# Carleton Ravens men's basketball

The Carleton Ravens men's basketball team represents Carleton University in the Ontario University Athletics conference of U Sports men's basketball. The Ravens have captured 17 W. P. McGee Trophy national championship wins, more than any top division school in Canada or the United States, and are the reigning national champions (2023). In addition, the Ravens have earned the Wilson Cup, awarded to the OUA champions, 12 times: 2003 to 2005, 2008 to 2010, 2012 to 2013, 2015, and 2018 to 2020.
On the same day in 2023 (March 12), both the men’s and women’s teams won the national title, something no school had accomplished since 1985, when the Victoria Vikes were double champions. The twin feat was also accomplished in the same province—Nova Scotia—though in different cities, as the men played in Halifax, the women, in Sydney. The men’s game on that day went to double overtime, a first for the title game. It set a record for number of points by any team in the finals (109), in a match that also saw the highest number of combined points scored (213).
The Ravens took part in 20 consecutive national championship tournaments from 2003 to 2023, but did not qualify for the 2024 tournament, and so were unable to defend their title.

## History

Below is the program's regular season record since the 1996–97 season.

### Season-by-season Record

| National Champion | Lost Championship | Conference Champion | League Leader |
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Finish |
| 1996–97 | 5 | 15 | 1360 | 1678 | 7th, OUA East |
| 1997–98 | 7 | 13 | 1391 | 1542 | 6th, OUA East |
| 1998–99 | 12 | 8 | 1392 | 1351 | 2nd, OUA East |
| 1999–00 | 11 | 9 | 1321 | 1357 | 3rd, OUA East |
| 2000–01 | 21 | 1 | 1777 | 1390 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2001–02 | 19 | 3 | 1826 | 1443 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2002–03 | 21 | 1 | 1842 | 1400 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2003–04 | 22 | 0 | 1635 | 1270 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2004–05 | 22 | 0 | 1615 | 1268 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2005–06 | 20 | 2 | 1695 | 1266 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2006–07 | 19 | 3 | 1693 | 1282 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2007–08 | 22 | 0 | 1869 | 1318 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2008–09 | 21 | 1 | 1960 | 1393 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2009–10 | 20 | 2 | 1901 | 1389 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2010–11 | 22 | 0 | 2016 | 1341 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2011–12 | 22 | 0 | 2087 | 1245 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2012–13 | 19 | 1 | 1819 | 1232 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2013–14 | 22 | 0 | 2073 | 1368 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2014–15 | 17 | 2 | 1730 | 1072 | 2nd, OUA North |
| 2015–16 | 16 | 3 | 1641 | 1153 | 2nd, OUA North |
| 2016–17 | 19 | 0 | 1748 | 1114 | 1st, OUA North |
| 2017–18 | 23 | 0 | 2036 | 1389 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2018–19 | 22 | 1 | 2101 | 1364 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2019–20 | 21 | 1 | 2151 | 1398 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2020-21 | | | | | Cancelled due to Covid-19 |
| 2021-22 | 14 | 0 | 1641 | 1206 | 1st, OUA East |
| 2022-23 | 20 | 4 | | | 2nd, OUA East |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 9 | 1733 | 1637 | 4th, OUA East |
| 2024-25 | 15 | 7 | 1751 | 1460 | 3rd, OUA East |

