonr4\/TH_xBDQFu-I\/AAAAAAAAAAU\/QbVft-nVz5E\/S220\/27002_597791455133_116203236_35444098_1784140_n.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7862812995295276156"},"published":{"$t":"2011-02-01T13:00:00.017-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.418-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West women's basketball recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wesmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada West women's basketball recap - Week 10"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The playoff picture got a little more clear this weekend. Calgary practically knocked out Thompson Rivers from the race and Saskatchewan overtook first place thanks to a split between Winnipeg and Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EStandings\u003C\/b\u003E (Games Back)\u003Cbr \/\u003ExSaskatchewan - 16-2 (0)\u003Cbr \/\u003ExRegina - 15-3 (1)\u003Cbr \/\u003ExWinnipeg - 14-4 (2)\u003Cbr \/\u003ExAlberta - 15-5 (2)\u003Cbr \/\u003ExVictoria - 15-5 (2)\u003Cbr \/\u003ExUBC - 13-5 (3)\u003Cbr \/\u003EUFV - 8-10 (8)\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary - 8-10 (8)\u003Cbr \/\u003E---\u003Cbr \/\u003ETRU - 7-13 (10)\u003Cbr \/\u003EManitoba - 6-12 (10)\u003Cbr \/\u003EzLethbridge - 4-16 (13)\u003Cbr \/\u003EzTWU - 1-19 (16)\u003Cbr \/\u003EzBrandon - 0-18 (16)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere's quite a drop-off between the top 6 teams and the remaining playoff contenders in the Dinos, Cascades, WolfPack and Bisons. Knowing how important home court can be, that makes the remaining games for the top six teams huge; the playoff format is 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, etc: in a three-game series, with the four winners going to the Canada West Tournament hosted by the remaining top seed. Then there lies the importance of making it to the CIS tournament as a backdoor seed. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2010-11\/files\/regionals\"\u003EA maximum of four Canada West teams\u003C\/a\u003E could potentially make the Final 8 tournament.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs for this weekend in Canada West action among the contending teams ...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaskatchewan pulled a pair of wins at the Langley Events Centre, 67-43 and 89-42, to nobody's surprise. While they sit at the top of the standings now, they have a tough stretch to end the season. They host Alberta this weekend before a home-and-home with Regina the next, giving them four big games against tough opponents. Alberta is a very good shooting team (2nd in conference) against a relatively average shooting defense in Saskatchewan, so the seeds are lying here for an upset of one or two tames. This is a moment where Saskatchewan's rebounding depth will show, as Alberta needs to neutralize \u003Cb\u003EJana Spindler\u003C\/b\u003E's power in the paint and \u003Cb\u003EKatie Miyazaki\u003C\/b\u003E's speed from grabbing defensive boards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERegina scored 83-79 and 74-66 wins on the road at UFV in games that probably should have had a wider point spread. This Cascades team is difficult to figure out, and Regina saw that first hand with a couple of scares. Regina had a huge second half on Friday, outscoring UFV 54-38 for the four-point win, thanks in large part to solid foul shooting and the play of \u003Cb\u003ELindsay Ledingham\u003C\/b\u003E who had a team-high 9 rebounds and 18 points. The Cougars finished with five in double figures. Regina started slow on Saturday, but again were able to put the Cascades to sleep in the second half with \u003Cb\u003EJoanna Zalesiak\u003C\/b\u003E's 21 leading the way. Ledingham had 10 defensive rebounds, keeping the ball out of the hands of Cascade shooters. Regina has the toughest schedule of the top six teams in the conference and host UBC this weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EVictoria Vikes\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe conference's third-ranked defense did its part this weekend, holding Brandon to 73 points in both of their weekend games, with 92-44 and 84-29 wins. The third quarter in the Saturday game saw our third scoreless quarter of the season, with Victoria outscoring Brandon 30-zilch. This is all without recording a single blocked shot in the game. Victoria travel to TRU this weekend, and your intrepid CIS Blog reporter will be on scene to take in all of the action.