The Western Canada Tournament in Kelowna is always one of the best tournaments of the year and this year's tournament will feature four of BC's top teams as well as top teams from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The tournament runs from Feb 3rd to 5th.
DRAW Thu Feb 3rd
Burnaby South vs. Kelvin (Winnipeg MB) 2:30
Vancouver College vs. Raymond (Raymond AB) 6:00

Palmer vs. Bishop Gradin (Calgary AB) 4:15
Kelowna vs. Holy Cross (Saskatoon Sask) 8:15

The finals and the third/fourth game will be broadcast live on www.sportscanada.tv

Burnaby South vs. Kelvin (Winnipeg MB) 2:30
Vancouver College vs. Raymond (Raymond AB) 6:00

Palmer vs. Bishop Gradin (Calgary AB) 4:15
Kelowna vs. Holy Cross (Saskatoon Sask) 8:15

Who does Raymond play in round two, South or Kelvin as the games above look like they are aligned to the draw.
Is this schedule online somewhere? It may be worth going to this tournie just to watch the best in BC play against Raymond.

http://www.bcboysbasketball.com/leagues/schedules.cfm?selectedMonth=2&selectedYear=2011&selectedTeamID=0&leagueID=13336&clientID=2192&embedLID=13336&embedCID=2192

Howie's write up on it from The Province:

Quote:

The top four teams in The Province's most recent Big 10 B.C. senior boys Triple A basketball rankings will headline the draw at the Western Canada Invitational set to run today through Saturday at Kelowna Secondary School. Joining B.C.'s top four will be some of the best teams from Alberta and Manitoba. On the top side of the draw, the first quarterfinal (2:30 p.m.) features No. 2 Burnaby South Rebels against Winnipeg's Kelvin Clippers, ranked No. 2 in Manitoba's highest Quad-A tier. The other quarterfinal (6 p.m.) pits the No. 3 Vancouver College Fighting Irish against Raymond, the No. 1-ranked team in Alberta's highest Quad-A tier. On the bottom side of the draw, No. 1-ranked R.C. Palmer of Richmond faces Bishop Grandin of Calgary, Alberta's No. 9-ranked Quad-A team ina 4:15 p.m. tip. In the other game, the host and No. 4-ranked Kelowna Owls meet the unranked Holy Cross Crusaders of Saskatoon. Semifinals are slated for 6 and 8:15 p.m. on Friday with the championship set for a 7:45 p.m. tipoff on Saturday.

Burnaby south beat Kelvin Clippers 79-70.
Top Scorers:
South
Ater Degal 23 points 7 assists
Manroop Clair 20 points 2 rebounds 3 assits


Kelvin
Randall Viray 16 points 4 rebounds
Michael Thorton-Finch 15 points 11 rebounds

Palmer 85 Bishop Grandin (Calgary) 64
Vijay Dhillon 20 points, 9 rebounds
Billy Cheng 20 points, 5 assists, 7 steals
Maziar Arjmandi 20 points (6 for 7 on three-pointers)

Game was tied after one at 27 and tied at the half at 44 but we played great defense in the last two quarters to pull away. Kelowna also won so we will play them in one semi final tomorrow and South won but VC lost to the #1 team in Alberta, Raymond, so South and Raymond will play in the other semi.

Kelowna 88 Holy Cross 77
Braxston Bunce 21 points 15 rebounds 3 blocks
Charlie Lewthwaite 21points 3 rebounds
Mitchell Goodwin 14 points 10 assists 5 rebounds
DeBoe Truss 14 poinds 4 assists

Holy Cross
Michael Farion 35 points
Adam Beitel 14 points 6 rebounds

Raymond 84 Vancouver College 76

Raymond
Jimmy Ralph 33 points 8 assists
Tyson McIntyre 18 points 17 rebounds
Owen Sieban 13 points 6 rebounds

Van College
Reiner Theil 21 points 14 rebounds
Vincent Tolentino 17 points 2 rebounds
Cole Penman 12 points 7 rebounds

Day 2
Vancouver College 82 Kevin Clippers (Winnipeg) 78

Van College
Vince Tolentino 24 points 6 rebounds
Reiner Theil 17 points 7 rebounds 5 assists
Adam Konar 11 points 5 rebounds 5 assists

Kelvin
Randall Virjay 17 points 6 rebounds
Jordan Ankrah 13 points
Stephen Jones 12 points 13 rebounds

Lots of great prospects battling it out.

http://www.flagrantfouls.com/2011/02/feb-3-6-weekend-schedules-nationally-ranked-prospects/

Kelowna beats Palmer in a tight one, 73-69, and Burnaby South hands Raymond a loss 81-66. A Kelowna-Burnaby South final! Should be a great showdown. It doesn't seem like that #1 AAA spot is safe ever, does it?

Kelowna
DeBoe Truss 22 points
Braxston Bunce 14 points 12 rebounds
Mitch Goodwin 12 points 8 rebounds 5 assists

Palmer
Mike Zayas 16 points 15 reboounds
Vijay Dhillon 15 points 5 assists
Ranjodh Hare 11 points 10 rebounds

I hear the Sunrise/Cookie backcourt combo is the most dominant in the province

I see a rematch of South and KSS in the finals. Palmer looked unbeatable at the Legal Beagle, good to see some new teams this season battling it out. How are the Kelowna refs treating the big boys? Seems to me they call a lot of touch fouls on blocked shots. Good to see #13 back in the line up for KSS he was impressive at the Beagle.
I see South handled Raymond in the semis so it looks like the West is the Best with 2 BC teams in the finals.