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Cup"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"First it was 36 years without a trip to the University Cup; now it has taken some 36 hours for Queen's men's hockey to make it to Fredericton.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E(Update: while both stranded teams seem to see the humour in the situation, at this writing, 1:45 a.m. on March 16, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.quebec511.info\/en\/Diffusion\/EtatReseau\/Avertissements.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERte. 132 which both teams would take to New Brunswick is closed\u003C\/a\u003E. U Sports has, according to sources, turned down Queen's appeal to postpone its game against UNB, which is scheduled for 7 p.m. AT\/6 p.m. ET on Thursday. So either it will be a very road-weary Queen's team hitting the ice, or no Queen's team at all.)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDue to a major accumulation of snow throughout eastern Canada, both the 5-seed Gaels and 8-seed McGill — who each play Thursday, natch — have been hampered getting to the tournament. Queen's flight out on Tuesday was cancelled due to the weather, so a bus was arranged for the team to make the trip. Then the travelling party met with highway closures. Neither will be there in time for the all-Canadian awards dinner traditionally held on the eve of the tournament. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs if facing UNB and red-hot St. Francis Xavier was not daunting enough. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBoth schools' Twitter game and ability to make light of what is doubtlessly a downer is admirable. Queen's has had fun with it, with Dylan Anderson and Spencer Abraham appearing to be the merrymakers among the group stuck on the highway:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E1st time since '81 the boys are off to the big dance 💃 Kudos to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gibby72\"\u003E@Gibby72\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AHauss14\"\u003E@AHauss14\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026amp; Cimmer who built this program from the ground up! \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheQ?src=hash\"\u003E#TheQ\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CH0EXkcJ6G\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/CH0EXkcJ6G\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Spencer Abraham (@Spencer5Abraham) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spencer5Abraham\/status\/838023753867091969\"\u003EMarch 4, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EAs the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/queensgaels\"\u003E@queensgaels\u003C\/a\u003E remain stranded in Quebec City, I spoke with \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DyltheThrill12\"\u003E@DyltheThrill12\u003C\/a\u003E about the situation. Listen: \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eYrQWZ8Zxr\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/eYrQWZ8Zxr\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ycBpJzfZGj\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/ycBpJzfZGj\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Victor Findlay (@Finder_24) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Finder_24\/status\/842090147218919425\"\u003EMarch 15, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EUnfortunately Mother Nature has restricted our attendance. The Gala will be without \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/queensgaels\"\u003E@queensgaels\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McGillAthletics\"\u003E@McGillAthletics\u003C\/a\u003E, \u0026amp; \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonRoyOfficial\"\u003E@JonRoyOfficial\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/div\u003E— Coupe U Cup (@coupeUcup) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coupeUcup\/status\/842107746828877824\"\u003EMarch 15, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EMHKY Road Trip 1st Team All-Stars:\u003Cbr \/\u003E•\u003Cbr \/\u003E1) Disco' Dave (Bus Driver): - Also named road trip M… \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OwV1r1NVUb\"\u003Ehttps:\/\/t.co\/OwV1r1NVUb\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yzgrfr8Fe\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/9yzgrfr8Fe\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— #ChaGheill (@queensgaels) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/queensgaels\/status\/842119557204566021\"\u003EMarch 15, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003ECalm before the storm. Queen's Road trip award banquet is looming! A lot of strong candidates for tonight's major awards!! \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FindAWay?src=hash\"\u003E#FindAWay\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EhK2exX3RW\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/EhK2exX3RW\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Dylan Anderson (@DyltheThrill12) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DyltheThrill12\/status\/842129935623954432\"\u003EMarch 15, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs have the McGillians, whose Wednesday practice was held in in Rivière-du-Loup, Que., which is four hours outside of Fredericton:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThat road life😑. Fighting \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/snowstormstella?src=hash\"\u003E#snowstormstella\u003C\/a\u003E en route to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fredericton?src=hash\"\u003E#Fredericton\u003C\/a\u003E for \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPORTS_Hockey\"\u003E@USPORTS_Hockey\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coupeUcup\"\u003E@coupeUcup\u003C\/a\u003E w\/ \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HockeyRedmen\"\u003E@HockeyRedmen\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHAMPSZN?src=hash\"\u003E#CHAMPSZN\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bannerseason?src=hash\"\u003E#bannerseason\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uQASYlWMTl\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/uQASYlWMTl\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Samantha Rogers (@samanthalrogers) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samanthalrogers\/status\/841738488131252224\"\u003EMarch 14, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EWhen life gives you lemons...find a local arena+skate. Making the best out of being stranded en route to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPORTSca\"\u003E@USPORTSca\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coupeUcup\"\u003E@coupeUcup\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mcgillproud?src=hash\"\u003E#mcgillproud\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MjD8afZUH1\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/MjD8afZUH1\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Samantha Rogers (@samanthalrogers) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samanthalrogers\/status\/842043654684397569\"\u003EMarch 15, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EAnd after a small glimmer of hope that highways cleared, we're back at the hotel. Snow won't stop us from getting to \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coupeUcup\"\u003E@coupeUcup\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mcgillproud?src=hash\"\u003E#mcgillproud\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aNGfTTpnFo\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/aNGfTTpnFo\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Samantha Rogers (@samanthalrogers) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samanthalrogers\/status\/842125347927687168\"\u003EMarch 15, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003EDibs on writing the screenplay if either\/each team goes on a run this weekend. The opening puck drop is Thursday; Acadia-Alberta and UNB-Queen's, with Saskatchewan-York and McGill-St. FX on Friday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\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\/8172636668742779135\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/hockey-queens-mcgill-stranded-by-snow.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8172636668742779135"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8172636668742779135"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/hockey-queens-mcgill-stranded-by-snow.html","title":"Hockey: Queen's, McGill stranded by snow dump travelling to University Cup"}],"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-7607790612452382942"},"published":{"$t":"2017-03-06T01:54:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-03-06T02:49:43.516-05:00"},"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":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Ryerson, Carleton, McGill 1-2-3 for men's Final 8, Calgary gets wild card"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It is human nature to think there ought to be a way to solve something irksome without thinking of the practicalities of said way. That seems to be the subtext for the suggestion there was some great injustice with decision to award the at-large berth to Canada West bronze medallist Calgary instead of OUA bronze medallist Brock (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/the-road-to-halifax-stops-at-carleton_5.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eas predicted\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EOFFICIAL: M🏀: The 2017 \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArcelorMittal_D\"\u003E@ArcelorMittal_D\u003C\/a\u003E Final 8 field is rounded out with the University of Calgary Dinos! Full seeding below. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHAMPSZN?src=hash\"\u003E#CHAMPSZN\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7fzyqaog6E\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/7fzyqaog6E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— U SPORTS (@USPORTSca) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USPORTSca\/status\/838588714372771840\"\u003EMarch 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E The spur for doing this has always been to try to be a rational actor and give people an idea of how the Final 8 seeding rules work. Whether those rules are righteous or wrongheaded or whether the system goes too far in trying to quantify signature wins \u003Ci\u003Eis a parallel conversation\u003C\/i\u003E. Everyone agreed to play by these rules. You can say have play-in games, a Final 10, a Final 12, a Final 16 and say \"what would the NCAA do?!\" Given all the challenges U Sports faces both internally and externally, it might be better to play the pragmatist and appreciate that we still get to see eight teams spread out over nearly 6,000 kilometres still convene in Halifax for a national championship.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI say all of that, believe you me, knowing it is not for nothing the \u003Cb\u003ELouis CK\u003C\/b\u003E clip open in another Chrome tab just got to the \"\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C-Y17YG63B4?t=1m37s\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eyou need to go once in a while, 'uh, I'm kind of an asshole'\u003C\/a\u003E \" part. The above paragraph probably comes off that way to a few people, but I am okay with that reaction.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EEnd rant. These fellows said it better anyway:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EIf you disapprove of the criteria and think of a better, cost-effective one that all conferences will approve of, that's fine. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CHAMPSZN?src=hash\"\u003E#CHAMPSZN\u003C\/a\u003E 4\/\u003C\/div\u003E— Lucas Meyer (@meyer_lucas) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meyer_lucas\/status\/838593377536876544\"\u003EMarch 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaitSAYger\"\u003E@NaitSAYger\u003C\/a\u003E That and the whining that went along with the Final10 when it actually did happen. There's a reason they went back to a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/final8?src=hash\"\u003E#final8\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— John Edwards (@Anorak_CA) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anorak_CA\/status\/838626007770939392\"\u003EMarch 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anorak_CA\"\u003E@Anorak_CA\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaitSAYger\"\u003E@NaitSAYger\u003C\/a\u003E Wasted games and a marathon week in the Final 10. Stick with 8.\u003C\/div\u003E— Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/838631196586233857\"\u003EMarch 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jor_Henry\"\u003E@Jor_Henry\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianSwane\"\u003E@BrianSwane\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaitSAYger\"\u003E@NaitSAYger\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dougmclean15\"\u003E@dougmclean15\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Basketball_Hour\"\u003E@Basketball_Hour\u003C\/a\u003E I've been at a couple of \"Final 10\" tourneys. A marathon with wasted games\u003C\/div\u003E— Jim Mullin (@Jim_Mullin) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Mullin\/status\/838656206457614340\"\u003EMarch 6, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E Until such time that the gauntlet is picked up, here is what we have on tap at the arena forever known as the Halifax Metro Centre on Thursday:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 2 Carleton vs. No. 7 Calgary, 11 a.m. ET.\u003C\/b\u003E The \"never con a con artist\" principle probably transfers over to any attempt to practise dollar-store sports psychology from a distance on a Dave Smart team. However, losing the No. 1 seed to Ryerson granted Carleton with two things it wanted. They tip off six hours earlier than Ryerson on Thursday and would be in the early semifinal on Saturday. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe loss also helps Carleton snap to attention. In 2006, '07, '11, '14 and '16, they didn't win the OUA banner but went on to capture the W.P. McGee Trophy.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 3 McGill vs. No. 6 Manitoba, 1 p.m. ET. \u003C\/b\u003EMcGill us an .800 team (21-5) which won its conference without really seeing a formidable team in the playoffs and Alberta is a .700 team (24-10) that can de described similarly. That is why the Redmen rate the No. 3 seed. That and the need to avoid a same-conference matchup.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 1 Ryerson vs. No. 8 Saint Mary's, 5 p.m. ET. \u003C\/b\u003ECalgary and Carleton have the highest combined scoring averages in any first-round matchup, but the potential for a 5-on-5 40-minute game of H-O-R-S-E probably resides in the day's third game. Ryerson is fourth at 86.2 points and Saint Mary's is fifth at 84.3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETen years ago, also in Halifax, Saint Mary's was the No. 8 seed and upended Concordia in the quarter-final. No doubt SMU's history as a low seed -- they were No. 7 when they won in 1999 -- will form a convenient if dated narrative.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn that vein, both Thursday evening sessions the last two years have involved an overtime game where the higher seed was on the ropes in the last half-minute of regulation time. \u003Ci\u003ECould it happen again?!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ENo. 4 Alberta vs. No. 5 Dalhousie, 7 p.m. ET.\u003C\/b\u003E The Tigers have got away with some slow starts but probably cannot afford one against Alberta. The Golden Bears are too imposing.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBack to Brockgate for a second ... it is understandable why people expected the Badgers to get the wild card. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOntario has had at least three teams in the tournament for five years in a row and 13 of the last 14. On reflection, one can see how that would have conditioned expectations that Brock was in line for a tournament ticket when it earned the OUA bronze medal by defeating Ottawa, who's been going to the Final 8 on the regular. \u003Ci\u003EWe defeated you, so don't we become you now?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAt the same time, even if Ottawa had earned the OUA bronze, Calgary probably still gets picked.\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\/7607790612452382942\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/basketball-ryerson-carleton-mcgill-1-2.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7607790612452382942"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7607790612452382942"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/basketball-ryerson-carleton-mcgill-1-2.html","title":"Basketball: Ryerson, Carleton, McGill 1-2-3 for men's Final 8, Calgary gets wild card"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6147859547534903815"},"published":{"$t":"2017-03-05T03:16:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-03-05T13:09:35.107-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Road To Halifax Stops At Carleton: On Seedings Eve"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The seeding is a total mess and you ought to love it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERyerson completed a capital double, defeating Carleton for the Wilson Cup thanks to \u003Cb\u003EManny Diressa \u003C\/b\u003Egoing off for 24 points in the second half and, speaking of dynamic dyads,\u003Cb\u003E Adam Voll \u003C\/b\u003Eand\u003Cb\u003E Keevon Small\u003C\/b\u003E combining for \u003Ci\u003Enine\u003C\/i\u003E blocked shots. History does not play the games in the present, of course. Ryerson with floor leaders Diressa, \u003Cb\u003EAdika Peter-McNeilly\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EJuwon Grannum\u003C\/b\u003E will go into the Final 8 with much more shared experienced with the tournament and what's involved with being a No. 1 seed. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeantime, Carleton will get a matinee game in the quarter-final for the fourth consecutive year, since Dalhousie is probably in the 4 vs. 5 game and the host Tigers will play in the evening session. Clearly Carleton doesn't mind the extra recovery period. The Ravens have also won the national championship the last five times (2006, '07, '11, '14 and '16) that it was not OUA playoff champion. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyersonMBB\"\u003E@RyersonMBB\u003C\/a\u003E three captains, Ammanuel Diressa, Adika Peter-McNeilly and Juwon Grannum hosting their 2017 Wilson Cup. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theeyeopener\"\u003E@theeyeopener\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q6l0zETHRs\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/q6l0zETHRs\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— Bryan Meler (@BryanMelo97) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanMelo97\/status\/838223787049041920\"\u003EMarch 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E The task at hand isn't predictions, though, it's seeding.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EThat is proving tough enough after the unfolding carnage of these conference playoffs. Young \u003Cb\u003EHenry\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EDulson\u003C\/b\u003E have a noble stab at it (\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/canhoopsca.wordpress.com\/2017\/03\/05\/wild-card-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eand \u003Cb\u003EMark Wacyk\u003C\/b\u003E explains why UBC getting the wild card sets a bad precedent\u003C\/a\u003E):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EOkay... my \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/final8HFX\"\u003E@final8HFX\u003C\/a\u003E seeding:\u003Cbr \/\u003E1) Ryerson\u003Cbr \/\u003E2) Carleton\u003Cbr \/\u003E3) Alberta\u003Cbr \/\u003E4) McGill\u003Cbr \/\u003E5) Dalhousie\u003Cbr \/\u003E6) Brock\u003Cbr \/\u003E7) SMU\u003Cbr \/\u003E8) Manitoba\u003C\/div\u003E— Jordan Henry (@Jor_Henry) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jor_Henry\/status\/838266162488225792\"\u003EMarch 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaitSAYger\"\u003E@NaitSAYger\u003C\/a\u003E Here's mine-\u003Cbr \/\u003E1. RU\u003Cbr \/\u003E2. UA\u003Cbr \/\u003E3. Carleton\u003Cbr \/\u003E4. McG \u003Cbr \/\u003E5. Dal\u003Cbr \/\u003E6. Brock\/ UC\u003Cbr \/\u003E7. Manitoba\u003Cbr \/\u003E8. SMU\u003C\/div\u003E— Casey Leigh Dulson (@Casey_Dulson) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Casey_Dulson\/status\/838425102500888577\"\u003EMarch 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003EThat could play, apart from the debate about the at-large berth. It is possible the seeding committee could decide that while UBC is first in five of the first nine criteria, losing in the Canada West quarter-final two in a row at home to Manitoba, which garnered no Top 10 support all season, is a deal-breaker. In that case, though, Calgary would seem to be the next team up based on the below interpretation. The Dinos are only first in one category, but are no lower than tied for third in every other one. Losing to Manitoba in the playoffs is also less abject since it was a one-game playoff and not a best-of-three series.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003E table.tableizer-table { font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .tableizer-table td { padding: 4px; margin: 3px; border: 1px solid #CCC; } .tableizer-table th { background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold; } \u003C\/style\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable class=\"tableizer-table\"\u003E\u003Cthead\u003E\u003Ctr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"\u003E\u003Cth\u003E\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EReg-sea.\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ESOS\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ETT\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EN-C\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ETop 10\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EA800\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EA650\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EA500\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EB500\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EPlayoffs*\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ETotal\u003C\/th\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/thead\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EUBC\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E21.5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECalgary\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3.5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E24.5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EOttawa\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E31\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBrock \u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E2\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E33\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ESask.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E5\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E1\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E4\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E3\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E40\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith that out of the way, a last stab before the true experts get it right. It's looking like everyone should hope that Saint Mary's defeats Dalhousie in the AUS final; then they can get both into the top 6. Manitoba and the at-large recipient would then get bumped into the 7 and 8 seeds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson (OUA champion)\u003C\/b\u003E. Fine, fine team.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECarleton (OUA auto-berth). Eddie Ekiyor\u003C\/b\u003E had an intentional foul during the stretch run of the fourth quarter of the Wilson Cup that blemished going for 22-12-3 across 29 minutes against a top-3 team. Watch that get avenged next weekend.\u003Cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"\u003E\u003Cdiv dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"\u003EEddie Ekiyor (Ottawa) had 22 pts,12 rebs,1 ast,3 blks in 29 mins in \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CURavens\"\u003E@CURavens\u003C\/a\u003E' loss to Ryerson. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CanBall?src=hash\"\u003E#CanBall\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q0BKCY37MZ\"\u003Epic.twitter.com\/Q0BKCY37MZ\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E— CanBallRay (@CanBallReport) \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CanBallReport\/status\/838229921340194818\"\u003EMarch 5, 2017\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cscript async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"\u003E\u003C\/script\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill (RSEQ champion).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/b\u003ECanada West usually gets the highest seed of anyone not from the centre of the universe. However, now that it might become the three-bid league, McGill likely has to move up to avoid a same-conference matchup.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill rates better than or even with Alberta and Dalhousie on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/usportshoops.ca\/history\/rankings-srs.php?Gender=MBB\u0026amp;Season=2016-17\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ESimple Ranking System\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(taken before the playoffs), regular-season conference record, non-conference record and it has been higher in the Top 10 voting. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlberta is seventh nationally in full-season RPI, with Dalhousie ninth and McGill 11th. Say whatever you want about the quality of the RSEQ, but McGill grades out well according to the rules in place.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAlberta (Canada West champion).\u003C\/b\u003E Shot an effective 77 per cent during the second half of the CW final, with \u003Cb\u003EBrody Clarke \u003C\/b\u003Egoing for 29 and 12 on 10-of-14 from the floor.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie (AUS champion).\u003C\/b\u003E Play Saint Mary's on Sunday in an all-Halifax AUS final. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary (at large)\u003C\/b\u003E. Reasonable place to put the No. 5-ranked team in Canada, forgiving them their peccadillo that was the two-point defeat against Manitoba. Yes, Manitoba won the game that mattered, but only by a bucket.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESaint Mary's (de facto host).\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EMarquis Clayton\u003C\/b\u003E went for 22 points total and the Huskies limited UNB to two baskets during a pull-away third quarter in the AUS semifinal. Will \u003Cb\u003EJavon Masters \u003C\/b\u003Eever get to a Final 8?\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba (Canada West auto-berth).