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlberta managed a split with Winnipeg in the premier matchup of the week. On Friday they lost 69-66 despite a strong performance from rookie \u003Cb\u003ESally Hillier\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cb\u003EMatt Hirji\u003C\/b\u003E over at \u003Ci\u003EThe Gateway\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thegatewayonline.ca\/articles\/sports\/2011\/01\/31\/freshman-guard-leads-pandas-foils-formidable-foes\"\u003Ecovers the Pandas injury woes in more depth\u003C\/a\u003E. With just eight players on the court Saturday, they racked up a 71-62 win thanks to some hard-earned points. They were sent to the foul line 29 times to 8, and hit 21 of those. Alberta host Saskatchewan this weekend, and will probably need at least one win to get a home court spot in the playoffs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWinnipeg Wesmen\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWinnipeg managed the one win over Alberta, but at 14-4, they have the advantage of being the only top-6 who won't have to face another top-6 opponent until the playoffs. While six easy games certainly won't help them keep their form, it should help them secure a top spot which will move them into the CIS at-large tournament bracket. They travel to host UFV this weekend, which is always a dangerous team against which to avoid being upset, but shouldn't have too much trouble dispatching Brandon and Lethbridge in their final two games, even if they do come on the road. Winnipeg is a team that could suddenly leap-frog a bunch of teams without anybody noticing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUBC had a bye week, giving them an extra week to review video before travelling to Regina in must-win games if they want to climb on top and earn themselves a home court playoff berth. With five Canada West teams eligible for the Final 8 and regionals, UBC is on the outside looking in for now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThompson Rivers WolfPack vs. Calgary Dinos\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other feature games this weekend come from Kamloops' Tournament Capital Centre, wherein we saw TRU lose control in both second halves and Calgary's stars take over. Alberta got off to a quick start Friday, let the WolfPack claw their way back in before Brazilian guard \u003Cb\u003ESamara Pereira\u003C\/b\u003E made some big shots and her team drew some fouls and controlled the defensive glass in the second half. She finished with 15. TRU scored 9 fourth quarter points and Alberta won 72-62 in a game that was closer through the other 30 minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn Saturday, TRU guard \u003Cb\u003EKaitlyn Widsten\u003C\/b\u003E went down with a knee injury in the third quarter that silenced the gymnasium. Friend and fellow guard \u003Cb\u003EJen Ju\u003C\/b\u003E came alive and hit some threes (8-for-20 in the game for 28 points) but the game was probably already out of hand thanks to some tough work by Tamara Jarrett and strong shooting by Ashley Hill. The two finished with 20 and 19 points, respectively. Hill was particularly dangerous driving down the left side and pulling up from mid range. She hit three shots from that area. Despite some raucous crowd noise, Calgary was ice-cold from the foul line, going 28-38 in the game. The final score was 72-64.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/7862812995295276156\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7862812995295276156"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7862812995295276156"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/02\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap.html","title":"Canada West women's basketball recap - Week 10"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cam Charron"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4zOlpqkFy_w\/TIFYtjTtG-I\/AAAAAAAAAD4\/x3ojU7b6BzU\/S220\/cameh2.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2771552820567820578"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-26T13:00:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.424-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bobcats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West women's basketball recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wesmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada West women's basketball recap - Week 9"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"This weekend features arguably a pair of the most important basketball games played here on the Thompson Rivers University campus since joining CIS. That is to say, TRU has never had a playoff basketball team, but our women's team have a chance to give themselves a little security at the eighth and final seed this weekend with a slate of home games against Calgary.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter a quick 7-3 start in a back-loaded schedule, the \u003Cb\u003ETRU WolfPack\u003C\/b\u003E have lost eight straight games, but still find themselves in playoff position. The \u003Cb\u003ECalgary Dinos\u003C\/b\u003E, who saw top teams Victoria, Winnipeg and Regina before the December break, have won three of five and find themselves at 6-10, effectively tied with the WolfPack using the 'games back' standings model.