If tonightB次元官网网址檚 (Feb. 17) UVic Vikes menB次元官网网址檚 and womenB次元官网网址檚 basketball games needed an added buzz, they got it.
UVic is hosting the final leg of the 2011-12 Shoot for the Cure campaign, the last of all 43 CIS schools.
It falls on a must-win game for the Vikes women. If theyB次元官网网址檙e going to make the playoffs, the Vikes need to defeat the UBC Thunderbirds.
UVicB次元官网网址檚 menB次元官网网址檚 team has fared better this season but to start the playoffs at home, they too need to beat the Thunderbirds.
ItB次元官网网址檚 a weekend of high-calibre hoops, as the Vikes men are ranked No. 6 in the country, UBCB次元官网网址檚 men are ranked No. 5 and UBCB次元官网网址檚 women are ranked No. 4.
In the 2010-11 season, CIS schools raised over $140,000 to fight breast cancer.
Tip-off is 6 p.m. for the women and 8 p.m. for the men at UVicB次元官网网址檚 McKinnon Gymnasium.
