| (1) | Vanier | 80 | ||||||
| (5) | Assiniboine | 54 | Vanier | 70 | ||||
| (3) | S.A.I.T. | 93 | S.A.I.T. | 102 | S.A.I.T. | 54 | ||
| (7) | N.S. Teachers | 79 | ||||||
| —–CENTENNIAL | ||||||||
| (4) | Centennial | 81 | ||||||
| (8) | Champlain-Lennoxville | 63 | Centennial | 70 | Centennial | 57 | ||
| (6) | Sask. Technical Inst | 58 | Capilano | 66 | ||||
| (2) | Capilano | 70 |
In the quarterfinals, held at Montreal’s Dawson College, the top-seeded Vanier Cheetahs, coached by Keith Coffin stomped 5th-seed Assiniboine, coached by Bob Nevill, by an 80-54 count. Pierre Tiblin was chosen player of game for Vanier.
The 3rd-seeded S.A.I.T. Trojans, coached by CCAA coach of year Phil Allen, clipped the 7th-seeded N.S. Teachers College Hawks 93-79 as Michael Cole was chosen player of the game after scoring 27. Derrick Dell added 16. The Trojans led 46-41 at the half.
The 4th-seeded Centennial Colts dumped the 8th-seeded host-wild card Champlain College (Lennoxville) Cougars 81-63. The Colts easily handled the one-dimensional Cougars, who had almost entirely a perimeter game. Centennial built a 44-26 lead at the half and romped to an 81-63 win. “They play a strange game,” said Centennial coach Bob Selkirk. “They like to slow things down when they are offence.” Eric Morgan paced Centennial with 27 points. Hugh Pinnock added 24 and Mike Day 19. Garfield Glasgow led Champlain with 20. Eric Morgan was chosen player of the game for Centennial.
In the last quarterfinal, the 2nd-seeded Totem conference champ Capilano Blues, coached by Neil Chester, dumped the 6th-seeded Saskatchewan Technical Institute Beavers 70-58. Saskatchewan Tech had qualified by winning the Prairie Conference finals after two of the four teams in the conference had “decide to participate in national championships because a major distillery sponsors the event.” Mike Hind was chosen player of the game for Capilano.
In the bronze quarterfinals, the Nova Scotia Teachers College Hawks stomped the Assiniboine Cougars 105-69.
In the other bronze quarterfinal, the Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars clipped the Saskatchewan Technical Institute Beavers 74-59.
In the semis, the S.A.I.T. Trojans stomped the Vanier Cheetahs 102-70 as Michael Cole was chosen player of the game after scoring 21. Derrick Dell added 14, Mark Holland 12, Chris Overwater 11 and Ken Pettigrew 11. The Trojans led 50-36 at the half.
In the other semi, the Centennial Colts edged the Capilano Blues 70-66 as Mike Marter was chosen player of the game.
In the bronze semis, the Vanier Cheetahs stomped the Champlain-Lennoxville Cougars 93-61.
In the other bronze semi, the Capilano Blues dumped the Nova Scotia Teachers College Hawks 90-69.
In the bronze medal match, the Vanier Cheetahs defeated the Capilano Blues 78-73.
The final was billed as a battle between the small guards, Calvin Smith and Brian Rowe, of the Centennial Colts against 6-20 centre Derrick Dell and the top ranked Trojans. But it was forwards Eric Morgan and Brenton Lowe who proved the difference for the Colts. Morgan scored 18 and tournament MVP Lowe 12. “Brenton had an outstanding tournament,” said Centennial coach Bob Selkirk. “In each of the games he played, he took 16 or 17 boards and he was clutch from the foul line for us when it counted.” SAIT, by contrast, couldn’t hit from the line. “We were the toughest foul shooting team in our conference and then we come out flat here,” said coach Phil Allen. At one point, the Trojans missed eight straight free throws. “I don’t understand it,” said Allen. The teams exchanged the lead several times before SAIT appeared to take command by inched ahead 43-37 midway through the final half. But the Colts back to take the lead with five minutes to play and never looked back. Dell led the Trojans with 16 points. Trojan gunner Michael Cole was held to 8. SAIT closed out its season 22-1, having suffered its only loss in the final. Centennial finished season 41-8.
The all-tourney team featured: MVP Brenton Lowe (Centennial); Derrick Dell (S.A.I.T.); Tim Kendrick (Nova Scotia Teachers); John McEwan (Capilano); Eric Morgan (Centennial); and Francis John (Vanier)
The bronze medalist Vanier Cheetahs: Francis John; Pierre Tibblin; coach Keith Coffin
The silver medalist Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Trojans: Michael Cole; Derrick Dell; Ted Leslie; Chris Overwater; Trevor Hamilton; Ken Pettigrew; Peter Olsen; Mark Holland; Wayne Gray; Kris Moore; Mark Ridout; Ken Passmore; Steve Hope; Russ Bischoff; Andy Lawrence; Brand Denton
The gold medalist Centennial Colts: Brenton Lowe; Eric Morgan; Michael Day; Donovan Thomas; Hugh Pinnock; Brian Rowe; Calvin Smith; Pat Copps; Roy Bailey; Astor Lawrence; Clive Braham; Tony Incognito; Everton Morgan; Cleveland Martin; Geoff Collins; coach Bob Selkirk