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EWhile I think my frustrations at the way the WolfPack market their games on campus is probably served for a different platform than The CIS Blog, you'd figure there would be at least some buzz on campus for this game. Oh well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt could be worse. At Brandon University, they have won six conference games since the start of the 2004 Canada West season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyway...\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe number one \u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E solidified their #1 ranking with a pair of wins over the aforementioned WolfPack, 78-60 and 86-64. The league's best offense was paced by Katie Miyazaki, who had 6 assists in each game and 24 points over her 65 minutes. Jill Humbert and Kim Tulloch both put up 25 on the Friday night affair. With 17 on Saturday, Tulloch remains atop the league lead in scoring.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaskatchewan climb to first place in Canada West over Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPrevious number four \u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars\u003C\/b\u003E dropped a spot, thanks in part to a 65-63 Saturday overtime loss on the road to the \u003Cb\u003EWinnipeg Wesmen\u003C\/b\u003E, despite Joanna Zalesiak's miracle half-court shot at the buzzer to send the game to the extra frame. Amy Ogidan scored 22 for Winnipeg before fouling out, and Stephanie Kleysen got her team's lone double-double with an 11-point, 17-board performance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Friday affair was also low scoring, even for two of the three best defenses in the Canada West. It was 54-49 in favour of the road squad, with Zalesiak scoring 18 and earning 12 rebounds (all defensive) and 19 points from Lindsay Ledingham. Kleysen had 15 more rebounds and now has a comfortable lead as the top rebounder in the league.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo both team's escape with a split. Winnipeg host Alberta this weekend, matching one of the league's best offenses against one of its best defenses, while Regina will travel to UFV, who are also trying to secure their playoff spot. While the Cougars lost a spot in the rankings, the Wesmen actually increased from 10th to 9th, overtaking conference rival Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpeaking of those \u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas\u003C\/b\u003E, they managed just a single victory against the \u003Cb\u003EManitoba Bisons\u003C\/b\u003E this weekend. Despite coming into the weekend 3-13, the Bisons surprised Alberta on Friday with a 78-76 win... on the road no less. Despite not having as many assists or rebounds, Manitoba's shooters were strong. Kayla Klassen was 6-for-9, including 3-for-5 beyond the arc, with 15 points and Allison Balasko was 5-for-9 with 12. Klassen, along with teammate Mubo Ileleboye, hogged an astounding 37 minutes of floor time. Top scorer Marisa Haylett was out of the lineup for Alberta.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaylett returned Saturday, and the scoreline reflected expectation with a 69-57 win for the Pandas. The Bisons went from shooting 54% to 37% while the Pandas went to the dirty areas and were rewarded with foul shots, 29 of them, and making good on 22. Georgia Popovici had 15 and three assists with five steals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI alluded to the \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Bobcats\u003C\/b\u003E up top, and, well, things didn't go better for them as they hosted the \u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds\u003C\/b\u003E. They lost a pair of games, on Friday 64-51, a very modest 13-point defeat compared to an 83-23 shellacking on Saturday. They were held to single digits in every quarter but the second. Lia St. Pierre had a team-high nine assists out of the team's 23, and Devan Lisson had 20 points for the Thunderbirds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUBC have a bye this weekend before traveling to Regina in an important set of games that could determine home court in the playoffs. Meanwhile, Brandon falls to 0-16 in conference play. As Rob pointed out last week, it's a good thing they had that 65-64 exhibition win against Manitoba back on October 8th, lest they go 0-for-the-season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E**\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso happening, the \u003Cb\u003EVictoria Vikes\u003C\/b\u003E swept the \u003Cb\u003ELethbridge Pronghorns\u003C\/b\u003E 65-61 and 63-44, and Calgary won a pair over the \u003Cb\u003ETWU Spartans\u003C\/b\u003E 80-62 and 70-64.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2771552820567820578\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2771552820567820578"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2771552820567820578"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap.html","title":"Canada West women's basketball recap - Week 9"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cam Charron"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4zOlpqkFy_w\/TIFYtjTtG-I\/AAAAAAAAAD4\/x3ojU7b6BzU\/S220\/cameh2.