CIS women's basketball hosts, wildcard announced for Regionals
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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 缅北强奸 Martlets were not among them.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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).
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Finally, in the Eastern Regional, UNB will host Toronto (OUA bronze), Western Ontario (OUA 5) and Fraser Valley (Canada West 4) in Fredericton.
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SSN Canada will have live webcasts of all games from the three events. The webcasts are available through or .
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Following is a complete Regionals schedule including first-round matchups.
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REGIONAL TOURNAMENTS SCHEDULE
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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
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Saturday, March 12
19:00 Final
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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
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Saturday, March 12
19:00 Final
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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
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Saturday, March 12
TBD Final
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For more information contact:
Michel B茅langer
Manager, Communications & Media Relations
Canadian Interuniversity Sport
Off: (613) 562-5670 ext. 25
Cell: (613) 447-6334
belanger [at] universitysport.ca