Undefeated Calgary Dinos gunning for second straight Canadian university men’s basketball title Globe_Sports
Members of the Calgary Dinos celebrate with the W.P. McGee trophy after defeating the Ryerson Rams to win the U Sports men's basketball national championship, in Halifax, on March 11, 2018.The Calgary Dinos went undefeated in the 2018-19 Canadian university men’s basketball regular season, something no other team in this week’s Final 8 tournament achieved.
It wasn’t enough, however, to earn them the No. 1 seed in the tournament, which tips off Friday. That honour went to the Carleton Ravens, prompting plenty of social media chatter when the seedings were announced. The Dinos also didn’t reach the top spot in any of the weekly rankings in the regular season.“I feel like we’re not respected. ... People think that after ‘the shot’ it makes last year a fluke, and that we didn’t deserve to be there,” added Diawara, the Dinos’ top scorer with 17.
“I don’t know how it can be a fluke unless everybody thinks that our conference isn’t that good. I know it is, and I don’t see it as a fluke at all.”
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