\u003C\/b\u003E Shout-out to\u003Cb\u003E Tony House\u003C\/b\u003E, who's organized Canada Topflight Academy in Ottawa, since he's a former Bisons guard.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003EIn the event Saint Mary's wins the AUS everything revises quite easily:\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003ERyerson\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ECarleton\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAlberta\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EMcGill\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ESaint Mary's\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDalhousie\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003Eat-large team (Calgary, Brock or UBC)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EManitoba\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\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\/6147859547534903815\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/the-road-to-halifax-stops-at-carleton_5.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6147859547534903815"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6147859547534903815"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2017\/03\/the-road-to-halifax-stops-at-carleton_5.html","title":"The Road To Halifax Stops At Carleton: On Seedings Eve"}],"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-1908071801538241030"},"published":{"$t":"2016-08-10T12:11:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-08-10T16:44:16.752-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"NCAA in Canada"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Wichita State's Gregg Marshall plays American Idiot, indirectly raises point about Canada's basketball infrastructure"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"With the way people are on the Internet, the merest attempt to add some context to Wichita State coach \u003Cb\u003EGregg Marshall \u003C\/b\u003Elosing his mind at McGill is going to be read as a defence of the indefensible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere is no excuse for charging at a game official. It is also little bit telling that Marshall, when presented an opportunity to do so \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/sports\/college\/wichita-state\/article94747032.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esince a beat writer was present \u003C\/a\u003Eand \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-sports\/story\/_\/id\/17261081\/wichita-state-shockers-head-coach-gregg-marshall-ejected-shouting-charging-towards-referees-exhibition-game-mcgill-university-montreal\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EESPN's Andy Katz followed up with him\u003C\/a\u003E, never thought to apologize to McGill for his antics. That is American Idiot behaviour -- the classic 'if you don't get your way, overreact by a factor of 10.' It probably won't result in any disciplinary action from the Wichita State athletic department, since it was only an exhibition game in Canada. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(Updates: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/mens-college-basketball\/story\/_\/id\/17265138\/wichita-state-shockers-suspend-coach-gregg-marshall-one-game-ref-tirade\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMarshall will not coach in Wichita State's last game of the tour\u003C\/a\u003E, big woop. The statement doesn't address dragging McGill into this nonsense, but the state school issued a \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kwch.com\/content\/sports\/Wichita-State-issues-an-apology-to-McGill-Marshalls-tirade-spills-off-the-court-389763061.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Everbal apology\u003C\/a\u003E\" to McGill. Typical.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(I also understand this has been shared around on a Wichita State fan board by Marshall apologists. It's not about you guys, and your coach is lucky he didn't end up being booked for assault.)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere are a couple videos, the one shot by a fan at Love Competition Hall and another from the McGill Sports Network webcast.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8Mfsw28G3as\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Mfsw28G3as?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt is worth noting that the fan made note of, \"Brutal calls all game.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/eeoUitsdq98\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eeoUitsdq98?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere is the thing: people who are around Canadian university basketball have long said, sotto voce, that the quality of officiating has not kept up with the ever-increasing level of play. That ties back not to the integrity and the skills of the officials, but the support they receive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor any Wichita State fans who have come by, this is not an exoneration of Gregg Marshall. He wears it, fully completely. He is very lucky that he was restrained by his staff and players, because there was potential there for assault. His spouse \u003Cb\u003ELynn Marshall\u003C\/b\u003E's \"apologizing to Montreal by stimulating the economy\" comment, while no doubt meant to defuse tension, is very condescending. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis is being written solely from the perspective of a Canadian, as it pertains to our game. Using\u0026nbsp;it to excuse Gregg Marshall is pathetic.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith that out of the way, the concern about reffing in CIS was given voice six months ago when\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EWayne Kondro\u003C\/b\u003E wrote a detailed piece for the website that outlined \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/cis_news\/2015-16\/releases\/officiatingcanada\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehow basketball officiating in Canada probably has fallen behind since it is still largely dependent on a culture of volunteerism\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI cannot say definitively whether that came to a head at McGill's Love Competition Hall on Tuesday. I was not there, and there is no neutral account of events. The \u003Ci\u003EWichita Eagle\u003C\/i\u003E described it as \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/sports\/college\/wichita-state\/article94747032.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eno-blood, no-foul game\u003C\/a\u003E,\" As of last check, the\u003Ci\u003E Montreal Gazette\u003C\/i\u003E hasn't even posted a link. That's all we have.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe do know it was \"steaming hot\" inside the gym. We also know the identity\u003Cb\u003E Dave DeAveiro\u003C\/b\u003E has cultivated over seven seasons at McGill is built around defending and being physical.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGiven that \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.kansas.com\/sports\/college\/wichita-state\/article94378282.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWSU didn't scout the [Carleton] Ravens\u003C\/a\u003E,\" it's fair to wonder what Marshall did to prepare his team for McGill. He probably did very little, and it is a complete and utter coaching fail to send athletes into any competition unprepared. Also, if you have ever attended one of these August games, you should know that to the Canadian teams, it's little brother vs. big brother. Deadspin is foolish for their take that it was \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/deadspin.com\/wichita-state-basketball-coach-gregg-marshall-flips-the-1785085882\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ea meaningless game that was supposed to be played at half-speed and produce zero headlines\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the first and third counts, sure. But the reason the D-1 teams visit is to get a hard push before the official start of practice. All of the teams that have come up through the years -- Baylor, Cincinnati, Illinois-Chicago, Syracuse, Villanova, Wisconsin, to name a few who have done the Ottawa-Montreal loop -- respected that they would be in a for a game. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Redmen no doubt came ready to test themselves against Division 1 mid-major. Perhaps Wichita State, coming from the NCAA where there's less latitude for physical play than there is under FIBA standards, was taken aback. That's their fault.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's one thing if the officials give some leeway to play hard, but it roils coaches and players when they believe there's inconsistency from one possession to the next. That's in keeping with what people have long believed prevails in CIS. You would have had to be there on Tuesday to know if that applied.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat might come back to a lack of support to properly pay officials and subsidizing continuing education. As Kondro pointed out, the telecoms that are profiting from the rise in basketball's popularity aren't doing a damn thing to help give the \"\u003Cb\u003ENash \u003C\/b\u003Egeneration\" and the \"\u003Cb\u003EWiggins\u003C\/b\u003E generation\" and the \"\u003Cb\u003EKia Nurse\u003C\/b\u003E generation\" the officiating they deserve.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn university ball, if CIS vs. NCAA teams is something we all want, there is an onus to make sure the gatekeepers, the officials, have all the training they need to keep a situation from escalating. There's no guarantee that would prevent something like this from happening again. It's reasonable to say, without faulting the officials, without faulting McGill, that Gregg Marshall's grotesque behaviour exposed gaps in Canada's basketball infrastructure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhat Marshall did was abject and inexcusable. Throwing in the hot gym and a hotly contested game, and I can sort of see why Marshall lost his mind. I fully assume this will be laughed off as a one-off incident, the hotheaded NCAA coach acting like a fish out of water. It is that, and if you want to see it as such, go right ahead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis would not happen in a regular CIS game, where the coaches and officials see each other almost every weekend. Point being, that is a thin thread to hold on to, and CIS and Canada Basketball got an unfriendly reminder of it this week.\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\/1908071801538241030\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/wichita-states-gregg-marshall-plays.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1908071801538241030"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/1908071801538241030"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/08\/wichita-states-gregg-marshall-plays.html","title":"Wichita State's Gregg Marshall plays American Idiot, indirectly raises point about Canada's basketball infrastructure"}],"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"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/8Mfsw28G3as\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3595913617778187568"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-17T23:21:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-21T08:34:50.137-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#2016Final8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"#CISFinal8: Calgary 72, McGill 69; Dinos get Ryerson\/UBC on Semifinal Saturday"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"VANCOUVER — A turnover is fair play. \u003Cb\u003EThomas Cooper\u003C\/b\u003E was scuffling offensively much of the night, but made the late defensive play that iced the Calgary Dinos' 72-69 win against the McGill Redmen.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary had to spend much of the night at McGill's tempo, and went down after a tiebreaking triple from \u003Cb\u003EDele Ogundokun\u003C\/b\u003E with 57.9 seconds left. However, the Dinos drew three consecutive fouls, including ones that \u003Cb\u003EJhony Verrone \u003C\/b\u003Emade for the lead with 26.4 seconds left.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn the Redmen's last chance to go ahead, Cooper slapped down a pass to make a steal. After Cooper's subsequent pair of freebies with 9.8 left. McGill didn't get much look at a tying three, and Calgary escaped.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso, if anyone thinks it was any solace for the Quebec conference, now an 0-11 streak in the quarters, that McGill led in the last minute ... well, it wasn't. Talking about conference strength is a good framing devicc for discussing this tournament, but \u003Cb\u003EDave DeAveiro\u003C\/b\u003E reminded us there are competitive human beings playing these games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFINAL — No. 4 Calgary 72, No. 5 McGill 69\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cb\u003EImpact for\/on the Dinos —\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;One person's bullet, dodged is another's survive and advance, and Calgary is smart enough to know it got away with a bad first game. Getting and making 21-of-26 free throws (80.8%) to McGill's 5-of-11 (45.5%) provided an escape hatch.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The last couple possessions, all we talked about was getting to the basket,\" said Calgary coach Dan Vanhooren, who will be in his fourth national semifinal but has gone farther.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECooper had 21 points and nine rebounds, but was an effective 42.9 per cent and had four turnovers. The upshot is his team has two-more championship-side games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Thomas has been big for us at the end of games all season, As a fourth-year guard, his experience and athleticism are a big part of that.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECan Calgary take a next step? They could be in tough against Ryerson.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We're going to have to play better offensively,\" Vanhooren said. \"We had 17 turnovers and only nine assists. That's not going to be enough to beat a team like Ryerson or UBC.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo wit, Calgary got 21 points at the line, some of which overlapped with their 20 off McGill's turnovers. That's not a lot of natural offence..\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EImpact for\/on the Redmen —\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Cb\u003EDavid DeAveiro\u003C\/b\u003E's team hung in and represented Quebec well but there's a double edge to that, since they play for McGill, not a conference. Their final three possessions were empty, though, as was the feeling afterward.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I'm extremely disappointed with the end of the game, we've been over that drill a million times,\" DeAveiro said. \"We turn it over two times. It's not how we drilled it, every day in practice.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I'm not a coach who calls a timeout, because we do this every day in practice. We just turned the ball over and as a result Calgary won the game. With those two stats, we put them in position to win.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere really wasn't need for a follow-up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"If we're not disappointed that we lost today, then we're not the program we thought we were, We came here to win a title, not be fifth, not be sixth.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMemo to OUA media: you want this Dave and his team back in your gyms. He's missed in OUA.\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\/3595913617778187568\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/cisfinal8-calgary-72-mcgill-69-dinos.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3595913617778187568"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3595913617778187568"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/cisfinal8-calgary-72-mcgill-69-dinos.html","title":"#CISFinal8: Calgary 72, McGill 69; Dinos get Ryerson\/UBC on Semifinal Saturday"}],"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-2190297959210198279"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-12T04:02:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-12T20:29:38.013-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology! The TRU-mphant edition; UBC's drop creates incentive to sandbag for a second seed"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Paint the town orange, everyone, since the Thompson Rivers WolfPack, paced by a savvy handle from the fifth-year guard \u003Cb\u003EReese Pribilsky\u003C\/b\u003E, will be a nationals newbie after taking down Final 8 host UBC.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENew is always better\u003C\/i\u003E, so that should be vicariously exciting for all who care about the university game. Okay, maybe not so much to the CIS Final 8 promoters since the hometown draw, UBC, is out of the top six entirely and its odds of making it to Semifinal Saturday are now that much longer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere are \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawesthoops.com\/tru-and-calgary-to-meet-in-cw-final\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edeets to digest\u003C\/a\u003E, but the WolfPack's epochal 72-69 win against the \u0026nbsp;Thunderbirds turned on the team from the B.C. Interior being resolute in the interior. Aptly named forward \u003Cb\u003EJosh Wolfram\u003C\/b\u003E piled up 23 points and 14 rebounds, and TRU ultimately was just a little more 'on' from outside than the traditional tournament team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPresuming the \"results of regional playoffs must be respected\" guideline is invoked, Thompson Rivers rates the No. 7 seed with UBC up at No. 8. By rule, UBC must play one of the evening quarter-finals, including the 11 p.m. ET\/8 p.m. finale to the day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo quote \u003Cb\u003EGeorge Costanza\u003C\/b\u003E,\u003Ci\u003E \"Do you see what happened here?\"\u003C\/i\u003E The Carleton-Ryerson victor will surely be the No. 1 seed, but will likely play its quarter-final at a time when their minds and bodies are normally winding down for the night. Conversely, being in the 2\/7\/3\/6 bloc involves the 4 ET\/1 PT or 6 ET\/3 PT Thursday tip times, and rest ahead of Semifinal Saturday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERyerson, which has never won any OUA basketball title, will have incentive to change that this evening. For Carleton, they do not have to show their hand much on Saturday, so it wouldn't be a shocker if they play a very vanilla game. Then they get the schedule that might work better for an Eastern Time Zone team.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnother permutation, and CIS has countless ones, is that 1\/8\/4\/5 and 2\/7\/3\/6 are not set in stone. They have been known to get re-sorted, by organizers' edict. There is also the matter of where to schedule the Canada West reps' games. Calgary is from farther away but has a much deeper alumni base than Thompson Rivers, which only became a university in a full in 2005 and whose graduates are all busy analyzing the Toronto Maple Leafs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere is another shot in the dark heading into Finals Day. The Windsor-Ottawa winner should draw in as the No. 5 seed facing McGill, which hosts UQAM in the RSEQ final. A Dalhousie-Calgary quarter-final is on the offing. Ryerson-UBC and Carleton-TRU draw into the 1 vs. 8 and 2 vs. 7 slots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson Rams (OUA champion)*\u003C\/b\u003E — Fun fact: the last time a Toronto-area team won the OUA Wilson Cup was 1994-95, the season before the Toronto Raptors began play. There is some 'not for nothing' to that, but I cannot unlock it at the moment.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIncidentally, and perhaps other Ontario University Athletics schools are doing this, but something that RU is doing to foster demand is to give free admission to the first 250 students. It creates a buzz, while still relaying that there is a value to attending these games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's long been a catch-22 with student attendance in OUA. Charge and they don't come; make it free and they think it is not worth coming.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECarleton Ravens (OUA runner-up)* \u003C\/b\u003E— Gritty 82-74 win against Ottawa, even though primary scorer \u003Cb\u003EConnor Wood\u003C\/b\u003E played through foul trouble. The city rivals have played for 120 minutes and are tied 227-227. The weird part? Only the first game actually felt close.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary Dinos (Canada West champion)* — \u003C\/b\u003EHit a hundred whilst winning their way in and effectively ending Manitoba's season. I cannot wait to see\u003Cb\u003E Thomas Cooper\u003C\/b\u003E play live.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill Redmen (Quebec champion)\u003C\/b\u003E — As anticipated, they had a push from Laval, but won 76-69 on the strength of a 49-point second half. \u003Cb\u003ENoah Daoust\u003C\/b\u003E was man of the match with 19 in 23 off-the-bench minutes, hitting 5-of-6 triples. Of course, that's not even the best sixth-man performance since the Rams' \u003Cb\u003EJean-Victor Mukama \u003C\/b\u003Ehad 23 and was 5-of-5 on threes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill, with the women's basketball Martlets also playing for a conference banner at home on Saturday, could have a sellout at Love Competition Hall. Only about 400 tickets are left.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa Gee-Gees (at large, OUA bronze medal) \u003C\/b\u003E— The first Windsor-Ottawa game was a 34-point blowout. A lot has changed, but the Gee-Gees should end their two-game funk.\u003Cb\u003E Caleb Agada \u003C\/b\u003Eneeded only 23 minutes to record a double-double in that November game, and the fourth-year wing seemed almost possessed when Ottawa started to push back against Carleton.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie Tigers (AUS champion)*\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E— \u003C\/b\u003EWould scoot up to 5 if Thompson Rivers somehow upset Calgary.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EThompson Rivers Wolfpack (Canada West runner-up)\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E— \u003C\/b\u003EFriday was a big moment for Explorer teams. Take this opportunity to snark, \"No wonder UBC didn't want to play those new CIS members from the province.\" \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds (host)*\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThey might be locked into eighth, sorry to say.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\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\/2190297959210198279\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bracketology-tru-mphant-edition-if-not.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2190297959210198279"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2190297959210198279"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bracketology-tru-mphant-edition-if-not.html","title":"Bracketology! The TRU-mphant edition; UBC's drop creates incentive to sandbag for a second seed"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-3117106235554870844"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-10T17:34:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-10T17:34:21.896-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ottawa Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology! The 'How UBC can do OUA a solid' edition"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wHfiAGgIR2c\/VuHuPVOYWyI\/AAAAAAAADHA\/xO9-Mwe783gm8VetD2EgqPO-E6X86fggQ\/s1600\/1246995.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wHfiAGgIR2c\/VuHuPVOYWyI\/AAAAAAAADHA\/xO9-Mwe783gm8VetD2EgqPO-E6X86fggQ\/s640\/1246995.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn our latest hoop-o-thetical, coach \u003Cb\u003EKevin Hanson\u003C\/b\u003E's UBC Thunderbirds are like \u003Cb\u003EHomer Simpson \u003C\/b\u003Ein that episode where takes a drag on his sisters-in-laws' cigarettes to get them out of a jam for smoking in a government building.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EExplain how. Well, Homer does not much like Patty and Selma, just as those in the west don't like Ontario, or its university men's basketball dominance. Yet Homer did something to help himself, over his reservations at helping the gruesome twosome. To totally strain the self-indulgent analogy, UBC will make their case for a high seed at home for the CIS Final 8 if they defeat the Thompson Rivers WolfPack and the Manitoba\/Calgary winner at the men's b-ball Canada West Final Four.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECalgary not being a conference champion might open the door toThat could also make the argument the OUA's big three of Carleton, Ryerson and Ottawa all being top six seeds come next week in Vancouver. Just saying, \u003Ci\u003Eit could\u003C\/i\u003E.\u0026nbsp;Ours is not to make predictions, per se, but to be prepared. (\u003Cb\u003EMark Wacyk\u003C\/b\u003E, as always, \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/canhoopsca.wordpress.com\/2016\/03\/10\/wilson-cup-final-four-preview-rams-look-to-hoist-first-banner-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehas the OUA Wilson Cup covered from all angles\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere is no crystal ball; consider this more of a 'creating a crazy scenario and watching it all go down.'\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESo UBC wins Canada West. Calgary or Manitoba is Canada West 1, and the conference's bronze-game winner is Canada West 2 since the Thunderbirds are a host.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EHow could the picture look?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOUA 1\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E Saturday's Wilson Cup winner, either Carleton, Ottawa or Ryerson;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOUA 2\u0026nbsp;—\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003ESaturday's Wilson Cup runner-up;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHost team —\u003C\/b\u003E UBC, which had 227 points in the most recent Top Ten;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAt large\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ESaturday's OUA bronze-game winner if, indeed, it's one of the Big Three;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERSEQ champion\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ci\u003EIf\u003C\/i\u003E No. 7 McGill wins their conference;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ENo. 10-ranked Tigers go in the 5-hole \u003Ci\u003Eif\u003C\/i\u003E McGill stumbles;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECW 1\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Calgary-Manitoba winner and conference runner-up;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECW 2\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Canada West bronze-game winner, so either Calgary or Manitoba. Or perhaps No. 11-ranked Thompson Rivers could still surprise us.