2025 U Sports Women's Basketball Championship

{{short description|Canadian university basketball championship}}

{{Infobox NCAA Tournament yearly

| custom_title = 2025 U Sports Women's Final 8

| year = 2024–25

| division =

| sport =

| image = 2025 U Sports Final 8 Logo.png

| image_size = 166px

| caption =

| season = 2024–25

| teams = Eight

| format =

| finals_site = Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
UBC War Memorial Gymnasium
Vancouver, British Columbia

| champions = Saskatchewan Huskies

| title_count = 3rd

| runner_up = Carleton Ravens

| game_count =

| semifinal1 =

| semifinal2 =

| coach = Lisa Thomaidis

| coach_count = 3rd

| MVP_label = Championship MVP

| MVP = Gage Grassick

| MVP_team = Saskatchewan

| attendance =

| television = CBC{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/cbc-sports-u-sports-broadcast-partnership-1.6180936 |title=CBC Sports to broadcast U Sports national championships for next 4 years |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=September 20, 2021}}

| radio =

| prev = 2024

| tournament_link = Women's Final 8 Basketball

| next = 2026

}}

The 2025 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 13–16, 2025, in Vancouver, British Columbia, to determine a national champion for the 2024–25 U Sports women's basketball season.{{cite web |url=https://usports.ca/en/sports/basketball/m/news/2023/02/1893180606/25-final-8-hosting-announcement |title=U Sports awards 2025 women's and men's basketball Final 8 to UBC |date=February 9, 2023 |website=usports.ca |publisher=U Sports}}{{cite web |url=https://gothunderbirds.ca/news/2023/2/9/u-sports-awards-2025-womens-and-mens-basketball-final-8-to-ubc.aspx |title=U Sports awards 2025 women's and men's basketball Final 8 to UBC |website=gothunderbirds.ca |publisher=UBC Thunderbirds |date=February 9, 2023}} The top-seeded Saskatchewan Huskies defeated the two-time defending champion Carleton Ravens 85–66 to claim the program's third national championship.{{cite web |url=https://en.usports.ca/sports/wbkb/2024-25c/releases/GOLD |title=Huskies have their day as Saskatchewan rolls to Bronze Baby |website=usports.ca |publisher=U Sports |date=March 16, 2025}}

Host

The tournament was hosted by the University of British Columbia at the school's Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre and UBC War Memorial Gymnasium. It was also held concurrently with the 2025 U Sports Men's Basketball Championship, hence the necessity for two venues, which is also the first time in U Sports history that both tournaments were hosted by one school in the same year. This was the first time that UBC has hosted the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/en/championships/final-8/f/history |title=The History of Women's Final 8 |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=usports.ca |publisher=U Sports}}

Participating teams

The seeding for teams was announced on March 9, 2025, with the Laval Rouge et Or being awarded the at-large berth.{{cite web|url=https://en.usports.ca/sports/wbkb/2024-25c/releases/2025-03-09_SEEDING |title=Saskatchewan women, Ottawa men grab top spots heading into 2025 Final 8s |publisher=U Sports |date=March 9, 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor="#efefef" align=center !align=left \| Seed !align=left \| Team !align=left \| Qualified !align=left \| {{abbr\|Record\|Regular season record}} !align=left \| {{abbr\|Last\|Last national championship won}} !align=left \| {{abbr\|Total\|Total national championships won}}
align=center \| 1	Saskatchewan Huskies	Canada West Champion	18–2	2020	2
align=center \| 2	Ottawa Gee-Gees	OUA Champion	19–3	None	0
align=center \| 3	Carleton Ravens	OUA Finalists	22–0	2024	3
align=center \| 4	Saint Mary's Huskies	AUS Champion	18–2	None	0
align=center \| 5	UBC Thunderbirds	Canada West Finalist (Host)	18–2	2008	6
align=center \| 6	Bishop's Gaiters	RSEQ Champion	11–5	1984	2
align=center \| 7	Laval Rouge et Or	RSEQ Finalist (At-large berth)	14–2	None	0
align=center \| 8	Alberta Pandas	Canada West Bronze	18–2	1999	1

{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/uploads/hq/Playing_Regs/2023-24/new_regs/230822_Playing_Regulations_Basketball_%28W%29_ENG_FINAL.pdf |title=Playing Regulations: Women's Basketball |publisher=U Sports |date=August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://usports.ca/uploads/hq/By_Laws-Policies-Procedures/2019/EN/Policy_20_Programs_%282019-2020%29.pdf |title=Policies and Procedures 20 – Programs |publisher=U Sports |date=August 2019}}