CIS200910 Canada West womens basketball preview Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Canada West OUA QSSF AUS CIS 5 Year Championship Schedule Womens Basketball Final 8 Round 1 East Regional Round 1 Central Regional Round 1 West Regional Mens Basketball Final 8 Cross Country Curling Womens Field Hockey Football Desjardins Vanier Cup Womens Ice Hockey Mens Ice Hockey University Cup Womens Rugby Womens Soccer Mens Soccer Swimming Track & Field Womens Volleyball Mens Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Cross Country Curling Field Hockey Ice Hockey Rugby Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling Basketball Curling Cross Country Football Ice Hockey Soccer Swimming Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling SSN Canada Website SSN Canada Webcast Schedule Le 5 Partant QSSF Basketball Show CIS Womens Hockey Weekly CIS Touchdown Football Show SSN Webcast Schedule Canada West OUA QSSF AUS Home Universiades FISU World University Championships StudentAthlete Info Members Info International Programs Committee About International Program Services International History Past Medalists Official BLG Website Past BLG Winners BLG Awards History History Past Winners Standings ScheduleResults Playoffs Stat Leaders Ind Stats Team Stats Past Stats CANADAfirst News 200910 Canada West womens basketball previewby Canada West Sports Information Offices OverviewCanada West basketball sees a big change in the league format adopting a twodivision system with the Great Plains and Central Divisions merged and a Pacific Division that remains intact The playoff format sees four Prairie teams make the postseason three Pacific schools in and a wild card team between the Prairie fifthplace finisher and Pacific fourthplace squad Team by TeamThis is the final CIS season for the Simon Fraser Clan defending CIS champions and a team intent of repeating The Clan are a closeknit bunch who had hoped for one more year together but NCAA rules next year will prevent that meaning AllCanadians Robyn Buna and Laurelle Weigl along with Kate Hole Matteke Hutzler and fifthyear seniors Lisa Tindle and Brea McLaughlin are all playing their final year of university basketball Saskatchewan Huskies head coach Lisa Thomaidis and her squad return most of a roster that went 184 in conference play last season but wants to avenge postseason struggles that saw them finish seventh at Nationals Guards Jill Humbert and AllCanadian Kim Tulloch along with forwards Marci Kiselyk and Jana Spindler are all back in the starting lineup CIS Player of the Year Kayla Dykstra of the Victoria Vikes enters her fourth year of eligibility with a higher goal a CIS championship After accompli...