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003EAgendas, there a few at the time of March. This seeding likely keeps the 'Birds around until Semifinal Saturday, which will help with the surely robust ticket sales for the event that is coming back to a Vancouver whetted with anticipation due to its four-decade absence. Of OUA's big three, two will have a loser-plays-for-bronze steel cage match in the semifinal. The winner than has refresh for Championship Sunday.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Thunderbirds get their high seed, OUA gets its entitlement of high seeds but two of them have to re-stage the playoffs, which gives the survivor a tougher trek toward the national title.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd, of course, you know what it says about the person who is laying out this scenario:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MTOIc-Qar5g\/VuH2WXFAWZI\/AAAAAAAADHY\/qoR8xduk3OoZsyCFCL8EhPQK1NUBMTCoQ\/s1600\/1251783%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-MTOIc-Qar5g\/VuH2WXFAWZI\/AAAAAAAADHY\/qoR8xduk3OoZsyCFCL8EhPQK1NUBMTCoQ\/s640\/1251783%2B%25281%2529.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003C\/div\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\/3117106235554870844\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bracketology-how-ubc-can-do-oua-solid.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3117106235554870844"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/3117106235554870844"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bracketology-how-ubc-can-do-oua-solid.html","title":"Bracketology! The 'How UBC can do OUA a solid' edition"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"sager"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08757652892056684490"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"32","height":"32","src":"\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-HoppI3_eGQc\/VrWGl9xFY2I\/AAAAAAAADEA\/ucwvqUnIa7M\/s220\/Neate1379-4x4M.JPG"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-wHfiAGgIR2c\/VuHuPVOYWyI\/AAAAAAAADHA\/xO9-Mwe783gm8VetD2EgqPO-E6X86fggQ\/s72-c\/1246995.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-5400997307116197975"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-09T09:43:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-09T12:11:34.773-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Citadins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Gaels"},{"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":"OUA"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"RSEQ"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Wishful Thinking Wednesday"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Wishful Thinking Wednesday: OUA, RSEQ need basketball interlock to better grow the game"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Hockey rivals should meet five times in a season, not basketball teams.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOnly within the circular logic of university athletics does this make an iota of sense: when the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec men's semifinals take place \u0026nbsp;Friday, host McGill and Laval will be playing or the fifth time, and so too will the Concordia Stingers and the Université du Québec à Montréal Citadins. Meantime, none the three Montreal teams \u0026nbsp;that are within a 2-3½-hour drive of a handful of gyms across the provincial border have faced an Ontario University Athletics opponent since November. Ironically, the exception to the rule is the most geographically distant team. Laval defeated Ottawa on Dec. 28.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe point of mentioning this is that there is a definitely a gap in development in university basketball since OUA and RSEQ don't cross over for regular-season play. With each conference at an odd number with 17 and five teams, creating one-game slack weeks in every team's schedule, would that there was the desire and political will to resurrect it. It would mean, especially for the 10 men's and women's teams in Quebec, meeting, adapting and learning from so many more opponents. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EGenerally, the only time there are cross-overs or \u0026nbsp;Ontario\/Quebec leagues is out of need, either to save money or due to a lack of sufficient teams to make a league. That applies in men's hockey with Trois-Rivières, which will likely win the Queen's Cup as Ontario champion this weekend, being in the league along with Concordia and McGill. Only three Quebec schools ice men's teams. It also goes the other way with Carleton and Ottawa having their women's hockey teams in what amounts to a Montreal-area RSEQ league.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe same notion applied in the 1990s when the OUA East had an interlock with Quebec, which had a couple national championships during the decade with TV's \u003Cb\u003EJohn Dore\u003C\/b\u003E guiding Concordia to the 1990 national title and \u003Cb\u003EEddie Pomykala\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;taking Bishop's to the summit in '98. Before romanticizing that era, it's important to remember that interlock was a shotgun marriage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe OUA East and West had some issues at the time. For a few seasons, the East played a 20-game schedule \u0026nbsp;— a home-and-home with the other six teams, and a home-and-home with the four-team Q. The OUA West had a 12-game January\/February regular season, before everyone held their own playoffs to determine three qualifiers for the Final 8. Eventually, OUA West came around, probably not coincidentally after McMaster lost the '98 final to Bishop's.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe good unintended consequence helped Quebec. The interlock ended in 2001-02, since the two OUA divisions had resolved their differences, and certain schools in Southern Ontario could abide visiting Concordia or McGill but not so much going to rural Quebec (Bishop's) and very French Quebec (Laval).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe obvious flip rejoinder to that: is going to Laval that much more onerous than trekking to Thunder Bay to play Lakehead?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESince the interlock ended, the closest a Q men's team has come to the national title was Concordia reaching the final of the 2005 CIS Final 10, losing 68-48 to Carleton in \u003Cb\u003EMichael Smart\u003C\/b\u003E's final game for the Ravens. The conference is a collective 0-10 in the quarter-final since then, and it's not necessarily all due to low seeding. Concordia was the No. 1 seed in '07 abd No. 3 seed in '12.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGranted, development is hard to quantify, but a development problem has already been identified. It is on CIS to see what can be done to foment change for the greater good.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's important not to read a cause-and-effect here. But it's fair to surmise that having five teams whale on each other from November until early March foments intense competition at the RSEQ Final Four, but it's probably not helping Quebec's cause at the \u0026nbsp;men's Final 8. The Q teams\u003Ci\u003E can \u003C\/i\u003Eplay, notwithstanding that decade-long absence from Semifinal Saturday. Bishop's extended Ottawa to overtime in the quarter-final last season. It would have been easier to see that coming if observers in Ontario had the Gaiters come this way some time after the calendar changed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPerception is reality, and everyone would have a clearer picture about \u0026nbsp;(a) the Q being underrated and (b) what it takes to be a top team if there was that interlock.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMen's hockey is a perfect example of the benefit from having Quebec schools as associate members of OUA. Carleton, which hosts Guelph on Saturday in a play-in game for the CIS University Cup, has been able to get better from playing against McGill and Trois-Rivières, who have long set the bar for the division. It is hard to imagine that Carleton coach \u003Cb\u003EMarty Johnston\u003C\/b\u003E hankers for the easier path to the University Cup his team would have in a weaker, Ontario-only league.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHaving the interlock would serve the ideal for CIS of having national championships where anyone can truly win the day. That is always going to be daunting in a country which is geographically vast and historically disinterested in supporting its own university sport. (Why no, I'm not filling out a NCAA Tournament bracket and don't ask me to join your pool.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUltimately, as the power conference, OUA owes it to its neighbour to remember that they had that mutually beneficial partnership in the 1990s. It came together by accident, almost, but it was great and rates a chance to come back. Players and coaches would benefit.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwenty-two is the most awkward even number of teams to schedule. It is not that hard, though, to imagine grafting Quebec on to a four-division OUA.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003E table.tableizer-table { font-size: 12px; border: 1px solid #CCC; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; } .tableizer-table td { padding: 4px; margin: 5px; border: 1px solid #CCC; } .tableizer-table th { background-color: #104E8B; color: #FFF; font-weight: bold; } \u003C\/style\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable class=\"tableizer-table\"\u003E\u003Cthead\u003E\u003Ctr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\"\u003E\u003Cth\u003EWest\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003ECentral\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EEast\u003C\/th\u003E\u003Cth\u003EQuebec\u003C\/th\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/thead\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EAlgoma\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBrock\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ECarleton\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EBishop's\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELakehead\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EGuelph\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaurentian\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EConcordia\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWaterloo\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaurier\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ENipissing\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ELaval \u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWestern\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMcMaster\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EOttawa\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EMcGill\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EWindsor\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003ERyerson\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EQueen's\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EUQAM\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EToronto\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003EYork\u003C\/td\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E(Laurier and Lakehead are interchangeable. Lakehead in a five-team division is probably more cost-effective.)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn this bit of blue-sky thinking, one could draft a 20-game schedule where everyone has divisional home-and-homes and plays 10-12 other teams. If OUA uses a RPI \u003Ci\u003Ewhere every game counts\u003C\/i\u003E, an unbalanced schedule does not pose a problem for playoff seeding. Also, each OUA team is getting new opponents. A few teams would have two more opponents that visit every season, which helps with building familiarity and rivalries.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAdding Quebec to the schedule would help develop the rivalries among OUA schools? \u003Ci\u003EYeah, that's right.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThose are just the potential ancillary benefits. The primary one is that the smallest conference in the country is more prepared for nationals, which can only help Canadian university basketball.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003ECome playoff time, Quebec could have its own championship while OUA could proceed apace with the Critelli Cup and Wilson Cup. What is one more grandfathered-in exception in CIS, any way?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWishful thinking — \u003Ci\u003EI know.\u003C\/i\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\/5400997307116197975\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/wishful-thinking-wednesday-oua-rseq.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5400997307116197975"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/5400997307116197975"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/wishful-thinking-wednesday-oua-rseq.html","title":"Wishful Thinking Wednesday: OUA, RSEQ need basketball interlock to better grow the game"}],"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":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8509434604555262645"},"published":{"$t":"2016-03-07T01:15:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-07T14:55:13.841-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology! Ryerson goes back on top, and a cry for the WolfPack "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"All the 'contemplating the ifs' has probably rendered this effort the 'go home, you're drunk' edition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe points to fixate upon include:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E— Carleton and Ottawa going to the matt at Mattamy Athletic Centre in the OUA Wilson Cup semifinal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E— What possibility there is that Calgary, which is nicely ensconced in the No. 3 seed like so much velvet, could lose at home in the Canada West Final Four.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E— Whether there is any chance of Dalhousie moving up from the No. 6 seed, the lowest possible for a conference champ. (Answer: probably not.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHere goes very little:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson Rams (OUA champion)\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E It is about who is healthy and hitting shots, and Ryerson seems fit on each count now that\u003Cb\u003E Juwon Grannum\u003C\/b\u003E is back to fortify their rotation. That crowd at the MAC, where the Rams hosted the 2015 Final 8 but weren't part of competing in the '13 and '14 OUA finals after losing in the quarters, should be something else. There's really no excuse if it isn't. In fact, if there's even a remote possibility of a blah atmosphere, start busing in Brock students.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa (OUA runner-up)\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E Gut feeling is the OUA hierarchy is now Ryerson, Ottawa, Carleton. The Gee-Gees have played in the MAC enough times for it to feel familiar, and shot an effective 52.4% there in January against the fired-up Rams without having\u003Cb\u003E Caleb Agada\u003C\/b\u003E to create matchup problems. They had a bad shooting night (42.9%) in Saturday's near-disastrous narrow escape against Queen's. That can fluctuate positively.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDefinitely \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/oua\/portal.htm?eventId=276239\u0026amp;streamType=video\u0026amp;highlightId=25657\u0026amp;time=1457368776.218\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewatch the replay of Ottawa's winning bucket against Queen's\u003C\/a\u003E. A \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/oua\/portal.htm?eventId=276239\u0026amp;streamType=video\u0026amp;highlightId=25657\u0026amp;time=1457368776.218\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elittle more help D and Ottawa is done early\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary (Canada West champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EMuch will depend on Manitoba-Calgary on Friday night at the Jack Simpson Gym. The Bisons and Dinos split their regular-season series, which was on the U of M's home floor. Calgary is home and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/sports\/basketball\/dinos-hoopsters-advance-to-final-four-tourney\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eought to be more focused after flirting with getting extended in their series against Alberta\u003C\/a\u003E. Calgary also shot the three (38.0%) and defended it (27.5%) better than anyone out West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENow, if Manitoba wins, everything gets cockamamie.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUBC (host)*\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EA win against Thompson Rivers on Friday will make everyone breath easier. The 'Birds \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/mbb2015\/cissrs.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehave the highest SRS of any team outside of Ontario\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill (RSEQ champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Redmen might have lost too many conference games to be considered for anything higher. They have the inside track on the Q title.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie (AUS champion)*\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EIt is official after the Tigers had one-point semifinal and two-point championship-game victories in the AUS Final 6. With 6-foot-5 Sven Stammberger as the lone starter taller than 6-2, Dal is the epitome of scrappy underdog. They slowed and stymied UVic in the 6 vs. 3 quarter-final last March. It would be something to see it history could repeat itself.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECarleton (wild card)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EIt would not be the first time that Ottawa and Carleton met at OUAs and again at nationals. Each instance usually happens later. If Carleton is OUA No. 3 and either Manitoba or Thompson Rivers is Canada West No. 3, the Ravens have to be higher. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton would likely be facing an OUA opponent as either a 7 or 8 seed. Understandably, you cannot move a team down to get out of facing a team it saw in the playoffs, and put it up against the higher-seeded team from its conference. That's where we are.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba (Canada West auto berth)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EIt will be Manitoba-Thompson Rivers in a play-in Canada West bronze game if the form holds. The prospective foes are 12th and 13th in the national SRS. The Bisons \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/mbb2015\/cissrs.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehave a below-average strength of schedule and coach\u003Cb\u003E Scott Clark\u003C\/b\u003E's WolfPack have a really, really bad strength of schedule\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;within CIS competition.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe SRS' value as a predictor is contestable, though. Cases in point: Windsor defeating McMaster, Dal defeating UPEI and Queen's nearly upsetting Ottawa. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor obvious intellectual-honesty reasons, games against non-CIS competition cannot be thrown into the rankings mix; there are too many variables to take the results on face. At the same time, though, it's not as if Thompson Rivers, as a program in Kamloops, B.C., has the budget or the geographical convenience to get the even UBC or UVic on their schedule, let alone major central Canada schools for non-conference games. They have played anyone and everyone: BCCAA, NCAA D2, NAIA. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey have a fifth-year point guard with \u003Cb\u003EReese Pribilisky\u003C\/b\u003E, and this team from the Interior is solid in the interior with 6-10 \u003Cb\u003EJosh Wolfram \u003C\/b\u003Eand 6-7 \u003Cb\u003EVolodymyr Iegorov\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJust sayin'. Don't cede that berth to the Bisons just yet. (Actually, now that we've lavished praise on the little-known Explorer Division school, watch them come out flat as the Manitoba prairie on Friday since life is like that.)\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003E* officially qualified\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\/8509434604555262645\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bracketology-ryerson-goes-back-on-top.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8509434604555262645"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8509434604555262645"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/03\/bracketology-ryerson-goes-back-on-top.html","title":"Bracketology! Ryerson goes back on top, and a cry for the WolfPack "}],"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-2679112329787319288"},"published":{"$t":"2016-02-28T15:53:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-05T08:42:41.201-05:00"},"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":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"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":"Ottawa Gee-Gees"},{"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":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology: Ryerson, Ottawa and Carleton, and the first shall be third, and vice-versa"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Warning: contents of post might be considered hot takes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe have reached the point where form and history are in conflict in the Power Conference. With Ryerson holding the No. 1 seed for the OUA Wilson Cup, it sets up that Ottawa will likely have to defeat Carleton for the third time in a row in order to directly qualify for the Final 8. When was the last time a team did that against Carleton?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith that in mind, one should not presume to go all What We Learned while \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/02\/bracketology-first-stab-at-projecting.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eslotting eight teams into the men's basketball CIS Final 8\u003C\/a\u003E. The OUA has a No. 1 playoff seed that is No. 3 in the coaches' poll and was last seen running fifth-year guard \u003Cb\u003EAaron Best\u003C\/b\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/oua.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2015-16\/boxscores\/20160227_x6uq.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efor 40 minutes in order to secure a nine-point win against York, the worst team in the OUA playoffs\u003C\/a\u003E. (Ryerson also needed \u003Ci\u003Et\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54DifLTnqTU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewo \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=54DifLTnqTU\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ebuzzer triples in the second half to escape with a two-point victory on Friday against Queen's\u003C\/a\u003E, whose starting five probably consists of\u003Cb\u003E\u0026nbsp;Sukhpreet Singh\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;and four Commerce majors named Tanner, Taylor, Travis and Tyler from 'just outside Toronto.')\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton is No. 1 in the country but No. 3 for the playoffs and is also 0-3 against the Gee-Gees and Rams, but those games were three weeks ago.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe AUS, as per \u003Ci\u003Euje\u003C\/i\u003E, seems like anyone's game; Dalhousie won as the underdog last season and now gets cast as the overdog after winning a very balanced conference with \u003Cb\u003ERick Plato\u003C\/b\u003E's old-school tempo-slowing style. (Per game, the Tigers took six fewer shots per game than anyone else down East, and allowed 8½ fewer points.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca name='more'\u003E\u003C\/a\u003EBy now, all of you are all familiar with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cis-sic.ca\/information\/members_info\/pdfs\/pdf_playing_regs\/15-16\/Basketball_-M-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERule 4.2.4, which mandates that a conference champion cannot be seeded lower than sixth\u003C\/a\u003E. This is also known as the, \"We Won Our Conference And All We Got Was A Lesson From Carleton, And A Consolation Game\" rule. You have also been around the block enough times to know that the UBC Thunderbirds will be placed in the most sales-driven seed, which likely means No. 5.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo quote the guy who taught another Plato, the only knowledge is knowing you know nothing. Then again, I bet on the Oklahoma City Thunder for a push against \u003Cb\u003EStephen Curry \u003C\/b\u003Eon Saturday night. Lo and behold, three-point underdog OKC made sure that Golden State did not cover the spread. \u003Ci\u003ESo there. \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, here goes nothing:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa (OUA Wilson Cup champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EGive a good team enough chances to learn how to close out fourth quarters, and eventually they will.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson (OUA runner-up)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Rams have not really cemented lead-horse status going into the playoffs. The ATC should take in that stabilizing force \u003Cb\u003EJuwon Grannum \u003C\/b\u003Ehas only played 36 minutes across the past five games due to injuries. It also means that anyone intuiting that history says it might be tough for Ottawa to beat Carleton, thrice, also has to concede the point that it would be about as tough for Ryerson to defeat Ottawa, twice in a row. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConsider this is a noncommittal attempt to split the difference. If it was a layup attempt, Ryerson's \u003Cb\u003EKadeem Green \u003C\/b\u003Ewould block and redirect the ball for an outlet pass.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary Dinos (Canada West champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ENothing has really happened to indicate it will be any different. Can't cast aspersions on the Dinos while the top six seeds await winners CW's play-in series.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EP.S.: Go Griffins and Wesmen!