2016 CIS Women's Basketball Championship

Canadian university 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. 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.

Participating teams

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

U Sports basketball

AUS

Canada West

OUA

West	Algoma Thunderbirds (M/W) Guelph Gryphons (M/W) Waterloo Warriors (Men's/W) Western Mustangs (M/W) Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks (M/W) Windsor Lancers (M/Women's)
Central	Brock Badgers (M/Women's) Lakehead Thunderwolves (M/W) McMaster Marauders (M/W) TMU Bold (M/Women's) Toronto Varsity Blues (M/W) York Lions (M/W)
East	Carleton Ravens (Men's/Women's) Laurentian Voyageurs (M/Women's) Nipissing Lakers (M/W) Ontario Tech Ridgebacks (M/W) Ottawa Gee-Gees (M/W) Queen's Gaels (M/W)

RSEQ

Main

Championships

Men's	National championship 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 Wilson Cup (OUA)
Women's	National championship 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027

Awards

Championship MVP (women's)
Nan Copp Award (women's)
Kathy Shields Award (women's)
Defensive player of the year (women's)
Sylvia Sweeney Award (women's)
Coach of the Year (women's)
R.W. Pugh Fair Play Award (women's)
Tracy MacLeod Award (women's)
Lois and Doug Mitchell Awards (U Sports)

Other

Capital Hoops Classic

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