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2291577709060396225"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-23T11:33:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2011-01-23T17:51:17.747-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Five to Ponder"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Spartans"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Volleyball"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Five to Ponder: Gold medal rematch and some potential playoff previews"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EA cross-country array of matchups to watch this weekend ... \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E1. \u003Cb\u003ECalgary 3-3 at Trinity Western 1-0 (men's volleyball)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe first game wasn't the closest one played out west last night (that would be \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawest.org\/custompages\/Volleyball-Men\/Stats\/2010-11\/cj21abmb.htm\"\u003Ethis one\u003C\/a\u003E, almost as exciting as you can get), but it was still pretty good: TWU won the first set but lost the next three (by at most a 25-20 margin). The single most important play, in terms of win probability, was \u003Cb\u003EGraham Vigrass\u003C\/b\u003E's kill in the third set that put Calgary up 24-22 and increased their chances of winning the match by 10 percentage points. The second game was more one-sided, giving Calgary a three-set win and sweep of the hosting Spartans. Perhaps they will be back in Langley for nationals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. \u003Cb\u003ELakehead 78-81 at McMaster 76-77 (men's basketball)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGame 1 was definitely what you'd call a close one (it wouldn't have been if either team could score from the line), though Game 2 may be tougher with \u003Cb\u003EScott Brittain\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thesil.ca\/bgdsports\/2011\/01\/21\/mens-basketball-lakehead-78-mcmaster-76\/\"\u003Eout indefinitely\u003C\/a\u003E (well, he should be, at least) after his head hit the hardwood, hard. Big win for Lakehead: they moved up from 11th to 9th in the RPI after last night. Game 2 was \"a different night but the same story\" with Mac \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thesil.ca\/bgdsports\/2011\/01\/22\/mens-basketball-lakehead-81-mcmaster-77\/\"\u003Elosing again\u003C\/a\u003E, in part because of \"some costly errors and missed free throws.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. \u003Cb\u003ESMU 1 at UNB 4 (men's hockey)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBill Hunt\u003C\/b\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/dailygleaner.canadaeast.com\/sports\/article\/1373335\"\u003Ein the \u003Ci\u003EGleaner\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E) and \u003Cb\u003EDavid Kilfoil\u003C\/b\u003E (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/five-to-ponder-gold-medal-rematch-and.html?showComment=1295702782731#c7078113657167775380\"\u003Ein the comments\u003C\/a\u003E) have covered this one. It was 2-0 after 210 seconds of play, and 3-0 after one, but SMU kept on.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. \u003Cb\u003EBrock 1 at Guelph 0 (women's hockey)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's goaltender \u003Cb\u003EBeth Clause\u003C\/b\u003E's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/gobadgers.ca\/sports\/wice\/2010-11\/releases\/20110120n09tf3\"\u003Elast game\u003C\/a\u003E before the FISU Games, and she's going to miss the next four Badgers contests. This is the last meeting in the regular season between these teams (the first two were split, even on score as well), and Guelph is six points behind for that No. 2 seed and first-round bye. Losing this game to Brock will probably clinch it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd they did: 1-0, Clause with the shutout on 23 shots. The only goal was in the third, \u003Cb\u003EKelly Walker\u003C\/b\u003E from \u003Cb\u003EMelissa Geary\u003C\/b\u003E. The Badgers play Laurier next Saturday, so we already have one of the next five to ponder. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E5. \u003Cb\u003EAlberta 2-1 at Calgary 1-0 (SO), Calgary at Alberta (women's hockey)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs we skate past \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/sports\/Wick+Pick+stick+debate+women+hockey\/4112496\/story.html\"\u003Ethe \"age\" debate\u003C\/a\u003E that nobody seems to care about unless a \u003Ci\u003Efamous\u003C\/i\u003E older player \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2010\/01\/editorializing-opposition-to-danton.html\"\u003Ejoins a CIS team\u003C\/a\u003E, we see that the Dinos are a point behind Alberta for first place in the west with a game in hand. The first game of this home-and-home went to a coin-toss, and with \u003Cb\u003EHayley Wickenheiser\u003C\/b\u003E being involved in a knee-on-knee collision in the third, she wasn't in the shootout lineup. You can guess how that went. Calgary lost the shootout 1-0 and the game 2-1. In the second game, Calgary didn't score at all, losing 1-0.