\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill Redmen (RSEQ champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ENothing new to add other than Dave DeAveiro's crew has won four in a row and wrapped up RSEQ Final Four\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUBC Thunderbirds (host)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ESee what was said above UBC getting the pragmatic treatment from the organizers. The 'Birds will surely play that late quarter-final on Thursday night. That would mean the top seed out of Ontario, which already had a tantamount four-hour time zone change with the combination of Daylight Savings (March 13) and the cross-Canada trip, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/mbkb\/2016\/championship\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewill play in a 9 p.m. ET\u0026nbsp;quarter-final and 8:30 p.m.. ET \u0026nbsp;semifinal\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe geographical bias went the other way almost exclusively for generations, so that's not a complaint. Just a consideration.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAcadia Axemen (AUS champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe best conference playoffs in the country have the dominoes arranged in a fun way, as always. \u003Cb\u003EJavon Masters \u003C\/b\u003Eand the fourth-seeded UNB Varsity Reds are the 4 seed; if they keep their composure, they can get by Saint Mary's on Friday. Acadia winning against Cape Breton, the Power That Is \u003Cb\u003EMeshack Lufile \u003C\/b\u003Enotwithstanding, is the form pick in the 6 vs. 3 quarter-final since the Axemen won 3-of-4.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat would set up a great set of semifinals: AUS scoring champ Masters and the V-Reds against the tenacious, defend-all-day Dalhousie Tigers; Acadia taking on their old friends \u003Cb\u003ETyler Scott\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EBradley States\u003C\/b\u003E of UPEI. I am little fixated on the fact that Acadia limited AUS foes to 32 per cent from three-point land. \u003Ci\u003EIf they defend, they can do it.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Panthers swept a two-game set from Acadia recently, but the fouls were 45-27 in their favour that weekend on Prince Edward Island. \u003Ci\u003EWhat happens in a mainland matchup?\u003C\/i\u003E Anyway, one over-simplification from Upper Canada is that an Acadia\/UPEI winner rides the momentum to the conference banner. This a conference that is never that simple; it is the CIS equivalent to a lovable, one-bid D1 mid-major that's much more watchable during Conference Championship Week than any Power Five conference that's thrown together for football purposes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDalhousie is the best defensive ball club, though, and that is why it is top seed and the default pick to go to the Left Coast.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECarleton Ravens (at large; OUA bronze medal)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThere is no road map for how the behemoth off of Bronson Ave. will react if it loses a go-to-nationals OUA semifinal and has to regroup for the OUA bronze game in fewer than 24 hours' time. Carleton has never had to play a bronze game during their entire dynasty.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe men's basketball solons were still holding out on a Final 8 bronze game when the Ravens lost national semifinals in both 2008 and '10. In 2006, they lost to \u003Cb\u003ETut Ruach \u003C\/b\u003Eand the York Lions in the OUA East semifinal with\u003Cb\u003E Aaron Doornekamp \u003C\/b\u003Eout with a sprained ankle. \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2006_CIS_Men%27s_Basketball_Championship\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EAfter getting the wild card and a No. 3 seed, they beat UQAM, Cape Breton and Victoria by a combined margin of 21 points for National Title No. 4\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBesides, Final 8 wild-card implications mean that bronze-medal games at provincials are much different than those at nationals. Carleton beat McMaster on the road on Feb. 13, so they get a tentative benefit of the doubt.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba Bisons (Canada West auto berth)\u0026nbsp;—\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/b\u003EThe great \u003Cb\u003EWayne Thomas\u003C\/b\u003E has all the Canada West playoff coverage one could ever desire. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawesthoops.com\/play-off-schedule-all-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EPoring over the bracket that Thomas posted\u003C\/a\u003E, the one thought is that less is more when it comes to the student-athlete experience.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn other words, Canada West spends a lot\u0026nbsp;of miles in the air and nights in a hotel on a postseason that is stacked against lower seeds and not overly media-friendly. The lower seeds have to travel a province or three to beat\u0026nbsp;a team twice in three falls on its own floor, then travel again to win a go-to-nationals semifinal.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECanada West is probably sated with realignment. I also happen to like-like the whole Explorers and Pioneers idea, even if it was made at the point of the 'UBC is going to take its ball and bolt for the NCAA' gun.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWould it not make more sense, especially to a media partner such as Shaw, to just blow the dust off the GPAC and have two single-site final fours for the berths? Let each team have a banner as Canada West co-champion and week off for reading in the physiotherapy room.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECircling back, if all top four seeds go through, the CW Final Four is Manitoba-Calgary and Thompson Rivers-UBC. \u003Cb\u003EKirby Schepp\u003C\/b\u003E's Bisons rate a good chance at winning at least one game against that field.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ol\u003EI consider myself shockproof; the only shock could come from being proven correct.\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\/2679112329787319288\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/02\/bracketology-ryerson-ottawa-and.html#comment-form","title":"16 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2679112329787319288"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2679112329787319288"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/02\/bracketology-ryerson-ottawa-and.html","title":"Bracketology: Ryerson, Ottawa and Carleton, and the first shall be third, and vice-versa"}],"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":"16"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-8029703686305835815"},"published":{"$t":"2016-02-15T11:28:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-02-15T18:35:05.571-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bisons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Dinos"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ottawa Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology: First stab at projecting CIS Final 8 men's seeds"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Alternate title: \u003Ci\u003EHow Do You Solve A Problem Like UBC?\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy now, astute fans of our Canadian university basketball have the gist of men's CIS Final 8 seeding. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cis-sic.ca\/information\/members_info\/pdfs\/pdf_playing_regs\/15-16\/Basketball_-M-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EConference champs cannot be seeded lower than No. 6\u003C\/a\u003E, even if they were unranked before getting hot for two games at the RSEQ Final Four or for three in the AUS Final 6. Matchups of teams from the same conference are allowable; after all Ryerson and Windsor met in the 7 vs. 2 quarter-final last season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis exercise assumes no upsets, so here's a first crack at Nate Silver-ing the seeding for five weeks from now:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Col\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyerson (OUA champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Rams \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/mbb2015\/ouarpi-scenario.php?Gender=MBB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eproject for top spot in the OUA RPI \u003C\/a\u003Eand the home-floor advantage throughout the Wilson Cup playoffs. They will be awfully tough in that environment, especially now that the RU community has really come down with Rams Fever.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOttawa (OUA runner-up)\u0026nbsp;—\u003C\/b\u003E Some shine probably came off Ottawa with that split weekend against the Central's 1-2 punch. Overall, \u003Cb\u003EJames Derouin\u003C\/b\u003E's crew is 23-4 in CIS play \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/mbb2015\/cissrs.php\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewith the fourth-toughest strength of schedule among the 47 hooping schools\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECalgary (Canada West champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EForm pick from a fellow who is only following C-Dub from afar. There should be no way the conference's champion, or best team, gets in ahead of the OUA's two best if the Eastern bastards don't have any true upsets in the early rounds.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcGill (RSEQ champion)\u0026nbsp;— David DeAviero\u003C\/b\u003E's Redmen will complete a cycle of road wins against the other four Q schools if they defeat Laval on Friday. McGill has only three league games left before the RSEQ Final Four. They go nine deep and that Ottawa win, even if was in October, left a powerful impression.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUBC (host)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EAh, there is the rub: a tournament in Vancouver will need some local interest to have any hope of getting traction the way the 2015 nationals did in Toronto. And, even then, it might only go so far. That is why it figures that the Thunderbirds, albeit a \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blogs.theprovince.com\/2016\/02\/14\/howies-hamper-02-14-16-fab-four-moments-from-the-local-university-sports-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Egraduation-depleted\u003C\/a\u003E\" iteration with only three seasoned rotational players as per \u003Cb\u003EHoward Tsumura\u003C\/b\u003E, slide into a 5 seed against a team that will be three time zones from home.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat means McGill, or whoever wins the Q, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/mbkb\/2016\/championship\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewould be tipping off at 11 p.m. Eastern on March 16\u003C\/a\u003E. Of course, Montreal's not really a late-night town.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDalhousie (AUS champion)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003ENever take anything for granted with the AUS, since that first-round bye for the top two finishers seems to be a double-edged gift quite often. Dal is defending champ, so they are the default choice.\u0026nbsp;Selfishly, it would be fine if\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003EJavon Masters\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;and UNB, who have played a tough schedule are a high-scoring team, somehow got hot in the playoffs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOver at CANHoops, there is a \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/canhoopsca.wordpress.com\/2016\/02\/15\/upei-follow-up\/?fb_action_ids=165813580465460\u0026amp;fb_action_types=news.publishes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elittle kerfuffle over a wholly factual post about how many more fouls are whistled on visiting teams than on the UPEI Panthers during games in Charlottetown\u003C\/a\u003E, going back across the last few seasons. For example, the Panthers, not that they haven't had full agency in their turnaround, have come out ahead in the fouls in 33 of their last 39 AUS games in Charlottetown. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne wonders how many of the Panthers fans carping about the article also had occasion \u0026nbsp;to read Wayne Kondro's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/cis_news\/2015-16\/releases\/officiatingcanada\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eexamination of the lack of training and travel support for Canadian basketball officials\u003C\/a\u003E. Kondro noted, \"\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/cis_news\/2015-16\/releases\/officiatingcanada\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EGames in PEI, for example, will never be called by officials from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick or Newfoundland \u0026amp; Labrador\u003C\/a\u003E.\" Please understand highlighting that isn't meant to impugn anyone, but it's a reality there are probably only so many university basketball refs on Prince Edward Island.\" In other words, a nationwide problem might be particularly acute in that case.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, by the time that gets fixed, we'll have also have reversed climate change. Memorial University's definition of an assist will still be wonky, though.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnyhow, the AUS might be a four- or five-team derby come the first weekend of March. That very much includes UPEI, and generally if you have no skin in the game, selfishly root for a team that has gone the longest without a nationals visit. The Panthers last went in 2003.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMcMaster (at large; OUA bronze medal)\u003C\/b\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cb\u003E—\u0026nbsp;Martin Timmerman\u003C\/b\u003E's \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/mbb2015\/ouarpi-scenario.php?Gender=MBB\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewhat-if tool\u003C\/a\u003E, my new favourite toy, suggests the Marauders and Carleton Ravens might be on a collision course for an OUA quarter-final at the Ravens' Nest on Sat., Mar. 5. Presuming no outliers or WTF one-off upsets, Ryerson, Ottawa and Carleton would be seeded 1, 2 and 3 for the Wilson Cup playoffs. Brock and Windsor would slide into the 4-5 slots, with Mac at No. 6.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe rub with Carleton, who did look better last weekend, is that aside from that win against very young and very thin Brock, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/cishoops.ca\/mbb2015\/cisteamgames.php?Team=Carleton\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E75 points seems to be their plateau against high-quality competition\u003C\/a\u003E. They have a lot of say over whether a game will go into the 80s, of course, but McMaster plays fast and pushes the pace. Just saying.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn any event, the wild card is coming from Ontario, again. Sorry, not sorry.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cb\u003EManitoba (Canada West auto berth)\u0026nbsp;— \u003C\/b\u003EThe Bisons are tied with UBC for the second-best 'last 10' record at 8-2, finishing 15-5 overall. They will have two weeks before hosting a best-of-3 quarter-final, meaning \u003Cb\u003EAJ Basi\u003C\/b\u003E,\u003Cb\u003E Keith Omoerah \u003C\/b\u003Eand everyone else should have plenty of juice in their legs to play three games in as many days if that's what asked of them.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith UBC hosting nationals, the Canada West bronze-medal game is potentially a play-in game for the 7 or 8 seed.\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\/8029703686305835815\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/02\/bracketology-first-stab-at-projecting.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8029703686305835815"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/8029703686305835815"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2016\/02\/bracketology-first-stab-at-projecting.html","title":"Bracketology: First stab at projecting CIS Final 8 men's seeds"}],"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-825728201909148841"},"published":{"$t":"2014-03-05T15:20:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-03-06T13:38:02.013-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Bears"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marauders"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"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"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's basketball: Final 8 tournament odds and quarterfinal previews"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"We'll start with the tournament odds, in the same format as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/index.php\/weblog\/entry\/maac_log51\"\u003Ekenpom.com\u003C\/a\u003E, once again:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cfont size=4\u003E\u003Cpre\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E Semi Final Champ\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E2 CAR 96.8 80.8 71.3 \u003Cbr \/\u003E1 OTT 84.2 64.6 13.9 \u003Cbr \/\u003E3 ALB 94.8 18.6 11.7 \u003Cbr \/\u003E4 VIC 78.9 26.2 2.6 \u003Cbr \/\u003E8 SSK 15.8 6.4 0.4\u003Cbr \/\u003E7 MAC 3.2 0.5 0.1 \u003Cbr \/\u003E5 MCG 21.1 2.8 0.1 \u003Cbr \/\u003E6 SMU 5.3 0.1 0.0 \u003C\/pre\u003E\u003C\/font\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHard not to call this a runaway for Carleton, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/03\/basketball-ottawa-goes-to-final-8-as.html\"\u003Elast Saturday's result notwithstanding\u003C\/a\u003E. It's also almost like they designed this bracket to dispatch the bottom four teams as quickly as possible, giving the 4 seed the second-easiest opponent and all but guaranteeing us Carleton-Alberta and Ottawa-Victoria semifinals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe rule about conference winners in the top 6 doesn't really matter in this tournament because the seedings generally don't matter as much as who's on your side of the bracket. (Picture the Elite Eight in the NCAA, and ask yourself the last time it mattered what number was next to a team's name at that point.) Suppose we swapped Carleton with McGill, something that nobody would ever do. McGill's odds of winning the tournament go from 0.1% to ... 0.1%. Odds of reaching the final go from 2.8% to 3.8%. Or how about swapping SMU and Mac? That would give Mac a better chance at a first-round win, sure, but nothing else. So someone being 6 vs. 8 or 1 vs. 2 is not hugely important here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAnd as for the games themselves, here are the predicted scores and a summary for each matchup (* denotes top-50 players in our preliminary player rankings):\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E(3) Alberta vs. (6) Saint Mary's, 12:30pm EST\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAlberta 85, SMU 72 (95%)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlberta starters: Youssef Ouahrig, Sahr Saffa, Joel Friesen, Todd Bergen-Henengouwen, Jordan Baker*\u003Cbr \/\u003ESMU starters: Boyd Vassell*, Brian Rouse, Theon Reefer*, Riley Halpin, Harry Ezenibe\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENot quite \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/03\/mens-basketball-final-8-notebook-part-1.html\"\u003E\"the McMuffin Classic\" game\u003C\/a\u003E for Barnaby Craddock this time around, but a 10:30am MT tipoff seems odd, especially when the other team is coming from Halifax.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESMU averaged ten possessions more per game than Alberta did this year, easily the biggest gap in pace of play among any of the matchups here. AUS play is known for a high pace almost throughout the league, but with a likely path of Alberta and Carleton here, the east Huskies will not just run into a much more difficult opponent than they've faced, but a very different type of game as well. They're either a team who peaked late or a team that got lucky in two games (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/herald.ca\/sports\/1191273-huskies-coming-hungry-in-pursuit-of-top-basketball-prize\"\u003Eyou can guess which one they think they are\u003C\/a\u003E). Supporters will point to the close game they played with Carleton; detractors will say that they needed OT to beat Regina (33rd in SRS) and lost to Brock (44th) three weeks later.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAlso look for Kenneth Otieno off the bench for the U of A; he averages 25 MPG and is the other top-50 Golden Bear in this game along with Baker. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E(2) Carleton vs. (7) McMaster, 2:30pm EST\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ECarleton 90, McMaster 66 (97%)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton starters: Philip Scrubb*, Clinton Springer-Williams*, Thomas Scrubb*, Tyson Hinz*, Kevin Churchill*\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcMaster starters: Aaron Redpath*, Joe Rocca*, Rohan Boney, Taylor Black*, Nathan McCarthy\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Ravens have six of the top 50; the sixth, Victor Raso, is not unknown to his opponents.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt's the Best Carleton Team Ever\u003Csup\u003ETM\u003C\/sup\u003E but also one that has had at least four close calls this year, and three of those teams are here. At McMaster in November, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thesil.ca\/marauders-have-a-lot-to-prove\"\u003Ethey needed to run an episode of \u003Ci\u003EThe Phil Scrubb Show\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E when the originally-scheduled beatdown was cancelled. If this game is half as entertaining as that game was, it'll be about the best you can expect from a Carleton quarterfinal. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E(4) Victoria vs. (5) McGill, 5:30pm EST\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EVictoria 72, McGill 66 (79%)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EVictoria starters: Marcus Tibbs, Kyle Peterson, Reiner Theil, Terrell Evans*, Chris McLaughlin*\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill starters: Simon Bibeau, Vincent Dufort, Dele Ogundokun, Michael Peterkin, Francois Bourque\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYes, the winner in this one is predicted to score just 72 points, compared to 85, 90, and 91 in the others. No, the Redmen don't have any top-50 players (nothing against M. Bibeau). Yes, I'm also interested to see how a lineup of five players all between 6-2 and 6-5 can go up against that UVic frontcourt.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E(1) Ottawa vs. (8) Saskatchewan, 8:00pm EST\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EOttawa 91, Saskatchewan 75 (84%)\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa starters: Mike L'Africain, Johnny Berhanemeskel*, Terry Thomas*, Caleb Agada, Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaskatchewan: Stephon Lamar*, Andrew Henry, Dadrian Collins, Ben Baker, Matt Forbes\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EProbably the most entertaining game. Not that close, but very high-scoring: these teams are 2nd and 5th nationwide in per-possession scoring, but only 17th and 22nd in per-possession defence. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/canadawesthoops.com\/saskatchewan-gets-wildcard\/\"\u003EThe Huskies apparently \"weren’t necessarily planning on going\"\u003C\/a\u003E before they got the call as the wildcard team. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thestarphoenix.com\/sports\/Huskies+back+where+they+2010\/9580649\/story.html\"\u003EBarry Rawlyk likes being on the opposite side of the bracket\u003C\/a\u003E from Carleton, Alberta, and McMaster. Wouldn't 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\/825728201909148841\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/03\/mens-basketball-final-8-tournament-odds.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/825728201909148841"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/825728201909148841"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/03\/mens-basketball-final-8-tournament-odds.html","title":"Men's basketball: Final 8 tournament odds and quarterfinal previews"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Rob Pettapiece"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6795779968820879482"},"published":{"$t":"2014-02-12T13:02:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-06-21T21:58:12.518-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball Week In Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Citadins"},{"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":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Panthers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sea-Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"SMU Huskies"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Voyageurs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Week In Review, Feb. 5–9"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003ENext in a series of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/kenpom.com\/\"\u003Ekenpom-inspired\u003C\/a\u003E Week in Review. Through games on Sunday.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBiggest upsets\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. MBB: TRU (26%) over Victoria, Friday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140207_vdh6.xml\"\u003Ebox\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Ta'Quan Zimmerman gives the people what they want. 14-29 shooting, three 3s, 31 points. Add in nine rebounds, four assists and a lone turnover. Kid can hoop, and his effort led Thompson Rivers to the win over the No. 4 ranked Victoria Vikes. The 82 points on 71 possessions from TRU is the impressive number here, because Victoria had the best DRtg in the conference, at 87.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. MBB: Memorial (22%) over Dalhousie, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140208_s1qb.xml\"\u003Ebox\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. The box score from this one is bizarre. Dalhousie shot 28 per cent and only lost by five. They only had five turnovers though, which is why the margin was so slim. No standout performers on either side \u0026mdash; Memorial was just efficient. Caleb Gould had 15 points on 7-10 shooting while also snagging 12 rebounds. The win doesn't do much for the standings, as Memorial is 2-14 and Dalhousie is 4-12. Interesting note: Jacob Hynes of Memorial played 27 minutes and did not attempt a field goal. He split a pair of free throws, grabbed three rebounds, an assist and a block. Unsurprisingly, he has the lowest usage rate (5.6%) in the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECrazy comebacks\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe teams who should have lost, but didn't.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4. MBB: McGill (4.1%) over UQAM, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140208_1727.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Fairly close game throughout, but a Simon Bibeau three with seven seconds left tied the game and sent it to overtime. The low point for McGill was just before nailing that three. They went on to outscore UQAM 7-5 in the OT period and won 78-76.