Huskies’ improbable pursuit of a men’s basketball championship falls one win short

The University of Saskatchewan Huskies men’s basketball team showed it’s not how you start, but how you finish.

The Huskies captured the silver medal after losing 85-72 to the Carleton Ravens in the U Sports championship game on Sunday in Edmonton.

The Dogs knocked off the No. 1 team in the nation on route to the title game, proving they didn’t deserve their underdog status as the lowest seed in the eight-team tournament.

Nobody could have predicted the team ending up in the championship game after an abrupt coaching change less than a month earlier in the middle of the team’s playoff run.

It was the Huskies’ first trip to the final since winning the program’s only national title in 2010.