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHonourable mention: Alberta at Manitoba (men's volleyball), CBU at Dalhousie (men's basketball). \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/2291577709060396225\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/five-to-ponder-gold-medal-rematch-and.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2291577709060396225"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2291577709060396225"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/five-to-ponder-gold-medal-rematch-and.html","title":"Five to Ponder: Gold medal rematch and some potential playoff previews"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5716630007919551068"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-18T13:00:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.442-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bobcats"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West women's basketball recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pronghorns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Regina Cougars"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wesmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada West women's basketball recap - UFV Cascades Edition"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Forgive me if I can't figure out this \u003Cb\u003EUFV Cascades\u003C\/b\u003E team that's gone hot, cold, and every which way in between throughout the season. Close losses to playoff teams Saskatchewan and Victoria were wiped out by blowout losses to UBC, and a split on the road with then 3-7 Calgary last week was followed up this week with a split to the \u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas\u003C\/b\u003E, who happen to lead the Canada West Conference.\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey did it with balance and solid defense, holding the Pandas to 36% shooting, creating 22 turnovers to 10 assists, and creating 16 second chances off of rebounds. The team went just 2-for-14 from beyond the arc, an aspect of their game that has been prominently displayed (they're second in the conference in attempts and makes) this season. En route to their 69-63 Friday win they got a 15-point performance from \u003Cb\u003ENicole Wierks\u003C\/b\u003E, while sister \u003Cb\u003ESarah\u003C\/b\u003E pocketed 13 points and 12 boards, three steals. They made use of their attempts at the line and went 21-for-26 from the stripe, with a 6-for-6 night from \u003Cb\u003ETessa Klassen\u003C\/b\u003E and 4-4 from \u003Cb\u003EAlyssa Gaukel\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut as the team followed a Friday night win with a weekend split last week with Calgary, the same was to happen here. They lost the Saturday contest 7-58. UFV coach \u003Cb\u003EAl Tuchscherer\u003C\/b\u003E said it very eloquently over \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/go_cascades\"\u003Ehis Twitter feed:\u003C\/a\u003E \"Alberta too much for the Cs tonight.\" The Pandas shot at 38%, better than Friday, but still well below their season average, but UFV couldn't capitalize on their misses, with rebounds being equal against Cascade glass 14-14. The Cascades continued to create turnovers, but they shot just 17-for-53 themselves from the field, and when you aren't rebounding well off your own glass, you probably aren't rebounding well at the other end of the floor. The final tally for boards was 38-20, with 7 coming from \u003Cb\u003EAlysia Rissling\u003C\/b\u003E and 6 from \u003Cb\u003EMarisa Haylett\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cb\u003ENicole Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E went 11-for-12 from the foul line and dropped a series-high 23.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUFV is one of the fun stories this year because they're a young team that has had such a quick and noticeable turnaround. They went 2-16 last year and finished last in the conference, but look to be poised to make the playoffs this year; not only that, but are even a threat to some top teams that they've played real close, or even beat. They host Regina this weekend and travel to Winnipeg the next, and, knowing that this team can come alive at any time, if either of those teams play back on their heels for just a quarter and don't attack the perimeter as the Pandas did, we could see an upset in either of those games. Just one win in their next four games would be huge for their confidence as they finish their regular season schedule on a relatively easy note playing Lethbridge and Brandon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003EWinnipeg Wesmen\u003C\/b\u003E took a bite out of the \u003Cb\u003EVictoria Vikes\u003C\/b\u003E with a sweep in 86-65 and 62-53 games. The Vikes have now won just three out of their last seven games and drop to 6th in the conference. Winnipeg improves to 12-2.