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3. WBB: Laurier (3.9%) over Lakehead, Friday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140207_m1pl.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Lakehead continues their 2014 surge and nearly swept the Golden Hawks this weekend. Laurier was able to steal the first game on the double-header, despite being down 30-16 with 7:27 left in the first half. The Golden Hawks didn't just win; they were actually able to come back and hold the lead going into the locker room, dropping 28 points in the quarter. The OUA West continues to be the strangest conference in women's hoops.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lrI4NG5JMHY\/UvmwK2OaSSI\/AAAAAAAABQc\/q-wUnsy6NPk\/s1600\/WBB_UNB_CBU_WP_20140207.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lrI4NG5JMHY\/UvmwK2OaSSI\/AAAAAAAABQc\/q-wUnsy6NPk\/s1600\/WBB_UNB_CBU_WP_20140207.png\" height=\"193\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWBB: UNB 57 at Cape Breton 62 (OT) (Feb. 7, 2014)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. MBB: Waterloo (3.6%) over Western, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140208_yega.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. It has to be a frustrating season for fans of the Western Mustangs, who have not shown any consistency this year. They lost to Waterloo in crazy fashion, allowing the game to go to overtime. The play-by-play is inaccurate, so it's hard to tell exactly what happened, but the low point was with Waterloo down by two late in the fourth. Warrior guard Mike Helsby knocked down a two-pointer to knot it at 71, and Waterloo would prevail in OT. Western's Eric McDonald missed a tying free throw late, and Greg Morrow missed the ensuing putback. So it goes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. WBB: Cape Breton (\u0026lt;0.1%) over UNB, Friday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140207_9mhs.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Down 13 with 4:27 to go, and their chances of winning basically at zero (see chart), Cape Breton mounted a ridiculous comeback, albeit in a low-scoring affair. With 29 seconds left, the Capers took a 50-49 lead. UNB tied it with a free throw, and yet again, the game headed to overtime. Free throws with 42 seconds left gave the Capers a one-point lead, and the Varsity Reds went cold for the rest of the game to concede the loss.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBiggest changes in SRS\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUp: Laurentian MBB (+3, 15 to 12) and Lakehead WBB (+3, 24 to 21)\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003ELaurentian has been inconsistent this year and most of that has to do with playing on the road. They are 3-6 away from Sudbury and 9-2 at home. They beat Ryerson this weekend, hanging 82 points on a team with a better defensive rating than Carleton. The Voyageurs probably have the best home atmosphere I have been to this year (and yes, I have been to Lakehead). The place is packed, the fans are loud and the players love it. Expect them to sink next week though, as they travel to Ottawa to take on the Gee-Gees and Ravens.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBeating a dead horse a bit here, but Lakehead is putting out a solid women's basketball product. Jylisa Williams is damn fun to watch and the team can get points from a handful of other players. The Thunderwolves let the first game against Laurier slip away, but they were able to win the second. Should they have completed the sweep, their ranking would have soared even higher. If they had Williams all season, the OUA West would be even more competitive than it already is. Scary thought.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDown: McGill MBB (11 to 15)\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003ECan we rally to rescind RSEQ's berth in the Final 8 this year? McGill seems likely to emerge from the conference, but they have not taken advantage of weaker teams. Their offense is 10th in ORtg and they play against a division that has not had anyone else sniff the top-ten rankings. Someone is going to miss out on the tournament so we can watch McGill get pummelled. This RSEQ rant is a recording.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESlowest game of the week: WBB UQAM at McGill, Thursday (66 possessions)\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E62-59 is the final, and the teams combined for 39 turnovers. Probably not the game you would want to show someone who has never watched basketball before. Their rematch was just as slow. RSEQ hoops, you guys!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFastest game of the week: MBB SMU at UPEI, Saturday (96 possessions)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn a match-up of the No. 2 (UPEI) and No. 3 (SMU) teams in pace, 96 possessions should not come as a surprise. A 97-93 win for UPEI was the result, but SMU actually launched a late comeback attempt. Down 91-73 with 2:17 left, SMU went on a tear and made it a two-point game late. Not too surprising to see an up-tempo team put up points in a hurry, though.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETa'Quan Zimmerman Watch\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHave to give credit to Zimmerman this week for his performance over a fantastic defensive team. I talked about his stats in the win over Victoria early, but in the rematch, Zimmerman was just as impressive. He had 23 points on 9-17 shooting, including three of six from beyond the arc. Only four rebounds and two assists, but an efficient evening nonetheless. Thompson Rivers has just an outside shot of making the Final 8, but it would be fun to see what he could do on the national stage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBest games of the upcoming week\u003C\/b\u003E (all times Eastern)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EAll listed games include webcast link.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWBB: Western at Brock (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.brocktv.ca\/live\"\u003EWednesday, 6:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. This tilt is massive. Brock is tied at 11-9 with McMaster, and Mac has the tie-breaker in points. Western is sniffing Laurier, only one game behind. Brock needs to create separation to earn a home playoff game, but Western could get an important bye and home game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Laurentian at Ottawa (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ssncanada.ca\/game\/5259\/\"\u003EFriday 8:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Ottawa's No. 2 seed is safe, but Laurentian could use a win over Ottawa to give themselves an outside shot of getting ahead of Ryerson. The Voyageurs are behind two games but they need this one to even have a chance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWBB: Saskatchewan at Alberta (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/canadawest.portal\"\u003EFriday 8:00pm, Saturday 7:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. A win for Saskatchewan would tie the two squads and give the Huskies some more credibility as a wild card bid. They have beat the better teams in the Pacific division, and splitting the games with Alberta \u0026mdash; the loss being a close one \u0026mdash; would be a positive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Saskatchewan at Alberta (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/canadawest.portal\"\u003EFriday 10:00pm, Saturday 9:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Same schools, different teams. Saskatchewan peaked at No. 5 in the CIS rankings (now No. 9) and a win over Alberta would be beneficial to their playoff run. They can't get first place in the Prairie division, but they could at least raise some eyebrows about their chances at making the Final 8.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Victoria at UBC (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/canadawest.portal\"\u003EFriday 11:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. UBC does not have many wins over good teams this year. They have a notable win over Saskatchewan, but a win over Victoria could put them over Thompson Rivers and help UBC avoid the Vikes in playoff action for as long as possible.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWBB: Western at Laurier (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/links\/vwvtp0\"\u003ESaturday, 1:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. This could be the most important game in the OUA on Saturday. Should Western beat Brock and Mac beat Laurier, the teams would be tied for 2nd place. It would be a winner-take-all battle and an important one, because you get home-court advantage and a bye. Both teams have been shaky against the other playoff teams, so you can guarantee that they want to play as few games as possible in playoffs.\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\/6795779968820879482\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/02\/basketball-week-in-review-feb-59.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6795779968820879482"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6795779968820879482"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/02\/basketball-week-in-review-feb-59.html","title":"Basketball: Week In Review, Feb. 5–9"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Scott Hastie"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08081415078301065374"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-lrI4NG5JMHY\/UvmwK2OaSSI\/AAAAAAAABQc\/q-wUnsy6NPk\/s72-c\/WBB_UNB_CBU_WP_20140207.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2277815180962733631"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-27T21:07:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-06-21T21:58:48.669-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Badgers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball Week In Review"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Golden Hawks"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gryphons"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tigers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Reds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"WolfPack"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Week in Review, Jan. 21–26"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003ENext in a series of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/index.php\/weblog\/entry\/week_in_review_1_10_1_16\"\u003Ekenpom-inspired\u003C\/a\u003E Week in Review ... \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBiggest upsets\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. WBB: Lakehead (23%) over Brock, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140125_p0n7.xml\"\u003Ebox\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. There are so many storylines involved with this game. Starting with the positive: \u003Cb\u003EJylisa Williams\u003C\/b\u003E has been phenomenal in her short Thunderwolf career. Through six games, Williams is averaging 21.8 points per game on 45 per cent shooting, both \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/calculated-reactions-top-ccaa-womens.html\"\u003Ebetter than expected\u003C\/a\u003E. She had 20 points in this 63-36 blowout, and grabbed 16 (!!!) rebounds. Williams is listed as a 5-8 guard, yet still outrebounded the Brock starters 16-10 on the game. As for the negatives, the Badgers are collapsing. They are 2-4 in 2014, have fallen out of the CIS top 10 and sit fifth in the OUA West. Topping it off is a recent feud between star \u003Cb\u003ENicole Rosenkranz\u003C\/b\u003E and head coach \u003Cb\u003ESi Khounviseth\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/brocktv.ca\/badgers-den-update-january-15th\/\"\u003Eafter Rosenkranz was benched in a loss to her former team\u003C\/a\u003E. While this Lakehead win seems like an upset now, it may not at the end of the season if they can finish above Brock.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. MBB: Concordia (22%) over McGill, Thursday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140123_qgud.xml\"\u003Ebox\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. The Redmen suffer another loss, again by the same formula. They conceded 33 free throws to Laval in their first loss and only shot 61.5 per cent themselves. Against Concordia, McGill gave the Stingers 20 attempts and they made 18 of them; McGill was just 18-for-28. \u003Cb\u003EVincent Dufort\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EDele Ogundokun\u003C\/b\u003E combined for 4-15 on the night, which is probably not what you want from your leading scorers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ECrazy comebacks\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-trJPi3eVmPI\/UucJ4uj4e-I\/AAAAAAAABP4\/SGWCidmepkQ\/s1600\/WBB_CBU_DAL_WP_20140125.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-trJPi3eVmPI\/UucJ4uj4e-I\/AAAAAAAABP4\/SGWCidmepkQ\/s320\/WBB_CBU_DAL_WP_20140125.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EWBB: Cape Breton 62 at Dalhousie 67 (Jan. 25, 2014)\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3. WBB: Laval (3.1%) over Bishop's, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140125_fxgo.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Bishop's had a 21-3 lead with 2:56 left in the first quarter, but Laval would not lay down. They used defence to claw their way back in, holding Bishop's to four points in the second quarter and six points in the fourth quarter. The Gaiters only made nine baskets after the first quarter and with 1:50 left in the third quarter, Laval took over and did not look back. Bishop's is 0-8 this season, so the comeback is really just sad more than anything.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. MBB: Guelph (2.7%) over Laurier, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140125_5kdt.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cb\u003EMax Allin\u003C\/b\u003E knocked down a free throw with 1:46 left in the third and Laurier took a 71-55 lead. It was the low point of the game for the rebuilding Guelph Gryphons, but they would rally back in a committee effort to get the three-point victory. \u003Cb\u003ETrevor Thompson\u003C\/b\u003E, a third-year forward, nailed four free throws in the final 68 seconds to put Guelph up 84-81. It was a wasted effort from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamdailynews.ca\/2014\/01\/24\/allin-to-play-pro-basketball-in-australia\"\u003Ethe Australia-bound Allin\u003C\/a\u003E, who scored 33 points, including 6-9 from beyond the arc.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. WBB: Dalhousie (2.3%) over Cape Breton, Saturday (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/wbkb\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20140125_6ksj.xml?view=plays\"\u003Eplay-by-play\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. In a crucial game, Cape Breton seemed to have it in hand at the half, holding a 35-19 advantage. But Dalhousie shot 18\/28 in the second half, and that combined with a dry spell in the last 4:22 of the game for Cape Breton to give Dal the W. The Tigers would rally from 62-55 to win 67-62. The graph at right does a better job of showing how improbable the comeback was, on multiple occasions.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBiggest changes in SRS\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003ESRS, or Simple Ranking System, is the basis for our \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/p\/basketball-team-rankings.html\"\u003Ebasketball team rankings\u003C\/a\u003E. These teams moved the most in the rankings vs. last week.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUp: UBC MBB, +11 (27th to 16th).\u003C\/b\u003E UBC is on the upswing, with a 4-2 record in 2014, but they will still need a great playoff run if they want to make it to nationals.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EDown: UNB MBB, +14 (12th to 26th).\u003C\/b\u003E UNB dropping two games to UPEI is what sees the Varsity Reds plummet. Not a good time for that, with each their final five games being worth four points.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESlowest game of the week: MBB Concordia at McGill, Saturday (65 possessions)\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003EThis was not the comeback game, which was two days earlier. Instead, it was a 70-49 blowout for McGill. This is what you expect from the slowest and fourth-slowest teams in the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EFastest game of the week: MBB Lakehead at Brock, Saturday (90 possessions)\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETwo rebuilding \u0026mdash; or \"reloading\" if you ask Lakehead coach Scott Morrison \u0026mdash; teams playing at a wicked pace is not surprising. It's a good strategy: hope to catch a team on an off-night, then you shoot the lights out. And maybe, following the women's upset of the Badgers on the same night, Lakehead just wanted to get out of town before anyone noticed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETa'Quan Zimmerman Watch\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETa'Quan Zimmerman is your favourite CIS player; you just don't know it yet. He shoots at a ridiculous clip: 50.5 per cent overall, and 48.6 per cent from three. He is a junior college transfer and is simply playing out of his mind. He only shot 17-37 over the weekend, but had just had three turnovers total. The games over Trinity Western were critical too, because the squads were knotted at 7-7 before Thompson Rivers put together a sweep. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBest games of the upcoming week\u003C\/b\u003E (all times Eastern)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EGames to watch for playoff implications, the closeness of the two teams competing, or the standout individual performances...\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Acadia at UNB (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/atlanticuniversitysport.com\/links\/bewlnv\"\u003EFriday 7:00pm, Saturday 2:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. UNB could really flip the AUS on its head if they can beat Acadia twice, but even splitting the games would be a positive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Ottawa at Ryerson (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/stats.oua.ca\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/ryerson.portal#\"\u003EFriday 8:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. This is the marquee match-up of the weekend, really. Ryerson could be an opponent for Ottawa in the playoffs, but the Rams have not looked the same this year and a home victory over Ottawa would be massive.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Carleton at Ryerson (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/stats.oua.ca\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/ryerson.portal#\"\u003ESaturday 8:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Ryerson got tagged with a 118-65 loss last time around, though they did not have a full roster that game. There is potential for a revenge game, but it is unlikely, given that the Ravens have \u003Cb\u003EPhil Scrubb\u003C\/b\u003E and a cast of thousands.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: McGill at Bishop's (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/live.streamit.ca\/?player=2129\"\u003ESaturday 8:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. It's the second of a double-header and both teams are 6-2. The second game is listed because McGill's favoured in both so the home-court advantage for the Gaiters makes this one slightly more equal. It has the potential to be the most important conference game of the year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Victoria at Lethbridge (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/canadawest.portal\"\u003ESaturday 9:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. If Lethbridge could add a win over Victoria, it would be their third regular season win over a top-ten ranked team. They have defeated Alberta and Saskatchewan before, but a third win over No. 3 UVic bodes well for their potential chances at a wild card berth.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMBB: Winnipeg at TRU (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/client.stretchinternet.com\/client\/canadawest.portal\"\u003ESaturday 10:00pm\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003C\/b\u003E. Ta'Quan Zimmerman takes on an average defence in the Winnipeg Wesmen. What's dangerous (or fun, depending on who you cheer for) is that Winnipeg gives up a three-point percentage of 37.7 per cent, tied for highest in the conference. Ta'Quan should be fun to watch.\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\/2277815180962733631\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/basketball-week-in-review-jan-2126.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2277815180962733631"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2277815180962733631"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/basketball-week-in-review-jan-2126.html","title":"Basketball: Week in Review, Jan. 21–26"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Scott Hastie"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/08081415078301065374"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-trJPi3eVmPI\/UucJ4uj4e-I\/AAAAAAAABP4\/SGWCidmepkQ\/s72-c\/WBB_CBU_DAL_WP_20140125.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-803609518668811884"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-02T11:44:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-01-02T11:44:39.524-05:00"},"category":[{"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":"Lions"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Patriotes"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ryerson Rams"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Varsity Blues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Warriors"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: OUA Mid-Season Wrapup"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It’s been thirty years, but the Queen’s Golden Gaels finally find themselves back in the CIS Top 10 with OUA teams set to hit the ice again and enter the second half of the season. As the games begin to mean more and we come out of the turn and into the final stretch of the playoff push, here's five of the biggest storylines from the conference over the first half, and that are worth watching as we begin the second.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EGaels on Top\u003C\/h4\u003EIt took until the eighth week for Queen’s to finally crack the top ten and take the eighth spot. In spite of three other OUA teams placing ahead of them in the voters’ eyes, the Gaels find themselves atop the conference standings with a two-point lead on #5 McGill. More impressively, despite racking up two losses in overtime and three as a result of shootouts, the Gaels remain undefeated in regulation, the only team in the OUA who can claim that (the only other in CIS is the #1 Calgary Dinos). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHead coach \u003Cb\u003EBrett Gibson\u003C\/b\u003E has found success through a balanced attack, as not one player on the team finds themselves even in the top fifty of CIS scorers. \u003Cb\u003EKelly Jackson\u003C\/b\u003E, who leads the team with eight goals in fourteen games, only comes in tied for fifteenth in the OUA. Netminder \u003Cb\u003EKevin Bailie\u003C\/b\u003E, who previously played with the Oshawa Generals and London Knights, has also played a large part in the Gaels' early success, boasting the third best save percentage in the country at .941, with an impressive 1.78 GAA to boot. It’s not as if Bailie’s had an easy go of things, either, with the team right in the middle of the OUA pack in terms of shots faced, yet second best in the nation in total goals against.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe other factor that was in the Gaels' favour over the first half was a favourable schedule that put them at home nine times in fifteen games. They have a tough month ahead of them waiting in January, when they will play a dreadful seven road games which includes visits to two tough barns; McGill (7-1-0 at home this season) and Carleton (5-1-0). However, with RMC on the schedule twice, as well as games against UOIT, Laurier and Nipissing, and a pair against a lackluster Concordia team, Queen’s should find themselves with home-ice advantage in the first round for just the second time in Gibson’s eight-year term behind the bench.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EUsual Suspects in their Usual Spots\u003C\/h4\u003EWith the exception of Queen’s, whose success, as highlighted above, is unprecedented to anyone born after Canada’s official adoption of the metric system, there really isn’t much difference in who the top contenders coming out of each conference will be. In six of the last seven regular seasons, Western and Lakehead have finished in the top three spots in the West, while McGill and UQTR have done the same in the East (the one year it didn’t happen, Lakehead finished fourth). With hot starts for all four teams this season, they all look poised to repeat the pattern yet again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the East, McGill and UQTR each have 11 wins going into the break, and with 23 and 22 points, respectively, hold the second and third spots in the division. McGill are being led by American-import offensive defenseman \u003Cb\u003ERyan McKiernan\u003C\/b\u003E, who has notched eight goals and 17 points in 15 games. Meanwhile, UQTR’s success is in part thanks to goaltender \u003Cb\u003EMarc-Antoine Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E, whose fourth nation-wide with an impressive .940 save percentage.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the West, Lakehead are back at the top of the division with a solid 11-3-0 record heading into the break. \u003Cb\u003EMike Hammond\u003C\/b\u003E leads the Thunderwolves on offense with 18 points already this campaign. Western is also looking good again this year, currently tied for third in the West with 20 points. They’ve relied heavily offensively on \u003Cb\u003EMatt Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E, who’s fourth in points and sixth in goals nationally, and \u003Cb\u003EDaniel Erlich\u003C\/b\u003E, also tied in fourth with 25 points, but third in assists in the country.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAll four teams look poised to take home-ice advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs and to make deep runs in pursuit of a University Cup appearance.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EWoes in Waterloo\u003C\/h4\u003EComing into the season, the \u003Cb\u003EWaterloo Warriors\u003C\/b\u003E were ranked fifth in the country. The ranking was surprising to some as it came off the heels of a, (truthfully) rather disappointing regular season where the Warriors squeaked into the playoffs with the sixth seed in the OUA West with a 12-11-5 record. They proceeded to have a wonderful playoff run, knocking off the favoured Lakehead Thunderwolves in a two-game sweep, sliding past first-place Western in a third and deciding game, and then taking out Windsor in two before falling to UQTR in the Queen’s Cup finals. The Warriors snuck into the University Cup by virtue of beating Windsor, and eked out \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/2013-university-cup-cinderella-story.html\"\u003Ea 2-1 win over Alberta\u003C\/a\u003E before being blown out by Saint Mary’s.