| Team | NS | ONT | NFLD | MAN | PEI | Record | |||
| Nova Scotia | —– | 88-76 | 98-75 | 87-48 | 97-83 | (4-0) | |||
| Ontario | 76-88 | —– | 89-45 | 97-73 | 109-33 | (3-1) | |||
| Newfoundland | 75-98 | 45-89 | —– | 62-56 | 75-57 | (2-2) | |||
| Manitoba | 48-87 | 73-97 | 56-62 | —– | 77-41 | (1-3) | |||
| PEI | 83-97 | 33-109 | 57-75 | 41-77 | —– | (0-4) | |||
| POOL B | QUE | BC | NB | SASK | ALTA | NWT | Record | ||
| Quebec | —– | 73-63 | 109-66 | 103-56 | 84-78 | 119-33 | (5-0) | ||
| British Columbia | 63-73 | —– | 84-64 | 96-81 | 81-71 | 95-39 | (4-1) | ||
| New Brunswick | 66-109 | 64-84 | —– | 99-87 | 71-58 | 116-56 | (3-2) | ||
| Saskatchewan | 56-103 | 81-96 | 87-99 | —– | 86-72 | 88-38 | (2-3) | ||
| Alberta | 78-84 | 71-81 | 58-71 | 72-86 | —– | 119-35 | (1-4) | ||
| Northwest Territories | 33-119 | 39-95 | 56-116 | 38-88 | 35-119 | —– | (0-5) | ||
| Semi | Nova Scotia 116 British Columbia 86 | |
| Semi | Quebec 83 Ontario 65 | |
| 11th | N.W.T. | |
| 9th | Alberta 86 P.E.I. 59 | |
| 7th | Manitoba 81 Saskatchewan 65 | |
| 5th | Newfoundland 75 New Brunswick 66 | |
| Bronze | British Columbia 82 Ontario 80 | |
| Final | Nova Scotia 91 Quebec 76 | |
In pool A play: …………………………………………………… Nova Scotia guaranteed itself a berth in the medal round by dumping Ontario 88-76. Kory Hallas paced Ontario with 11 points. Tim Mau added 9 and Peter Ruiter 8. Nova used its transition game to neutralize Ontario’s size, leading 17-4 from the outset and never trailing. Nova Scotia led 39-35 at the half. “Ontario looked awesome (in its opener) … but fortunately we weren’t aware of it,” said Nova Scotia coach Bev Greenlaw. Ontario coach Tom Kieswetter said “they’ve got more experience than we have.”
The 11th-place Territories included Anderson, Blake, Canning, Courtoreille, Diestelmann, Goudreau, Macdonald, Prosser, Qiyuk, Scott, Smandych, Vickers, West and West.
In the 9th-place playoff, Alberta thrashed P.E.I. 86-59. Alberta (coached by Rob Wilson, assisted by Tim Rollingson) included Preston Jickling, Jamie McLellan, Tim Sprung, Cheyno Finnie, Darren Boras, Lorne Blatt, Rick Stanley, Paul Blaskovitz, Harbir Bains, Rob Layton, Scott Gallup and Benjy Bullock. PEI included Bechervaise, Collins, Connolly, Deighan, Farish, Lloyd, Matheson, McKinnon, Pendergast, Power, Shaw, Vincent, Wood and Younker.
In the 7th-place playoff, Manitoba clipped Saskatchewan 81-65. Manitoba (coached by Dale Bradshaw, assisted by Jerry Hildebrand and managed by Tim Chewinski) included Godfrey Brown, Jason Chopp, Friesen, Kris Hildebrand, Erwin Hilderbrandt, David Huston, Terry Lamoureux, Rob Laycock, Chad MacKay, Mark Morton, Chiedu Odiaju, Dean Saunders and Saboukin. Saskatchewan included Andrews, Armstrong, Artemenko, Bolander, Burrows, Kuchinski, McGlaughlin, Peshko, Salowski, Slogocki, Stack, Thomson, Wiebe and Wihak.
In the 5th-place playoff, Newfoundland dumped New Brunswick 75-66. Newfoundland (coached by Tony Wakeham, manager John Lundrigan) included Ted Byrne, Ed Curtis, Brad Dobbin, Darren Duff, Jim Keating, Maurice Lyvre, Chris Mesher, Bruce Nowe, Paul Sampson, Dave Smith, Peter Sparrow, Barry Warren and Jeff White. New Brunswick (coached by David MacMullin and managed by Troy Merry) included Christopher Adam, Edward Branch, Tracy Cline, Otis Delaney, Charles Devoe, William Holton, Kevin Lakes, Todd Middleton, Glenn Read, Dale Saunders, Troy Spilman and Tim Whitters.
In the semis, Nova Scotia whipped British Columbia 116-86.
In the other semi, Quebec upset Ontario 83-65.
In the bronze medal match, British Columbia nipped Ontario 82-80. British Columbia trailed by nine with 4.5 minutes to play. Ryan Brown stole the ball for a runout with 20 seconds to play to win it for BC. Randy Stephens paced BC with 18. Ryan Brown added 17 and Glen Cote 13. BC was represented by the Douglas Royals. BC coach Steve Beauchamp told The Other Press that “the guys gave a lot throughout the whole tournament. They played a real team game. … Rick (Mesich) played solid basketball throughout, even though he was playing hurt.” Ontario (coached by Tom Kieswetter) included Bleich, Hallas, Macdougall, Marcotullio, Nau, Pallin, Ruiter, Sawchuk, Phil Schlote, Sinclair, Vercryssen, Williams and Williams.
In the final, to the delight of 1,200 partisan host fans, Nova Scotia defeated Quebec 91-76. The Nova Scotians led by three at the half and extended their lead to as many as 21. “I think it says what I’ve always felt: Nova Scotia for its population has got to be, if not the best, then one of the best basketball provinces in the country,” said coach Bev Greenlaw. “I’ve always felt that Nova Scotia kids can play the game with anybody, can understand the game, and are as well-developed fundamentally as anybody.”
The bronze medalist from British Columbia; Bob Aston; Glen Cote; Rodney Gettel; Shaun Hartley; Rich Mesich; Mark Osachoff; Chris Schriek; Stephen Todd; Paul Verret; Randy Stevens; Wayne Johnson; coach Steve Beauchamp; assistant Richard Norman
The silver medalists from Quebec: Angelo Vourtzoumis; Michael Smith; Robert Leon Pierre; Dino Perin; Kevin Metcalfe; Garfield Glasgow; Robert Ferguson; Perry Douglas; Allan Cox; Floyd Cobran; Stanley Paul; Dexter John; Pierre;
The gold medalists from Nova Scotia: Augie Jones; Wade Smith; Jason Wilson; Kevin Veinot; Grant McDonald; David Brown; Stephen Woodman; Scott Borden; Keith Donovan; Charles Ikejani; James McQuaig; Peter Leppard; coach Bev Greenlaw; manager Mark Parker; assistant Leslie