CIS women's basketball hosts, wildcard announced for Regionals
OTTAWA (CIS) - The host teams were confirmed and the at-large berth announced on Sunday for next weekend's CIS women's basketball Regionals and the Quebec regular-season champion McGill Martlets were not among them.
The CIS women's hoops playoffs feature a new-look format in 2010-11 as a trio of regional tournaments will decide three of the last four tickets for the national Final Eight, to be hosted by the University of Windsor from March 18-20. A wildcard entry will be announced on March 13 to fill the final spot.
Twelve teams are still in contention to join conference champions Windsor (OUA), Saskatchewan (Canada West), Laval (Quebec) and Cape Breton (AUS) at the Final Eight.
The Regina Cougars, Carleton Ravens and UNB Varsity Reds, all of whom were defeated in their respective conference finals, will host the Regionals on Friday (semifinals) and Saturday (finals).
Travelling to Regina for the Western tournament will be UQAM (Quebec finalist), Wilfrid Laurier (OUA fourth-place finisher) and Victoria, which received the at-large berth following a vote by a committee of CIS coaches.
Joining Carleton in the nation's capital for the Central tourney will be Alberta (Canada West bronze), Winnipeg (Canada West 5), as well as St. Francis Xavier (AUS bronze).
Finally, in the Eastern Regional, UNB will host Toronto (OUA bronze), Western Ontario (OUA 5) and Fraser Valley (Canada West 4) in Fredericton.
SSN Canada will have live webcasts of all games from the three events. The webcasts are available through www.ssncanada.ca or http://english.cis-sic.ca/championships/wbkb.
Following is a complete Regionals schedule including first-round matchups.
REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULE
Western Regional at University of Regina (all times CST)
Friday, March 11
18:15 Semifinal #1: Victoria vs. Regina
20:00 Semifinal #2: Wilfrid Laurier vs. UQAM
Saturday, March 12
19:00 Final
Central Regional at Carleton University (all times EST)
Friday, March 11
18:00 Semifinal #1: StFX vs. Alberta
20:00 Semifinal #2: Winnipeg vs. Carleton
Saturday, March 12
19:00 Final
Eastern Regional at University of New Brunswick (all times AST)
Friday, March 11
18:00 Semifinal #1: Western Ontario vs. UNB
20:00 Semifinal #2: Fraser Valley vs. Toronto
Saturday, March 12
TBD Final
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