After Christmas the UNBC men's basketball team will meet up in Winnipeg to take part in the 45th annual Wesmen Classic at the University of Winnipeg.
For the Timberwolves it's a chance to get some competition against Canadian Interuniversity Sport teams during the Dec. 28 to 30 event. Monday the eight-team university portion of the tournament's schedule was released, which will see the T-wolves play the Brandon Bobcats at noon in their first game, which tips off the university portion of the event.
Dennis Stark, captain of the T-wolves, said he's looking forward to adding some variety into the team's schedule.
"My brother [Dan, a third-year T-wolves guard] and I lived in Winnipeg from 1995 to 1999 so we've got a lot of people we're going to see when we go there," said Stark. "Winnipeg's a great city and I'm sure coach [Mike] Raimbault will host a great tournament and the competition will be some of the best we see all season."
Raimbault, the former T-wolves coach, leads the Wesmen these days.
The T-wolves sport a 4-2 record after the first half of the PACWEST season. If the T-wolves beat the Bobcats (3-5) they'd play the winner of North Dakota's Minot State or UBC-Okanagan on Dec. 29 at 8:30 p.m.
On the other side of the tournament are the Wesmen (2-6), Keyano College from Fort McMurray, the University of Manitoba Bisons (4-4) and North Dakota's Valley City State University Vikings.
The championship game is Dec. 30 at 8 p.m.
