Commentary

Two defence-first teams came first in both Ontario divisions, and it was the Lakehead Thunderwolves who shut down the Carleton Ravens to win the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) title last weekend.

I’m hoping you’re familiar with Tyson Hinz, Cole Hobin and the rest of the Ravens, so let’s learn a bit more about this Thunder Bay, Ont. squad that beat Carleton at their own game.

The Eastern Canada men’s basketball teams make up the bottom three tournament seeds for this weekend’s national championships and all have tough first-round match-ups.

The Carleton Ravens men’s basketball team swept all four major awards handed out by the Ontario University Athletics East division March 4, including a most valuable player honour for second-year forward Tyson Hinz.

In the 2006-07 season, a 19-3 regular season propelled the Ravens men’s basketball team to the nationals in Halifax. Victories against the Acadia Axemen, the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Brandon Bobcats led the team to a Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) national title.