Canadians are chasing championships this weekend

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Top Canadian athletes are competing in hockey and curling world championships, an exclusive soccer tournament and the college basketball Final Fours this weekend. Here's your guide.

Basketball: NCAA Final Fours

The most anticipated women's tournament ever is living up to the hype, with compelling characters delivering masterful performances to send their teams to the Final Four. Iowa megastar Caitlin Clark scored 41 points to vanquish Kim Mulkey and Angel Reese's defending champion LSU in a rematch of last year's title game. Paige Bueckers outduelled USC freshman phenom JuJu Watkins to put storied UConn back in the national semifinals. Top-ranked South Carolina rolled in with a perfect 36-0 record for the second straight year.

The men's tournament has been pretty interesting too. It has its own juggernaut in UConn, outscoring their opponents by an average of almost 28 points in their bid to become the first repeat champion in 17 years. Purdue, led by Canadian giant Zach Edey, bounced back from last year's humiliating first-round defeat to a 16 seed by reaching the school's first Final Four since 1980. And Cinderella NC State, an 11 seed powered by lovable big man DJ Burns, evoked memories of the late Jim Valvano by returning to the national semis for the first time since the iconic coach's improbable championship in 1983.

Better yet, the Canadian content is quite strong in both Final Fours.

The aforementioned Edey is the most dominant player in men's college basketball. Today the 7-foot-4 centre from Toronto was named AP's player of the year for the second straight