2025 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship

2025 U Sports Women's Final 8
Season2024–25
TeamsEight
Finals siteDoug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
UBC War Memorial Gymnasium
Vancouver, British Columbia
ChampionsSaskatchewan Huskies (3rd title)
Runner-upCarleton Ravens
Winning coachLisa Thomaidis (3rd title)
Championship MVPGage Grassick (Saskatchewan)
TelevisionCBC[1]

The 2025 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 13–16, 2025, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports women's basketball season.[2][3] The top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the two-time defending champion Carleton Ravens 85–66 to claim the program's third national championship.[4]

Host

The tournament was hosted by the University of British Columbia at the school's Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre and UBC War Memorial Gymnasium.[3] It was also held concurrently with the 2025 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship, hence the necessity for two venues, which is also the first time in U Sports history that both tournaments were hosted by one school in the same year.[3] This was the first time that UBC has hosted the tournament.[2][5]

Participating teams

The seeding for teams was announced on March 9, 2025, with the Laval Rouge et Or being awarded the at-large berth.[6]

Seed Team Qualified Record Last Total
1 Saskatchewan Huskies Canada West Champion 18–2 2020 2
2 Ottawa Gee-Gees OUA Champion 19–3 None 0
3 Carleton Ravens OUA Finalists 22–0 2024 3
4 Saint Mary's Huskies AUS Champion 18–2 None 0
5 UBC Thunderbirds Canada West Finalist (Host) 18–2 2008 6
6 Bishop's Gaiters RSEQ Champion 11–5 1984 2
7 Laval Rouge et Or RSEQ Finalist (At-large berth) 14–2 None 0
8 Alberta Pandas Canada West Bronze 18–2 1999 1

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Championship bracket

First Round: March 13 Semi-Finals: March 15 Gold Medal Game: March 16
         
1 Saskatchewan Huskies 67
8 Alberta Pandas 58
1 Saskatchewan Huskies 85
5 UBC Thunderbirds 63
4 Saint Mary's Huskies 50
5 UBC Thunderbirds 55
1 Saskatchewan Huskies 85
3 Carleton Ravens 66
2 Ottawa Gee-Gees 70 (OT)
7 Laval Rouge et Or 67
2 Ottawa Gee-Gees 60 Bronze Medal Game: March 16
3 Carleton Ravens 84
3 Carleton Ravens 71 2 Ottawa Gee-Gees 68
6 Bishop's Gaiters 44 5 UBC Thunderbirds 61

Consolation bracket

Semi-Finals: March 14 Fifth Place Game: March 15
      
4 Saint Mary's Huskies 61
8 Alberta Pandas 68
7 Laval Rouge et Or 38
8 Alberta Pandas 64
6 Bishop's Gaiters 61
7 Laval Rouge et Or 63

References

  1. ^ "CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "U Sports awards 2025 women's and men's basketball Final 8 to UBC". usports.ca. U Sports. February 9, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "U Sports awards 2025 women's and men's basketball Final 8 to UBC". gothunderbirds.ca. UBC Thunderbirds. February 9, 2023.
  4. ^ "Huskies have their day as Saskatchewan rolls to Bronze Baby". usports.ca. U Sports. March 16, 2025.
  5. ^ "The History of Women's Final 8". usports.ca. U Sports. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Saskatchewan women, Ottawa men grab top spots heading into 2025 Final 8s". U Sports. March 9, 2025.
  7. ^ "Playing Regulations: Women's Basketball" (PDF). U Sports. August 2023.
  8. ^ "Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs" (PDF). U Sports. August 2019.
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