| POOL A | ONT | NFLD | ALTA | SASK | Record | ||
| Windsor A.K.O. Fratmen | —– | 77-71 | 81-55 | 97-33 | (3-0) | ||
| Memorial U. Beothuks | 71-77 | —– | 70-46 | 71-50 | (2-1) | ||
| Edmonton NuWest Blazers | 55-81 | 46-70 | —– | 65-60 | (1-2) | ||
| Regina Downtown Optimists | 33-97 | 50-71 | 60-65 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | BC | MAN | NS | Record | |||
| UBC Jr Varsity Braves | —– | 65-64 | 65-57 | (2-0) | |||
| U of Manitoba Jr Bisons | 64-65 | —– | 82-79 | (1-1) | |||
| Halifax Green Dory Sting | 57-65 | 79-82 | —– | (0-2) | |||
| Semi | Windsor A.K.O. 73 U of Manitoba Jayvees 46 | |
| Semi: | Memorial U. 57 U.B.C. Junior Varsity Braves 55 | |
| 5th | Halifax Green Dory Sting 88 Edmonton NuWest Blazers 79 | |
| Bronze | U.B.C. Junior Varsity Braves 66 U. of Manitoba Jr. Bisons 55 | |
| Final | Windsor A.K.O. Fratmen 80 Memorial University Beothuks 75 | |
In the British Columbia quarterfinals and Vancouver finals, the North Shore Mountaineers defeated Corky’s Knights x-x; 77-57 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game two, North Shore took the series with a 77-57 win as Bob Walter scored 19. Kevin Konar led the Knights with 14.
In the B.C. semis, the University of British Columbia Jayvees defeated the Vancouver North Shore Mountaineers; 69-71; 68-57; 70-45 (2g-1). …………………………………………………… In game three, U.B.C. took the series with a 7-45 win as Burt Dennis scored 25 and Ross Marshall 12. Dave Martin led the Mountaineers with 10. Pat Kelly added 10.
In the other B.C. semi, the Victoria Trilecs defeated the Little Giants x-x; x-x (xg-x).
In the British Columbia finals, the University of British Columbia Jayvee Braves defeated Victoria Trilecs 56-55; 68-63 (2g-0). …………………………………………………… In game one, UBC prevailed 56-55 as Bob Forsythe hit the winning bucket with 32 seconds to play. Bob Forsyth led the Jayvees with 22. Burt Dennis added 12. U.B.C. led 28-24 at the half. Ken Wiens led the Trilecs with 14. Darryl Johnson added 8. …………………………………………………… In game two, UBC won 68-63 as Ross Marshall scored 20, Bob Forsyth 18 and Burt Dennis 10. John McManaman led Victoria with 14. Darryl Johnson added 12.
In national pool A play, held in St. John’s Newfoundland: …………………………………………………… Stan Korosec scored 21 in Windsor AKO’s 81-55 victory over the Edmonton Nuwest Blazers. Phil Hermanutz added 15, Doug Austin 14, John Ritchie 11, Matthews 8, Wayne Lauzon 6, Ruben Ferrone 4 and Kevin Grier 2, while Mike Harris and Mike Byrne were scoreless. Edmonton coach Bob McArthur went to a 2-3 zone as a survival mechanism. “We’re not used to playing against that kind of size. We could never have gone man-to-man against them. And on offence, I haven’t seen our #22 (John Waterhouse) have that many shots blocked against him all season.” John Ritchie said “they were smart to do it (go to a zone). There was not way they could have handled us otherwise.” Windsor coach Randy Sasso said “when they used the zone, it appeared to be just to prevent getting beat badly.” Windsor led 47-26 at the half. Ernie Lotz led Alberta with 21. John Waterhouse added 17, McArthur 7, Hansen 4, G Lotz 2, Schmidtke 2 and Lammers 2. …………………………………………………… The Memorial U Beothuks beat the Regina Downtown Optimists 71-50 on the strength of Glen Normore’s 30 points. For Regina, Bob Wiens scored 16. …………………………………………………… The Windsor AKO Fratmen beat the host Memorial U. Beothuks 77-71 as John Ritchie scored 18, Phil Hermanutz 12 and Rueben Ferrone 10. AKO led 42-32 at the half but Memorial rallied to take a 61-60 lead with six minutes to play. But John Ritchie and Stan Korosec