Winnipeg, MB – Due to inclement weather and unsafe road conditions expected to hit southern Manitoba over the next 24 hours, the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference and host Providence College have decided to postpone all games and events originally scheduled for Friday, March 11. The Final 4 tournament will resume with four semifinal games on Saturday, March 12, and the two championship games on Sunday, March 13. Providence College hosts the 2011 Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Final 4 Basketball Championships on Saturday, March 12 and Sunday, March 13 in Otterburne, Manitoba



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FRIDAY MARCH 10:



No game or events scheduled



SATURDAY MARCH 11:



  • 11:00 am - Championship Banquet

  • 2:00 pm - RRC vs CMU (Women)

  • 4:00 pm - CMU vs RRC (Men)

  • 6:00 pm - U of W vs Providence (Women)

  • 8:00 pm - U of W vs Oak Hills (Men)



SUNDAY MARCH 12:



  • 1:00 pm - Women's Gold Medal Game

  • 3:00 pm - Men's Gold Medal Game

  • (NO bronze medal games)








The #2 seeded men’s team,
the Red River College Rebels will be chasing their third consecutive conference
title against perennial rivals, the #3 ranked Canadian Mennonite University
Blazers, as well as MCAC newcomers; the University of Winnipeg College Wesmen
who are ranked #1, and the Oak Hills Christian College Wolf Pack from Bemidji,
Minnesota who are ranked #4.



The host Providence
College Freemen women will take their #4 ranking into the tournament and try to
turn some heads against the #1 ranked University of Winnipeg College Wesmen and
#3 ranked Canadian Mennonite University Blazers. The #2 ranked Red River
College Rebels will come into the weekend the heavy favourites after knocking
off the previously undefeated Wesmen twice, both by large margins, in early
February.



Providence will also be hosting the 2010-2011 basketball awards luncheon
on Saturday morning where the MCAC will name their men’s and women’s
all-conference team and regular season MVP selections. Men’s and Women’s Final
4 tournament MVPs will be awarded Sunday evening following their respected
championship games.



 



Final 4 game results and award recipients will be available
up-to-the-minute at
http://bit.ly/BBallFinal4s and https://twitter.com/MCACathletics


 




For more information and other updates, stay tuned to http://www.mcacathetics.ca





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