Final regular season standings (7): St. Thomas (13-5); NSAC (13-5); Mount St. Vincent (12-6); Mount Allison (11-7); University of New Brunswick-St. John’s (3-13); King’s (x-x); Dalhousie Tech (x-x)
Playoff non-qualifiers:
Dalhousie Tech Engineers: Shervan Khanua, Mike Roger, Mike Fisher,
King’s Blue Devils:
New Brunswick-Saint John Seawolves: Stephen LeBlanc, Jayme Frank, Alvin Bell, Matthew James, Ken Stackhouse, Tim Bouchard, Tom Patterson, Neal Fowler, Ken Stackhouse, Brendan Jones, Chris Taylor, coach Clayton Mitchell, assistant Bill McLean, assistant Greg Doyle
In the semis, the top-seeded St. Thomas Tommies defeated the 4th-seeded Mount Allison Mounties 70-64 as Fred Connors scored 16, Spencer Jeffrey 11, Colin Wetmore 11, Lucas Holt 10 and Shane Butland 10. David Klein led the Tommies with 20. Steve Sykes added 13 and Phil Vreugdenhil 10.
In the other semi, the three-time defending champ 3rd-seeded Mount Saint Vincent University Mystics defeated the 2nd-seeded N.S.A.C. Rams 69-59 as Peter Turnbull scored 21, Craig Simpson 13 and Jeff Sponagle 10. Josh Kingsbury led NSAC with 21. Seth Kingsbury added 20. The Rams also included Robbie MacGregor.
In the final, the St. Thomas Tommies defeated the Mount Saint Vincent Mystics 78-67 as Shane Butland scored 21 and the Tommies hit 22-22 free throws in the second half. Colin Wetmore added 12, Mike Bonnar 11, Fred Connors 9, Spencer Jeffrey 8 and Lucas Holt 8. St. Thomas led 39-31 at the half. Coach Dwight Dickinson said his troops maintained their poise and overcame adversity. “We had seven rookies on our team and to start out the year with seven rookies and do what we did, it’s just a fantastic feeling.” Craig Sampson led the Mystics with 18. Tommies coach Dwight Dickinson told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal that the formula for success was that “we support each other. When you have five players, sometimes six players in double digits, that’s a team effort, not just one guy taking the ball and going to the hoop himself. On defence, we have guys who can pressure the ball and four guys to back him up. … The players are emotionally very high and that can be a good thing and a bad thing. It’s a good thing if they still have confidence. It’s a bad thing if they are still not hungry to win at the next level.”
After the season, Nova Scotia Community College ended its one-year experiment with membership in the ACAA.
The co-bronze medalist Mount Allison Mounties: David Klein; Steve Sykes; Phil Vreugdenhil; Ryan Michalski; Nathan Ayer; Robert Ryan;
The co-bronze medalist Nova Scotia Agricultural College Rams: Seth Kingsbury; Robbie MacGregor; Josh Kingsbury;
The silver medalist Mount Saint Vincent Mystics: Peter Turnbull; Craig Simpson; Jeff Sponagle; Jason Brunt; coach Rick Plato
The gold medalist St. Thomas Tommies: Mike Bonnar; Shane Butland; Fred Connors; Spencer Jeffrey; Colin Wetmore; Lucas Holt; Kris Good; Steve Smith; Trevor White; Jeff Merrigan; coach Dwight Dickinson