Stuff from the weekend 17 Jan 2012 3:27 PM (13 years ago)
Lost in the CIS news over the weekend was the two hour delay in the UQAM at Concordia game due to the rim being pulled down by a Citadins dunk during the warm-up. Concordia's student newspaper, the Link, provides the coverage. Sluggish Stingers still Perfect Concordia 68 UQAM 63 After a two-hour delay to tipoff, Concordia’s men’s basketball team overcame some sluggish play and extended
Charlottetown Guardian on UPEI / X 17 Jan 2012 3:15 PM (13 years ago)
well written by Marcel Vander Wier and including quotes from St. FX Coach Steve Konchalski on the player suspensions. UPEI puts brakes on losing streak The UPEI Panthers snapped their three-game losing streak Sunday afternoon, romping to a 100-76 win over the St. F.X. X-Men in Atlantic University Sport basketball action. UPEI has now moved into a tie for third place with Acadia. Read More...
MBNA Capital Hoops Classic Media Notes 17 Jan 2012 2:59 PM (13 years ago)
MBNA Capital Hoops Classic Media Notes... from uOttawa Sports Information The MBNA Capital Hoops Classic, which debuted in 2007 as a single men’s game and has featured a doubleheader since its second edition, quickly became one of the highlights of the CIS basketball season. The inaugural event attracted 9,730 fans, which at the time was a CIS record for a regular season game. That mark was
Capital Hoops Classic this Wednesday 16 Jan 2012 11:55 AM (13 years ago)
In what has become a Capital Region basketball tradition and a fixture on mid-January hoops calendars, cross-town rivals uOttawa Gee-Gees, pushing for a spot in the CIS Top 10, and #1 and defending National champions Carleton Ravens face off at Scotiabank Place on Wednesday night in the 6th Annual MBNA Capital Hoops Classic. Ticket information
The Ravens continue to dominate
Recent Articles: Quack's replacement speculation begins 16 Jan 2012 5:38 AM (13 years ago)
Yesterday's decisive loss at UPEI, ST. FX X-Men's second consecutive this week, knocked the previously-undefeated X-Men out of first place in the AUS and is likely to push them down the National rankings; as many know by now, X was shorthanded with 7 players unavailable yesterday afternoon. These 7 players missed the important game while serving a team-imposed, one-game suspension for
AUS: X loses second straight; Capers lead conference 15 Jan 2012 8:00 PM (13 years ago)
UPEI 100, St. FX 76 The X-Men were hammered in Charlottetown as only 7 players got minutes with 6'5" Terry Thomas, 6'8" Bol Kong, 5'9" Marquis Clayton and 6'5" Shane Coupland all sitting out for up-to-now unknown reasons. We have been in transit from a family funeral and have been unable to determine why X's lineup was so decimated today. UPEI, bouyed by three consecutive 3's
Wellsie's World: Unique CIS Takes from Dave Wells 15 Jan 2012 10:11 AM (13 years ago)
The first in what we truly hope is an ongoing series of entries from Dave Wells, who has been an integral part of Canadian basketball for almost 40 years. Presently located in Lethbridge, Wellsie brings a unique candor and experienced set of insights to the CIS game. We all look forward to continued columns from Wellsie. **************************************************************
AUS Today: Resurgent CBU 15 Jan 2012 5:42 AM (13 years ago)
Two games this afternoon in the AUS with St. FX visit to UPEI for a 4 PM AT start being most interesting. Although this is their first meeting of the AUS regular season, the teams have met on three occasions already this season with X taking all 3: in October at Mickey Place UPEI tournament 97-88, first round of the NIKE X Invitational 101-81 and in the semi-finals of the recent Rod
Wayne Thomas Canada West: Barrett's 40 propels Huskies 15 Jan 2012 4:20 AM (13 years ago)
