Wednesday morning we fly out of Montreal for what we expect to be a fantastic trip. The West Coast is always beautiful and we will get a chance to see some of it while in Vancouver and Victoria. The ferry ride over to Vancouver Island will be a new experience for all our guys and it will help make a great team bonding opportunity.
The seascape/landscape etc...will be fabulous, but we are going there to play some basketball! We will compete against 3 very good teams in their own gyms and wins will be very hard to come by. Thursday night we face traditional CIS power UVIC in Victoria who was ranked as high as #5 in the CIS last season. We had a great game against them last year beating them at the Carleton Tournament. No doubt they have not forgotten that and will be out to settle the score. Friday the challenge is a very talented & experienced UBC team that will be looking to bounce back from a mediocre (by their standards) season last year. Expect UBC to be a top 2 or 3 team in the CIS this year. It does not get much easier Saturday when we are up against Trinity Western that boasts a high tempo team with outstanding guards and aggressive forwards. No easy games in this bunch, but I am confident we will return from this trip a much better team.
The UVIC game will be webcast: www.canadawest.tv
Game Times listed are Pacific time:
Thursday @ UVIC 6 pm
Friday @ UBC 7 pm
Saturday @ TWU 5 pm
Looking forward to seeing a few alumni out this week!
Rod
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