St. Clair Men’s Basketball Reaching for National Title in Calgary
Having won the OCAA Provincial Gold Medal last weekend the St. Clair College Men’s Basketball team leave Tuesday for the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association National Championship being hosted by Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) in Calgary, AB March 16-19. As a bonus the University of Calgary’s Jack Simpson Gymnasium will be the playing site for the 8-team bracket tournament.
St. Clair (18-3) is riding a 15-game win streak and have not tasted defeat since before the holiday break. The Saints received a top ranking in their half of the draw and will open the Championship against St. Mary’s University (Calgary, AB) on Thursday at 3:00pm (EST) in their quarter-final match-up. The Lightning were outside the final regular season national rankings but upset #15 Lakeland and #10 Lethbridge before losing to #12 SAIT in the Alberta Conference Championship final.
The medal games will be played on Sunday but see below the entire championship schedule.
Thu. March 16th
Match 1 – Quarter-final (St. Mary’s Lightning vs. St. Clair Saints) 1:00 PM MDT
Match 2 – Quarter-final (VIU Mariners vs. Dawson Blues) 3:00 PM MDT
Match 3 – Quarter-final (Capilano Blues vs. George Brown Huskies) 6:00 PM MDT
Match 4 – Quarter-final (Holland Hurricanes vs. SAIT Trojans) 8:00 PM MDT
Fri. March 17th
Match 5 – Bronze quarter-final (Loser of Match 1 vs. Loser of Match 2) 1:00 PM MDT
Match 6 – Bronze quarter-final (Loser of Match 3 vs. Loser of Match 4) 3:00 PM MDT
Match 7 – Semi-final (Winner of Match 1 vs. Winner of Match 2) 6:00 PM MDT
Match 8 – Semi-final (Winner of Match 3 vs. Winner of Match 4) 8:00 PM MDT
Sat. March 18th
Match 9 – Placement Match (Loser of Match 5 vs. Loser of Match 6) 1:00 PM MDT
Match 10 – Bronze semi-final (Winner of Match 6 vs. Loser of Match 7) 3:00 PM MDT
Match 11 – Bronze semi-final (Winner of Match 5 vs. Loser of Match 8) 6:00 PM MDT
Sun. March 19th
Match 12 – Bronze Medal (Winner of Match 10 vs. Winner of Match 11) 1:00 PM MDT
Match 13 – Championship Final (Winner of Match 7 vs. Winner of Match 8) 3:00 PM MDT