Barrett Buries Dinos With a Barrage of Buckets Dinos Cannot Stop Saskatchewan’s Whirlwind Guard Saskatchewan Huskies 90 at Calgary Dinos 83 - "Marks for Jamelle Barrett on the double tuck- to a full layout, left handed teardrop move - 9.5!" The Saskatchewan Huskies point guard had a 2nd half reminiscent of his 29 point effort at Victoria last week, with the Calgary Dinos
Laurier earns split 15 Jan 2012 3:42 AM (13 years ago)
The Hawks come up with a much-needed split to stay in the race for first place, holding on for a 92-89 win over Lakehead in the second of two at Laurier. Lakehead owns the tiebreaker between the two by virtue of their five point win on Friday night. Plenty of fireworks again last night as, with Laurier up 3 with the ball and under 2 seconds remaining, T-Wolves 6'2" Venzal Russell
OUA East: Gee-Gees sweep through GTA 14 Jan 2012 6:10 PM (13 years ago)
Ottawa 83, Ryerson 77 In a highly entertaining and intense game with a playoff-like atmosphere, the visiting Gee-Gees survived a fourth-quarter Rams comeback as 6'1" Jacob Gibson-Bascombe knocked down a wide open 3 after a scramble following an offensive rebound to give Ottawa the lead for good and later 6'6" Vikas Gill made a key steal of a kickout look by Jahmal Jones when Ottawa nursed a
AUS Tonight: Big 2nd Half spurs Tigers 14 Jan 2012 5:12 PM (13 years ago)
Dalhousie 72, Saint Mary's 70 6'6" Robert Nortmann generally had his way inside, finishing with 17 points and 15 rebounds including several on the offensive glass following his own misses as the Tigers pushed back up into the first-round playoff bye hunt with a come-from-behind win at the DalPlex in a battle of Halifax rivals. Tigers held Saint Mary's to just 32 second-half points as
Windsor spoils Marauder Day: OUA Today 14 Jan 2012 3:41 PM (13 years ago)
Windsor (9-3) 78, McMaster (9-3) 74 The Lancers jumped out to a 20 point first-half lead before holding off a valiant Marauder fourth-quarter comeback attempt as Windsor swept the season series with a road win on Marauder Day in Hamilton. Much like he did against Brock on Wednesday night, Mac's prized 6'2" freshman Adam Presutti came out of the gates on fire, scoring 11 first quarter
OUA Today: Windsor/Mac this afternoon 14 Jan 2012 3:53 AM (13 years ago)
Feature games in the OUA West include the second of back-to-backs at Laurier between #3 Lakehead (10-1) and the Golden Hawks (9-2). With a victory, expect the T-Wolves to move into at least the #2 ranking (pending Carleton game at Toronto). Another large affair has Windsor (8-3) visiting McMaster (9-2) on Marauder weekend for a 2 PM start. Both teams have visions of a
Dinos Shock Huskies: Wayne Thomas Canada West Report 14 Jan 2012 3:36 AM (13 years ago)
Dinos Surprise Saskatchewan As 'O-J' Returns Dinos Upset Win Sparked By ‘O-J’ (some extra editing and box score links added) at Calgary Dinos 83 Saskatchewan Huskies 79 - Jarred Ogungbemi-Jackson returned to the Calgary Dinos line-up with a vengeance Friday night, scoring 21 points including 2 free throws with 8 seconds left, which iced it for the home team. Missing for 8
Bill McLean's AUS Report: Just got a whole lot wackier 14 Jan 2012 3:13 AM (13 years ago)
The AUS just got a whole lot wackier as we reach the midway point. The UNB Varsity Reds pulled off the shocker of the new year, upsetting the UPEI Panthers 80-77 at the Richard Currie Centre in Fredericton. Alex DesRoches scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Reds to their biggest win of the season and provide a huge momentum lift as they get right back into the thick of the
T-Wolves strike first; Carleton/Ottawa romp 13 Jan 2012 7:20 PM (13 years ago)