### Capital Hoops Classic

| Ottawa victories | Carleton victories |
| Year | Site | Winning team | Winning team | Losing team | Losing team | Series | Attendance | Notes |
| 2007 | Scotiabank Place | Ottawa | 64 | Carleton | 62 | OTT 1–0 | 9,730 | Inaugural edition of the Capital Hoops Classic |
| 2008 | Scotiabank Place | Carleton | 70 | Ottawa | 66 | TIED 1–1 | 9,124 | |
| 2009 | Scotiabank Place | Carleton | 87 | Ottawa | 72 | CAR 2–1 | 10,523 | |
| 2010 | Scotiabank Place | Carleton | 77 | Ottawa | 66 | CAR 3–1 | 8,074 | |
| 2011 | Scotiabank Place | Carleton | 78 | Ottawa | 65 | CAR 4–1 | 7,565 | |
| 2012 | Scotiabank Place | Carleton | 74 | Ottawa | 34 | CAR 5–1 | 7,022 | Largest margin of victory |
| 2013 | Scotiabank Place | Carleton | 63 | Ottawa | 58 | CAR 6–1 | 6,208 | |
| 2014 | Canadian Tire Centre | Carleton | 82 | Ottawa | 58 | CAR 7–1 | 6,604 | |
| 2015 | Canadian Tire Centre | Carleton | 79 | Ottawa | 66 | CAR 8–1 | 10,780 | Highest attendance record |
| 2016 | Canadian Tire Centre | Ottawa | 78 | Carleton | 72 | CAR 8–2 | 10,105 | |
| 2017 | Canadian Tire Centre | Carleton | 74 | Ottawa | 61 | CAR 9–2 | 10,030 | |
| 2018 | Canadian Tire Centre | Carleton | 67 | Ottawa | 56 | CAR 10–2 | 8,579 | |
| 2019 | Canadian Tire Centre | Carleton | 82 | Ottawa | 64 | CAR 11–2 | 9,004 | |
| 2020 | TD Place | Ottawa | 68 | Carleton | 67 | CAR 11–3 | 8,103 | |
| 2022 | Ravens Nest | Carleton | 71 | Ottawa | 58 | CAR 12–3 | | |
| 2023 | TD Place | Carleton | 67 | Ottawa | 61 | CAR 13–3 | 7,029 | |
| 2024 | TD Place | Ottawa | 71 | Carleton | 61 | CAR 13–4 | 6,137 | |

## U Sports Final 8 results

| Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
| 2019 | #1 | First Round Semi-Finals Finals | #8 Alberta Golden Bears #5 Dalhousie Tigers #2 Calgary Dinos | W 100–60 W 76–65 W 83–49 |
| 2020 | #1 | First Round Semi-Finals Finals | #8 Calgary Dinos #5 Western Mustangs #2 Dalhousie Tigers | W 82–66 W 90–63 W 74–65 |
| 2022 | #7 | First Round Semi-Finals Finals | #2 Victoria Vikes #3 Alberta Golden Bears #8 Saskatchewan Huskies | W 94–77 W 64–63 W 85–72 |
| 2023 | #3 | First Round Semi-Finals Finals | #6 UQAM Citadins #2 Ottawa Gee-Gees #4 St. Francis Xavier X-Men | W 73–71 W 81–75 W 109–104 |

## Individual Leader Scoring

| Season | Player | GP | Min | FG | 3FG | FT | Pts | Avg | OUA rank |
| 2019–20 | Lloyd Pandi | 19 | 441 | 126 | 4 | 47 | 303 | 15.9 | 21st |
| 2018–19 | Eddie Ekiyor | 23 | 530 | 125 | 0 | 70 | 320 | 13.9 | 24th |
| 2017–18 | Yasiin Joseph | 24 | 582 | 130 | 49 | 50 | 359 | 15.0 | 15th |
| 2016–17 | Connor Wood | 19 | 512 | 128 | 76 | 32 | 364 | 19.2 | 4th |
| 2015–16 | Guillaume Boucard | 13 | 305 | 77 | 8 | 36 | 198 | 15.2 | 16th |
| 2014–15 | Thomas Scrubb | 19 | 504 | 137 | 20 | 32 | 326 | 17.2 | 9th |
| 2013–14 | Philip Scrubb | 21 | 580 | 123 | 53 | 95 | 394 | 18.8 | 7th |
| 2012–13 | Philip Scrubb | 14 | 419 | 83 | 39 | 68 | 273 | 19.5 | 4th |
| 2011–12 | Philip Scrubb | 15 | 351 | 85 | 44 | 38 | 252 | 16.8 | 6th |
| 2010–11 | Tyson Hinz | 22 | 579 | 131 | 16 | 97 | 375 | 17.0 | 7th |
| 2009–10 | Kevin McCleery | 20 | 488 | 135 | 1 | 51 | 322 | 16.1 | 10th |

## Awards and honours
### University Awards

* Tyson Hinz, 2010-11 Carleton Ravens Male Athlete of the Year
* Philip Scrubb, 2014-15 Carleton Ravens Male Athlete of the Year
* Kaza Kajami-Keane, 2016-17 Carleton Ravens Male Athlete of the Year
* Eddie Ekiyor 2018-19 Carleton Ravens Male Athlete of the Year

