Both the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association (OCAA) Men's Basketball Championship and the OCAA Women's Basketball Championship were held from March 1 to 3, and Fanshawe's men's team brought home the bronze.

The Men's Championship, held in Ottawa, saw some fierce competition. The Fanshawe Falcons came off of a 12-6 season to claim the bronze medal, defeating Algoma University 92-63. "We didn't play well our first game, but then we played two games to win the bronze. And we played well. I mean, you have to temper your sadness over not winning the gold, at least saying, 'It's not like we folded up our tents and didn't show up to play at all,'" said Glenn Johnston, Head Coach of the Fanshawe Falcons men's intercollegiate basketball team.

"The guys worked reasonably hard and I thought they were full value for the bronze. All eight teams that were in it were good teams. We'd beaten Humber and Mohawk, who were the two teams in the final, during the year ... so it wasn't like the competition was a little shaky or anything," he continued.

"Boyd Vassell was an all-star and deservedly so. Andy Campbell was Player of the Game the last game, Jordan Dixon had a nice tournament, Darcy Young had probably the best tournament that he's had since he's been here, Troy Barnes... Everybody seemed to have their moments. It wasn't like we had the same guy every night that was the best player," said Johnston, noting that next season there will be many returning players on the Falcons team, but that he will not be returning as Head Coach after 35 years, two nationals championships and several Ontario titles.

Humber College and Mohawk College battled it out in the goldmedal game, with Mohawk taking the gold by three points, with a final score of 89-86. This was the first OCAA championship win for the Mohawk Mountaineers in 40 years, and the team is going on to the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association Basketball Championship from March 15 to 17 in Truro, Nova Scotia.

Fanshawe's women's basketball team didn't emerge with a medal after the OCAA Women's Basketball Championship at Seneca College, but played their hearts out, wrapping up a very successful 16-2 season. "I'm extremely proud of this group for how hard they worked from the very first tryout until the very last second of the last game," said Matt White, the Head Coach of the Fanshawe Falcons women's intercollegiate basketball team.

The Falcons put up a good fight against the George Brown Huskies, pushing the bronze-medal game into overtime. The Huskies beat the Falcons with a score of 50- 45, marking the first medal for the Huskies team since 1990. The game was the third the Falcons team played in the span of 22 hours. "I'm proud of how our team battled to the very end to force an overtime, but we simply had tired legs and ran out of energy," explained White.

"The experience for our younger players is something we can hopefully build on for next season," continued White. "It was the last time (Captain) Kaitlind Dutrizac will play for Fanshawe. She finished her five-year career and saved her best basketball for last. The four games she played at the OCAAs were the best four-game stretch of her career. She has been a great Team Captain and a true leader for this team all year and throughout her career. We will all miss her next year," he said.

The Algonquin Thunder won the championship with a 62-57 victory against the Seneca Sting in double overtime, taking them to Lethbridge, Alberta for the CCAA championship on March 15 to 17.