Tag: Basketball
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Instant impact of transfers
Jacob Smith Mending gaps while players develop, adding on finishing touches to a championship roster, acquiring transfers has been a massive tool for many programs. TMU, Ottawa, Brock, Western, Carleton, the list goes on with examples of programs filling spots with veteran talent who can come in and make an immediate impact over the last…
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Nipissing is the story that wasn’t told
Jacob Smith The Nipissing Lakers’ 2024 season was somewhat lost among the other storylines surrounding OUA women’s basketball. While Carleton was going on their title defence, the mid pack teams were fighting for seeding, the fight for the lower seeds had a team putting together a fight for their first playoff appearance. In the third…
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Gee-Gees climb the mountain to OUA Women’s Basketball greatness
Jacob Smith The Ottawa Gee-Gees have done it. The new Critelli Cup champions, Ottawa went across the city and took down Carleton 70-61, to win their first Critelli Cup since 2011-2012. After years of being on the fringe of a championship, they got over the top and they can call themselves champs. Carleton wanted to…
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Madalyn, Nehita and Brooke highlight OUA Awards
Jacob Smith It’s championship week which means it’s awards week. The OUA end of season awards were just announced and we can now look back at some incredible seasons by the league’s best. Let’s look at the Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year recipients. Madalyn is unstoppable…
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Screens and Space for the Ravens and Bold
Jacob Smith For the third time in four years, the TMU Bold and Carleton Ravens will meet in the OUA playoffs. Two of those three times have come in the semifinal including this one between the four seed Bold and first seed Ravens. Carleton is still undefeated, TMU finished the regular season 17-5, now they’re…
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Bottling up guards the key for Gee-Gees versus Lancers
Jacob Smith A spot in the Critelli Cup final on the line. The two seed hosts the three seed when the Ottawa Gee-Gees take on the Windsor Lancers in Ottawa. Let’s look at what the defensive keys are for both sides to come out victorious. The Ottawa Gee-Gees finished 19-3 with their only losses by…
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We’re at this spot again, Bold versus Badgers
Jacob Smith Here we go again, part 3 this year and part I can’t count over the past five years. It’s the TMU Bold and the Brock Badgers in OUA quarterfinal action with the winner moving on. Once again these two teams meet in a very high stakes game and another chapter of the rivalry…
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Ravens start title defence against Marauders
Jacob Smith The Ravens are undefeated, the Marauders come in as the eight seed. Two teams entering the Ravens nest with sights on the OUA semifinals. Let’s talk about how each side gets it done. The Marauders are coming off playing three games in five days ending in their first round victory over the Western…
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X-Factors, dominant guard play the focus for Gee-Gees and Gaels
Jacob Smith The Ottawa Gee-Gees and Queen’s Gaels are 5-5 in their games over the past 5 seasons. They’ve only met 3 times in the playoffs, twice dating back to 2013, but coming from the same division they are very familiar with each other, and they meet in the OUA quarterfinals. Let’s breakdown the approach…
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Lancers and Gryphons, the details in the defence
Jacob Smith The Guelph Gryphons took on one division opponent in the Laurier Golden Hawks in the first round of the OUA playoffs, now they take on another. The quarterfinal round is upon us and Guelph takes on the team who finished above them in the division, the Windsor Lancers. A lot of familiarity between…
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