## Ravens in pro basketball
### Players

| Player | Position | Team(s) | League(s) | Years | Titles |
| Marcus Anderson | Guard | Guelph Nighthawks (2020, 2021) | CEBL | | |
| Ryan Bell | Guard | FC Schalke 04 Basketball (2008-09) Espoon Honka (2009-10) | ProA Korisliiga | 2 | |
| Guillaume Boucard | Power forward / small forward | Niagara River Lions (2017-2018, 2019-2021) | NBL Canada, CEBL | | |
| Aaron Doornekamp | Power forward / small forward | Pepsi Caserta (2009–12) Braunschweig (2013–14) Skyliners Frankfurt (2014–16) Canarias (2016–17) Valencia Basket (2017–20) Canarias (2020-present) | Liga ACB Liga ACB | | FIBA Europe Cup champion (2016) FIBA Champions League champion (2017) EuroCup champion (2019) FIBA Champions League champion (2022) |
| Ryan Ejim | Power forward | Niagara River Lions (2016-2018) Hamilton Honey Badgers, Saskatchewan Rattlers (2019) Niagara River Lions (2020) Fraser Valley Bandits (2021) | NBL Canada CEBL CEBL CEBL | | CEBL Champion (2019) |
| Tyson Hinz | Power forward | Landstede Basketbal Mitteldeutscher BC | DBL | 3 | German ProA champion (2017) |
| Osvaldo Jeanty | Shooting guard Point guard | Giants Nördlingen (2007–2009) CS Gaz Metan Media (2009-2010) Gießen 46ers (2010) Medi Bayreuth (2010–2012) London Lightning (2012) Mitteldeutscher BC (2013) | | | |
| Yasiin Joseph | Point guard | Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) Landstede Hammers (2021) Ferro-ZNTU Zaporozhye (2021) | CEBL DBL Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague | | |
| Kaza Kajami-Keane | Point guard | Raptors 905 Landstede Hammers Mitteldeutscher BC Le Mans Sarthe Basket | NBA G League DBL BBL LNB Pro A | 4 years (current) | DBL Champion (2019) |
| TJ Lall | Power forward | Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) Guelph Nighthawks (2021) | CEBL | | |
| Alain Louis | Point guard | Ottawa Blackjacks (2021) | CEBL | | |
| Isiah Osborne | Point guard Shooting guard | Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) Kouvot (2021) | CEBL Korisliiga | | |
| Lloyd Pandi | Power forward Point guard Shooting guard | Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) Niagara River Lions (2021) | CEBL | | |
| Joe Rocca | Guard | Niagara River Lions Ham. Honey Badgers Spišská Nová Ves BC Mgzavrebi | NBL Canada CEBL SBL Georgian Superleague | | |
| Philip Scrubb | Point guard Shooting guard | AEK Athens Skyliners Frankfurt Zenit Saint Petersburg Estudiantes Limoges CSP | | | FIBA Europe Cup champion (2016) |
| Thomas Scrubb | Small forward | Kataja (2015–16) Gießen 46ers (2016–17) Scandone Avellino (2017–18) Varese (2018–19) SIG Strasbourg (2019–20) Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) JL Bourg (2020–present) | CEBL LNB Pro A | | |
| Grant Shephard | Power forward | Fraser Valley Bandits (2020) Niagara River Lions (2021) | CEBL | | |
| Stuart Turnbull | Guard | Giants Nördlingen (2009) SC Rist Wedel (2009–10) UBC Hannover Tigers (2010–11) Dragons Rhöndorf (2011–12) | German ProA ProB | | |
| Munis Tutu | Point guard | Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) Ehingen Urspring (2021) | CEBL BBL Pro A | | |
| Connor Wood | Shooting guard | Niagara River Lions (2017-2018) Paderborn Baskets (2018-19) UJAP Quimper (2019) Guelph Nighthawks (2019) Rio Ourense (2019–2020) | CEBL ProA LNB Pro B CEBL LEB Oro | | |

### Head coaches

| Name | Team(s) | League(s) | Titles |
| Victor Raso | Niagara River Lions (2017-2021) | NBL Canada, CEBL | |
| Osvaldo Jeanty | Ottawa Blackjacks (2020) | CEBL | |