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt War Memorial Gym, the \u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds\u003C\/b\u003E, as expected, put the \u003Cb\u003ECalgary Dinos\u003C\/b\u003E away twice and helped out the rest of the bubble teams. UBC go to 11-5 and passed Vic in the standings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpeaking of bubble teams. the \u003Cb\u003ETRU WolfPack\u003C\/b\u003E fell two straight to the \u003Cb\u003ERegina Cougars\u003C\/b\u003E with 78-56 and 69-55 losses. Now at 7-9, TRU are clinging to a playoff spot and have a huge series at home to Calgary two weekends from now.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E played the \u003Cb\u003EManitoba Bisons\u003C\/b\u003E to similarly-scored games, 82-67 and 82-68. They're at 12-2 and hit the 10-straight win marker. Manitoba are at 3-11 and may have been dealt the final nail for their playoff coffin, now four games back with ten to play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003ELethbridge Pronghorns\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Bobcats\u003C\/b\u003E, of course, being the bottom two teams in the conference, one of them had to win each of their two games this weekend, and, well, Lethbridge won both convincingly, 61-48 and 72-50. Brandon drops to 0-14 and still search for their first win. While they're in no shape to make the playoffs, you hate to watch any team at the university level go 0-for-the-season.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/5716630007919551068\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap-ufv.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5716630007919551068"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5716630007919551068"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/canada-west-womens-basketball-recap-ufv.html","title":"Canada West women's basketball recap - UFV Cascades Edition"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cam Charron"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4zOlpqkFy_w\/TIFYtjTtG-I\/AAAAAAAAAD4\/x3ojU7b6BzU\/S220\/cameh2.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6694585872663242425"},"published":{"$t":"2011-01-12T14:00:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-12T23:30:12.448-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Canada West women's basketball recap"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Cascades"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pandas"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Pronghorns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"U of S Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wesmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Canada West women's basketball Week 8 recap"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We return from the winter break with a new number one team in the nation, and they are from the Canada West Conference. The \u003Cb\u003ESaskatchewan Huskies\u003C\/b\u003E held the still winless \u003Cb\u003EBrandon Bobcats\u003C\/b\u003E to just 69 points over the course of the weekend, with an 82-36 win on Friday and a 79-33 win on Saturday. Friday night, despite playing just 19 minutes, Kim Tulloch scored a game-high 19 points in the Friday affair, while the attack was more balanced Saturday, with four players in double figures: Jill Humbert (10) Tulloch (15) Marci Kiselyk (12) and Jana Spindler (11).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHopefully the number one ranking is enough to keep the Huskies away from complacency. They improve to 10-2, have won eight straight and are in the middle of the weakest stretch in their schedule until they hit Alberta on February 4th and 5th and have a home-and-home with Regina on February 10th and 12th.\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhile Saskatchewan was the top-team according to rankings, the \u003Cb\u003EVictoria Vikes\u003C\/b\u003E were the strongest team according to RPI going into the break, and they played themselves to a home sweep over the now 1-15 \u003Cb\u003ETrinity West Spartans\u003C\/b\u003E. Trinity kept the score very close in the Saturday contest, with Emily Knauff pacing the Spartans with a game-high 23 points and 11 rebounds and it finished 61-57 with the 4th quarter going 18-15 in favour of the Vikes. Despite being outshot 57-53, being outrebounded 45-25, faced 7 blocks (four from Corina Reimer) and shooting just 50% at the line, Victoria found a way to win, earning 18 points and 14 rebounds (nine defensive) from Sarah Semeniuk, while Vanessa Forstbauer had 7 points and 3 assists. Former CIS MVP and Canada West leading scorer Kayla Dykstra was noticeably absent from the lineup this weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Friday game had its moments as well. Victoria outscored Trinity 20-9 in the first quarter but Trinity pulled its deficit to just a point by halftime. Victoria, led by Jessica Renfrew's 25 points, Debbie Yeboah's 10 point-6 rebound-6 assist statline and Forstbauer's 10 rebounds, outscored the Spartans 40-27 in the second half enroute to a 71-57 win. Despite winning both games, the Vikes dropped from #4 to #8 in the national rankings.