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Old Posted Jan 31, 2016, 8:08 AM
GernB GernB is offline
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
I just learned tonight while reading this thread that my metro area has two of the top three university basketball teams in the country.

Yet I've never heard of this until now and every time I listen to Ottawa sports radio stations if they talk college hoops (either local shows or national shows out of Toronto) I am always hearing about Villanova or Texas or whatever.
Yes, and Carleton has been so for the last decade...and have beaten a number of NCAA majors in that time. Ottawa's star has risen more recently but CIS basketball is overall at a very high level. My Alma Mater (U of L) is knocking on the door of a top ten ranking for the first time in years.
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