47TH OCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP TO BE HANDED OUT AT SHERIDAN

BRAMPTON, Ont. - All roads in Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) men's basketball will run towards Brampton in the 2013-14 season, as the Sheridan College Athletics and Recreation Department proudly announced today that they will host the 2014 OCAA Men's Basketball Championship.

"Our staff has a wealth of experience in hosting high-calibre events, so we're looking forward to putting on a great championship for the OCAA community," Sheridan athletic director Jim Flack said. "We have an extraordinary home base here and we know that we will have a great showing of support for all of the student-athletes that are competing."

"This is a tremendous opportunity for us to showcase the best of the best in OCAA basketball to our students, faculty and staff here at Sheridan, as well as to the greater communities in Peel and Halton," added Sheridan basketball coordinator Tahir Khan. "We will do our absolute best to make this a memorable weekend for all involved, whether that be players, coaches and administrators or simply fans of basketball."

The tournament will be held in the gym on the east side of Sheridan's Davis Campus in Brampton, with quarter-final play on February 27, followed by the semifinals (February 28) and medal games (March 1).

The last time Sheridan hosted a men's basketball championship event was the 2005-06 season, when they staged the CCAA National Championship tournament in the inaugural season of the new Davis Campus gym in Brampton.

They have twice hosted the OCAA championship (2002-03 and 1992-93) and first hosted the CCAA nationals in 1986-87, all at the J.M. Porter Athletic Centre in Oakville.

Sheridan also hosted the OCAA Women's Basketball Championship during the 2008-09 season.

Last season the Bruins won their 10th OCAA championship, and finished fourth nationally after dropping a nail-biting bronze medal game to Langara College (Vancouver) in overtime.

Source: Sheridan College