U Sports Canadian University Basketball

U Sports 45 Vogell Road, #701 Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada L4B 3P6 Phone: (905) 508-3000 Fax: (905) 508-4221 E-mail: office@usports.ca Website: usports.ca/en

U Sports History

U SPORTS is the national association for university sports in Canada. Every year, over 20,000 student-athletes and 900 coaches from 56 universities vie for 21 national championships in 12 different sports. The original Canadian Interuniversity Athletic Union (CIAU) Central was founded in 1906 and existed until 1955, composed only of universities from Ontario and Quebec. The Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (CIAU) was founded in 1961 In 1978, the governing body of the league changed its name to the Canadian Interuniversity Athletics Union. The body's name was changed in 2001 to Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), and most recently in 2016, to the current U Sports.

U Sports Mens University Conferences

U Sports Mens University Basketball

A listing of current U Sports Basketball conferences, teams and contact information. Unique to the Street are past basketball conference champions listing, available from each conference page. The conferences are as follows:

Atlantic University Sports Canada West Ontario University Athletics Quebec Student Sports Federation

U Sports Mens Basketball Previous Conferences

Great Plains Athletic Association Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association Quebec-Ontario Athletic Association (QOAA) Ontario Intercollegiate Athletic Association (OIAA) Ottawa-St Lawrence Intercollegiate Athletic Association (OIAA)

U Sports Mens Basketball Championship

The U Sports Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring. The Final Eight is held over a weekend at a host site to determione the national champion. The championship started in 1963.

U Sports Mens Basketball Championship