Paris was supposed to be a renaissance for Canadian basketball, featuring three teams all with legitimate medal hopes.

And you need not look past the current NCAA tournament to recognize the Canadian talent that is coming in waves — Fournier, Swords and Illinois' Will Riley being prime examples, all of whom could be ...

Michigan guard Syla Swords (12) drives as Iowa State guard Reagan Wilson (22) defends during the first half in the first round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Friday, March 21, 2025, in ...

“It shows what basketball can do for you. What growth can do for you. What believing in yourself can do for you and what ...

Michigan women’s basketball is on the rise, returning a star-studded core ready to chase a national title. These 3 players in ...

Former Notre Dame women's basketball star Natalie Achonwa ... Natalie Achonwa a legend in her native Canada If you told Michigan freshman guard Syla Swords six years ago where she would be today ...

Syla Swords and Avery Howell will play each other ... Michigan also has another Canadian on their team, just not on the court. Canada Basketball veteran Natalie Achonwa is coaching at Michigan ...

"There's a lot of Canadian stories right now … It's just a really exciting time for women's Canadian basketball," Swords said. For Delaney Gibb, a first-year on the BYU Cougars, representing Canada in ...

Those two girls were Syla Swords and her younger sister ... And now, as a starter on the Michigan women’s basketball team and the youngest basketball player ever to compete for Canada in the Olympics, ...