basketball

Team mom and superfan Elena Cruz is fuelling basketball championships at UVic

In the 2024–2025 season, the Vikes secured a national U Sports title. The team uplifted their greatest supporter, Elena Cruz, with a personalized championship ring.

Player poll reveals concerns about gender gap in UVic varsity funding

“It’s always frustrating,” said the player who first raised the fundraising issue, “When we have been working our asses off to only pull in a fourth of what the guys…

Coach Murphy Burnatowski’s ‘competitive fire’ leads Vikes to undefeated opening half of season 

The Vikes haven’t won a national championship title since the 1996-97 season, but this year they are working towards winning the W.P. McGee trophy. Maffia, nearing the end of his…

Vikes basketball previews for season’s second half

On paper, the Vikes should be able to easily handle TWU on Jan. 10 and 11 coming out of the break. TWU sits at fourth in the division, with a…

UVic women’s basketball hosts first tournament of the season

The Vikes Women’s basketball team hosted an invitational tournament at CARSA to start their year, and they're looking forward to the season.

Vikes basketball season starts off with three wins at home

After an impressive trio of wins this weekend, the UVic Vikes men’s basketball team has their eyes set on the title of national champions

Highlights from the UVic Vikes

With the semester coming to a close, varsity sports have also come to an end. The Vikes varsity teams competed well, brought home hardware, and put up jaw-dropping performances. While…

Top 10 sport stories of the decade

With 2019 and another decade officially behind us, it’s time to not only look back on the biggest sports stories of the past 365 days, but of the previous 10…

Barrett leads Canada over China at basketball showcase in Victoria

Professional hoops returned for the second time this calendar year to Greater Victoria, as the Canadian men’s national team took on team China as part of the Pacific Rim Basketball…