The University of Northern British Columbia is set to host the CN 2009 CCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship this upcoming weekend in Prince George, BC. This years field will feature two teams from the OCAA as the Humber Hawks earned their way in as the Champions from Ontario, while the Algonquin Thunder were awarded one the wildcards spots. The Hawks enter the tournament as the third seed and will take on the six seed from Montmorency at 3pm on the 20th. Prior to the Humber games the seventh seeded Algonquin Thunder will square off against Mount Royal at 1pm.

The tournament officially gets under way on Thursday night at the Awards Banquet. Algonquin’s Charly Spurr is nominated for the CCAA Player of the Year award, while Humber’s coach Darrell Glenn is nominated for the CCAA Coach of the Year award. Brady Bolan of Cambrian and Charly Spurr of the Thunder will be recognized as CCAA All-Canadians.

The CN 2009 CCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship features the top eight men’s basketball teams in Canada, seeding in the following order:

1) MSVU
2) Mount Royal
3) Humber
4) Champlain
5) UBC-O
6) Montmorency
7) Algonquin
8) UNBC

Friday March 20th
Game #1 1pm - MRC vs Algonquin
Game #2 3pm - Humber vs Montmorency
Game #3 6pm - Champlain vs UBC-O
Game #4 8pm - MSVU vs UNBC

Saturday March 21st
Game #5 1pm - loser game 1 vs. loser game 2
Game #6 3pm - loser game 3 vs. loser game 4
Game #7 6pm - winner game 1 vs. winner game 2
Game #8 8pm - winner game 3 vs. winner game 4

Sunday March 22nd
Game #9 10am - winner game 6 vs. loser game 7
Game #10 12am - winner game 5 vs. loser game 8
Game #11 2pm – loser game 5 vs. loser game 6 (7th & 8th place)
Game #12 6pm – winner game 9 vs. winner game 10 (Bronze Medal)
Game #13 8pm – winner game 7 vs. winner game 8 (Gold Medal)

For all the latest news, results and developments within the 2009 CCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship be sure to check out http://www.unbc.ca/nationals/index.html