Lakehead 88, Laurier 83 The feature game of the night was filled with runs as the Hawks fell behind 10-0 off the start before going on a 43-23 run using their vaunted transition game for many easy scores until late in the second. Lakehead's ability to convert defensively to limit the break combined with some hot shooting and 20 offensive rebounds on the night allowed T-Wolves to lead
Articles from around the country 13 Jan 2012 10:53 AM (13 years ago)
Yvonne Zacharias of the Vancouver Sun has an excellent piece on Nathan Yu of UBC Ron Rauch of Victoria Times-Colonist profiles Victoria's transfer from Humber College/GTA Michael Acheampong Vikes have an important matchup tonight with Fraser Valley Manitoba / Regina video preview and story Rita Mingo of Calgary Herald Wins at a premium for 3-7 Dinos Shoot and a miss. Reds
OUA / Quebec Tonight 13 Jan 2012 10:38 AM (13 years ago)
Thanks to Bill McLean and Wayne Thomas, readers have full insights into AUS and Canada West action this evening (see previous posts). Here is a quick overview of the other games tonight, including the first of a two game series that could easily decide the OUA West pennant winner with #3 Lakehead at #10 ? Laurier. Lakehead (9-1) at Laurier (9-1) 8 PM ET One of the
Capital Hoops Classic this Wednesday 13 Jan 2012 7:21 AM (13 years ago)
While there is plenty of action across the country on the weekend, next Wednesday's Capital Hoops Classic is already garnering significant attention, at least in the Capital Region. Expectations are for the crowd at Scotiabank Place to be in upwards of 10,000 for this annual event and House Edge Productions has a Capital Hoops Classic primer that tees up the action. As well,
Last Night's CIS Action: 'Cats, Redmen Victorious 13 Jan 2012 5:03 AM (13 years ago)
From Brandon Sports Info: The Brandon Bobcats and Winnipeg Wesmen battled back and forth in a see-saw affair that saw the Bobcats come away with a 70-56 win. There wee nine lead changes, but the Bobcats ran away with it thanks to a dominant third quarter in which they out-score the Wesmen 21-10. Two Bobcats finished with double-doubles and one finished one rebound shy of a double-double.
Bill McLean's AUS Preview: UPEI visits UNB Tonight 13 Jan 2012 4:50 AM (13 years ago)
UPEI (6-2, 12 points) at UNB (2-8, 8 points) "Four point weekend" in the AUS kicks off tonight in Fredericton where the Reds will host the UPEI Panthers. Before Christmas the Panthers were undefeaated and on the cusp of a national rankings. Since then they have lost four straight games dating back to the Rod Shoveller tournament and now find themselves in a four way tie for second place and six
Wayne Thomas Canada West weekend preview II 12 Jan 2012 5:00 PM (13 years ago)
Dinos Hope to Halt Huskies The Calgary Dinos and Saskatchewan Huskies are 10-10 over the past 20 games they’ve played, dating back to February of 2007; but 4 of those U of S wins have come in the last 4 times they’ve met. The Green and White (and black) are one of the CIS’ elite teams right now, as they’re ranked #4 in the CIS, they lead the Prairie Division at 6-3, and they should be
Thursday stuff 12 Jan 2012 8:41 AM (13 years ago)
Big night for Manny Pasquale last night as he errupted for 32 points in Laurentian's 95-75 win over visiting and still-winless York Lions in Sudbury Voyageurs get groove back Mac / Brock from Larry Moko Hamilton Spectator plus Jim Wallace of St. Catharines Standard on Brian Nahimana and last night's loss to the Marauders Injuries hamper Mustangs Morris Dalla Costa in London
OUA Tonight + upset in AUS 11 Jan 2012 7:34 PM (13 years ago)
I am travelling so tonight's report will be a summary precursor to tomorrow a.m when I have better access... To some it was a shocker in sydney as the capers hammered the offensive glass, pulling away late to stun previously unbeaten st.fx 102-88? (Going by memory). Jimmy dorsey had 23 but only 11 after the first 12 minutes but cape breton's pair of young bigs 6'7" native of