Star guard Kali Pocrnic is trying to lead her Carleton team to its second consecutive women's national championship.
CBC Sports' daily newsletter previews the U Sports men's and women's basketball tournaments — Canada's answer to the NCAA brackets.Star guard Kali Pocrnic is trying to lead her Carleton team to its second consecutive women's national championship. The NCAA basketball tournaments are still two weeks away. But Canada's version of March Madness tips off Thursday with the opening round of the U Sports women's Final 8 in Edmonton. The men get started Friday in Quebec City.
Carleton, the defending national champion, finished the regular season 21-1 to clip Saskatchewan for the top spot in the final rankings last month. The Ravens then took care of business in the Ontario conference playoffs, culminating with their 63-55 win over national No. 3 Queen's in the Critelli Cup final on Saturday.
Saskatchewan's very balanced attack is powered by the veteran triumvirate of forward Carly Ahlstrom and guards Téa DeMong and Gage Grassick — all averaging between 13.0 and 14.3 points per game this season. The Huskies, who are coached by former Canadian national team bench boss Lisa Thomaidis, face a deceptively tough first-round opponent in Calgary.
Brock is the Cinderella story of the tourney. The Badgers barely made the Ontario playoffs at 11-11 before taking out Carleton and then upsetting a pair of nationally ranked teams in No. 3 Ottawa and No. 8 Western to reach the conference final against No. 2 Queen's last Saturday. Brock nearly went full Hoosiers, keeping the game deadlocked in the dying seconds.
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