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EApparently, that was deserving of a number five ranking to kick off this season, the second highest ranking in the OUA (UQTR, last year’s OUA champions, were ranked only tenth). The season started out on a shaky foot, as Waterloo squeaked out one-goal wins over UOIT and Queen’s at home, before dropping three straight to divisional foes Windsor, York, and Western. Since then, the Warriors have been streaky, but the bad has outweighed the good, emphasized by an 8-2 thumping at the hand of \u003Cb\u003EToronto\u003C\/b\u003E, and a loss at home to \u003Cb\u003ENipissing\u003C\/b\u003E, in a game they were heavily favoured to win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey were promptly booted out of the top ten by the fourth week, but still, it’s been a disappointing start for a team with high expectations. The first half ended on a positive note with a 6-2 victory over \u003Cb\u003ECarleton\u003C\/b\u003E (after beating RMC by the same score the night previous), so head coach \u003Cb\u003EBrian Bourque\u003C\/b\u003E better hope his team can pick up where they left off.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EChris Chappell\u003C\/b\u003E has been a bright spot for the Warriors, as the former Saginaw Spirit forward leads the nation in goals, averaging one per game, and is tied for seventh in overall points. The Warriors will need to continue to find success on their top-ranked powerplay, and play better in the “big games” against divisional foes if they can turn this season around. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMeanwhile, players at the other end of University Avenue have had it even worse. The Laurier Golden Hawks, who managed a decent fifth-place finish in the West last year, find themselves in the basement this time around. The G-Hawks lost six of their first seven games, and while they’ve been steadily trying to climb out of the hole, they face a pretty steep climb if they hope to make the playoffs this season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003ETwo Tiers in the East?\u003C\/h4\u003EThe Golden Hawks might have an easier time in the other half of the league. It would appear that the East is suffering from a lack of parity this season, after the \u003Cb\u003ELaurentian Voyageurs\u003C\/b\u003E' entrance bumped the Rams and Varsity Blues westward. While the Golden Hawks have a measly 11 points through the first half, that record would be good enough for the seventh spot in the East, not to mention Laurier’s two games in hand over \u003Cb\u003EUOIT\u003C\/b\u003E who sit one point ahead. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf the 10 teams in the West, only two fall below .500 in terms of points percentage, contrasted with five in the East. However, when it comes to the remaining top teams in the East, the gap is enormous. While the top five teams understandably have an unblemished-in-regulation 14-0-1 record against the bottom five, their records against the West speak volumes. When the West has faced off against the East’s bottom five teams, they also have a commanding 38-8-0 record. However, when the West has faced off against the East’s top five, the record is 29-11-5 in favour of the Queen’s-McGill-UQTR-Ottawa-Carleton coalition.* With respect to the teams at the bottom of the East, especially as many of them are smaller schools still developing their programs, they face a difficult situation in trying to knock off the top five established schools. Further, as proven by the performance of the bottom five teams, it would appear that a top three finish in the East equals a much easier route to the second round than it does in the West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E*It should be noted here that the West vs. East records include single wins for Queen’s and UOIT over Ryerson, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-rams-take-down-lions-in.html\"\u003Ewho forfeited two games\u003C\/a\u003E due to a suspension handed down by university administration.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ch4\u003EToronto Rivalry Heating Up\u003C\/h4\u003EAfter years of being split up, the three Toronto teams now find themselves battling it out in the West. Currently, the Ryerson Rams, Toronto Varsity Blues, and York Lions all find themselves in playoff contention, sitting in third, fifth, and sixth place, respectively.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOf course, the Varsity Blues and Lions have a long-held hateful rivalry that carries across all varsity sports. The rivalry between the blue \u0026amp; white and red \u0026amp; white is rooted in the historical traditions of both institutions, and their battles for supremacy in the city’s university athletics. However, Ryerson’s recent transformation that accompanied their renovation and move into Maple Leaf Gardens, and rise in success, has helped legitimize their program. It was less than a decade ago that Ryerson ended a five-season stint where they won just 11 games (from 2002-03 to 2006-07), and now that they’re a contender, with a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/hockey-queens-spoil-ryersons-mlg-opener.html\"\u003Ehigh-profile, professional looking hockey program\u003C\/a\u003E, they look poised to take over their intra-city rivals and insert themselves firmly into the rivalry conversation.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEach team has faced each other once thus far, and the Varsity Blues currently sit undefeated in those games. Early in the season, the Blues blew out Ryerson in a 7-3 thrashing, before taking down York on the road 4-2 just over a week later. In the remaining first half match-up, the Rams were able to withstand a late York attack and come away with a close 4-3 victory.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the second half of the season, the rivalry continues with York heading to Maple Leaf Gardens to face Ryerson on the road on February 1, and then head to UT the next week. Meanwhile, Toronto make the short trip to Ryerson on Feb. 12 for the second last game of the year, in what should be an especially intense game with playoff implications at stake.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith just four points separating York from Ryerson and Toronto, this three-way rivalry should continue to heat up over the winter months and into the Queen’s Cup playoffs.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe OUA Game of the Week will begin again next week, with this weekend's national capital rivalry between the Gee-Gees and Ravens on Saturday night.\u003C\/i\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\/803609518668811884\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-oua-mid-season-wrapup.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/803609518668811884"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/803609518668811884"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2014\/01\/mens-hockey-oua-mid-season-wrapup.html","title":"Men's Hockey: OUA Mid-Season Wrapup"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-166423406663270395"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-10T21:05:00.003-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-10T21:05:43.172-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Mustangs"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's Hockey: Shootout in Montreal - Redmen Down Mustangs in Penalty-Filled Affair"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It was a cold, brisk evening in the city of Montréal on Saturday night, but inside McConnell Arena things better resembled the Wild West, as \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mice\/2013-14\/boxscores\/20131109_82kf.xml\"\u003Ean all-out barnburner took place between the #5 \u003Cb\u003EMcGill Redmen\u003C\/b\u003E and #7 \u003Cb\u003EWestern Mustangs.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWestern was entering the game coming off of a tough loss in Ottawa against the \u003Cb\u003EGee-Gees\u003C\/b\u003E the night before where they were held off of the scoresheet until over midway through the second. In this one, they got started quickly to try to remedy that as \u003Cb\u003ESteven Reese\u003C\/b\u003E scored just three and a half minutes in to get the Mustangs out in front early.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFollowing the goal, both teams started a long and lengthy parade to the penalty box that endured throughout the entire game, as special teams became a crucial part of both sides’ strategies.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003EAnd just under seven minutes after Reese gave Western the lead, McGill’s \u003Cb\u003ENeal Prokop\u003C\/b\u003E scored on the powerplay to even things up. The goal came after \u003Cb\u003EJulian Cimadamore\u003C\/b\u003E took a cross-checking penalty, the first of three straight calls against Western.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs the period began to draw to a close, it was McGill making two straight trips to the sin bin, giving Western’s \u003Cb\u003EZach Harnden\u003C\/b\u003E the opportunity to deflect a \u003Cb\u003EMatt Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E point shot past \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Flemming\u003C\/b\u003E and into the McGill cage, giving the Mustangs a 2-1 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt looked like Western scored again just seconds later, but the goal was called back for a hand pass, much to the ire of the Mustangs bench. With that, the period came to an end with Western ahead 2-1, but not before some extracurricular activity saw \u003Cb\u003EShaun Furlong\u003C\/b\u003E head to the box for a roughing minor.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat late penalty turned out to be a big advantage for McGill, as they came out on the offensive to start the second. The post came to the rescue early as \u003Cb\u003EDavid McKiernan\u003C\/b\u003E rocked a slapshot off the iron and over the glass, but shortly afterwards, \u003Cb\u003EDavid Rose\u003C\/b\u003E was able to bang home the rebound off a \u003Cb\u003EHugo Laporte\u003C\/b\u003E point shot to tie things up at two.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELess than three minutes later, McKiernan got some redemption, as he floated in a knucklepuck from the point that handcuffed Western’s \u003Cb\u003EJosh Unice\u003C\/b\u003E and found twine, putting the Redmen up 3-2.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe period began as a disaster for Western, not only because of the two goals but just sloppy play in general. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA mad goalmouth scramble at the other end finally gave Western some momentum, as \u003Cb\u003EDaniel Erlich\u003C\/b\u003E had Flemming sprawling on the ice trying to stack his pads, and was able to get the puck over Flemming and into the net, tying the game up at 3-3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill kept the pressure up, but Unice was able to keep Western in the game, making save after save, and stopping 15 of 17 shots in the period.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHis play resulted in late momentum for the Stangs, and on the powerplay Clarke was able to tee up another blast from the point and put it just under the crossbar, giving Western a 4-3 lead with just eight seconds remaining.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThey’d take that score into the intermission, but again the period ended with some rough stuff. All ten players on the ice got involved in pushing and shoving, with a few gloves-on punches thrown. By all accounts, it was the CIS version of a line brawl, and ended with two minors and a ten-minute misconduct to each team as they prepared for the third.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEntering the third, McGill pulled Flemming from the game, and \u003Cb\u003EJacob Gervais-Chouinard\u003C\/b\u003E came into hold down the Redmen net for the final twenty minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAgain, penalties played a key part of the game, and McGill capitalized on an early powerplay. \u003Cb\u003ECarl Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E tapped the puck home on a goalmouth scramble, and just like that things were tied up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill were then able to kill off a big penalty kill midway through the period, and just thirty-five seconds after the penalty expired, \u003Cb\u003ECedric McNicoll\u003C\/b\u003E scored the go-ahead marker, putting the Redmen ahead 5-4.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe game took an ugly turn from there, with McGill’s \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Delisle-Houde\u003C\/b\u003E sent to the dressing room with a checking to the head misconduct. McGill were able to kill off the minor penalty that accompanied it, and then Western took some undisciplined penalties as they scrambled to get back into the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKyle de Coste\u003C\/b\u003E took an interference penalty, but Clarke was able to speed in on a shorthanded breakaway with a great chance to tie things up. He was hooked lightly, causing a weak shot, and Western became enraged that there was no call. Cimadamore took matters into his own hands, as he ran Laporte into the boards from behind, and received a minor and ten-minute misconduct of his own.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith that, McGill looked poised to simply walk away with a win, as they held a brief two-man advantage and then a powerplay to end the game. However, after the first penalty expired, some bizarre action took place on the ice. \u003Cb\u003EMax le Sieur\u003C\/b\u003E made contact with Unice during play, and after the whistle Unice gave le Sieur a bit of a face wash. After the ensuing scrum was broken up, le Sieur chased Unice into the corner, sharing some words, and was called for a potentially-disastrous unsportsmanlike misconduct penalty, giving Western a 5-on-4 advantage with the net empty and 35 seconds to go.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUltimately, though, Western was unable to put together any type of challenging attack, and McGill were able to survive and escape with a 5-4 victory, in a wild game that saw 84 total penalty minutes, and the Redmen outshooting the Mustangs 49-38.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith the win, McGill moves to 7-1-1 on the season and sit atop the top of the OUA East, and Western fall to 8-3-0, and after the two losses on the road trip now find themselves in the middle of the pack of the OUA West.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E----\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EJoin us for next week’s matchup as the 6-3-0 UQTR Patriotes travel to Windsor to face the OUA-leading 8-1-0 Lancers.\u003C\/i\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\/166423406663270395\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-shootout-in-montreal-redmen.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/166423406663270395"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/166423406663270395"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/11\/mens-hockey-shootout-in-montreal-redmen.html","title":"Men's Hockey: Shootout in Montreal - Redmen Down Mustangs in Penalty-Filled Affair"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6549588981592014212"},"published":{"$t":"2013-10-26T14:22:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-04T23:35:56.432-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Hockey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Men's hockey: Rivalry Renewed; Ravens Spoil Redmen Record Bid"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"OTTAWA — Eleven minutes and nineteen seconds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat’s how long No. 5 McGill needed to keep No. 9 Carleton scoreless in Friday night's game to set a new OUA record for longest shutout sequence. If they made it to the end of the second period without allowing a goal, they’d overtake Alberta’s CIS record, set last season.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton had other plans.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill looked poised to continue their three-game winning streak, which had propelled them to fifth in the national rankings after previously being unranked, when \u003Cb\u003ECedric McNicoll\u003C\/b\u003E opened the scoring on an early powerplay goal just two and a half minutes in.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPlaying in front of a near-capacity crowd, the Ravens took over from there.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA quick even-up call put the Ravens on the powerplay, and \u003Cb\u003EMitch Porowski\u003C\/b\u003E quickly tied things up. Carleton kept the pressure up, and just over a minute later \u003Cb\u003EDamian Cross\u003C\/b\u003E’ shot deflected off a defenseman’s stick and into the net to extend the lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBy that point, Carleton had triple the shots of McGill, outshooting the Redmen 9-3. Once the no-longer historic 11:19 mark passed, Carleton had extended that shot count lead to 15-3.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EJeff Hayes\u003C\/b\u003E added to the Ravens scoring, tapping the puck into the open net following a gorgeous cross-crease pass from \u003Cb\u003EJordan Deagle\u003C\/b\u003E. Just like that, the Redmen had allowed more goals in this game than they had in regulation in all four combined regular season games.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnsurprisingly, head coach \u003Cb\u003EKelly Nobes\u003C\/b\u003E took a timeout to try to regroup. Out of the break, McGill was successful in stopping the bleeding.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe game became noticeably physical, with both teams looking for — and succeeding in landing — big hits all over the ice. McGill managed to get the puck on net, closing down the shooting disparity (somewhat), and were rewarded with a late goal in the last minute as \u003Cb\u003EAlexis Millette\u003C\/b\u003E banged at the puck twice from the top of the crease to close the gap to a goal heading into the first intermission.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESpecial teams remained a key story in the second period, as Porowski netted his second of the game on a powerplay opportunity to extend the lead to 4-2. That marked the end of \u003Cb\u003EAndrew Flemming\u003C\/b\u003E’s night, as he was replaced by \u003Cb\u003EJacob Chouinard\u003C\/b\u003E between the Redmen pipes after giving up four goals on 19 shots.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two teams continued trading penalties, with each able to finally succeed in killing a penalty, before Carleton took their second trip to the box of the period on a close too many men on the ice call that made Carleton’s head coach \u003Cb\u003EMarty Johnson\u003C\/b\u003E livid.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe became even less happy when McGill capitalized on the powerplay opportunity, as Millette scored his second of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELess than a minute later, McGill took a skate to the penalty box – on another call that could be described as controversial – and Cross needed only six seconds on the powerplay to net his second of the game from the hashmarks and restore the two-goal lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPorowski completed the hat-trick in the final minute of the second frame, taking Carleton to the intermission with a surprising 6-3 lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill came out hungry in the third period, illustrated by the fact that their starting line was set-up for the face-off before Carleton had even left the dressing room.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUnfortunately, it was all for naught, as Carleton managed to withstand the intense pressure put on by the Redmen. As both teams realized the game was out of reach, things took an ugly turn in the final ten minutes as the name of the game became “run the player closest to you as hard as possible.” Tempers began to boil over, peaking when McGill’s \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Delisle-Houde\u003C\/b\u003E had his stick broken on a slash while awaiting the puck to drop on a faceoff, and culminating in a double minor penalty to McGill’s \u003Cb\u003ECarl Gelinas\u003C\/b\u003E for spearing Deagle, who had aggravated the Redmen all day.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERyan McKiernan\u003C\/b\u003E added one for the Redmen in the final four minutes, taking the final score to 6-4 in favour of the Ravens.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe win marks the third time in four games that Carleton has scored at least six goals, the others an 8-1 win over Windsor and a 6-2 victory over Nipissing.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECarleton improves to 3-1-0 following the win, while McGill falls to 3-1-1.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EUpdated: This week's \"Game of the Week\" will be Thursday's cross-Toronto matchup between 5-1-0 York and 4-1-0 Ryerson.\u003C\/b\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\/6549588981592014212\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/rivalry-renewed-ravens-spoil-redmen.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6549588981592014212"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6549588981592014212"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/10\/rivalry-renewed-ravens-spoil-redmen.html","title":"Men's hockey: Rivalry Renewed; Ravens Spoil Redmen Record Bid"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Kyle Brown"},"uri":{"$t":"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/100079013344179668072"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7022221248111538755"},"published":{"$t":"2013-08-31T12:34:00.001-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-08-31T12:34:17.513-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Carabins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Countdown 2013"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Football"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"RSEQ"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vert et Or"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Football: 2013 Quebec Preview"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBurning Questions To Preview RSEQ Football\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESo, what were the final standings in the Quebec conference anyway?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWith ineligible players affecting both Concordia and Bishop’s, the order was Laval, Montreal, Sherbrooke, McGill, Concordia and Bishop’s in last, who lost all of their games due to that issue after the season ended (including a rare double forfeit).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EI assume Laval is the class of the conference again. How do they keep getting better?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWell, this year – for the first time in a few years – Laval has an experienced offence and most key players who graduated have come from the defensive side of the ball. Laval has 11 returning starters on offence, including quarterback \u003Cb\u003ETristan Grenon\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDefensively, they lose \u003Cb\u003EArnaud Gascon-Nadeau\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EFrederic Plesius\u003C\/b\u003E among others but will be looking to newcomers \u003Cb\u003EJean-François Cyr\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EEdward Godin-Gosselin\u003C\/b\u003E to fill some of the holes, not to mention players who spent some years in the shadows of Gascon-Nadeau and Plesius. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWho is in the best position to challenge Laval from within?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt really comes down to the two other French schools, Montreal and Sherbrooke. Montreal has some key losses – notably defensive coordinator \u003Cb\u003ENoel Thorpe\u003C\/b\u003E who did the rare CFL-CIS-CFL coaching trip and quarterback \u003Cb\u003EAlex Nadeau-Piuze\u003C\/b\u003E who holds most if not all of the passing records at the school.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHowever, their talent on defence may be the best it has ever been as they are a veteran group led by defensive linemen \u003Cb\u003EJean-Samuel Blanc \u003C\/b\u003Ewho is coming off of a 12.5-sack season (in a nine-game schedule) and \u003Cb\u003EDavid Menard\u003C\/b\u003E. Offensively, the inexperience at quarterback is off-set by the fifth year of running back \u003Cb\u003ERotrand Sene\u003C\/b\u003E who has been one of the best backs in the conference since his arrival. Don’t forget Montreal actually \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/football-montreal-letdown.html\"\u003Esplit their\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/10\/montreal-vs-laval-ii-what-difference.html\"\u003Eseason series\u003C\/a\u003E with Laval last year.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESherbrooke, on the other hand, has their second full year under their coaching staff and beat Montreal in the Quebec semi-final on the road last year. They are led by third-year quarterback \u003Cb\u003EJeremi Doyon-Roch\u003C\/b\u003E who has been the starter since his true freshman year, and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/12\/football-quinlan-leads-qb-rankings-once.html\"\u003Emay be taking the mantle of best Canadian quarterback from \u003Cb\u003EKyle Quinlan\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EBrad Sinopoli\u003C\/b\u003E before him\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDefensively, they have to deal with the losses of \u003Cb\u003ENicholas Boulay\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EKevin Regimbald-Gagne\u003C\/b\u003E who both went to the CFL but a consistent coaching staff may allow them to finally take that next step as they are in reloading mode.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWho is in the best position among the English schools?\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill is the English school to beat. I would say they have the best coaching staff and it shows. They lost reigning CIS Rookie of the Year \u003Cb\u003EShaquille Johnson\u003C\/b\u003E, but have experience at quarterback with \u003Cb\u003EJonathan Collin\u003C\/b\u003E who has been battling injuries since his sophomore year and have depth at almost every position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill is still rising to the ranks of the three schools mentioned above, but their fourth place finish from a year ago is theirs to lose. