The 2016 CIS Men's Basketball Championship was held March 17–20, 2016 in Vancouver, British Columbia, to determine a national champion for the 2015–16 CIS men's basketball season.UBC named host of the 2016 CIS men’s basketball Final 8Format changes, Super Championship Weekend officially announced 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.)Peter Gross, sports report, March 21, 2016, CFTR 680 News, Toronto
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.
Participating teams CIS list of participating teams Seed Team Qualified Regular season record/ Playoff record1 Ryerson Rams Ontario University Champion 17-2/3-02 Carleton Ravens Ontario University Runner-Up16-3/2-13 Ottawa Gee-Gees At-Large17-2/2-14 Calgary Dinos Canada West Champion17-3/4-05 McGill Redmen Quebec University Champion12-4/2-06 Dalhousie Tigers Atlantic University Champion 13-7/2-07 Thompson Rivers WolfPack Canada West Runner-Up16-4/4-18 UBC Thunderbirds Host (Canada West 3rd Place)16-4/3-1
Championship Bracket
Consolation Bracket
References
External links Tournament Web Site