retured to the floor and Windsor quickly regained command. Windsor coach Randy Sasso said “when we went to the box and one on number 10 (Normore), we stopped him pretty well.” Memorial coach John Redden said “it’s a case of youth and inexperience. But we didn’t do what were were supposed to do. But I don’t think, overall, we can play any better than we did tonight. Some players didn’t execute to their capabilities but others surpassed them.” Glen Normore said “we’re not used to height like that. If we play aggressively, they’ll just go backdoor on us.” Normore led Memorial with 25. Doug Spurrell added 19. …………………………………………………… Windsor AKO hammered the Regina Downtown Optimists 97-33 as John Ritchie scored 22, Doug Austen 20, Phil Hermanutz 13 and Stan Korosec 10. Windsor ripped off a breathtaking 27-0 run in the first half. Windsor coach Randy Sasso told the Windsor Star that “they were so concerned with Stan that they left all kinds of opening for other players. There were times three players went to him. But we’ll score a lot of points against weaker teams because we’ve got so much depth.” Matt Landry and Dave Werry each scored 6 to lead the Optimists. …………………………………………………… The Memorial U. Beothuks wrapped up second place in the pool by beating the Edmonton NuWest Blazers 70-46 as Frank Foo scored 24, Glen Normore 19 and Sean Brown 15. For Alberta, Ernie Lotz hit 20 and John Waterhouse 16. “It was our speed that won that game because Alberta had a lot more height,” said coach Bill Redden. …………………………………………………… The Edmonton NuWest Blazers edged the Regina Downtown Optimists 65-60 as John Waterhouse scored 26.
In pool B: …………………………………………………… Greg Doull scored 39 to pace the U of Manitoba Jayvees over Halifax Green Dory Sting 82-79. Ivan Ross led Halifax with 29. The game wasn’t decided until late when Halifax took a pair of technicals. …………………………………………………… U.B.C. beat Manitoba 65-64 when 6-7 Bob Forsythe hit a 10-foot jumper at the buzzer. U.B.C. team was also led by 6-1 guard Sam McKinnon. …………………………………………………… U.B.C. beat Halifax 65-57 despite 29 from Ivan Ross. Ian McKinnon scored 17 for the winning Braves.
In semis, Windsor AKO beat the U of Manitoba Jayvees 73-46 as Doug Austin scored 20, John Ritchie 18, Stan Korosec 16, Byrne 6, Phil Hermanutz 5, Ferrone 3 and Lauzon 3, while Duane Matthews was scoreless and Kevin Grier did not play because of back problems. Ritchie hit the first four of six field goals as AKO took a 12-4 lead. Ritchie and Austin scored 25 between them as AKO led 36-20 at the half. Korosec dominated the boards. AKO’s Duane Matthews held high-scoring Greg Doull to a mere two field goals in the first half. Matthews told the Windsor Star that “I thought (Doull) was rather slow. Really, the only trouble we had was when they worked the pick.” Windsor coach Randy Sasso told Canadian Press the difference in the game was “defensive intensity.” Sasso told the Windsor Star that “Duane did a super job on Doull, so good he really wasn’t a factor … Stan did a fantastic job on the boards so that all we had to was play positionally and wait for the pass on the fastbreak. I thought their pressure was going to hurt us but Rueben really took it away from them with his floor play.” Manitoba coach Rick Watts said “we’ve only got one big scorer and they are just a fine, experienced team that we couldn’t match in firepower.” Greg Doull led Manitoba with 17. Paul Herman added 10, Coombs 5, Badiou 4, Russell 4, Meyers 4 and Wiebe 2. AKO shot 34-80 (.425) from the field and were hit for 23 fouls. Manitoba shot a mere .264 or 18-68 and was called for 15 fouls.