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConcordia has one last year with quarterback \u003Cb\u003EReid Quest,\u003C\/b\u003E and has four veteran receivers, including\u003Cb\u003E Kris Bastien\u003C\/b\u003E arguably the best receiver in the conference, to put pressure on opposing secondaries. However, their own secondary is hurting after losing \u003Cb\u003EKris Robertson\u003C\/b\u003E to the CFL and \u003Cb\u003ENathan Taylor \u003C\/b\u003Ewho has graduated to the Stingers coaching staff. Their offensive line is young and untested, but they do have \u003Cb\u003EBryan Chiu\u003C\/b\u003E on the coaching staff who knows a thing or two about that. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBishop’s has 10 returning starters on offence, including three fifth-year offensive linemen and nine on defence. They also have a fifth year quarterback in\u003Cb\u003E Jordan Heather\u003C\/b\u003E, so this is the last chance to get to the playoffs for a lot of this veteran team. After having to forfeit all but one game last year, they want to bounce back in their second full year under coach \u003Cb\u003EKevin Mackey\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBishop’s biggest problem is that they aren’t in RSEQ\/AUS interlock this year as Quebec returns to an eight game schedule. That means a fourth game against the French schools while McGill and Concordia have only three each. The final playoff spot will come down to the round-robin between the three schools, and it doesn’t help the Gaiters that they start one game behind.\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\/7022221248111538755\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/08\/football-2013-quebec-preview.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7022221248111538755"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7022221248111538755"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/08\/football-2013-quebec-preview.html","title":"Football: 2013 Quebec Preview"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jared Book"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16674650773319872752"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2041244346520639912"},"published":{"$t":"2013-08-14T11:58:00.002-04:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-08-14T11:58:49.437-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CIS Issues"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Concordia Announces Patrick Boivin As New Athletics Director"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"The Concordia Stingers made their biggest move towards a new beginning today \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/news\/stories\/2013\/08\/14\/concordia-scoresexhabsdirector.html\"\u003Ein announcing \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Boivin\u003C\/b\u003E as their new Director of Recreation and Athletics\u003C\/a\u003E. The move was necessary after \u003Cb\u003EKatie Sheahan\u003C\/b\u003E announced her retirement this Spring.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Stingers promised a professional sports background, and Boivin delivers that. The son of former Montreal Canadiens president \u003Cb\u003EPierre Boivin\u003C\/b\u003E, Patrick is the Habs' former director of hockey operations and also worked in marketing for both the team and the league.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThat background in marketing is significant for Concordia. They have dropped behind the University of Montreal and English-rival McGill in most university sports in the CIS, and need to play catch up. They have opened a new sports centre which is a huge improvement over their previous digs, and a renovation project to the Ed Meagher arena is also part of that. They need all the help they can get to recruit not only top athletes but sponsors and fans in the Montreal area as well.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConcordia's athletics department has some strongholds \u0026mdash; the men's basketball team and their women's rugby teams have been consistently competitive with some notable recent performances from the women's basketball team as well. They made their return to the National Top 10 this past season. Football and hockey \u0026mdash; usually the two most popular sports in CIS \u0026mdash; have been somewhat disappointing recently, especially the football team given the talent it has been churning out to the professional ranks.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOne thing that I would expect to see from Boivin right away is an emphasis on the marketing aspects of the sports teams at the university. That is something that he can change right away as the fall seasons are just around the corner. But, something to look at long-term is how focused Boivin is on results. From when I started at Concordia in 2004 until now, there has been one sport that has changed coaches: men's soccer (twice). The rugby teams also had a little switch as well. With other teams having struggled, and no changes made, it will be interesting to see how long of a leash Boivin has.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI'm not looking to get anyone fired, but the fact remains that at some point results on the field need to matter. It was one thing when Concordia was behind the French language universities. It is quite another when they start to fall as far as they have behind McGill, who have won hockey championships and had a better football team than Concordia last year. \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\/2041244346520639912\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/08\/concordia-announces-patrick-boivin-as.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2041244346520639912"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2041244346520639912"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/08\/concordia-announces-patrick-boivin-as.html","title":"Concordia Announces Patrick Boivin As New Athletics Director"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Jared Book"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/16674650773319872752"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2291164426447573959"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-08T17:56:00.001-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-09T13:21:39.920-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2013 Men's Basketball Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: Ward, Gee-Gees outrun McGill, look ahead to Lakehead"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"OTTAWA — \u003Cb\u003EWarren Ward\u003C\/b\u003E and the Ottawa Gee-Gees are inching closer to the final everyone here wants to see.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe big take-homes from \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/mbkb\/2013\/boxscores_champ\/20130308_tdv1.xml\"\u003EOttawa's 82-70 quarter-final win over McGill\u003C\/a\u003E is that coach \u003Cb\u003EJames Derouin\u003C\/b\u003E's Gee-Gees got the best break they could have asked for ahead of their showdown against Lakehead, which could set up a hotly anticipated national title game against the Carleton Ravens. In the tournament's protege vs. mentor matchup, Ottawa took control early on the strength of Ward's 23-point, 11-rebound double double and a \u003Cem\u003Ewho's that kid?\u003C\/em\u003E 12 off the bench from human adrenaline shot \u003Cb\u003ECaleb Agada\u003C\/b\u003E. Ward's teardrop three that took the lead out to 13 with 5:32 to play sealed it, but coach \u003Cb\u003EDave DeAveiro\u003C\/b\u003E's dog-on-a-bone Redmen made Ottawa work until the final buzzer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\"Coach DeAveiro has those guys playing about as hard as anybody and if anything’s going to prepare us for Lakehead, it’s McGill,\" Derouin said in praise of his and Ottawa's former coach. \"They played right to the end, they played hard and we just gotta find a way to get back ready for tomorrow. It’s a national championship semifinal. We know what Lakehead does, we know they defend, and we know they’re one of the top teams in the country and we gotta be ready to do what we did today.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It just didn't seem like it would end,\" Derouin added. \"We had guys looking up at the scoreclock.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe two coaches didn't talk much until the post-game handshake.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“He’s disappointed they lost, but he said ‘good luck tomorrow and you guys are going to get ‘em,’” Derouin said. \"He’s been telling me most of the season that we had a really good chance of winning the whole thing this year and unfortunately we ran into each other first-round and somebody’s got to lose. But he’s a believer in us and our program and he thinks we got a shot.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“Friendship kind of goes out the window there for at least 24 hours anyways on game day,\" Derouin said. You can’t say enough about what Dave’s done with that program. First time at nationals in … I don’t know when 1979 was, it’s a long time ago. And he’s a great coach and they played a great game. I have a lot to thank to Dave for me being in this position. Again I thought he did a great job and he’s doing an unbelievable job with that program.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe upshot for Ottawa is that it broke 80 despite a 2-for-10, six-point day from leading scorer \u003Cb\u003EJohnny Berhanesmeskel\u003C\/b\u003E. Third-year post player \u003Cb\u003EGabriel Gonthier-Dubue\u003C\/b\u003E was his usual redoubtable self with 15 points and eight boards, while Ward carried the day. It all played out in a way that seemed to mix a number of Gee-Gees storylines from across the last half-decade — the season-ending losses to Lakehead in DeAveiro's last season at Montpetit Hall and Derouin's first, and the neverending challenge of being a garnet-and-grey Sisyphus rolling his boulder up Mt. Smart off Bronson Ave. across town.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"It’s just a storybook ending for me,\" said Ward, the fifth-year wing. \"Now I play a team that beat us at the buzzer my third year [in the 2011 OUA semifinal] and beat us in our own gym my second season, it’s going to be special. It’s going to be good.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOttawa also played like it expected to win.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"The celebration seemed pretty tame, I thought, for a team that’s going to the national championship semifinals so that tells me the guys understand there’s more work to be done,\" Derouin said. \"When it comes to nationals, you look at the minutes on both teams — 33s and 35s and 37s — we just gotta rest up. Having the earlier game [Friday] helps us a little bit — a couple extra hours’ rest, we’re just gonna get food and fluid. These guys are young. There’s no time to be tired at this point.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA Carleton-Ottawa final was never in the cards during the seasons DeAveiro guided the Gee-Gees to the tournament. The McGill skipper, who has revitalized the Redmen much like he did after taking over a moribund Ottawa team at the dawn of the millennium, demurred from putting himself into the story. An Ottawa-Carleton final wouldn't be in the offing, though, if it hasn't been for the makeover he gave the team, before Derouin made it his own.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I have no place in that, this is James' program,\" DeAveiro said. \"He's done an amazing job with this team. The team's gotten better throughout the year and his kids believe in him and believe in what they're doing. You don't want to play that team. They're very good right now and they have a good chance to win.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill, making its first appearance at the tournament since 1979, will try to find solace in winning its consolation-side games. The Redmen got nice lines out of \u003Cb\u003EVincent Dufort\u003C\/b\u003E (18 points, nine rebounds on 6-of-12), \u003Cb\u003ETe'Jour Riley\u003C\/b\u003E (16 and six), \u003Cb\u003EWinn Clark\u003C\/b\u003E (13 on 6-of-12) and \u003Cb\u003ESimon Bibeau\u003C\/b\u003E (12 on 4-of-9). But lead guard \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Hynes-Guery\u003C\/b\u003E was largely contained, shooting 2-of-9 and scoring just four points across 35 minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"We've been really resilient all year,\" DeAveiro said. \"I'm proud of our kids. We just played a really good team that was better than us.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"If we don't win tomorrow and go 0-2 here, it'll be the same old story, same old song, 'Quebec doesn't deserve to be here.' We have to win two more games [in the consolation side]. It was important we come here and win some games at nationals.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe 18-year-old Agada was the revelation. The Burlington, Ont., native was a prize recruit out of Assumption Catholic, but he barely saw the floor during the Gee-Gees' playoff drive (11 minutes in three games). But Ottawa didn't get untracked until he checked in late in the first half and got two big buckets, a tip-in and a three just before the buzzer that put Ottawa up 28-27 at the break. Agada had 11 points on 4-of-5 in 16 minutes.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Sometimes as a coach you just gotta play a hunch and Caleb's been doing a great job in practice,\" Derouin said. \"When you back up a guy like Warren Ward sometimes you don’t get a chance to show how much [you’ve] improved over the course of the season. And we talked this week about the fact that with Vince Dufort at the 4, who’s more of a guard than a post player, we knew that we might have to go with our smaller lineup.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"To be honest with you I just had a gut feeling that Caleb was the guy to give us some energy. In the first half, when we picked up the pressure a little bit with him on the floor, I thought that was a big turning point and he’s an energy guy and we needed energy at that point. We had 19 points or whatever at that point and we were just really struggling but what can I say, the kid hasn’t even turned 19 years old yet, he’s a pure freshman right out of high school ... Just an incredible performance and you know what, we don’t win this game without him today, that’s for sure.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor what it's worth (very little), \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/sports\/mbkb\/2012-13\/boxscores\/20121124_i56y.xml\"\u003EOttawa beat Lakehead 82-67 in their Nov. 24 regular season meeting at Montpetit\u003C\/a\u003E. The seventh-seeded Thunderwolves needed a big lift from their shooters in the early game against Cape Breton, shooting an effective 65 per cent in the second half and getting 25 points overall from \u003Cb\u003EBen Johnson\u003C\/b\u003E on 7-of-11 from the floor (Johnson missed his only two).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELakehead's \u003Cb\u003EGreg Carter\u003C\/b\u003E is a disruptive on-the-ball defender who will be going against some young Ottawa guards in \u003Cb\u003EMike L'Africain\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMehdi Tihani\u003C\/b\u003E. The Thunderwolves are arguably more seasoned in the post with fifth-year bigs \u003Cb\u003EBrendan King\u003C\/b\u003E, \u003Cb\u003EYoosrie Salhia\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMatt Schmidt\u003C\/b\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\/2291164426447573959\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-ward-gee-gees-outrun-mcgill.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2291164426447573959"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2291164426447573959"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-ward-gee-gees-outrun-mcgill.html","title":"Basketball: Ward, Gee-Gees outrun McGill, look ahead to Lakehead"}],"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":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-33281691081213516"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-06T13:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-17T23:09:21.985-04:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"2013 Men's Basketball Final 8"},{"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":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"previews"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Previewing the 2013 Men's Basketball Final 8"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003EHere's our capsule preview for each of the Final 8 teams, presented in descending order of how likely that team is to win, per our odds \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/ccc?key=0Ar0xEkmR7QNKdFBTeExuYjhxQmI2Q1lrV0c2ZUVNWWc\u0026amp;hl=en\"\u003Ebased on RPI and SRS\u003C\/a\u003E. \"Offence and defence\" are points scored and allowed per game, adjusted for that team's pace factor. \"Top-100 players\" refers to our player rankings through March 3 (the final version, including Final 8 games, will be published next week). Players marked with 1st or 2nd were first- or second-team conference all-stars and awards listed are conference awards (\"conference\" meaning OUA East\/West in the case of Ontario). \"Bracketology consensus\" refers to the majority opinion for this team's seeding in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/bracketology-one-last-time.html\"\u003Eour last Bracketology post\u003C\/a\u003E. \"What we thought\" refers to our in-season preview of this team, from January. Commentary below provided by \u003Cb\u003EBrian Decker\u003C\/b\u003E unless otherwise noted. Schedule, scores and TV\/webcast information are available \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/mbkb\/2013\/schedule\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E1. CARLETON RAVENS\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 1st \/ +24.2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 51.7%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 95-66\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Basketball robot Phil Scrubb (1st, player of the year), Tyson Hinz (1st), Thomas Scrubb (2nd, defensive player of the year), Clinton-Springer Williams\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: Host and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-ottawa-takes-carleton-to.html\"\u003EOUA champions\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 1st\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: OUA champion, No. 1 seed, 47.5% chance of winning, won tournament.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/mens-basketball-2013-outlook-carleton.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"Anything less than a national title is once again a disappointment for Dave Smart's team. With Ottawa and Ryerson both looking strong, there's more competition for Carleton in the OUA East than in recent years, but it would take a massive upset for either of those (very good) teams to knock off the Ravens\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: Favoured by 24 against UVic, 8pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: Trying to make it 3 for 3 in national titles in the Scrubb Era, the Ravens have everything to lose as the absolute favourite. That being said, they've reached that status legitimately, with the emergence of Thomas Scrubb this season as another reason for coaches to shake their heads and rub their temples. With an All-Star crew that plays together, it's going to be a tall task for anyone to knock them off.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E2. CAPE BRETON CAPERS\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 2nd \/ +5.9\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 12.6%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 80-68\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Jimmy Dorsey (1st, MVP), Meshack Lufile, AJ Geugjes (2nd)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-cape-breton-wins-aus-title.html\"\u003EAUS champions\u003C\/a\u003E, losing only once in conference play and three times overall\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 2nd\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Did not qualify. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/mens-basketball-2013-outlook-cape.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"If both teams are 100%, the battle between Cape Breton and Acadia for the AUS title should be one of the closest nationwide. With a healthy Dorsey, this team is a legitimate threat at the Final 8.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: Toss-up against Lakehead, 12pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: Behind Dorsey's monster numbers and a unique style of play, the Capers have set themselves up to be a team nobody wants to face at the Final 8. How interesting would a CBU-Carleton final be? The fastest and slowest teams in the country pace-wise would make an interesting chess match, and it's looking like a distinct possibility. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E3. OTTAWA GEE-GEES\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 3rd \/ +13.2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 11.1%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 84-73\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Johnny Berhanemeskel (1st), Warren Ward (1st), Gabriel Gonthier-Dubue\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: OUA finalists, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-worldwide-performance-leads.html\"\u003Edefeating Windsor by 20 points in an OUA semifinal\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-ottawa-takes-carleton-to.html\"\u003Ethen gave Carleton a fight in the Wilson Cup\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 3rd or 4th, mostly\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Did not qualify.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/mens-basketball-2013-outlook-ottawa-gee.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"Dueling with Ryerson for the second spot in the East is a realistic goal. That would give the Gee-Gees a shot at the Wilson Cup final four, where, as Ryerson showed last year, anything can happen. It would be a great story for Warren Ward to finish his career at nationals in Ottawa.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: Favoured by 9 points against McGill, 2:15pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: The Gee-Gees have perhaps become the buzz of the tournament, going on an impressive run to reach the Final 8 in their hometown (well, kind of). Beating Ryerson, crushing Lakehead and nearly toppling Carleton has been fun to watch, and with Warren Ward set to give it one last go (plus a draw that doesn't put them against Carleton in the first two potential rounds), it wouldn't surprise many at Scotiabank Place to see Ottawa make a run to the final. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E4. UBC THUNDERBIRDS\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 4th \/ +11.2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 8.9%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 81-71\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Doug Plumb (1st), Brylle Kamen, David Wagner\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: Canada West champions (\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/vikes.uvic.ca\/news\/2013\/3\/3\/MBB_0303135706.aspx\"\u003Eholding off UVic's last push\u003C\/a\u003E)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 3rd\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Did not qualify\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/mens-basketball-2013-outlook-ubc.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"UBC has seen its fair share of heartbreak at the Final 8, but missing out on the big dance last year has got to sting for Kevin Hanson's club. With the lead in this year's parity-filled Canada West, UBC could be back in contention for the national title\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: Favoured by 7 points against Acadia, 6:00pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: Though less star-studded than past Final 8 squads, this year's version of UBC has proven to be up to the task of living up to the program's reputation. That reputation includes a lot of recent heartbreak at the Final 8, and to break out of that shadow, Hanson's squad may need bigger performances from Plumb and Kamen than they've been able to get by with.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E7. LAKEHEAD GREAT GROUP OF DUDES\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 10th \/ +10.3\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 5.0%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 78-69\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Yoosrie Salhia (1st), Ryan Thomson (1st), Greg Carter (defensive player of the year)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-lakehead-shoots-lights-out.html\"\u003EWon the OUA bronze-medal game\u003C\/a\u003E after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-carleton-crushes-banged-up.html\"\u003Ea 21-point loss to Carleton in the OUA semifinal\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 7th\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Wildcard choice after losing an OUA semifinal, No. 4 seed, 5.8% chance of winning, lost 83-71 to UFV in \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2012\/03\/mens-basketball-final-8-notebook-part-1.html\"\u003Ethe McMuffin Classic\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/10\/mens-basketball-top-ten-tracker-way-too.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"A win at Winnipeg's Wesmen Classic over the break, feasting on lesser OUA West foes and the return of Thomson should all help Lakehead improve in 2013. An 11-3 mark against the West would give them a 14-7 total and a reasonable shot at finding their way into the Wilson Cup Final Four. If they can do more and catch Windsor, however, they'll have a better shot at facing a non-Carleton team in the semi-finals and possibly punching their fourth straight ticket to the Final 8.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: Tossup against CBU, 12pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: It's been a fun ride with the GGODs, hasn't it? Thanks to a core of seniors that will be gone after this year, their four trips to nationals after a stunning rise from obscurity have Lakehead a staple of the CIS hoops scene. They may not have enough to make a run to the final (especially with Thomson's status up in the air after a knee injury), but they'll be fun to watch doing it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E8. VICTORIA VIKES\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 5th \/ +6.2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 4.4%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 80-74\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Terrell Evans (somehow only a 2nd-team all-star), Chris McLaughlin, Michael Acheampong\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: CW finalists\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 8th\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Did not qualify\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: 24-point underdogs against Carleton, 8pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: Evans has been criminally underrated this year, and with McLaughlin the Vikes provide some serious matchup issues for the undersized Ravens in round one. That may not be enough to stop Carleton on their quest to pass UVic on the all-time national titles list, but it's a solid stepping stone for the program to get back here nonetheless. