OTTAWA (Mar. 4, 2024) - The Carleton Ravens women's basketball team will be the second seed at the U SPORTS Women’s Final 8, presented by the Westin Edmonton. U SPORTS announced the seeding on Sunday for the 2024 national tournament, which runs from Thursday to Sunday at the Saville Community Sports Centre on the campus of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
The Ravens will tip off the tournament at 12:30 p.m. MST / 2:30 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 7, when they face the University of Fraser Valley Cascades.
The Ravens (21-1, 3-0) are back-to-back Critelli Cup Champions and enter the tournament having won 15 straight games. UFV are the Canada West bronze medalists earning the host berth after Alberta qualified as the Canada West silver medalists.
The Ravens and Cascades have never met outside of preseason tournaments with the last meeting coming at the preseason Calgary Cup in 2019.
All 11 games from the eight-team competition will be broadcast live on CBC Sports digital platforms in English. In French, the games will be carried on Radio Canada’s digital platforms (French), with Sunday’s gold medal game being aired on TVA Sports. The schedule will be available throughout the tournament at usports.ca/en/broadcast.
