2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship

2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship
Teams	Eight
Finals site	Richard J. Currie Centre; Fredericton, New Brunswick
Champions	Saskatchewan Huskies (1st title)
Runner-up	Ryerson Rams
	← 2015; Women's Final 8; 2017 →;

The 2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship was held March 17–20, 2016, in Fredericton, New Brunswick, to determine a national champion for the 2015–16 CIS women's basketball season.^[1] It was hosted by University of New Brunswick at the Richard J. Currie Centre.

This proved to be the last Women's Final 8 branded as a CIS championship. On October 20, 2016, Canadian Interuniversity Sport, the country's governing body for university athletics and the organizer of the Final 8, changed its name to U Sports.^[2]

Participating teams

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Seed	Team	Qualified
1	McGill Martlets	Quebec University Champion
2	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Champion
3	Saint Mary's Huskies	Atlantic University Champion
4	Regina Cougars	Canada West Finalist
5	Ryerson Rams	Ontario University Champion
6	Alberta Pandas	Canada West Bronze Medalist
7	Ottawa Gee-Gees	Ontario University Finalist
8	UNB Varsity Reds	Host (Atlantic University Semi-Finalist)

Championship Bracket

First Round: March 17			Semi-Finals: March 14			Final: March 15

7	Ottawa Gee-Gees (17-2)	62

2	Saskatchewan Huskies (18-2)	73
			2	Saskatchewan Huskies	65

			3	Saint Mary's Huskies	58
6	Alberta Pandas (17-3)	52

3	Saint Mary's Huskies (19-1)	53
						2	Saskatchewan Huskies	85

						5	Ryerson Rams	71
8	UNB Varsity Reds (12-8)	52

1	McGill Martlets (15-1)	58
			1	McGill Martlets	72	Bronze Medal Game: March 20

			5	Ryerson Rams	87
5	Ryerson Rams (16-3)	73				3	Saint Mary's Huskies	73

4	Regina Cougars (17-3)	70				1	McGill Martlets	43

Consolation Bracket

Semi-Finals: March 18			Fifth Place Game: March 19

7	Ottawa Gee-Gees (17-2)	60

6	Alberta Pandas (17-3)	69
			6	Alberta Pandas	74

			4	Regina Cougars	73
8	UNB Varsity Reds (12-8)	56

4	Regina Cougars (17-3)	68

References

^ "PREVIEW 2016 ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS women's basketball championship: New champions will be crowned in Fredericton". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
^ "Introducing U Sports" (Press release). U Sports. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
^ CIS list of participating teams

External links

Tournament Web Site

[1] "PREVIEW 2016 ArcelorMittal Dofasco CIS women's basketball championship: New champions will be crowned in Fredericton". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-03-20.

[2] "Introducing U Sports" (Press release). U Sports. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.

[3] CIS list of participating teams

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