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe surprising \u003Cb\u003EWinnipeg Wesmen\u003C\/b\u003E won a pair of close games on the road at the \u003Cb\u003EThompson Rivers WolfPack\u003C\/b\u003E this weekend, with games played despite classes not having started for winter semester at TRU. The conference's second-ranked defense stifled the strong TRU offense and the Wesmen swept the WolfPack with 66-61 and 65-58 victories. Caitlin Gooch continued her strong scoring season with a 25-point performance Friday, but was held out of the lineup Saturday, leaving Teresa Grant to pace the Wesmen with 16 points. Alex Maciver had 10 rebounds, while Mackenzie Prasek had 6 assists, 3 assists and 4 steals as the team rallied despite the Gooch's absense.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDespite a 10-2 record and having a stronger RPI ranking than Regina, Winnipeg continues to be overlooked in national rankings, but that will change if they can manage a .500 record in their next six games: They play Victoria and Regina at home before traveling to Alberta the next week. Meanwhile, TRU have lost four straight and find themselves at 7-7 as they continue through the tougher part of their schedule. They travel to Regina and Saskatchewan in the next two weeks and will have to hang on as they attempt to secure the university's first ever basketball playoff berth\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003EAlberta Pandas\u003C\/b\u003E swept the \u003Cb\u003ELethbridge Pronghorns\u003C\/b\u003E on the weekend with 73-56 and 90-42 point victories, climbed to number seven in the national rankings, and take the top spot in the Canada West Conference. Sally Hillier went 4-6 from three-point land on Friday and finished with 14 points. On Saturday, former Kitsilano Blue Demon Marisa Haylett scored the weekend-high 21 points and had 5 steals. Katie Arbuthnot had 7 assists Saturday and 4 Friday, leading the Pandas to an astonishing 41 over the course of the weekend.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Pandas are now 12-2 and have won 9-of-10. This is a team that has picked up at least one win every weekend, which bodes well if they look to earn splits against Winnipeg and Saskatchewan later this season. Meanwhile, it's rapidly becoming a season to forget in Lethbridge, with the 11th-ranked offense and 12th-ranked defense having gone 2-12 and haven't won a game since late October. Their games with last-place Brandon this weekend could be interesting as both teams look to end devastating losing streaks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds\u003C\/b\u003E also had a sweep this weekend to keep pace, this one over the \u003Cb\u003EManitoba Bisons\u003C\/b\u003E 73-37 Friday and a closer 66-55 Saturday. Devan Lisson had a 7-rebound, 4-assist, 16-point performance Saturday for UBC while Alex Vieweg had a weekend-high 17-point game that same night. The T-Birds are now 9-5 and have a chance to even the gap between them and the top teams with their next four games coming against Calgary and Brandon.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E***\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFinally, the \u003Cb\u003ECalgary Dinos\u003C\/b\u003E managed a home split over the \u003Cb\u003EUFV Cascades\u003C\/b\u003E this weeked to stop their 3-game losing streak. Unfortunately, the games were 76-60 Friday for UFV and 77-60 Saturday for Calgary, so we lacked a fourth period with any sort of drama or game-winning shots. Ashley Hill ran the Dinos offense with a weekend-high 25 Saturday, while Tessa Klassen scored 17 Friday. Sarah Wierks had a 14-point, 11-rebound double-double performance Saturday for the still-.500 Cascades Saturday as they saw their five-game winning streak snapped. It doesn't get easier for the playoff hopeful UFV team, facing Alberta, Regina and Winnipeg in the next three weeks.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EPlease visit \u003Cb\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\"\u003Ecisblog.ca\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/feeds\/6694585872663242425\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/canada-west-womens-basketball-week-8.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6694585872663242425"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6694585872663242425"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/01\/canada-west-womens-basketball-week-8.html","title":"Canada West women's basketball Week 8 recap"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Cam Charron"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_4zOlpqkFy_w\/TIFYtjTtG-I\/AAAAAAAAAD4\/x3ojU7b6BzU\/S220\/cameh2.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}}]}});