In the other semi, Glen Normore scored 24 to pace Memorial past U.B.C. 57-55. Memorial led 31-27 at the half. The Beothuks grabbed a rebound at the last second to prevent a UBC tie. Frank Foo added 19 for Memorial, while Bob Forsythe scored 18 for the Jayvee Braves.
In the fifth-place game, Nova Scotia topped the Edmonton NuWest Blazers 88-79. The Blazers included Ernie Lotz, Bern Schmidtke, Ron Lammers, Gerhard Lotz, Rob McArthur, Mike Medwid, Michael Hanson, Bruce Becker, John Waterhouse and Dale Kinney.
In the third-place game, the UBC Jayvees thrashed the U. of Manitoba Jayvees 66-52 as Greg Poder scored 11 and Bob Forsythe 11. UBC led 31-25 at the half.
In the final, held at St. John’s, before 1200 hometown fans, the host Memorial U Beothuks fell 80-75 to Windsor AKO. The closely-fought final had 26 lead changes. Glen Normore scored 29 and Doug Spurrell added 16, Kielly 8, Sean Brown 11, Frank Foo 4 and Glen Stanford 11. Duane Matthews scored 26 to lead AKO. Doug Austin and John Ritchie each scored 22, Stan Korosec 10, Rueben Ferrone 6, Wayne Lauzon 2, and Phil Hermanutz 6. Memorial had the ball with 28 seconds to go, after Ritchie turn it over on an over-and-back violation. Memorial held for one shot. Glen Stanford got the ball to Glen Normore but Matthews got a piece of the shot and deflected it off the backboard. Memorial’s Sean Brown rebounded it and threw it up but Stan Korosec blocked the final shot. Windsor was up by 10 early in the first five minutes and led 38-32 at the half. Memorial rallied to within 72-71 with 3:46 to go. Rieben Ferrone fed Matthews for a bucket to give AKO a 74-73 lead. Ritchie tipped the ball to Korosec for two more. Hermanutz stole a pass and went the length of the floor for a layup to put AKO ahead 78-73. But Normore hit a field goal before Matthews hit Korosec for a field goal to ice it. An elated Randy Sasso told Canadian Press that “my players never cracked. Matthews kept moving on offence and gave us some scoring at a critical late game spot when he could have stopped because of his defensive load (i.e., Normore). Austen kept taking the jumper from the corner after they closed the middle to Ritchie. All the guards handled the zone press well and Ritchie filled his spot for the outlet pass.” Memorial’s Bill Redden noted that the Beothuks zone press sped up the game but also led to easy AKO baskets. “We had troubled coping with Windsor’s height and often were forced into defensive mismatches.” Also credited the “downtown shooting” of Austen with killing the Beothuks. Stan Korosec told the Windsor Star that he was worried about the block. “I couldn’t see what was going on. I couldn’t hear the buzzer and I just looked at the ref, he was right in front of me, to see if he was going to call anything. It’s so great to get a championship. I thought it might never come.”
The all-tourney team featured MVP Glen Normore (Memorial U); John Ritchie (Windsor AKO); Stan Korosec (Windsor AKO); Bob Forsyth (UBC JV Braves); Greg Doull (U of Manitoba Jr Bisons)
The 2nd-team featured: Glenn Stanford (Memorial);
The runner-up Memorial University Beothuks: Glen Normore; Frank Foo; Sean Brown; Doug Spurrell; Dave Kielly; Glenn Stanford; Paul Morgan; Mike Sutton; Steve Delaney; Paul White; Mike Duff; Fred Wakeham; coach Bill Redden
The champion Windsor A.K.O. Fratmen: Stan Korosec; Phil Hermanutz; Doug Austin; John Ritchie; Ruben Ferrone; Duane Matthews; Wayne Lauzon; Kevin Grier; Mike Harris; Mike Byrne; co-coach Randy Sasso; co-coach Sam Sasso