The 2014 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 7–9, 2014 in Ottawa, Ontario.[1][2] Host and defending champion Carleton Ravens won the final against the Ottawa Gee-Gees. It was the second of two consecutive CIS Championships to be held at Canadian Tire Centre after the tournament was held in Halifax in 2011 and 2012. This was the fifth time Carleton University has hosted the tournament with the Carleton Ravens guaranteed a spot in the tournament as the host team.[3]
Participating teams
edit| Seed | Team | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottawa Gee-Gees | Ontario University Champion |
| 2 | Carleton Ravens | Host (OUA Runner-Up) |
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears | Canada West Champion |
| 4 | Victoria Vikes | Canada West Finalist |
| 5 | McGill Redmen | Quebec University Champion |
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | Atlantic University Champion |
| 7 | McMaster Marauders | Ontario University 3rd place |
| 8 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Bronze Medalists |
Defending champion Carleton Ravens won their division OUA East undefeated (22-0) but lost the Conference final one week before the tournament to the Ottawa Gee-Gees.
The Gee-Gees came second in the OUA East Division, losing only both regular season games to the Ravens (20-2), before claiming victory of the Wilson Cup in Toronto.
The Golden Bears won the Prairie Division with 20-2 wins and the Canada West Championship.
Victoria Vikes won the Pacific Division (19-3) and came second in the Canada West Championship.
McGill's Redmen won the regular season (14-2) and the Quebec University Championship against the Bishop's Gaiters.
SMU came second in the regular season with 14-6 wins but secured their spot in the Final 8 with their win in the AUS final against St. Francis' X-Men.
McMaster came 1st in the OUA West division (18-4). As their conference's 3rd, the Marauders advanced to the Final 8 because the host Ravens came 2nd in the same conference.
Saskatchewan came 2nd in the Prairie Division (15-7) and won the Bronze medal in the Canada West Championship against the UFV Cascades.
Championship Bracket
edit| First Round: March 7 | Semi-Finals: March 8 | Final: March 9 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Saint Mary's Huskies | 62 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears (24-3) | 72 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Alberta Golden Bears (25-3) | 55 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Carleton Ravens (25-1) | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | McMaster Marauders | 64 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Carleton Ravens (24-1) | 82 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Carleton Ravens (26-1) | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ottawa Gee-Gees (24-3) | 67 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | McGill Redmen | 54 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Victoria Vikes | 63 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Victoria Vikes | 70 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ottawa Gee-Gees (24-2) | 78 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ottawa Gee-Gees (23-2) | 94 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Scotiabank Place :: 2013 CIS FINAL 8 Men's Basketball Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "2013 CIS Final 8 special presale! | Go Ravens". Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2012-03-13.
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