title: 2018 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship
text: # 2018 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship
  
  The 2018 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 8–11, 2018, in Regina, Saskatchewan. It was hosted by the University of Regina which had previously hosted the tournament in 1979, 2009, and 2013.
  
  The top-seeded and undefeated Carleton Ravens won their first Bronze Baby championship in program history, defeating the sixth-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies. Besides the accomplishment in itself, the win buoyed Carleton's basketball program, whose men's team had failed to appear in the final game for the first time in eight years. The men won the bronze medal in Halifax earlier on the same day its women won the title in Regina.
  
  ## Participating teams
  
  | Seed | Team | Qualified |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Carleton Ravens | OUA Champion |
  | 2 | Regina Cougars | Canada West Champion (Host) |
  | 3 | Acadia Axewomen | AUS Champion |
  | 4 | McGill Martlets | RSEQ Champion |
  | 5 | McMaster Marauders | OUA Finalist |
  | 6 | Saskatchewan Huskies | Canada West Finalist |
  | 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | RSEQ Finalist (At-large berth) |
  | 8 | Calgary Dinos | Canada West Bronze Medalist |
  
  ## Championship Bracket
  
  | First Round: March 8 | First Round: March 8 | First Round: March 8 | Semi-Finals: March 10 | Semi-Finals: March 10 | Semi-Finals: March 10 | Final: March 11 | Final: March 11 | Final: March 11 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 56 | | | | | | |
  | 2 | Regina Cougars | 76 | | | | | | |
  | 2 | Regina Cougars | 76 | 6 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 74 | | | |
  | | | | 2 | Regina Cougars | 71 | | | |
  | 6 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 72 | 2 | Regina Cougars | 71 | | | |
  | 3 | Acadia Axewomen | 67 | | | | | | |
  | 3 | Acadia Axewomen | 67 | | | | 6 | Saskatchewan Huskies | 48 |
  | | | | | | | 1 | Carleton Ravens | 69 |
  | 8 | Calgary Dinos | 42 | | | | | | | 1 | Carleton Ravens | 69 |
  | 1 | Carleton Ravens | 52 | | | |
  | 1 | Carleton Ravens | 52 | 4 | McGill Martlets | 44 | Bronze Medal Game: March 11 | Bronze Medal Game: March 11 | Bronze Medal Game: March 11 |
  | | | | 1 | Carleton Ravens | 46 |
  | 5 | McMaster Marauders | 39 | 1 | Carleton Ravens | 46 | 4 | McGill Martlets | 63 |
  | 4 | McGill Martlets | 55 | | | | 2 | Regina Cougars | 66 |
  
  ## Consolation Bracket
  
  | Semi-Finals: March 9 | Semi-Finals: March 9 | Semi-Finals: March 9 | Fifth Place Game: March 10 | Fifth Place Game: March 10 | Fifth Place Game: March 10 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 74 | | | |
  | 3 | Acadia Axewomen | 63 | | | |
  | 3 | Acadia Axewomen | 63 | 8 | Calgary Dinos | 71 |
  | | | | 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 68 |
  | 8 | Calgary Dinos | 60 | 7 | Laval Rouge et Or | 68 |
  | 5 | McMaster Marauders | 52 | | | |
  