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The Calgary Dinos are taking to the streets in support of a charitable cause as described in the following note from Dinos Assistant Coach Matt Skinn: This year, the Calgary Dinos Men's Basketball team will be taking part in the "Walk a Mile in her Shoes" event, a fundraiser for the YWCA and the Cardel Homes Crisis Foundation to help women and their children find emergency housing. The event will take place on Monday, September 24, 2007 at Noon on Stephen Ave. in Calgary. The Dinos and the YWCA are looking for your support. If you are interested in helping the cause, visit www.walkamile.ca, and click on the Calgary Dinos Logo at the top of the page. You can also go to www.dinosbasketball.com to find a link to the site. Once you have clicked the logo, a team photo will appear a long with a button to click to help support the charity. Any amount would be outstanding and we hope that the support we have received from the community will continue to grow. If there are any questions please feel free to contact me using my contact information below! Thanks for any and all contributions and you are more than welcome to join us on September 24! Thanks again! Regards.
Matt Skinn, B.A. (Hon), B.Sc., M.Sc. '07
Head Assistant Coach, Calgary Dinos Men's Basketball
General Manager, Jr. Dinos
mjskinn@ucalgary.ca
Office - 403 220 3453
Cell - 403 836 6288
www.dinosbasketball.com

The Charlatan reviews the Carleton/Alabama game and includes quotes from several Ravens Ravens humble Alabama in Labour Day finale

A pair of ballers from the 1940's and late 60's/early 70's are named to the University of Windsor Sports Hall of Fame. One of the inductees, Chris Wydrzynski, has two sons who have already played CIS basketball, including ex-Lancer and Ottawa Gee-Gee Chet Wydrzynski Lancers Hall-of-Fame

An update on Canadian Theo Davis, one of the top performers on Canada's Student team which took home a Bronze medal at this summer's World University Games in Thailand Theo Davis Update

Carlos Delfino of the Toronto Raptors talks about his joy in helping Argentina to qualify for the 2008 Olympics, allowing them to defend their Gold medal victory in Athens in 2004 Delfino: Olympic berth a boost for Argentina

Peter Mallett of the Globe and Mail provides an update on former Canada Basketball Executive Director Fred Nykamp and his relationship with the Canadian Soccer Association CSA mulls severance package for CEO Nykamp

The Charlatan, Carleton's campus newspaper, previews the Ravens season, the first without Osvaldo Jeanty in 5 years Carleton cagers ready to defend national crown

An article from a Penticton, B.C. newspaper detailing UBC Coach Kevin Hansen's summer including finding 6'5" Mitch Jacobsen from Calgary, already on CIS team radar's as he is only just entering Grade 9 Campers benefit from national championship coaching

Amanda Hu from the Calgary Gauntlet reviews the Dinos Labour Day weekend The Dinos be ballin', straight up

The Martlet, UVic's campus newspaper, reviews the Vikes victory over UC-Santa Barbara UVic finally beats Uncle Sam

Concordia's student newspaper reviews the Stingers victory over Illinois from the campus perspective Here comes the buzz

Much thanks to Wayne Thomas from the Dinos coaching staff for this update on Calgary including a full breakdown of their roster.

Long Pre-Season Begins After a brief spark of excitement facing NCAA competition last weekend, the Dinos get down to the less glorious business of pre-season preparation, with no meaningful action scheduled until the Waterloo (Ont.) Tournament on October 12-14. With over a month of practice days ahead, players will be challenged to keep their eyes on long term goals, while competing for roster position with teammates. The full roster is displayed below -


University of Calgary Dinos Basketball 2007-'08
# Name Position Height Weight Year Faculty Hometown Province Last Team

Dustin Reding GUARD 6'7" 215lbs 2 Social Sciences Calgary AB Bowness HS
3 Josh Lovestone FWD 6'5" 210lbs 3 Social Sciences Salmon Arm BC SAIT (Salmon Arm HS)
4 Joel Bancroft GUARD 6'1" 185lbs 3 Communications Airdrie AB Red Deer College (Bert Church HS)
5 Jeff Price GUARD 6'1" 185lbs 3 Social Sciences Calgary AB Mt. Royal College (Lord Beaverbrook HS)
12 Andrew Champagnie GUARD 6'1" 180lbs 1 Open Studies Edmonton AB Ross Sheppard HS
13 Jeremy Odland GUARD 6'4" 210lbs 5 Communications Calgary AB Mt. Royal College (Lord Beaverbrook HS)
14 Brennen Fule GUARD 6'2" 185lbs 1 Communications Strathmore AB Strathmore HS
15 Henry Bekkering FWD 6'6" 235lbs 3 Social Sciences Taber AB Eastern Washington Univ. (W.R. Myers HS)
20 Logan Armstrong GUARD 6'5" 190lbs 1 Kinesiology Bigstone AB Youngstown HS
22 Cody Darrah GUARD 6'4" 197lbs 5 Science Edmonton AB Univ. of Alberta (Strathcona HS)
24 Tyler Fidler GUARD 6'9" 200lbs 1 Communications Calgary AB Western Canada HS
31 Robbie Sihota FWD 6'6" 225lbs 3 Social Sciences Calgary AB Lester B. Pearson HS
33 Ross Bekkering FWD 6'8" 225lbs 3 Haskayne Business Taber AB W.R. Myers HS
40 Joe Schow FWD 6'9" 230lbs 3 Humanities Medicine Hat AB Simon Fraser Univ. (Magrath HS)
42 Chris Unsworth FWD 6'8" 230lbs 2 Haskayne Business Maple Creek SK Medicine Hat HS

The team showed promise in their 3 game set with Creighton and Weber State, and the task ahead for Coaches Dan Vanhooren and Matt Skinn will be to develop a squad with a commitment to defense, the ability to take care of the basketball, and to rebound relentlessly. The recruiting additions for this season have added defensive ability, and the rebounding should be stellar with the depth up front. Avoiding turnovers while still playing an upbeat offense is always a challenge, but Jeff Price and Tyler Fidler both have the ability to see the floor and deliver the ball where it needs to go. Andrew Champagnie looked a little nervous at times against the pressure from Creighton, but he has the quickness and desire to lead the team at the point. Cody Darrah, who has stepped in at the point in the past, had a good shooting tournament, and he looks ready to be the 'go-to' shooting guard. Fidler has the confidence of the coaches to pull the trigger from long range as well, and Brennen Fule should be ready for more floor time with a few weeks of practice behind him. Competition is fierce at the forward spots with Henry and Ross Bekkering grabbing the lion's share of the minutes usually accompanied by the offensive threat of Robbie Sihota. This leaves Joe Schow, Chris Unsworth, and newcomer Josh Lovestone working hard to carve out a role for themselves on the travel roster. As veteran CIS watchers are aware, however, the long season usually takes it's toll on teams injury - wise, so anyone on this roster should be prepared to step up as the season starts. A 16th roster spot was to be filled by 1st year Bishop O'Byrne guard Jordan Flagel, but his talents are to be more in evidence as the starting quarterback for the Football Dinos.