With Files from the OCAA
TORONTO - Following an unprecedented delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association returns to the court in both basketball and volleyball beginning Wednesday, Feb. 9.
2022 OCAA REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULES
Basketball - Men / Women
Volleyball - Men / Women
With the most recent provincial public safety measures last month, the OCAA has reconfigured its regular season formats in both sports in an effort to maximize the number of games and different opponents for each team. The OCAA has adopted a traditional East-West format with the following schools in each division.
| BASKETBALL | |
| East | West |
| Algonquin (Ottawa) - Men / Women | Canadore (North Bay) - Men |
| Centennial (Scarborough) - Men / Women | Conestoga (Kitchener) - Men / Women |
| Durham (Oshawa) - Men / Women | Fanshawe (London) - Men / Women |
| Fleming (Peterborough) - Men | Humber (Etobicoke) - Men |
| George Brown (Toronto) - Men / Women | Lambton (Sarnia) - Men / Women |
| Georgian (Barrie) - Men | Mohawk (Hamilton) - Men / Women |
| Humber (Etobicoke) - Women | Niagara (Welland) - Men / Women |
| Loyalist (Belleville) - Men / Women | Redeemer (Ancaster) - Men / Women |
| Seneca (North York) - Men / Women | St. Clair (Windsor) - Men / Women |
| St. Lawrence (Kingston) - Men / Women | Sheridan (Brampton) - Men / Women |
| Please note: Humber's men's and women's basketball teams will play in opposite divisions in 2022 | |
| VOLLEYBALL | |
| East | West |
| Algonquin (Ottawa) - Men / Women | Boréal (Sudbury) - Men / Women |
| Canadore (North Bay) - Men / Women | Cambrian (Sudbury) - Men / Women |
| Centennial (Scarborough) - Men | Conestoga (Kitchener) - Men / Women |
| Cité (Ottawa) - Women | Fanshawe (London) - Men / Women |
| Durham (Oshawa) - Men / Women | Humber (Etobicoke) - Men / Women |
| Fleming (Peterborough) - Men / Women | Mohawk (Hamilton) - Men / Women |
| George Brown (Toronto) - Men / Women | Niagara (Welland) - Men / Women |
| Georgian (Barrie) - Men / Women | Redeemer (Ancaster) - Men / Women |
| Loyalist (Belleville) - Men / Women | St. Clair (Windsor) - Men / Women |
| Seneca (North York) - Men / Women | Sheridan (Oakville) - Men / Women |
Basketball tips off Wednesday with three doubleheaders as the Conestoga Condors (Kitchener) visit the Fanshawe Falcons (London) and the St. Clair Saints (Windsor) host the Lambton Lions (Sarnia) in men's and women's action, while the Humber Hawks (Etobicoke) entertain Centennial's (Scarborough) women and Mohawk's (Hamilton) men. One single men's game will take place as the Georgian Grizzlies (Barrie) host the Centennial Colts (Scarborough).
Volleyball debuts on Thursday with three doubleheaders with the Conestoga Condors (Kitchener) visiting the Humber Hawks (Etobicoke), the Fanshawe Falcons (London) welcoming the Sheridan Bruins (Oakville) and the Durham Lords (Oshawa) hosting the Loyalist Lancers (Belleville) for men's and women's action. One single men's match will take place as the Seneca Sting (North York) hosts the Centennial Colts (Scarborough).
Each team will play a single round robin within its division totalling eight (8) or nine (9) regular season games beginning Wednesday and ending Mar. 6. Due to less teams in women's basketball, teams will also play an additional game against a divisional opponent for eight (8) total games. A total of 145 basketball and 162 volleyball regular games will be played over a span of 26 days. All OCAA regular and post-season basketball and volleyball games will be webcast on OCAA LIVE.
The top eight (8) teams in each division advance to the post-season (all teams in women's basketball will advance accordingly). Division rivals will compete once again, with the first-place team hosting eighth, second place hosting seventh, etc., based on final regular season standings. An East-West crossover will then take place in the quarter-finals based on a predetermined schedule grid. The semi-finals and medal games will take place Mar. 16-17 at the home of the top remaining seed.
| OCAA PLAYOFF FORMAT | ||
| Divisional Playoffs - Mar. 9-10 | Quarter-Finals - Mar. 12-13 | OCAA Bronze Medal Game - Mar. 17 |
| Game 1: 8th East at 1st East | QF 1: Winner Game 8 at Winner Game 1 | Loser SF 1 vs. Loser SF 2 |
| Game 2: 7th East at 2nd East | QF 2: Winner Game 7 at Winner Game 2 | |
| Game 3: 6th East at 3rd East | QF 3: Winner Game 3 at Winner Game 6 | OCAA Gold Medal Game - Mar. 17 |
| Game 4: 5th East at 4th East | QF 4: Winner Game 4 at Winner Game 5 | Winner SF 1 vs. Winner SF 2 |
| Game 5: 8th West at 1st West | ||
| Game 6: 7th West at 2nd West | Semi-Finals - Mar. 16 | |
| Game 7: 6th West at 3rd West | SF 1: Winner of QF 1 vs. Winner of QF 3 | |
| Game 8: 5th West at 4th West | SF 2: Winner of QF 2 vs. Winner of QF 4 | |
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