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E6. MCGILL REDMEN\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 9th \/ +4.2\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 3.6%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 72-66\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Vincent Dufort (1st), Aleksandar Mitrovic (2nd)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-mcgill-does-double-for-first.html\"\u003ERSEQ champions\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 6th\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Did not qualify\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/mens-basketball-2013-outlook-mcgill.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"Not long ago, it looked like McGill was the favourite to come out of Quebec. They've fallen since, but behind the strong play of Dufort and their defence, it's possible for them to return. The RSEQ title and a trip to the Final 8 is still a very, very reasonable goal.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: 9-point underdogs against Ottawa, 2:15pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: Hey, reaching the Final 8 for the first time in 34 years is sweet, no matter what conference you squeak your way out of. With Ottawa looking solid it's an uphill climb to get out of round one, but the McGill bunch overcame doubts from our midseason previews to get here.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E5. ACADIA AXEMEN\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERPI \/ SRS\u003C\/b\u003E: 12th \/ +3.6\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOdds of winning\u003C\/b\u003E: 2.7%\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOffence and defence\u003C\/b\u003E: 78-68\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETop-100 players and award-winners\u003C\/b\u003E: Owen Klassen (1st, defensive player of the year), Tyler Scott, Anthony Ashe (2nd)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHow they got here\u003C\/b\u003E: Wildcard team after \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-cape-breton-wins-aus-title.html\"\u003Ereaching the AUS final\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EBracketology consensus\u003C\/b\u003E: 7th or 8th\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ELast year\u003C\/b\u003E: Surprise AUS champions, No. 8 seed, 3.9% chance of winning, lost 82-68 to Carleton in the first round\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/01\/mens-basketball-2013-outlook-acadia.html\"\u003EWhat we thought\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E: \"If Klassen can return [after his ankle injury and his \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thechronicleherald.ca\/novascotia\/725106-acadia-basketball-player-not-guilty-in-assault-case\"\u003EFebruary court date for assault\u003C\/a\u003E] and Sears can help on offence, it should be a pretty good battle for the AUS title between Acadia and Cape Breton. If not, however, it could be a long winter in Wolfville.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOpener\u003C\/b\u003E: 7-point underdogs against UBC, 6pm ET\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOutlook\u003C\/b\u003E: In tough against UBC in a rematch of \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/liveblog-mens-basketball-final-8.html\"\u003Etheir 2011 first round game that we covered\u003C\/a\u003E, the Axemen have grown in leaps and bounds since that underdog appearance two years ago. \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2011\/03\/mens-basketball-quarterfinal-quotables.html\"\u003EKlassen gave the Thunderbirds mismatch issues then\u003C\/a\u003E and he will continue to do so this weekend. With both teams playing a fast pace, this one could be a track meet.\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\/33281691081213516\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/previewing-2013-mens-basketball-final-8.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/33281691081213516"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/33281691081213516"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/previewing-2013-mens-basketball-final-8.html","title":"Previewing the 2013 Men's Basketball Final 8"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-4756368846550919329"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-03T16:08:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-04T20:11:44.376-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Axemen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Bracketology"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Capers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Final 8"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"UBC Thunderbirds"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Vikes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology: One last time..."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Our panel have provided their final guesses at the Final 8 bracket:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c2CZ2TbjDN8\/UTVGJJJL-bI\/AAAAAAAABLc\/LYQwyPbGiuE\/s1600\/bracketology_mar3.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c2CZ2TbjDN8\/UTVGJJJL-bI\/AAAAAAAABLc\/LYQwyPbGiuE\/s1600\/bracketology_mar3.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEveryone here gave the wildcard spot to Acadia, with most placing them 8th. The No. 2 seed in our scenarios will always go to Cape Breton or UBC, and McGill is a popular choice for the No. 6 spot (the lowest they can be, by rule, as a conference champion). \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor further men's basketball coverage, check out our coverage of the OUA, AUS, and RSEQ championships this week:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EOUA\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-carleton-crushes-banged-up.html\"\u003ELakehead-Carleton semifinal\u003C\/a\u003E (by Scott Hastie)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-worldwide-performance-leads.html\"\u003EOttawa-Windsor semifinal\u003C\/a\u003E (by Scott Hastie)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-carleton-and-ottawa-play-for.html\"\u003EDay 1 recap\u003C\/a\u003E (by Neate Sager)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-lakehead-shoots-lights-out.html\"\u003EBronze-medal game\u003C\/a\u003E (by Neate Sager)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-ottawa-takes-carleton-to.html\"\u003EFinal\u003C\/a\u003E (by Neate Sager)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAUS\u003C\/b\u003E (all by Kevin Garbuio)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-capers-off-to-aus-final-and.html\"\u003ECBU-StFX semifinal #1\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-acadia-routs-smu-in-aus-semi.html\"\u003EAcadia-SMU semifinal #2\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-cape-breton-wins-aus-title.html\"\u003EFinal\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003ERSEQ\u003C\/b\u003E (all by John Edwards)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/home-cooking-rules-day-in-rseq.html\"\u003EMen's and women's semifinals\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-mcgill-does-double-for-first.html\"\u003EMen's and women's final\u003C\/a\u003E \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\/4756368846550919329\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/bracketology-one-last-time.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4756368846550919329"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/4756368846550919329"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/bracketology-one-last-time.html","title":"Bracketology: One last time..."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-c2CZ2TbjDN8\/UTVGJJJL-bI\/AAAAAAAABLc\/LYQwyPbGiuE\/s72-c\/bracketology_mar3.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-7340129480812604317"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-03T07:00:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-03T10:15:23.499-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Basketball: McGill does the double for the first time ever"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It was Championship Saturday in the RSEQ and a rare playoff doubleheader was on tap in Montreal. Since \"RSEQ\" is a French acronym that roughly translates into “We Only Get One Berth”, the conference playoffs, particularly the championship game, are an all-or-nothing proposition. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn Saturday, it was all McGill. The Marlets and Redmen each pulled out three point victories to advance to the Final 8. In the women’s game, the Martlets held off a late Concordia comeback attempt to defeat the Stingers 51-48. In the nightcap, the Bishop’s Gaiters led through most of the game, but the Redmen came back in the second half to score a 77-74 win and their first league crown in 27 years. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe McGill double is the first in school history, and marks the first time that a school has held both the men’s and women’s crowns since Laval in 2007-08.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003E WOMEN’S – \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2013\/boxscores_post\/20130302_owih.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMcGILL 51, CONCORDIA 48\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAnneth Him-Lazarenko’s\u003C\/b\u003E double-double led the Martlets to a 51-48 win over the Stingers in another typical defensive struggle. The fifth-year forward scored a team-high 14 points and added 12 rebounds as the Martlets withstood a late Stinger charge to win their second straight conference title.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShe scored seven points in the Martlets’ first-quarter 13-4 run, as McGill turned a 6-0 deficit into a 13-8 lead. McGill led 19-12 after the first quarter, and 32-23 at halftime. Early in the third, \u003Cb\u003EMarie-Pier Bastarash\u003C\/b\u003E made a three-pointer to give the Martlets a 35-23 lead - their biggest of the afternoon. Concordia came back to within four points at 34-30 with 3:00 left in the third, but McGill stretched the lead back out to eight points at 42-34. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter Him-Lazarenko put McGill up by ten again at 46-36 with 7:21, the Stingers mounted their comeback, and a trio of field goals by \u003Cb\u003EMarilyse Roy-Viau\u003C\/b\u003E, who led all scorers with 18 points, brought Concordia to within two points at 50-48 with only 17 seconds left. However, after Bastarash made one of two free throws to extend the lead to three, Concordia could not make a buzzer-beater. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor McGill, \u003Cb\u003EFrançoise Charest \u003C\/b\u003Ewas the only other player in double figures, with ten points, while \u003Cb\u003EMariam Sylla\u003C\/b\u003E scored seven points and grabbed a game-high 15 rebounds. McGill outrebounded Concordia 44-25.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERoy-Viau was the only Stinger in double figures. \u003Cb\u003EAshley Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E score nine points, and \u003Cb\u003EKaylah Barrett\u003C\/b\u003E was held to eight.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill shot 35% in the game, while Concordia hit 30% of their shots. McGill was 4-of-12 from three-point range, while Concordia was only 3-of-24.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill heads into the Final 8 in Regina with a 20-9 record vs. CIS opposition (13-3 in the regular season), while Concordia finishes at 21-12 vs. CIS, 11-5 in regular season play.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMEN’S – \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/mbkb\/2013\/boxscores_post\/20130302_4mfi.xml\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EMcGILL 77, BISHOP’S 74\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStrong free-throw shooting allowed the Redmen to come back from a 15-point deficit and defeat the upstart Gaiters, 77-74, on Saturday evening. \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Hynes-Guery\u003C\/b\u003E led the Redmen with 24 points, including 19 in the second half, as McGill won their first league championship since \u003Cb\u003EPatrick Ewing\u003C\/b\u003E was a rookie. Hynes-Guery, a transfer who had spent time at Drexel and American International, was 4-for-15 from the field, but 14-for-16 on free throws.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gaiters led through most of the game, and pulled out to a 19-9 lead off a three-pointer by forward \u003Cb\u003ETim Hunter\u003C\/b\u003E, playing in what turned out to be his last game. Bishop’s led 23-14 after the first quarter and were comfortably ahead throughout the second, with five late points from Hunter and centre \u003Cb\u003EMike Andrews\u003C\/b\u003E giving the Gaiters a 42-28 halftime lead.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gaiters led by 15 points early in the third, with a 49-34 lead after a \u003Cb\u003EJonathan Bermillo\u003C\/b\u003E free throw proving to be the high-water mark for the purple-clad visitors. The Redmen started to chip away at the lead, one point at a time. They went 7-for-8 from the free-throw line during an 11-4 run that cut the lead to eight, 53-45. After Hunter restored the 10-point bulge, the Redmen went on an 8-2 run, punctuated by a three-pointer by \u003Cb\u003ESimon Bibeau\u003C\/b\u003E, to cut the gap to four points at 57-53. The Gaiters led by six, 61-55, after three quarters. Hynes-Guery went 8-for-10 from the line in the third quarter alone. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn the fourth, McGill completed their comeback as Hynes-Guery was fouled on a three-point shot and made all three free throws, capping a 7-0 run that tied the game at 65-65 with 5:08 left, the first tie since a 7-7 deadlock midway through the first quarter. With 4:04 left, McGill took their first lead at 68-67, appropriately enough on a Hynes-Guery free throw that capped a three-point play. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gaiters rebounded and led 74-70 with two minutes to go, but a basket by \u003Cb\u003ETe’Jour Riley\u003C\/b\u003E and a Hynes-Guery triple put McGill up 75-74 with 1:07 left, the fifth and final lead change of the contest.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBibeau was the only other McGill player in double figures, with 12 points, while \u003Cb\u003EVincent Dufort\u003C\/b\u003E was a point shy of a double-double as he scored nine and grabbed ten boards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor Bishop’s, Andrews finished with 22 points, while Hunter had 17. \u003Cb\u003EJeremy Leonard-Smith\u003C\/b\u003E finished with 14 points, while \u003Cb\u003EOnnex Blackwood\u003C\/b\u003E had ten.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill outrebounded Bishop’s 35-27 and outshot the Gaiters 41% to 35%. McGill was 87% from the free-throw line (26-for-30), while Bishop’s struggled, going 11 for 20.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill heads to Ottawa with a 21-7 record vs. CIS opposition this year (11-5 regular season), while Bishop’s ends the year at 18-9 (10-6).\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\/7340129480812604317\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-mcgill-does-double-for-first.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7340129480812604317"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/7340129480812604317"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/03\/basketball-mcgill-does-double-for-first.html","title":"Basketball: McGill does the double for the first time ever"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"John Edwards"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03167982369392920262"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-2621504585244144848"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-28T00:09:00.000-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-02-28T09:28:29.886-05:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Basketball"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Citadins"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Martlets"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Rouge et Or"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Stingers"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Home cooking rules the day in RSEQ basketball semis"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003E[Ed. note: John, previously the sports information officer at Bishop's and Queen's universities, joins us to cover news from Quebec and elsewhere. His first piece here looks at the RSEQ basketball semifinals. -RP]\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a sweep by all four home teams on Wednesday night in the Quebec basketball semifinals, setting up a championship doubleheader at McGill on Saturday. On the women’s side, the Concordia Stingers held off the UQAM Citadins 65-62 while McGill eased past Laval 54-47. In the men’s semifinals, Bishop’s dropped the Stingers 70-63 and will face the Redmen, who had little trouble with the Citadins, winning 72-43.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"fullpost\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWOMEN’S SEMIFINAL #1 – McGILL 54, LAVAL 47\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2013\/boxscores_post\/20130227_qg3y.xml\"\u003Ethe first women’s semifinal\u003C\/a\u003E, the McGill Martlets got a late scare from the fourth-seeded Laval Rouge et Or, but survived to advance to the league championship game after a defensive struggle in Montreal. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Martlets led through most of the contest, but were never able to put Laval completely away. The Rouge et Or tied the game at 41-41 very early in the fourth quarter, but McGill responded with a 6-0 run to foil the visitors’ upset bid as they held Laval to only six points through the last 9:30 of the game.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERookie \u003Cb\u003EMarie-Pier Bastrash\u003C\/b\u003E led the Martlets (19-9 CIS, 13-3) with ten points, while \u003Cb\u003EMariam Sylla\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EDianna Ros\u003C\/b\u003E scored nine. Sylla, the conference rookie of the year, also grabbed a game-high ten rebounds.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaval (14-13 CIS, 8-8) was led by 11 points each from \u003Cb\u003EElyse Jobin\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EGabrielle Girard\u003C\/b\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill advanced despite shooting only 28% from the field. They held Laval to 34% overall, and outrebounded the Rouge et Or 41-31.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EWOMEN’S SEMIFINAL #2 – CONCORDIA 65, UQAM 62\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConcordia led by as many as 18 points, but had to hold off a late UQAM comeback attempt to escape with \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/wbkb\/2013\/boxscores_post\/20130227_lqwc.xml\"\u003Ea 65-62 win\u003C\/a\u003E at the always-cozy Concordia Gym. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Stingers led 54-36 with two minutes left in the third, and appeared to be cruising to their second straight championship appearance, however the Citadins went on a 12-0 run over 3:16 early in the fourth quarter to get to within four points at 56-52. A three-pointer by \u003Cb\u003ECamille Michaud\u003C\/b\u003E brought UQAM to within two points at 62-60 with 90 seconds left, but a triple by \u003Cb\u003EAshley Clarke\u003C\/b\u003E clinched the win for the Stingers.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EKaylah Barrett\u003C\/b\u003E, the conference player of the year, led the Stingers (21-11 CIS, 11-5) with 17 points, while \u003Cb\u003ERichelle Gregoire\u003C\/b\u003E had 15 points and \u003Cb\u003ETina Mpondani\u003C\/b\u003E had ten. Clarke had nine points, all on three-pointers. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUQAM (11-15 CIS, 8-8) was led by Michaud, who scored 18 points. \u003Cb\u003EValerie Gauvin\u003C\/b\u003E added 16, while \u003Cb\u003EEmie Simard\u003C\/b\u003E and Quételine Celestin had 11 each.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EConcordia shot only 28% from the field, but attempted 21 more shots than the Citadins did, 74-53. While the rebounds were even overall, Concordia did grab 22 offensive boards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe final, set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at McGill is a rematch of last year’s league championship, which McGill won 56-49. Concordia last won the league crown in 1999.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMEN’S SEMIFINAL #1 – McGill 72, UQAM 43\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EUQAM kept it close early, but were \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/english.cis-sic.ca\/championships\/mbkb\/2013\/boxscores_post\/20130227_epsj.xml\"\u003Eeventually overwhelmed\u003C\/a\u003E by the top-seeded (and CIS No. 10) Redmen, who advanced to the league’s championship for the first time since 2002. \u003Cb\u003EVincent Dufort\u003C\/b\u003E had a double-double for McGill with 16 points and ten rebounds, while \u003Cb\u003EAdrian Hynes-Guery\u003C\/b\u003E scored a game-high 24 points. The only other Redmen in double figures was Winn Clark, who had ten.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor UQAM (11-19 CIS, 6-10), \u003Cb\u003EAlexandre Bernard\u003C\/b\u003E had 14 points and eight rebounds, while \u003Cb\u003EVincent Lanctôt-Fortier\u003C\/b\u003E had nine points.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill (20-7 CIS, 11-5) led 18-15 after the first quarter, and UQAM briefly took a 22-21 lead early in the second. However, the Redmen held UQAM to only one field goal in the final 6:30 of the half and took a 34-25 halftime lead. The hosts took complete control in the third quarter, holding UQAM to only seven points and opening up a 19-point edge. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMcGill shot 38% from the field and held UQAM to 31% shooting. The Redmen were strong from outside, hitting 8 of 19 from downtown, while UQAM \u0026mdash; never a strong three-point team \u0026mdash; went 2 for 13. McGill outrebounded UQAM 41-30.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cb\u003EMEN’S SEMIFINAL #2 – Bishop’s 70, Concordia 63.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Gaiters used a balanced attack to pick up their first playoff win since 2004, with four players in double figures. \u003Cb\u003EMike Andrews\u003C\/b\u003E, who was named the league’s player of the year earlier in the day, and all-rookie team member \u003Cb\u003EJonathan Bermillo\u003C\/b\u003E each came off the bench to score 14 points and lead Bishop’s (18-8 CIS, 10-6 Quebec). Fifth-year forward \u003Cb\u003ETim Hunter\u003C\/b\u003E scored 13 points, while \u003Cb\u003EOnnex Blackwood\u003C\/b\u003E added 12. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFor Concordia (14-11 CIS, 9-7 Quebec), \u003Cb\u003EKyle Desmarais\u003C\/b\u003E scored 21 points in 37 minutes, with \u003Cb\u003EJerome Blake\u003C\/b\u003E and \u003Cb\u003EMorgan Tajfel\u003C\/b\u003E adding 11 each. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBishop’s led 37-33 at halftime and 49-48 after three quarters in a game that featured eight ties and seven lead changes. After Desmarais tied the game at 51-51 early in the fourth, a 9-3 Gaiters run put the game away, sending Bishop’s to McGill for Saturday’s league championship. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBishop’s shot 39% from the field, and held Concordia to only 31%. Both teams struggled from outside the arc, with Concordia going 7-for-26, and Bishop’s hitting only 3 of 14 three-point attempts. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhichever way Saturday’s final goes, a long championship drought will come to an end. Bishop’s has not won the conference title since 1999, the last of three straight league crowns, while McGill is hoping to win their first crown since 1986. The two teams split their four meetings this year, and split the pair of games in Montreal. The final is set for Saturday at 5 p.m. at McGill. \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\/2621504585244144848\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/home-cooking-rules-day-in-rseq.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2621504585244144848"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/2621504585244144848"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/home-cooking-rules-day-in-rseq.html","title":"Home cooking rules the day in RSEQ basketball semis"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"John Edwards"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/03167982369392920262"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8220121611828242531.post-6299846019108502208"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-26T16:02:00.002-05:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-03T15:47:46.403-05:00"},"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":"Bracketology"},{"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":"Gaiters"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Gee-Gees"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Lancers"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Ravens"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Redmen"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Thunderwolves"},{"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"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bracketology: Carleton No. 1, then what?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Our panel of eight have provided their first guesses at the men's basketball Final 8 seedings ten days in advance of the tournament.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1MfFQeBMohc\/UTO24oU-aiI\/AAAAAAAABK8\/_PZwvjC5PLI\/s1600\/bracketology_feb26.png\" imageanchor=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1MfFQeBMohc\/UTO24oU-aiI\/AAAAAAAABK8\/_PZwvjC5PLI\/s1600\/bracketology_feb26.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\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\/6299846019108502208\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/bracketology-carleton-no-1-then-what.html#comment-form","title":"6 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6299846019108502208"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8220121611828242531\/posts\/default\/6299846019108502208"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.cisblog.ca\/2013\/02\/bracketology-carleton-no-1-then-what.html","title":"Bracketology: Carleton No. 1, then what?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"The CIS Blog"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04279535209746489243"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"http:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-1MfFQeBMohc\/UTO24oU-aiI\/AAAAAAAABK8\/_PZwvjC5PLI\/s72-c\/bracketology_feb26.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"6"}}]}});