Manitoba’s Don Hunter was named recipient of the Aberdeen. Hunter steered the Bisons to a (15-1) regular season GPAC title and a (28-4) overall record.
The 1st-team All-Canadians were Mike Moser (Waterloo); Mickey Fox (St. Mary’s); Lee Thomas (St. Mary’s); Rick Cassey (Acadia); and Darryl Rumsey (Manitoba). …………………………………………………… Moser, a 6-6 forward from Kitchener, averaged 27.9 ppg. He was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Fox, a 6-3 guard from Forest Hills, New York. He was a five-time AUAA all-star and a four-time all-Canadian. Fox was drafted by the Detroit Pistons in 1975 and played for the Portland Trailblazers in 1979. He later coached the St. Mary’s women’s team. In 1992, the teacher at Rockingstone Heights Junior High became the head coach of the Halifax Windjammers, the city’s first professional basketball team. …………………………………………………… Cassey, a 6-2 guard from Roxbury, Massachusetts, averaged 21.8 ppg and 3.7 rpg, while hitting .519 from the floor and .919 from the line. He was selected a first-team AUAA all-star. …………………………………………………… Rumsey, a 6-4 native of Winnipeg, was a first-team GPAC all-star.
The 2nd team selections were: Jerry Sovran (Windsor); James Copeland (Lakehead); Tom Brethel (Sir George Williams); Rod Dean (Wilfrid Laurier); and Steve Panteluk (Alberta). …………………………………………………… Sovran, a 6-3 guard, was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Copeland, a 6-5 forward, was a first-team GPAC all-star. …………………………………………………… Brethel, a 5-11 guard, was a first-team RSEQ all-star. …………………………………………………… Dean, a 6-3 forward from Upper Sandusky, Ohio, garnered his third All-Canadian laurel. He was a first-team OUAA West all-star. …………………………………………………… Panteluk, a 6-5 post, was a first-team Canada West all-star.