Waterloo’s Peter Savich was named recipient of the Moser. The 23-year-old from Cambridge became Waterloo’s all-time leading scorer during the season. He led the Warriors to three consecutive national tournaments. They finished as runners-up in 83 and 85 and fourth in 84. He finished his career with 2,553 points. On the season, he scored 730 points in 33 games. “I saw Peter when he played high school ball in Cambridge and I knew he was loaded with talent,” said Waterloo coach Don McCrae. ‘It’s too bad his team never made it into an Ontario championship because I believe he would have deluged by offers to attend U.S. colleges. But here at Waterloo, Peter has made great strides physically. He had some pretty debilitating ankle injuries and had surgery to correct problems. You should see his ankles. He’s got Frankenstein scars on them. Over Christmas break, he had bone chips removed and was out three weeks. He feels he’s lost a step in speed and vertically, but he’ll regain that. Peter has run into roadblocks like that but he accepts them and works through them.” Savich was on the Dean’s list four straight years and a Rhodes scholarship candidate in 1984. He played on the Canadian team that finished fourth in Jones Cup competition. “When I was in high school, I had dreams of playing in the States but I had no exposure to American scouts and I wasn’t recruited. That doesn’t bother me now because I’m glad I ended up at Waterloo for schoolwork and for basketball. Both have been rewarding since this is one of the best computer science undergraduate programs in North American and our team has done very well in the CIAU competition,” said the master’s student in computer science. Savich averaged 24.3 ppg on the season, while being chosen the OUAA West player of the year and a first-team all-star.
Waterloo’s Don McCrae captured the Aberdeen. McCrae steered the Warriors to a (10-2) regular season record in OUAA West play and a (30-7) overall record.
Joining Savich as 1st team All-Canadians were: Byron Tokarchuk (Saskatchewan); John Carson (Brandon); Chris Sumner (Acadia); and Gord Tucker (Winnipeg) …………………………………………………… Tokarchuk, a 6-9 post, averaged 21.0 ppg and 10.6 rpg, while being chosen the Canada West player of the year and a first-team league all-star. …………………………………………………… Carson, a 6-4 forward from Huntersville, North Carolina, averaged 22.1 ppg and 9.6 rpg while being chosen the GPAC player of the year and a first-team all-star. He hit .482 from the floor and .741 from the floor. …………………………………………………… Sumner, from Boston, Massachusetts, averaged 22.6 ppg and 6.4 rpg while being chosen the AUAA player of the year and a first-team league all-star. He hit .586 from the floor and .716 from the line. …………………………………………………… Tucker, a 6-6 forward, averaged 17.5 ppg and 9.1 rpg in GPAC play, while hitting .556 from the floor and .750 from the line. He was chosen a first-team GPAC all-star.
The 2nd team selections were: Phil Ohl (Victoria); John Rhodin (Calgary); John Christensen (York); Randy Norris (Waterloo); and Joe Ogoms (Manitoba) …………………………………………………… Ohl, a 6-4 guard, …………………………………………………… Rhodin was a second-team Canada West all-star. …………………………………………………… Christensen was a first-team OUAA East all-star. …………………………………………………… Ogoms, a 6-6 forward, averaged 18.6 ppg and 8.6 rpg, while hitting .547 from the floor and .824 from the line. He was a first-team GPAC all-star.
Among the surprising non-selections was Carleton’s Billy Holmes, the country’s leading scorer. Some 5 of the 36 eligible coaches did not vote, while seven did not submit their ballots by the deadline, so one-third of the nation’s coaches did not have their votes tabulated in the selecting the nation’s top players, according to then-NABCC president Terry Haggarty.