The 2018

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Men's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11, 2018 in

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. It was hosted by

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, which also hosted in 1971 on campus in

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. The tournament was held at the

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for the second consecutive year, and was the 31st time the tournament had been played in Halifax.CIS men’s basketball: ArcelorMittal Dofasco Final 8 to return to Halifax in 2017 and 2018
/ref> For the first time in eight years—and just the third time in the past 16—a team other than the

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claimed the national title. The

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edged out the

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to take the championship. It was the first national title for Calgary, and the second consecutive appearance (and loss) in the final game for Ryerson. Carleton took the bronze medal over the

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. While the Ravens took some consolation in that, Carleton basketball was buoyed later the same day (March 11), when its women's team claimed its first-ever national crown, in Regina.

Tournament seeds

Results

Bracket

;Championship Bracket ;Consolation Bracket

Quarter-finals

Consolation Semi-Finals

Semi-finals

Fifth place

Third place

Final

References

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Sports competitions in Halifax, Nova Scotia

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