Canada has seen double-digit numbers of its homegrown basketball players taking part in March Madness in recent years, a testament to the deep pool of talent on this side of the border.
Fifty-three such athletes are part of this year’s famed NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships, which Canada Basketball says is a record — though the tournaments have had at least 50 Canadian participants for three consecutive years, including this one.
University of Connecticut forward Aaliyah Edwards, from Kingston, Ont., is one such player, and she attributes her success to her “big sisters” on the Canadian senior women’s national team who mentored her.
“Big shout-out to them; just
