The 2016 CIS Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 17–20, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia.,[1][2] hosted by the University of British Columbia at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre. This was the second time UBC hosted, and the third time the tournament was played in B.C.

In dynastic fashion, the Carleton Ravens won their sixth straight title, their 12th in 14 years, this time over the Calgary Dinos. The Ryerson Rams, ranked number one in the country going into the tournament (a first in any sport for the school), took the bronze medal over the Dalhousie Tigers in a second consecutive third-place finish. Carleton set a record with the win, earning the most national championships in men's basketball than any top division college in Canada or the United States. (Carleton and UCLA were tied with 11 wins, prior to this.)[3]

All tournament games were shown live online via the CIS website (using Stretch Internet), with the semi-final and final games on a pay-per-view basis. The semi-final and final games were on television's Sportsnet 360 and on its online service.

This proved to be the last Men'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.[4]

Participating teams

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Seed Team Qualified Regular season record/

Playoff record

1 Ryerson Rams Ontario University Champion 17-2/3-0
2 Carleton Ravens Ontario University Runner-Up 16-3/2-1
3 Ottawa Gee-Gees At-Large 17-2/2-1
4 Calgary Dinos Canada West Champion 17-3/4-0
5 McGill Redmen Quebec University Champion 12-4/2-0
6 Dalhousie Tigers Atlantic University Champion 13-7/2-0
7 Thompson Rivers WolfPack Canada West Runner-Up 16-4/4-1
8 UBC Thunderbirds Host (Canada West 3rd Place) 16-4/3-1

Championship Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

First Round: March 17 Semi-Finals: March 19 Final: March 20
         
7 Thompson Rivers WolfPack 75
2 Carleton Ravens 91
2 Carleton Ravens 76
6 Dalhousie Tigers 66
6 Dalhousie Tigers 87
3 Ottawa Gee-Gees 83
2 Carleton Ravens 101
4 Calgary Dinos 79
5 McGill Redmen 69
4 Calgary Dinos 72
4 Calgary Dinos 98
1 Ryerson Rams 87
8 UBC Thunderbirds 101
1 Ryerson Rams 109*
Bronze Medal Game: March 20
   
6 Dalhousie Tigers 78
1 Ryerson Rams 85

Consolation Bracket

Semi-Finals: March 18 Fifth Place Game: March 19
      
7 Thompson Rivers WolfPack 77
3 Ottawa Gee-Gees 78
3 Ottawa Gee-Gees 76
8 UBC Thunderbirds 93
5 McGill Redmen 68
8 UBC Thunderbirds 69

References

  1. ↑ UBC named host of the 2016 CIS men’s basketball Final 8
  2. ↑ Format changes, Super Championship Weekend officially announced
  3. ↑ Peter Gross, sports report, March 21, 2016, CFTR 680 News, Toronto
  4. ↑ "Introducing U Sports" (Press release). U Sports. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ CIS list of participating teams
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