The 2018

U Sports U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the Ca ...

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

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. It was hosted by the

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which had previously hosted the tournament in 1979, 2009, and 2013. The top-seeded and undefeated

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won their first

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championship in program history, defeating the sixth-seeded

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. Besides the accomplishment in itself, the win buoyed Carleton's basketball program, whose men's team had failed to appear in the final game for the first time in eight years. The men won the bronze medal in Halifax earlier on the same day its women won the title in Regina.

Participating teams

Women’s Basketball Final 8 Preview: Cougars chase Bronze Baby on home floor
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Championship Bracket

Consolation Bracket

References

External links

Tournament Web Site
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Participating teams

Championship Bracket

Consolation Bracket

See also

References

External links