2022 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship

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2022 U Sports Women's Final 8

Season	2021–22
Teams	Eight
Finals site	Athletic and Recreation Centre (ARC) Kingston, Ontario
Champions	Ryerson Rams (1st title)
Runner-up	Winnipeg Wesmen
Winning coach	Carly Clarke
Tournament MVP	Jama Bin-Edward (Ryerson Rams)
Television	CBC^[1]
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The 2022 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 31 to April 3, 2022, in Kingston, Ontario, to determine a national champion for the 2021–22 U Sports women's basketball season.^[2]^[3] This was the first tournament held since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.^[4] This year's tournament was originally scheduled for March 10 to March 13, 2022, but was delayed three weeks due to ongoing pandemic issues.^[3]

The tournament saw the Ryerson Rams crowned as champions, the school's first U Sports national title.^[5] Ryerson beat Winnipeg, which took the silver medal, while Queen's beat Brock for the bronze.

Host

The tournament was being hosted by Queen's University at its Athletic and Recreation Centre (ARC), the first time Queen's hosted the championship game.^[6] Queen's had originally been awarded hosting duties for the 2021 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship, but the tournament was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.^[7]^[4]

Participating teams

Seed	Team	Qualified	Record	Last	Total
1	Ryerson Rams	OUA Champion	14–0	None	0
2	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Champion	14–2	2020	2
3	Winnipeg Wesmen	Canada West Finalist	14–2	1995	3
4	Brock Badgers	OUA Finalist	12–0	None	0
5	Acadia Axewomen	AUS Champion	11–4	None	0
6	Laval Rouge et Or	RSEQ Champion	7–5	None	0
7	Queen's Gaels	OUA Semifinalist (Host)	9–5	None	0
8	UPEI Panthers	AUS Semifinalist (At-large berth)	11–2	None	0

^[8]^[9]

Championship bracket

First Round: March 31			Semi-Finals: April 2			Gold Medal Game: April 3

1	Ryerson Rams	80

8	UPEI Panthers	49
			1	Ryerson Rams	64

			4	Brock Badgers	56
4	Brock Badgers	85

5	Acadia Axewomen	74
						1	Ryerson Rams	70

						3	Winnipeg Wesmen	48
2	Saskatchewan Huskies	55

7	Queen's Gaels	62
			3	Winnipeg Wesmen	80	Bronze Medal Game: April 3

			7	Queen's Gaels	78
3	Winnipeg Wesmen	81				4	Brock Badgers	57

6	Laval Rouge et Or	67				7	Queen's Gaels	75

Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: April 1			Fifth Place Game: April 3

5	Acadia Axewomen	67

8	UPEI Panthers	78
			2	Saskatchewan Huskies	80

			8	UPEI Panthers	48
2	Saskatchewan Huskies	71

6	Laval Rouge et Or	49

References

^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
^ "U Sports Calendar". usports.ca. U Sports. April 20, 2021. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "U Sports announces updated Winter 2022 Championship Schedule". usports.ca. U Sports. February 2, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "U Sports unable to offer national championships in winter 2021". usports.ca. U Sports. October 15, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ "Undefeated Ryerson cruises past Winnipeg to win 1st U Sports women's basketball title". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. April 3, 2022.
^ "The History of Women's Final 8". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
^ "Queen's to host 2021 U Sports Women's Basketball National Championship". Queen's Gaels. February 1, 2018.
^ "Playing Regulations: Women's Basketball" (PDF). U Sports. January 2022.
^ "Seeding and schedule announced for 2022 Women's Final 8". U Sports. March 27, 2022.

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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